Tis' the season for many things including my favorite, the year in review…I just love those video montages that each and every new s program does this time of year. I will actually sit still and watch them (which ask Ryan, doesn’t happen often). As I was doing some chores today I started thinking… what would my life have been like if everything that I wanted to happen happened…

First, I would be married to John Elway of the Denver Broncos. This would have been some serious legal issues with this one. Considering I was only in the 6th Grade with this fantasy started and I even had a song composed with to the tune of “Someday my Prince will come.” Who knows if that is the right title? I use to watch him play in the Superbowl with his long hair (because he wouldn’t cut it until they won), and horrible orange uniforms. I had a horrible orange sweatshirt with that horse coming out of the D. Good thing that didn’t materialize…

Second, I would have been married with children by the age of 25. I really have to laugh at this one looking back at this wish/goal. At 25 I was nowhere near being ready to be a wife or a mother. I guess in my teens I had considered 25 to be old. Now almost at 30 I guess I need to redefine old, because 30 isn’t it either. I would have not been a very calm wife or mother at 25. Not saying that I am the pillar of calm or most Zen person now, but looking back on life then, no way.

Third, I should be thankful that I listened to my mom about changing my life goals. My threshold of making it in life would be ownership of pager, cell phone, and a nice car. At that point in my life I would be important and I would be “somebody”. She set me straight by telling me that I could be a drug dealer and has all of those. I needed change the standards.

Lastly, I am to share with you the colleges I wanted to attend and the reasons, thank goodness it didn't happen. I was looking into Tennessee because I wanted to be a Volunteer. Duke because I wanted to watch another Christian Laettner play basketball. Another one would have been Ball State because they were known as the number one party school. I guess Harvard, Stanford and Brown weren’t ever on my radar, nothing about academics was a part of my original criteria. Funny to think about it now.

At least someone else is watching out for me and doesn’t let me get too far off the track. I can’t imagine changing my life in any way. I think Rascal Flatts says it best in their Broken Road song.
Enjoy your holiday season and be thankful for all the things that didn’t happen!