Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans

My four year old, soon to be five, has declared she wants to be a veterinarian when she grows up. Her announcement reminded me of myself. Likely at the same age (4), I too wanted to be a vet. Fast forward 36 years and guess what? I am not a veterinarian. I am not a sportscaster, a surgeon, a CEO of a Fortune 500 company, a supermodel, a peace corps member, a pilot, or a fishing resort operator. I have not travelled the world, rubbed elbows with the rich and famous, taken ballroom dancing, go-go danced, driven a race car, climbed a mountain, written a book, or dined at the best restaurants in the world. I have never been romantically proposed to, whisked off on a date that requires a distance to travel, won a worldwide recognized award, or been on a cover of a magazine. I have made 'plans' and have not fulfilled them. 

In the meantime, I have attended 4 Universities, in two different countries and two different provinces. I have worked in a hospital, a restaurant, a bar, a resort, an insurance company, a police service and home. I have been married twice. I have given birth to 4 children. I have designed a home that was custom built. I have learned to tourniquet stab/bullet wounds, hold a child who has lost a parent and hold a parent who has lost a child. I have grown my heart, shaved my head, worn a bathing suit in the snow, mended a family pet, done 15 loads of laundry in a day, made friends who live across the globe, coached my children, and taken pictures of them when they have won awards at their school. I have juggled household finances, camped with 4 children and 2 dogs. Danced in the kitchen in my underwear, and eaten 'cookies' the children have made. I am loved. I know love. Nothing I actually planned. And nothing I would change for any of the plans I made. 

I still make plans with the knowledge that something better will replace those plans as I continue in this crazy thing called life. 

Life, the good stuff, is what happens when you are busy making other plans. 

Stay happy and healthy

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