I'm sitting here thinking about a couple of choices that I made somewhat haphazardly, and how they changed the course of several lives in addition to mine.
When I finished college, I wanted to get as far away as possible from my dysfunctional Pennsylvania family. I was accepted at the University of Minnesota grad school of business before I could find a far-away job, so I went to Mpls/St Paul and got an MBA, then my first post-school "real" job through which I eventually met my husband. He grew up in Missouri and I grew up in PA. Many amazing choices, including my fanatic love of baseball, happened to bring us together.
At the aforementioned job, one spring day a coworker asked me to join the company golf league. I said that I had never played. She said, "You're athletic, you'll be fine." (I still giggle at that one!) The next day we went to a par-3 course, I rented clubs and shot 127, and nevertheless, fell in love instantly with the game. I bought a set of clubs the next day. That choice to try something new has brought me some of the best friends and experiences of my life. Best of all, it gave me the privilege of teaching my two sons to golf. They are avid golfers to this day.
Maybe you are thinking about some of your big choices?
Leta
P.S. I'm taking tomorrow off to celebrate Mother's Day with two dear friends. I'll return on the 12th.
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