Friday, November 26, 2010

A Leaf in the River

Life is transitory. Things will and do change. This Thanksgiving, I worked. I was also away from my immediate family. Both firsts for me.

Yesterday my cousins, Kira and McKenzie, were playing with hole punchers that cut out shapes of people. Kira called for me to come look at their work, “Come see our timeline!” she said.
“A timeline? A timeline of what?”
McKenzie, embarrassed, hid it under the table and said, “It was Kira’s idea!”
She finally conceded to showing me and I read the title on top: “Timeline of Love.”

Later, when I came back to the table they had filled more of it in. The timeline started with the couple at Olive Garden, the boy sporting a blue “BYU Cougars” shirt. Next came their wedding, the girl dressed in white, “Look, I made her dress modest!” Kira explained. Next came the first baby, then “passing on.” The timeline was short, but it was precise. It was exactly the way that love works.

A cookie cutter life: The perfect BYU boy, the modest wedding dress, and the first baby.

Life is transitory. Things will and do change. That simple, perfect childhood dream changes and molds to fit who you need to become, who God needs you to become. You work on Thanksgiving. You gain a greater appreciation of family. You keep your eye out for the boy in the “BYU Cougars” shirt. You trust the changes and like a leaf flowing in the stream, you follow the flow of the river. After all, the Creator knows much better than you which current you should follow.

4 comments:

  1. It's funny how God's timeline always differs from our timelines. :)

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  2. i love you rachel! i miss you! next time that you see kira and kenzie, tell them that i miss them!
    love ya lots,
    audrey carmen

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  3. Loved this! I didn't marry my Cougar until I was 28, a year older than my mother was when she married - which I always told her was ancient:)
    Couldn't be happier with how my timeline's turned out. Time for work & friends & experiences were allowed that I hadn't anticipated.
    Milk. Every. Moment.
    xo's

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  4. I just had a great visit with you and rejoiced. You must share your gifts and talents,. We learn from you. Thank nina/nieta mia. gm

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