Do you ever wonder why random thoughts show up in your brain and you can't stop thinking about them? Maybe it's because it's single digit degrees outside. I don't know. But today I've been thinking about the pool/water park.
Last year was our first summer in the cornfields and one of the perks is a water park. We spent lots of hours on the lazy river. It was glorious!
Now you can't see the layout of the park so let me explain. You go through the clubhouse and the first area is the kiddie/baby area. This is where all the new parents or parents of multiple little ones stay. You see many pregnant moms and much younger-than-me-looking women. Then you walk by the 3 foot pool that is for older little ones, but still mostly for parents and their kids. Next is the lazy river with an 'island' in the middle of it. This island is where we sit. It's close to the lap pool and deep end with diving boards and a slide. We can watch the girls do their pencil jumps if we feel the need. But pretty much we just lay there and soak up the sun and read a book.
Every time we went to the pool Stacy and I would say as we walked by the baby pool, "Yep, we just get to keep walking. Bye-bye babies." Or we would say, "Thank God we aren't in this section!" Or, "Aren't those the good times...strollers...umbrellas...paraphernalia." And we would happily walk to our island with a water bottle and a small bag. Please don't be offended. We don't hate babies. They are really cute. We just were so happy to get to our lounge chairs without the worry of a drowning child! We were free!!!! Definitely that chapter of our lives was closed.
Yet today as I think about our walk to the island I kind of feel like the joke might be on us. What if God tells us to adopt and we get a baby?!!! There goes our island.
But it's been a good chuckle for me today. This summer I may be crying. Just kidding....maybe.
Candie
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