LIFE PLANS? MAKE THEM SOONER THAN LATER

Who makes life plans? Who has a life plan?

I don’t, but my wife does. Always has.

She’s got a plan for everything, then back-up plans for every possibility along with back-up plans for the back-up plans.

But I knew this from the start. How?

When I took a knee and asked her to marry me I was shocked to learn she already had a wedding plan.

Does every woman have a wedding plan?

It spooked me enough to call it off.

That’s when she told me her back-up wedding plan:

“I’ll leave town and start my life over in another city, maybe in England. I could work there and have a good life.”

What about just being my girlfriend again until I saw the bigger picture?

Not. Going. To. Happen.

So, in the same conversation I called off the calling off of our wedding and the plan went forward.

It was a solid plan and a wonderful outdoor wedding in Oregon. In May, just past lilac season.

Since it was Oregon, and outdoors, you don’t need to ask. Yes, it rained. Then it snowed.

We combined our life plans, which meant I needed to put my paycheck in the bank instead of under my mattress.

Most people who knew us back then are surprised we’re still married.

My plan was to get married once and only once. Is once enough?

 

A GOOD PLAN IS A FOUNDATION OF LIFE TOGETHER

A friend’s son just got married for the first time in his forties.

He said his wife wouldn’t stop telling him what to do.

Pretty funny, huh? A wife telling her husband what to do.

Is that better than a wife telling her husband what not to do over and over?

Does my wife tells me what to do? Come on.

 

Newly Wed Blogger D: Now that we’re married we ought to pick which hospital to have our kids in.

 

That was my effort toward family planning, which was a start.

But wife already had a plan:

 

“We’ll have home births.”

“Home births. My dad was born at home.”

“Both my parents were born at home.”

“At least we won’t get the wrong kid out of the hospital. Right?”

“Nope.”

 

And off we went.

Her career flourished, I became a stay at home dad, which are nice words for unemployed.

The kids grew up wondering ‘Why is dad always around?’

Because I’m a writer busy writing what others don’t write. Someone’s got to do it, but most writers won’t.

I eventually transitioned from writing the unwritten to blogging.

Millennials don’t blog, don’t respect bloggers, which feels right, especially baby boomer blogs.

They always seem to harp on family and education, if not doom and death.

But that’s not what boomerpdx is about. At least not always. Still, there are important things out there.

If there’s one thing my kids, your kids, your kids’ friends, and their friends’ friends need to know:

 

Make Life Plans To Live By

Start by learning, or refreshing, your CPR training.

You may be the difference in a life or death situation.

You may recognize a life or death situation before anyone else.

This happened:

 

You’re in the locker room dressed and ready to leave. One of the guys comes in and lies on a bench. He says he doesn’t feel well. You get him a bottle of juice. He still doesn’t feel well.

You ask the right questions and he gives the wrong answers. He needs help.

The right gym has staff who know the drill. They don’t overreact, don’t panic. There’s no rush, just the steady progress of good training doing the right thing.

Two minutes after the ambulance and firefighters arrive, gym buddy is hooked to an EKG, IV, shock paddles and oxygen. They put wheels under him and head for the hospital.

 

Part of the program is being spry enough to get down to business on CPR.

Your ‘Former High School Wrestler And Army Medic’ Says:

If you find someone face down and unresponsive, put a half nelson in and turn them to their back.

Not everyone is as available as resusci-Annie or resusci-Andy.

Then proceed with your CPR training.

I believe in CPR.

I believe in Kelly.

I believe in Mandy.

I believe in Elaine.

Make life plan, life saving plans, sooner than later.

Who do you believe in? Send them this link.