"Life takes you to unexpected places." Tonight I was looking on Pinterest for ideas for a story I was working on and that quote caught my attention and my entire mind went to a place in my life that I have often thought about as I got older. Why do we plan for our future when life comes along and doesn't even ask you if you want a ride but holds out it's hand and away you go. When I was 9 years old I made out my life. Finish school, go to college to get better at drawing and baking (I couldn't decide what I wanted to do, but none seem too much of an interest to pursue) graduate at 20, meet my husband. Become certified to be a foster parent at 21, Get married at 21 and have my first kid at 22. Until age 27 work at an amazing job. Age 28, quite your job to be a stay at home foster parent/parent to your bio kid. Have another kid at 30 and continue fostering until I was 50. And die old after my grandparents die... I didn't know then that planning your future can start to happen but you got to be okay with the fact that your future may look slightly different than you plan. I mean look at me, I'm 24 and I am not married and the only thing I've completed from that is becoming a certified foster parent. Well completed classes for it. It's crazy how I look back at my 9 year old self and see such dreams and desires but I look at myself today and I see some different dreams and desires and the beauty of it is that, Life takes you to unexpected places and in those places you dream, desire, grow, feel pain, rejection, hurt, joy, laughter and so much more than you could have imagined. So to my 9 year old self, your dreams and plans for the future aren't going to be exactly what you want at all times, some of it changed or just alter a step and you are doing great. I still don't understand why we plan for our future to allow life take us to different places but accept the ride it gives you as long as you can have control or reign in where it takes you. Because you might miss out on so much of what it brings.
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