My Pink Roadmap

The last two weeks have been very busy for me. Josh and I were planning on building our very first home later this year, but we have decided that buying a house would be in our best interest for right now. There are so many things to think about when making a decision like this.

• Where do I want to live?
• Will I really want to live there for the next 30 yrs?
• Where I will be in 5 yrs much less 30?
• How much space do I need?
• Will I eventually have children?
• Do I even want children?
• What can I afford?

The list goes on...

When I began to think about these things, it honestly just gave me a headache and made me want a glass of wine. White Zinfandel, please! So...with a glass of wine in one hand, I dialed my mom with the other. I didn't call to tell her details of what was going on. I called to chat & catch up on what was going on in her world and take my mind off all the thoughts swarming in my head. It was just what I needed.

Let me tell you about my mom...She is incredible. She's a mother, a daughter, she's been a wife (twice), she's currently a girlfriend, she's a sister, an aunt, a friend, an excellent cook & baker. She loves being at the beach with her flip flops, cut offs and Corona beer. I could go on forever. There is so much to her. She has always worked in a corporate setting. She was always good at her job, made some good friends along the way and she could "live comfortably" but it wasn't rewarding otherwise. She was always a "City Girl", not much for the Country and she moves more than anyone I have ever known! (She's lived in Wisconsin, Georgia, California and has more than "zig-zagged" from place to place all over the state of Texas.)

Two years ago, my mom was single, working at her corporate insurance job and was living in her uptown studio apartment in downtown Plano. She loved to travel on the weekends and shop at little boutiques and get her nails & toes done etc. Now two years later, she has quit her corporate job, moved to middle-of-nowhere Mineola, TX in a travel trailer, met a great guy unexpectedly and has now enrolled herself in Massage Therapy school! She is absolutely and totally content with her life! How many people can truly say that? She loves where she is and what she is doing at the moment. Who would have guessed?

After hanging up the phone, it was clear to me that I will end up where ever I need to be. Josh and I will live in the house we are supposed to live in, when we are supposed to live in it. I will or won't have children when life is ready to answer those questions. You never know where life will take you!  My mom didn't know 2, 10 or 20 years ago that this is where she would be.
You and I don't either! 

What is it in your life that you try to control, simply don't understand or constantly question? I encourage you to let it go! Life will reveal all the answers when the time is right!

Let Go, Let God & Let It Be!

I hope you all have a lovely weekend!
-Stevi