Life's Little Detours

Being a working mom has many challenges - with the challenge of spending quality time with J each day at the top of my list.  At the end of it all I'm lucky to get two hours before bedtime with Jacob.  Of course once we do the daycare pick up there are always chores and errands to run, plus squeezing in dinner and a bath. All before 7:30.

I'm looking for a book at the library this weekend that I've seen recommended a few places. I enjoy words of wisdom and this book, written by a columnist from Cleveland, just might be enjoyable.

God Never Blinks - 50 Lessons for Life's Little Detours by Regina Brett.

Apparently there are stories to go with each nugget of advice. Some I'm looking forward to reading:

~ Overprepare, then go with the flow
~ Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch
~ Read the Psalms. They cover every human emotion
~ Life isn't fair, but it's still good
~ When in doubt, just take the next right step
~ Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone
~ Stay put in the day you are in
~ God loves you because of who God is

We've had a few of our own detours the last five years.  Some have turned out more wonderfully than planned, others have placed us at the bottom of a mountain to climb.  Sometimes a detour is as small as not thinking about giving a 15 month old pasta, next to the white blinds. (And the unplanned purchases that must be made as a result of the stains).

 Other times it's fun physical detours like an unplanned trip to Bowling Green.

Or the big ones like moving 800 miles away, then coming back when you realized it just wasn't working out.  Or adding a new person to the family :)

Or food allergies.

There are all kinds of detours out there, often I think of the song lyric

If you want to hear God laugh tell him your plans

So yeah, picking up the book this weekend.  I hope it won't disappoint.