Life Goes On

Life is a strange beast that roles on with time as long as my heart is beating and my lungs are breathing. It has brought me from the small town of Lehi Utah to the great state of Maryland and over again to Texas. I remember how exited I was to get out of Ephraim and go on my mission to Rochester New York.

Plans have come and plans have gone. Once upon a time I was going to be a firefighter, then a paleontologist. As I grew up I changed my mind to other things like an accountant, a football player, or a doctor. Then I decided to become a pharmacist. During this journey I was undecided through most of it. It wasn't until after my mission that my goal to become a doctor was solidified.

I had other goals as well. Soon after my mission I met and fell in love with Emily and soon after we were married in the Manti Temple. A little more then a year later I became a father when Caleb was born. These were two of my biggest goals. Our little family expanded again with the birth of Charlotte.

Over this same period of time I graduated twice, joined the army, and started medical school. It was about two years ago that we felt like we needed another one in our family. It took a long time for the little one to come.

This past week I got to go in and see our new little one on ultrasound for the first time. I saw the little ones mouth and nose and eyes. I could see all the fingers and toes. The heart was beating, and the stomach was waiting for deposits. Finally we found out that our new addition is going to be a girl.

Life is going forward again. My little ones have aspirations just as I did. I don't know where they will be in 20 years, and I don't know where I will be. What I do know is that we will always be a family, and that's what is really important.