Some things in life are a lot like bubbles to a toddler. We pursue them. We chase after them. We dream about how wonderful it will be when we finally get them. And then, just when it seems it is coming our way, it bursts, right before our eyes. That’s the way it happened for me over 30 years ago. I’d been pursuing this dream and just as I thought I would finally catch it, it popped and the man I’d been with for over 10 years left me pregnant with his child.
As I watched my son and my grandson play with bubbles this past weekend, it made me think about that time in my life and how I thought I would never be happy again. What I didn’t realize is that God had an even bigger and better bubble for me just around the corner. However, it wasn’t time for that just yet. Instead, I took the next step before me, returned to college, and 18 months later graduated, got a great job, and moved back home. Literally within 60 days of finishing school, the last piece of the puzzle fell into place. I met the man who I would be blessed to spend my life with and who would help me raise that little boy.
Looking back on that era, I had no way of knowing the wonderful things that God had in store for me. I just had to trust that He would carry me through and provide what I needed. He did so much more than that. It wasn’t always easy, but I’m so grateful that I didn’t give up. To think that I could have followed what the world was telling me would be the “best” solution as a young unwed mother still makes me shudder. To think of all I would have missed by not raising that beautiful boy who is now an amazing man and terrific father is more than I can bear.
To be honest, this phase of life hasn’t gone exactly as I had planned either. The difference is that I have a lifetime of learning to trust God to help me through challenges and now that I am being given the opportunity to help others through their struggles in life with my coaching, I feel even more blessed by the trials I have encountered.
I love that others can benefit from my taking the hard road and can shortcut to the joy that we are all intended to experience. I love even more that by listening to my heart that day so long ago when I learned I was expecting, I was led to a lifetime of joys. It’s funny because it took me about the time it takes a bubble to pop when you catch it to know that there was only one choice to make. It truly was the best decision I ever made.
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