On the way home from a weekend road trip, my 7-year-old — who had been strangely quiet — asked, “If you hadn’t been donated, would this have even happened?”
“Would what have happened?” I asked, realizing that he was referring to my adoption.
“This. Our family. Everything,” he said. “If you had not been given away, would we all be here together?”
“I don’t know,” I replied. “I met your dad at college so maybe if I had still gone to that same college, everything would be the same.”
He accepted that answer but I know it’s far more complicated than that. It made me think about how all of the small, and sometimes very big, decisions we make shape our lives.
I haven’t been participating in the 30 days of Thankfulness trend on Facebook, so here’s my nod to it. I am grateful for the people who love me, and I love them back.
Laughing is required. 