As I look back on my life, I see so many roads that could have been traveled.  Yet, here I am on this road I travel.   Praying that I would be walking in God's will along this journey, this is where I am.  However, another path would seem to lead me to a similar life and still doing God's work on this earth. It doesn't come to mind often, but every now and then I will wonder what if.....  I think this is probably a normal thing, to analyze where one's life is and where it would have been if only......so many roads yet we must choose.  And then again, sometimes the path is chosen for us and we really have no option.  I wonder if you ever reflect on those times... and remember details, places, songs, moments shared and dreams that didn't come to be.  There is a reason for everything as my mom used to say.  I believe she was right... perhaps we don't know what is best for us at times and the Lord protects us from ourselves because of that.  Regardless, here we are and things are as they were meant to be. God has been so good to me and offers me mercy and forgiveness even when I don't deserve it. I am thankful for those distant times that cause me to reflect, analyze my life, appreciate the past, and be thankful for who I was and who I have grown to be. Someday, I will see it all as God does.... and I will smile.