Well, I'll Be

      As a sophomore in Killeen, Texas, I had high hopes for my future. When I started homemaking class, I imagined that someday, far in the distant future, I would get married and raise a family.

    When it came time to learn how to sew, that was a different story for me. I did fine when just using the sewing machines at school. Our sewing project was to make an apron, complete with gathered ruffles, long ties, and apple appliqués across the front. It was the kind of apron every homemaking teacher expected a girl to make in the 1950s. When our teacher announced that we could take our projects home and finish them with help from our parents. Everyone seemed excited except me.

    The problem was simple. We didn't own a sewing machine, and my mother worked full-time. Because I was in the DECA program, I attended school only half a day and spent my afternoons working at a variety store. The only time I could work on my sewing project was during class.

    By the end of the school year, I still hadn't finished my apron. As a result, I failed homemaking and had to attend summer school. My assignment each day was polishing silverware. I may not have learned to sew, but I certainly learned how to make silver shine.

Well, I'll Be

When our life begins, our mind is but a blank slate.

As we grow, we learn and fill it with knowledge.

Learning takes twists and turns no matter the time it takes.

Once old, one feels as though they've gone to senior college.

The question is, did you let God lead you along your path?

Or did you struggle each day and do it all by yourself?

If you did it alone, perhaps you suffered the aftermath.

God can hold your hand; you need no one else.

       Patricia Westbrook

"For I am the Lord your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, 'Do not fear, I will help you.'"
Isaiah 41:13, NKJV.