20/20 Vision
Today, as I had breakfast with my husband, I overheard the table next to me talking about how interesting it was that this person would lose their job, only to get a better job that made their life circumstances better. They commented how lucky she was.
Hindsight is 20/20. Oftentimes we have hard things happen to us, only to see a much better circumstance come out of it. It got me thinking about an experience that I had that had an amazing outcome.
When my mom was diagnosed with congestive heart failure, I was living in Sandy, Utah, running my first company, Utah Property Solutions. We secured bank owned properties, fixed them up if they were hazardous, and maintained them until they were sold.
Utah Property Solutions was just starting to take contracts out of the state of Utah and had a promising outcome, however I knew that I would be taking care of my mom. I had a conflict. When she had her second big heart attack, her heart didn’t have the function capability and she would need to have continual care.
During this time, I found a home in a small town in Pleasant Grove, close to family and decided to move.
I felt like I couldn’t give the care she needed and run a company. Mom had taken care of me and I decided that I could take care of her. The company was dissolved and I took on a Real Estate job to stay home with her.
There were many times I would lay with her, dreaming about a fun little job I could do for myself that would be rewarding, and keep our family together. She had so many suggestions but nothing was forthcoming.
Not too long after the move, my mother passed on to a happier place, without the disease she had here. I had the pleasure of meeting other “mothers” that would fill the need of mine. One of these ladies brought me chocolate after an event she went to. I wasn’t the biggest fan of chocolate so it sat on my counter for a few weeks.
One afternoon, I broke down and tried it. It was wonderful. This thought popped in my head. I wonder if I could do that?
Fast forward to today. I have a successful chocolate shop I run with my daughters. It has been a joy and a challenge, but fulfilling.
I can’t help but smile when I think about her and I, dreaming of a little company that might fill my needs.
I know that the fingerprints of God were all through this journey, maybe with a little bit of mom asking God for something like this just for me.
Had I known the outcome of this journey beforehand, I might have not struggled through the experience, learning the things I needed to and growing in a way that God intended. He knows what is best for us and cares for us in a way we could never imagine. Of that I’m grateful.
