What If???

Have you ever thought or wondered "what if"......  and then put different life choices after that what if?  I was driving to work yesterday and the thought came to me..  what if -Mike and I hadn't chosen to come to Florida for a job transfer?  Where would we be and what might our children be doing?   Florida living has been such a huge part of our lives.  I almost feel like we've grown up here.  This is our home.

 I know there are people who say you shouldn't ever play the what if game but I think it helps us see for one - how blessed we have been and how important choices are and how important it is to make those choices carefully.

My life has evolved by making choices-  What if I hadn't gone to Ricks College a zillion years ago?  I wouldn't have ever met Mike.  I would have missed out on some of the great friends I have now and my life would be totally different.  I view going to Ricks as a fluke on my part.  I was in a car with some girl friends and we were all talking about what we were going to do after we graduated.  One of the girls said, I'm going to Ricks College.  I said what?  Where is that?  She told me it was in Idaho and I said, hummm maybe I'll go there.  I don't even really remember filling out a college application but I do remember getting the acceptance letter AND telling my mom I was going to ID for school.  She had no idea I had even applied.  What if I hadn't been in that car at that time?

Interesting to think about while driving in the car... but it also makes me over joyed with most of our choices-  There are always the What if's that I ponder upon and think... that would have changed our lives for sure.  After Mike graduated from BYU he was searching for a job.  He applied at 2 different places.  1. EDS and 2. The FBI.  He went for 2- job interviews.  EDS sends him through multiple levels of interviews.  FBI said your pretty young come back when you have more experience.  EDS- offers him a job.  FBI changes their mind and asks him to come back in for another interview.  Mike said- Sorry already have a job.  Mike and I talk about that choice.  What if Mike had gone back to the FBI for that second interview and they had offered him a job?
 But I always come back to we have been very blessed in life and am so thankful for what we have chosen and where we are now.   BUT I still wonder...  WHAT IF????  :-)