Life Gets in the Way~

Life sometimes (or always) gets in the Way 

Isn't it amazing, when the things you are passionate about always finds itself in the last thing to get done? The lawn needs mowed, car needs fixed, and of course you have to go to work. When you are young and single you had time to do what you loved because you could, now you can't because life has found a way to get into your vision or dream.

1985 - Our Family

  After being single you have an adjustment time of getting married and raising a family. This was in a grand scope of the plan but then the first kid comes along. Both Mom and Dad get the shock of having to go without sleep, change diapers and feed a child who (a) wants to be fed all the time or (b) won't eat a thing so you have to take more time to get them to eat. Life just got in the way.

Dad is really in for a shock because after the first baby, he now finds the love of his life, no longer finds him the center of her universe. The kids took your place, Mom finds her husband has to work all the time to provide for the family.  Life just got in the way.

In many cases in our society both parents have to work and raise money to do of all things child care, buy toys, put gas in the car and by clothes to work in. Kids come home to empty houses in many cases the family tree has become a wood pile in the back yard. Life just got in the way. 

Eating our favorite chicken dinner before leaving for Ontario - 1985

Around 40 years old we start to realize, our kids are now beginning to want to spread their wings, the toys get bigger,  more expensive, and then there is the thing called college, (very expensive). The good news is the kids begin to leave home and you become empty nesters. You find yourself wondering where the kids went. Why is there no noise in the house? This is where you begin to wonder where did I miss it? Life got in the way of the dream.

About this time God shows us where we missed it. We failed to follow His plan and did our own plan. Fortunately for some of us we do our dream early with our family. When Kay and I began our family we did all of the things we were dreaming of when we were young.  

Linus at Rushing Wind, Ontario - 1985

Several times during our lives we found ourselves thinking what in the world are we doing? We took our kids on adventure to Canada when the kids were 13 and 10. We lived in the bush for a couple of summers only way in or out was by a float plane. The kids didn't know fear during this time. They would run into bears, moose and other critters. They would sometimes get lost in the bush but always found their way back home for supper. Every day was an adventure and it was always a different adventure. 

Kay & Linus at Rushing Wind, Ontario - 1985

 The boys learned to take care of themselves and find their way back to our lodge.  As long as you got back by supper time. Life didn't get in the way. No distractions, other than make our guests happy and hope the weather was good for fishing.  Living the life God had planned for us was a lot easier than letting life getting in the way.