Ever wonder why things happen the way they do and
why we make the decisions we do. I am sitting in my living room at the cottage
at 1:30 a.m. wondering just that. I can't sleep...for no reason at all, and
reflect on what brought me here...to Saint-Émile-de-Suffolk, of all places.
Our drive, on that Saturday afternoon in early September, was meant to bring us to Lac des loups to see a different cottage. After 40 minutes of driving on a dirt road and having to get out of the car to hand-lift a gate to get to yet another dirt road we just gave up, never seeing Lac des loups at all.
I truly believe that faith brought us to Saint-Émile. How many different roads we might have chosen instead of the one that brought us to Impasse Roy and the cottage.
The same holds true for that Saturday evening over 30 years ago when I met Serge at the emergency room. That faithful meeting might of never happened had I not gotten that job offer at the Ottawa General Hospital that was meant for my friend Christine Casey. Had she offered the job to one of her other friends or if my boss had called someone else to replace the employee who had called in sick for the night shift on that Saturday evening, Serge might have been trained by someone else and he might have married another girl. I am glad I was the one to "train him" and that this has in turn brought me to have my two wonderful daughters that I adore.
I am sure that all of you have similar stories...where faith intervened and changed the course of your life. Some people believe it is not faith at all but rather the decisions we make of our own free will. Of course I know that we make our own happiness but faith seems to have a way of steering me in the right direction.
I gladly put myself in the hands of "faith" and hope that she will continue to lead me to happiness.
Our drive, on that Saturday afternoon in early September, was meant to bring us to Lac des loups to see a different cottage. After 40 minutes of driving on a dirt road and having to get out of the car to hand-lift a gate to get to yet another dirt road we just gave up, never seeing Lac des loups at all.
I truly believe that faith brought us to Saint-Émile. How many different roads we might have chosen instead of the one that brought us to Impasse Roy and the cottage.
The same holds true for that Saturday evening over 30 years ago when I met Serge at the emergency room. That faithful meeting might of never happened had I not gotten that job offer at the Ottawa General Hospital that was meant for my friend Christine Casey. Had she offered the job to one of her other friends or if my boss had called someone else to replace the employee who had called in sick for the night shift on that Saturday evening, Serge might have been trained by someone else and he might have married another girl. I am glad I was the one to "train him" and that this has in turn brought me to have my two wonderful daughters that I adore.
I am sure that all of you have similar stories...where faith intervened and changed the course of your life. Some people believe it is not faith at all but rather the decisions we make of our own free will. Of course I know that we make our own happiness but faith seems to have a way of steering me in the right direction.
I gladly put myself in the hands of "faith" and hope that she will continue to lead me to happiness.
I can attest to that Lise. Had it not been for Facebook, Christine and I would never have met you and Serge.
ReplyDeleteIt's funny however that we shared the same road of life during our elementary school years but never quite connected. I suppose I made a lane change and went elsewhere at the time.
So true JP!! I agree it was faith!
DeleteSimilar story with Bert and me. All of his high school he had gone to another school. The last year before he graduated he decided to change schools (to where his brother was, same school as me). Having had completed almost all of his credits he only had to take a few classes. Which brought him to take the well reknown Plein Air class at Garneau. I was also in that class. :) And the rest is history!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your story Jacynthe!!
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