Chapter 4: She didn't look for adventure, Adventure found her.

Looking back now, I never imagined I would be here today. I never imagined that the choices I made growing up COULD have led me to where I am today. 

I remember BOASTING to everyone, that I WOULD serve a full-time mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints when I was 21.

But the summer of my 20th year, God's plans for me changed. I was home after my first year at college, and I met Joseph. He had been training to get into the army: special forces, but the morning he was supposed to leave- a OLD medical bill of approxiamtely  $17 was found, and he got postponed. He was frustrated. He had been training for months to leave, running 18 miles everyday- at least. His life seemed to turn up-side down, and he was lost and confused as to what in the world God wanted him to do.

But after a lot of trouble, he found me. 

And now, looking back 3 years later, we can see how everything worked together FOR OUR GOOD.

I had NO PLANS at the beginning of that summer to start dating. 

By the end of the summer, I KNEW I was getting married.

6 months later, I was sealed to the man I loved with ALL my heart. But where our lives would go from there, I had NO CLUE.

6 months later, we were talking BABY.

Soon after, Sariah was born.

And life continued.

I was just read the beautiful but sad story of Ruby Jane at Just For the Record. I was holding Sariah, who was getting into her too-energetic mood before bed-time. 

She is just over 8 months old. 

She was grabbing my hair, lips, nose, skin, ANYTHING she could, to get my attention.

And I smiled at her, and she smiled at me, and all I could do was think about how I have NO CLUE where my life will end up. 

Isn't it a weird thought?

Yesterday when I woke up, Joe had no job.

Yesterday when I went to bed, Joe was employed.

Tomorrow, will California finally break off from the rest of the country?

Will Texas at last succeed from the union?

Will Israel be given back to the Muslims?

Will I become noticed by some publishing company, and start rolling in green?

I don't want life to be a mystery. I don't want to think of it as a surprise. 

I want it to be an adventure, that takes me places I haven't been to yet.

I might not be ready, but when I leave one place, and go to another- I want to be PREPARED, because of where I have been.