Choices

Decisions.  Decisions.  Some are easy to make while others can leave us stumped.  Stuck.  I was talking to my sister's mother in law Kathy this week about a decision my Dad and Mom made about 39 years ago (almost to the day) about their future, specifically, my Mom.

My parents have always been very musically inclined.  Dad sang in the choir in high school, college, and in church as well.  Mom was an excellent violin player.  In fact she was so good she could have played professionally.   Her teacher was encouraging her to do it but she had just gotten married and was pregnant.   So family or career?  Well, six kids and and seven grand kids later...

I for one am glad she chose family.  Delving a little deeper though, firstly, it was a decision Dad and Mom made together.  Secondly that decision affected more then just me.  Had they chosen differently the timeline we are in would not exist.  At least not with this version of the Roberts family in it.  My seven nieces Anna, Ellie, Mandy, Abby, Ellie, Summer, and Mackenzie would not be here.  The choices we make as individuals affect much more then just us.

My parents have established a great heritage that I am incredibly proud to be a part of and I know for a fact that if Dad and Mom went back they'd do it all again.  There might be some tweaks here and there they'd want to make but I think if you'd ask them they'd say "we wouldn't change a thing."