The Game of Life

The night is cold and the wind is blowing so hard that the windows rattle in their frames. As a result the girls are staying in tonight and brought out the board game "Life" to pass the time. If only life was so easy to live as the spin of a dial and a cardboard colored board slots with life choices on it.

Those choices, do you want to be married, have kids, college, career? are so difficult and confusing even to this well-seasoned veteran of life. I'm 43 years old and I'm facing a new year with a multitude of life changes. How to choose? If only there was a dial I could spin that would tell me which direction to go.

I watched my grandmother this weekend at her 90th birthday party and considered all the life choices and changes she has seen and survived. I looked around the room full of my family and considered all the paths, perils and pitfalls they have faced individually and together. And I find myself looking for the wheel to spin.

Unfortunately, there is no wheel to spin and the choices I make this year affect myself and my family. I have to choose carefully and not let the "what might have beens" and the "what ifs" paralyze me. What path will I take this year? I don't know yet but am thankful I still have a chance to choose my own wheel to spin.