"Ghosts"

I was given a reminder today of just good my life has really turned out to be.  I know I have been given a great life, but today's experience served as a reminder of just how great it really is, especially when I think about what it could have been like.

I have been blessed with an incredible husband who adores me and would never think of hurting me, two wonderful little boys whom I adore, amazing friends and a great church family.  I have been saved by the King Himself, and I'm granted His grace and mercy on a daily basis.  Even on the days my body does not want to work or cooperate with my brain, it does what I ask of it so I can do most of what needs doing.  My best friends are more like sisters than friends, truly the women I've prayed for most of my life to be surrounded by for the rest of my life.  My boys are gifts who give me reason to get out of bed each day.  And my husband....  Where do I start?  I love him, that's all there is to it.

I have a roof over my head, clothes on my back, a vehicle that safely transports myself and my children, and a kitchen overflowing with supplies to not only feed my family, but other families as well, and to keep up with whatever baking concoctions my little heart desires.

Even on the most sideways of days, I've been gifted with more than I could have imagined.

If I had chosen what was behind Door #1, instead of this life I've been blessed with behind Door #2, I really don't know how well (or safe) my life would have turned out.

Today's reminder also served as a whisper of just how far I've made it to leave certain things, and people, in my past. Emotionally, I have achieved things and made more of myself than I would have if I had chosen Door #1.

Needless to say, I'm grateful I went with Door #2.