{deep creek hot springs hike}

{decisions, plans}

Chad with a solemn face: "Mom, don't laugh, but I think I've decided to get married." (No, I didn't panic- this is huge. Up to now, he's vowed in all seriousness that he will never marry, that he's going to be a scientist in a lab, and that girls are too much trouble...)
I assured him I would not laugh and that his new decision was perfectly acceptable at an acceptable age.
Then he asked, "What if the girl I'm supposed to marry marries someone else?"
"Chad," I answered, "The girl you are supposed to marry will not marry anyone else but you. God has a perfect plan."
Not so sure about this response, he reasoned, "Well, maybe I'll pray that God will remember that plan until I'm ready. That's alot of years..."