20 Years in the Making

In a couple of weeks, on June 1st, my husband Jeff and I will have been married 20 years! Wow, that doesn't seen possible at all! Time has really flown by! It's so hard to believe that I've been married 20 years, I'm going to be 43 shortly and I have a daughter who is almost 18 and will be a senior next year! I've almost lived and used up half of my life! My mom is 72! Unbelievable! Where does the time go?

The last 20 years have been full of ups and downs. We've had two children, gone through about 3 dogs and three cats, and have moved three times. Eleven years ago we almost lost Jeff to cancer. That was one of the toughest things I've dealt with. Two years ago I suffered a mid-life crisis when I lost my full-time job. But, we've managed to muddle through it all. Thank God for that! We just keep moving forward and try not to look back.

I look at the future and I really want to start a career that I never have been able to somehow. I want to make good money so that we can pay things off and save to go on trips It's so hard choosing what to be when you grow up, especially now  that I'm grown up and still don't know what to be. I've always been a go-with-the-flow kind of person. I think that has been part of my downfall. Looking back, I think I was the happiest job wise when I was managing a clothing store here in Carroll. I only did it for a year because I had to work a lot of weekends. I really enjoyed what I did though and wish I could get it back. Hopefully I can find another manager job somewhere around here. If my boss at GNC would ever leave, I could see myself managing it. I'd rather do clothing though. I guess I just need to start looking around. Open my eyes a little to what is available. 20 years ago I graduated from Buena Vista College in Storm Lake with BAs in English and Journalism, and intended on a writing career that never happened.

I do believe that God has a plan for us and everything does happen for a reason. You may not know the reason now, but somewhere down the road it all becomes clear why things happened. I'm looking forward to celebrating many more years with Jeff, and watching our children become adults and hopefully making good decisions with their lives. We only get one life and it is precious, as is time.