When I Grow Up...

As a little girl, I dreamed of one day being a heart doctor.  That was the plan of seven year old Pyper.  Then I realized, science and I don't mix well, neither does math! Cardiology was not the path for me :-)  I went through lots of dreams and wishes.

When I graduated from high school I was going to be a high school choir teacher. Things changed, and I eventually received my degree in interior design. This was a major decision that took a lot of praying and pondering. It was a decision that I knew was correct. I've had a lot of great experiences with it, and it certainly fit "the plan". The plan just hasn't happened the way I planned. 

At Snowbird, this year, I was on a walk with one of my good friends. He asked me if I regretted that decision, because he knew of my unhappiness in my current job. I knew it was right when I made the decision. He said that maybe it was right for then, but maybe not anymore. I thought about that for a LONG time. I did have other interests that kept coming to mind. I needed a game plan! 

I pondered and researched, and came up with a few ideas of what my next move would be. Through this pondering, I checked the job classifieds every day.

I came up with a list of what I wanted to do next:

1. Get my real estate license. 

2. Become an institute or seminary teacher for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 

3. Blog for Time Out for Women or something like that. I would love to have the opportunity to share/speak with MidSingles all over the place. I'd love to spread positivity. How to get involved with that? NO idea! 

All the while still checking classifieds, I found a couple jobs to apply for. Both called or emailed me, and set up interviews for the same day. I left one so certain I wanted it, it's all I could think about! I get to start in the next week! I'm so excited! 

So, my list will have to wait. I'm excited for this new opportunity! 

Travel and delays :)

Have you ever read this?  I've read it before.  I've seen it on one of my friends Facebook pages.  She is the mother of some special needs children, and reading it, I could totally understand the analogy.  I read it a long time ago!

Today I was out to lunch with a friend, and she related it to singles or mid-singles.  Every little girl grows up planning her wedding and what kind of wife she is going to be, and how many kids she's going to have.  She knows their names, the order of their birth, the things that they're going to do, etc.  Like in the link, the little girl is  planning on being in Italy by the time she is 20, at least in our LDS culture.  She's going to do all she's supposed to growing up, and then things will fall into place the way she's pictured her whole 20 years.

Sometimes you're on a trip, and you have a delayed flight, and your plans vary from the original plan.  My friend's husband is a pilot, and they get to fly all over the world.  They had a layover in New Delhi, and were stuck there for three days.  It messed up their lives for those three days!  They missed work, they had commitments that had to wait, they were just there.  They could've sat around the airport waiting, stressing and getting upset over things that were totally out of their control.  Instead they decided to take the opportunity to go out and see all of the amazing things they would miss out on, if they stayed in the airport.

None of us that are in this state of Mid-Single-ness would have chosen this layover.  Whether it's someone that has never been married or someone whose marriage ended, this is not the way we planned.  I remember attending an Evening of Excellence in our stake, as a leader, and the speaker said, "I graduated from seminary, I earned my young women medallion, and because I did things the right way I was blessed with my wonderful husband.  If you do these things, you'll be blessed in the same way."  I wanted to stand up and protest!  "I did those things! Don't make things sound like this is how it always happens!"  One day one of those young women will not have the fairytale ending at 20, and have to sit and wonder what she did wrong or what's wrong with her.

So, on my trip to Italy, I've had a layover in Spain.  Instead of sitting in the airport waiting for my connecting flight to Italy, I've stepped outside of the airport and been able to meet some amazing people, learn lots of amazing things, and see the beauties that are there. Of course, I am still anxiously awaiting my flight to Italy, but I'm enjoying my time in Spain!

Love this quote I found on Pinterest via TheDatingDivas.com

Today my brother, sister-in-law, nephew and many other people fasted in behalf of a young lady and her family that lives in their neighborhood.

I can't even imagine what this family is going through, as they lost their daughter and sister today.

Watching Ford fasting while all the other kids were eating all of the fun treats my mom brought for them, I was so proud of him. As I kept thinking of the circumstances of this girl, I kept thinking about how her life would've been had she survived, but I knew if it was God's will, she would survive, and that family would've been able to deal with it. At the same time, I knew that if it was His will that she pass away, that although it's going to be so difficult to get through. They'll be watched over and blessed through this difficult time.

So many people go through such difficult things, and wonder how they'll ever get through it. Prayers going out for that family that they will be able to feel the peace and love of the Savior during this and the difficult future ahead.