Jacob Have I Loved

Every now and then I stumble across a book that feels as if it was written just for me. My most recent 'enlightenment' is called Jacob Have I Loved. It is a beautiful children's book that tells the story of Sara Louise, a girl who always felt as if she lived in the shadow of her twin. The situation itself is not unique. I think all of us have run across a Caroline (S.L.'s twin) at some point or another in our lives. You know, that person who is beautiful, talented, has the world eating out of the palm of their hand, and seems to know just where their life is going.

What was enlightening about this book was how Sara Louise dealt with her situation. One day after Caroline married her childhood friend and she was taking a very routine route to her life, an old friend sat her down and confronted her on her situation. "What do you want? Caroline knew what she wanted and then when it came along she grabbed it. Don't tell me that you didn't have chances. You don't need chances, I knew that from the first moment I saw you."

Sara Louise then decides to be a doctor and near the end of the book a man looks at her and expresses his confusion as to how she even came to treat their small town. "Here you are a woman who could have anything she wanted and she chose to come here. God in Heaven has prepared you for this since you were born."

I think sometimes we envy people whose roads are straight-forward, black and white. But I think most of us have to realize at some point that our lives are not what we planned. They include mindless wandering, roads that curve and occasionally break. But it's within those questioning days, moments, and years that we find the lives that we've been prepared for since we were born. Those are the days that we build character, courage, and passion.

I guess that's why I named this blog the unwritten pages. For me it symbolizes the moments yet to happen. The moments of possibility, hope, and conviction. So here's to the moments we never expected. :)