I don't even open my eyes in the morning until I have formulated some kind of list or plan to tackle the day ahead of me. If you were to thumb through any notebook ever owned by me, you would find lists upon lists, all kinds; things to do, make, cook, dreams, gifts to give.
Ten years ago I had some serious plans. I was to finish LPN school, move to Boise, work and get my baccalaureate degree in nursing. Then I would pack up my jeep, my dog and move to McCall, Idaho. There I would work in the ER, play in the lake and hike all summer and snow board through the Winter. This plan was perfect, it had everything that my 23 year old heart thought it needed.
What do they say about making plans? Mine changed before the moving truck pulled out of my parents driveway. Shortly before I finished LPN school I had randomly asked a boy out on a date, the dating bloomed into something more. I was still convinced of my plan though so we decided to give the long distance relationship a go. I moved, I started school, we talked on the phone. Then one day he called me from the road, I assumed that he was on his way home from work, he wasn't. He was on his way to me, to make me his home, forever.
My plan was no longer my plan, it was our plan, and it continued its metamorphosis until it contained the needs, hopes and dreams of one more person, then two more people and finally our third little one. I forgot completely about the original plan at all, until last weekend.
We spent Labor Day weekend in McCall, and we finally got to give paddle boarding a whirl. It was while I was cautiously making my way from shore, feet planted, paddle dipping into the water that I remembered my plan. I looked out across that gorgeous lake, stared into the tree covered hills surrounding it while listening to the giggles of my family on the beach behind me, and knew that the most amazing plan was the one that was given to me and had never involved paper or pen at all.
Ten years ago I had some serious plans. I was to finish LPN school, move to Boise, work and get my baccalaureate degree in nursing. Then I would pack up my jeep, my dog and move to McCall, Idaho. There I would work in the ER, play in the lake and hike all summer and snow board through the Winter. This plan was perfect, it had everything that my 23 year old heart thought it needed.
What do they say about making plans? Mine changed before the moving truck pulled out of my parents driveway. Shortly before I finished LPN school I had randomly asked a boy out on a date, the dating bloomed into something more. I was still convinced of my plan though so we decided to give the long distance relationship a go. I moved, I started school, we talked on the phone. Then one day he called me from the road, I assumed that he was on his way home from work, he wasn't. He was on his way to me, to make me his home, forever.
My plan was no longer my plan, it was our plan, and it continued its metamorphosis until it contained the needs, hopes and dreams of one more person, then two more people and finally our third little one. I forgot completely about the original plan at all, until last weekend.
We spent Labor Day weekend in McCall, and we finally got to give paddle boarding a whirl. It was while I was cautiously making my way from shore, feet planted, paddle dipping into the water that I remembered my plan. I looked out across that gorgeous lake, stared into the tree covered hills surrounding it while listening to the giggles of my family on the beach behind me, and knew that the most amazing plan was the one that was given to me and had never involved paper or pen at all.
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