What do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?

 

What do you want to be when you grow up?

How many times were we asked this?

How many times have we asked this?

Does the question even make sense?

I wanted to be a:

Princess

Mommy

Nurse

Lawyer

Singer

Zookeeper

Teacher

Handmaker

Writer

and to live happily ever after.

    Well, life doesn't work out the way we want it to or expect it to. BUT—

• I married my high school sweetheart as his princess, and I'm still the queen of his life.

• I was a homeschool mommy to two little boys and two little girls. Now I'm grammy to one little grandson.

• I nursed my children and husband during illnesses and injuries.  Now that everyone's grown, and I'm preparing for retirement (again), I work in a doctor's office.

• I had to know homeschool laws for the states we lived in, and I had to settle disputes between my four little clients. ~smile~

• I made up songs and sang to my children a lot as well as worshiping and praising Jesus. My husband and I were even  on worship teams a couple of times.

• I've been zookeeper to dogs, cats, newts, fish, chickens and a goat. 

• I homeschooled all of my children from birth—my first until  tenth grade and the rest through high school. 

• I have old-fashioned Christian morals.

• I love old-fashioned hobbies. Over the years, that's meant:  embroidery, sewing, cross-stitching, soap making, knitting, sewing, scratch baking, bread baking, rug making, and reading about it all!

• Last of all, thanks to my husband insisting I had something to say, I began my blog in 2007, and I've been writing ever since. 

So, I guess you can say that I've lived happily ever after. BUT, 

if you've been around for long, you know that I've also fought depression, anxiety, cancer, low income, an entrepreneurial husband (lol), and the stuff of life. BUT GOD.

It's now, with 20/20 vision, that I can look back and say it's been good. I'm enjoying the happily ever after, now that I can see it for what it was and what it is. Life with Jesus, my husband, my family, and my friends. Nothing else really matters. Truly trusting God has given me the peace that passes all understanding. Thank you Jesus.

Laura