Life seems to have a never-ending spree of choices. As a kid you don't seem to realize all the choices your parents are making. I have been thinking about what their hardest life choices have been.
What were the most difficult choices I had to make in my life?
Dad: Hmmm. What were my life's hardest choices? That's an interesting question. I would say that asking Roseanne to marry me was the hardest and easiest choice to make at the same time. I had no doubt that I wanted to marry her and no one else, but the hard part was having the courage to ask her due to my fear that she would reject me for another. Your Mom had a lot of guys asking her to get married, but she said yes to me which was and still is incredible. Before I asked her, I went to the Salt Lake Temple and prayed in the celestial room for confirmation that I should ask for her hand in marriage, and that if I should not ask her to marry me that I would receive that impression to that as well. The impression not to ask for Rosanne's hand in marriage never came and never will come. We are eternal companions for ever and ever... Amen. (as it is sung in the Messiah!)
Work choices and decisions for me have been more challenging. I've worked in a lot of industries and for a variety of bosses - Gill Savings, USAA, Alamo Savings, ALT, Wedge, and others. Changing jobs has and is always a 'leap of faith'. When I left USAA I did so to spend more time with our family and to get away from a toxic work environment. I have found that various employers have become stepping stones to something better. Something better has not always and does not always equate to more money. Often the change has resulted in working with better people or more flexibility; or to learn something new; or to have more personal freedom. All of those alternatives trump a few more dollars on payday. With all that understood, moving from ALT to Wedge was a big leap of faith. I had been at ALT for almost 15 years and had a lot of flexibility, but the future of the company was in doubt. I traded a familiar but failing company for new but very diverse work space. It was a good change (leaving ALT), but Wedge was not so fun the last year I was there.
Mom:The most important choice I made in my life was marrying your dad. I could have married my High School sweetheart, or any of the other guys who asked me to marry them or the missionary I was writing, but I married your Dad. Your Dad made me laugh. I also knew he would be a successful person in life because of his knowledge, his creative mind and his way of accepting challenges. Your father also has such a strong testimony of the gospel. I knew he would set a good example as a husband and father to our future children. I remember, he was so determined to be with me. He tried so many times to ask me out. He didn't give up, which is another one of his great traits. He also always makes me feel so special....treating me with respect, love and honoring me as his girlfriend and wife. No matter what, I was his queen. I continue to be his queen and partner for eternity.
Another difficult choice I made in my life was my career. I actually wanted to be a Dietitian, but then I received a teaching scholarship. With my college paid for, I accepted the scholarship and became a teacher. I will never regret making that choice because I love to teach! I love teaching school age children and teenagers. Most of all, I enjoyed teaching my own children and now my grand children.
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