Question for you

There is a song I constantly listen to at work, "Letter to Me," by Mr. Brad Paisley. And it makes me reflect on several life lessons. If you knew the outcome of something that would happen to you in life, and had the chance to send yourself a letter, advising, assisting and reassuring yourself, almost like a warning, would you. Examples I thought of:

• Who will be my boyfriend, husband?
• Where will I go to college, will I like it? Will it be that great (YES)
  
• Kids?
• The places I would live?
• The losses I would experience/joys?
• My jobs and how it works out?
• Warning before friend fights, martial fights- warnings to be understanding and take a breath
• Will I change?
  

It is like reading the last chapter of a book you have been looking forward to reading, would you want the confidence of knowing that the characters end up together or is a happy ending... life gives us so many happy endings and can give us moments that bring us to our knees. I might still have one knee on the ground, but I am looking up.

I am amazed by all people, and it is remarkable how the good and bad bring us closer, sisterhoods are formed, friendships strengthened, tears and hugs shared, we begin to see what a large team we have rooting for us. The pride they have in us and share those sad moments like they are their own.

Thanks for cheering – I promise to be there for you in the good and bad! Always.

And to answer my own question, I would love to craft a letter of my life to my grand kids telling them of their grandma's crazy ways and experiences. I bet I mention a lot of you readers out there. I would try and balance the good with the bad. I believe we are given many great joys in life and I thank our Lord for those, and unfortunately we receive some heavy hits some time that bring sadness to our lives. It is a learning process, life. How blessed are we to get to experience it all. Makes us unique.

Thanks for reading.