Everything in life is progressive, yet I’m constantly amazed at how often I miss this. When you’re looking to the finish line of a particular task, goal or project, it’s easy to get caught up in the current step you’re taking as the one that will get you to that line, even if it’s only the first or second step. But in reality, everything we do in our lives builds more bridges and opportunities down the road. And sometimes we may even abandon a project or path because the step we took didn’t speed us to the finish line, but find that years later those steps still provided progress toward that abandoned or forgotten project. This morning I was reminded of that.

Now, one BIG reason why I say I shouldn’t miss this as much as I still do is my son. Case in point, he joined our family not only after we’d officially closed our adoption file, but also because of a friendship formed six years previously through adoption volunteer work. And even my daughter’s birthmother connected with us largely because of my drama background. Now, I assure you that when I was in High School I had no idea that the decisions I was making and my extracurricular activities would one day play a key role in my becoming a mother. Nor did I have any clue that the relationships I built through volunteering with our daughter’s adoption agency would one day hold the keys to our son joining our family. But there it is.

This morning, the lesson was learned again as I sat with my family in the office of a talent agent here in the Phoenix valley. Okay, actually it began last night as I was updating my daughter’s resume information for today’s meeting. I couldn’t help but see how much she’s already done in her short 9 years of life. But the big finale came this morning when she was signed by the agent. So I guess we’re back on the ride for another couple years, and right on the heels of me deciding that we might be done with this journey after an almost 2 year sabbatical. *snicker*

But back to the lesson, the biggest ah-ha moment for me today was the response to my question of why they wanted to sign her. It was largely due to all that stuff we did a couple years ago. Those steps were just steps in the process and now they’ve led to a new one. Who knows if this step will go to another or not, or when but I’m looking back wondering how I missed this basic lesson yet again. So it’s, not over, the fat lady hasn’t sung and according to my daughter, “It’s been the perfect day.”

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