All of a Sudden

For a few years after I got my driver’s license – I would be driving along and all of a sudden realize I could drive. It was a little disconcerting. It was like I missed a part, and there I was semi-grew up. Maybe I’m the only one this happened to…

Anyway, I eventually got used to the fact that I could drive. Progress. This weekend, though, I had another one of those “Oh my gosh, I grew up moments.” Tyler was brushing his teeth in our master bathroom, and I was lying on our bed watching him. Out of nowhere, I realized – we own a washer and dryer. That is so weird.

The thought train came down to how life has changed in the last two years. How did it happen that I can not only drive the car, but I can also own it? When did I get old enough to have a mortgage – and buy a refrigerator? Since when do I can peaches on a Friday night? And gosh, when did I become a wife - with an amazing husband?

I know there was life in between then and now, but sometimes it all seems like a blur when I sit back and actually think about it. Like a lot of those things that mattered so much are pretty insignificant, other than the fact that they are part of what made me into me.

Man, I am so glad some of things I had planned for and prayed for didn’t happen. And I am so glad some of the things I didn’t think I needed were given to me and turned out to be the most important things of all. My relationship with God has taught me that He has a plan for me, even if at times I haven’t a clue what it is. He loves us, He doesn’t give up on us and He knows everything. Thank goodness. What a wreck I could’ve made out of the whole thing without Him.