Facts of Life

Remember the "Facts Of Life." I loved to watch that show and am not ashamed to admit that I can still sing the theme song.

You take the good, you take the bad,you take them both and there you have
The facts of life, the facts of life. There’s a time you got to go and show
You’re growin’ now you know about the facts of life, the facts of life.
When the world never seems to be livin up to your dreams
And suddenly you’re finding out the facts of life are all about you, you.

Anyway, I digress. This weekend our church had their women's retreat and the theme was, "The Facts of Life" and the speaker was none other than Blair, I mean Lisa Welchel. I really enjoyed hearing her speak and many things she said spoke directly to me. It was a great weekend and spending time with my friends Cindy and Rebecca always makes me laugh. The hardest laugh of all came when we discovered that I had left my suitcase sitting at home in the middle of the bedroom. Thank God for WalMart and clearance racks or I would have come home wearing the same scrubs that I wore up there. I hadn't really wanted to go but went anyway and I was so glad that I did. I reconnected with old friends, made some new ones and came away with a greater appreciation of how God uses circumstances to refine us. I figure by the time that I am done with him refining me I should be pure gold!!!!!