So here I'd made up my mind to get a camera lens for a combined Mother's day/birthday present and now...I have to switch gears! It's got to be put on hold due to other circumstances. Isn't that just like life? Nothing new, huh? We have all made plans only to have to change them for one reason or another! I remember when we were expecting our first child ,due sometime in late Sept., we had planned to take a week's vacation to get in our last "couple time". Living in Houston we naturally planned something not too far away and settled on Padre Island. You have to understand it was February, cold and rainy, and we were dreaming of nice sunny beaches! July was our chosen month for this little vacation and we were READY!!! Sometime in early June, Bill's lower teeth began to hurt. He was having a hard time chewing and it got to the point where it kept him up all one night. The next day we were whisked into the dentist for an emergency Exray. Impacted wisdom teeth was the verdict and they had to come out soon! The oral surgeon we met with could not fit him in until the first week of July. JULY!!! NO!!! So our lovely week's vacation that we dreamed of spending walking hand in hand on the beach ended up being spent with Bill on the sofa in pain and on pain meds. while I held his hand, brought him milkshakes and took pictures of his swollen jaw. Where are those pictures, by the way?!

God has a way of changing our lives as well. Just when we think we we're headed in one direction, the Lord places a call on our hearts and we do an "about face". For some of us the call is a call to salvation. We suddenly hear that gentle whisper from the Lord to "come and follow me". For those who already trust the Lord, it may be a call to a different job or a move across the country. That's what happened to us just about a year ago. We thought we would be spending our "twilight years" (even though we hadn't reached those yet) in sunny Arizona. I mean, it made sense. Our kids were grown and on their own. But God had different plans. My husband's job disappeared! He moved us across the country to this little town of Lake Charles and we are now making half our original income! (Don't get me wrong, I am VERY thankful he has a job!) After years living in two very large (3-4 million in population) cities we now live in a city of about 75,000 and I'm still adjusting!! He even had plans for my own mother. She had just stepped down from a very demanding leadership position at her church and was looking forward to doing some traveling and taking time for herself. The Lord called her, instead, to full-time care of her aging mother, my grandmother.

So what's your story? What   life changes have you gone or are still going through? Or maybe you're on the verge of a serious life-altering change. Leave your comments here or write me a private message.

Blessings and Happy Scrapping!