Some Retrospection

"All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray
I've been for a walk on a winter's day
I'd be safe and warm if I was in LA
California dreamin on such a winter's day."
-The Mamas and the Papas

Five years ago I was in New York, hating the Fall. I just couldn't bear the thought of another icy winter (the one before had been pretty nasty, lasting well into April). So I spent my times listening to the Mamas and the Papas and doing a little California dreaming myself. As a Junior in college I was looking at an MA program somewhere-- anywhere-- in California. Thoughts of spending a few years studying in the sun were enough to get me through a very trying and cold semester.

Little did I know that the love of my life was just around the corner, literally a 2 minute walk from where I lived all Fall. Finding the person you want to be with your whole life changes a lot.

Suddenly New York didn't seem so cold and California didn't seem so important.

The point is, that Fall I had a very definite plan about what to do with my life. This isn't it. But it is so much better. Sometimes we make plans and they go smoothly. Personally, I find the best things in life are those that come by God's grace alone: unexpected love, unexpected babies, unexpected friends. For all the bumps in the road, the last five years have been golden.