Timely Patience

You know that you are getting older when the young kids in the grocery store line call you ma'am as they are bagging up your Oscal and Fiber One cereal, and you get these emails concerning your 20th year high school reunion. As I look back on the last twenty years I wonder where the time went? When I was a kid, I remember waiting for special events to take place in my life, and I would have a count down list for each of them. The first one being my driver's license and being able to drive. I started counting that one when I was 8. Then, I remember counting down when I would graduate from high school. Most of my family and friends will tell you that I am a planner. Lists keep me straight at times, and have gotten me in to trouble at other times. When things do not go according to my plans (which happens quite a lot), it throws me for a loop. That is the time that God is trying to teach me to do His will, not mine. This lesson is one that I have experienced many times. Anyway, where was I. . .Oh, yes, time. . . where has it gone??? Today I had the lovely experience of having my annual checkup. The young doctor suggested that it was now time to have a mammogram seeing that I have several cases of cancer that run in my family, and the fact that I had a run in with the disease myself a few years back. I hear that it is not a pleasant experience to endure. The usual questions were asked and then from out of the blue, I was hit with a question that has never been asked before. . . .I wondered if I was hearing things clearly (another sign that I am getting older). . .She says. . ."When did your mom go through menopause?" I looked at her and with a dumb and startled expression on my face said "What?" No need to worry she says, according to the doctor, I will likely follow my mother's pattern in this area of unexpectedness. At this point I am doing some lightning fast calculations in my head. What's that saying about payback??? Well, if it is true then I am going to have a good one! All of the times I would roll my eyes at mom when she would complain about being hot, or have some sort of hormonal outburst. . .this might be a little scary. Okay, I have a few more years of somewhat normalcy, I guess. Maybe it will hold off until after my reunion. I have lost quite a bit of weight since the baby was born in September. I would like to look and feel my best at that time. The picture that I included was one from last year when we had our reunion of 16 years. Of course, it is all in God's time not mine. That is what I have to continue to remind myself about. He is my God and my maker.
On a side note, if you are reading this. . .you should come to our church this Sunday. . .Great Breakfast. . .Great message. . .Great fellowship!!!! (Calvary Baptist Temple. . .Raleigh, NC)