Beautiful Chaos

To Plan or Not to Plan?

Today I had an epiphany. Well, not really, but kind of.

While walking toward the bathroom at Barnes and Noble, with a baby on my hip and two elementary aged girls following close behind me (babysitting) I found it. It was almost as if the clouds opened up and the fluorescent lights in the bookstore shone brighter. 

 An entire section of books devoted to Wedding Planning.

I stopped. And I stared.

Now, I don’t know if it was the crisp, clean, white-lace-ball-gown book covers …  or the fact that I had been with children non-stop for about 48 hours and was feeling a little overwhelmed, but it hit me… should I be a Wedding Planner?

Planning parties has always been a passion of mine. And weddings, well, I guess an obsession. Event planning has been something I’ve thought about doing, but today I actually considered it.

Right now, I am majoring in Elementary Education with hopes of doing mission work. But part of me wonders if I’m just settling. I love children. I honestly do, but I’m stuck not knowing which to choose.

Part of me is just too scared to change my major and mess up my “plan”. And I keep thinking if I were a teacher I get afternoons, nights, weekends, holidays and SUMMERS off. But the other part of me is saying “you love this, just try it”!

Maybe there is a way to do it all. Plan. Teach. Weddings. Missions. Maybe I can plan weddings for African children?? Ah.

What to do? I need to think on this…