Have you ever wished you had a time machine so you could go back and fix some of your stupid mistakes in your past? Or do you look upon each mistake as a learning and growing experience? I have to confess to sometimes wishing for a time machine, but when I look at some of my biggest mistakes, I realize they made me who I am today.
One of my mistakes might have been marrying my first husband. But then I wouldn't have Serenity & Joshua and who could ever consider them mistakes? If I hadn't married him, I might not have ended up in Enid where I met Tom, married him and had Natasha. No mistakes there!
But what about my financial mistakes? Would I go back and change them if I could? I'm not sure. I've learned a lot from everything that we've gone through, but I would wish that my children would learn from us and not do the same. If I hadn't made them, I wouldn't be doing this blog and sharing my mistakes with the whole world, and maybe I can make a difference in just one person's life by sharing my mistakes.
So...no time machines for me!
5 comments:
Interesting timing for this post. A few weeks ago, Jess googled my ex-husband, who I have never regretted leaving for one minute. I had put him through grad school, where he got a PhD. When I left, he was working as a TA at New Mexico State, had no ambitions other than sitting around all day playing Dungeons and Dragons.
Turns out now he is some globe trotting computer geek who lives in a mansion in Albuquerque (with a heated pool). It really pissed me off at first that I got the worst of him. But after I read his three blogs, I realized he's still a freak and I'm lucky to be out of that.
Of course, the best thing about getting out was that I got Randy, Curtis and Jessica. Even if I had a time machine, I don't know that I would not marry Mr. Freak because I learned a lot and grew a lot during those five years. I guess it's best to just learn, not regret and count our blessings!
And if you hadn't married Tom you wouldn't be in my life, and that would be awful. So I agree, NO time machines.
Amen, Linda! You are so right!
Ohhhh...thanks Di! That is so sweet!
Yep I tell myself all the time Hailee wouldnt be who she is and I would have never found John had i not been in that place in my life. Its all worth it! I am glad u are in our lives too fyi :-)
Yes, it's wonderful how God works all the things together in our life to make us who we are. I'm glad to be in your family, too, Mandy. Or our family, I guess. LOL.
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