The other day I was chatting with a friend that I have known for years. This friend knew me "before". Before my becoming a Christian, before my struggles with infertility. She has seen me change from the wild twenty-something in the fractured marriage to the woman I am today. In other words, she's seen the good, bad and the ugly.
Her comment to me was "If I hadn't seen you through all of this, I don't think I'd know you. If we hadn't been in touch, I would never think you were the girl I knew back then."
While not surprising, it was eye-opening.
The girl I was back then was very career-driven. I wanted the best car, the best house, the perfect dog, the perfect-looking husband. I spent more on shoes than on groceries and made it a point to appear at all of THE social functions in the city. It mattered to me that I looked perfect in pictures, and that my clothes had the best label out there.
The girl I am today is less worldly. I don't have to have the latest fashion, and while I don't dress frumpy, I probably don't look trendy either. I enjoy my job, but wouldn't call myself career-driven. My family is more important than my job. I shop in sales and consignment shops. I budget-- and actually mean it.
I don't look at the world the same, so I don't expect that the world would see me the same.
I pray that I am able to instill some of that into my daughter :)
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