How I See It

Story 1: My Ideal Future

In my ideal future, if everything goes just as I plan for it to, I will graduate college and begin my career as a Registered Nurse. I will work in a major Boston hospital in the pediatrics department, working 3 nights a week. My current boyfriend, Sean, and I will decide to marry and live in the outskirt towns of Boston. We will have a beautiful home with a large backyard. We will buy a Shiba Inu puppy to join our new family. After a couple years of marriage, we'll start having children. Hopefully, the first will be a little boy, and the second a little girl. Our family will grow and live happily together over the years. Sean will be teaching at the school that our children attend. We will save enough money to own a vacation home in Orlando, FL. where we will take the children on vacation every summer. We will also have plenty of money to travel the world, (just Sean and I) when the children are grown. Sean and I will be blessed with many years of marriage and health, and we will also be blessed with many grandchildren. 

Story 2: A Twist In The Story

Seeing the same future for myself, but with a bit of a twist of unexpected triumph. After graduating college and beginning my career as a nurse, I will win MegaMillions. Sean and I will already be married. I will decide to put the money towards starting my own organization called Mark's House. Together, my mother and I as Registered Nurses will begin this non-profit organization to help the mentally ill strive in ways they are unable to now. We will be open to anyone who is willing to help others, work towards personal and financial goals for themselves, and become a better person for tomorrow. Once Mark's House is up and running successfully, I will start a family with Sean and continue my work for the organization. Hopefully, the ending of this story is the same as the first.

Story 3: My Alternate Universe Future

This story takes place at the time in story number one when I begin my career as a nurse in a major Boston hospital. I will be working 3 nights a week, as I mentioned. Sean and I will be living in a house that we own together, and we will have our first child, who is an infant. Then, a zombie apocalypse occurs. I will be leaving the hospital at 7am after a long night shift. I will be driving through the streets that are filled with chaos and tragedy. When I arrive at home, Sean will be getting himself ready to go to work. He'll have the news on the TV, showing all of the chaos thats breaking out from where I just came from. "Breaking News: People filled with rage attacking anyone and everyone they see/know" says the banner at the bottom of the screen. I'll tell him about everything I saw on my drive home, when the news anchor interrupts and says, "We just received word from the Government to stay indoors if you haven't been infected or attacked. If you have been attacked or think you have been infected, please seek immediate medical attention." Then my cell phone will go off, and it will be the hospital calling me to come back and help out since they will be overwhelmed with patients. Before I rush out the door to go, I'll take a quick shower. When I get out, Sean will tell me how the school he works at has been cancelled for the day. Just as this happens, we will hear a bang at the front door and cries for help. Before opening the door, we will see a neighbor be eaten by her own husband. Then he will try getting into our house to eat us and our baby. We will get out of town before either of us or our child is harmed, and we will survive together for many years. We will stay on the road and keep moving from state to state to stay alive. My skills as a nurse will help us along the way, and Sean's skills as a teacher will bring knowledge to our child as he grows. The government will discover a cure for the outbreak, and will finally make the dead, dead. The world will slowly go back to normal and we will live a happy life together putting the world back together.

This Week's Poem About Grace:

The universe has in store

Something great for me

A wonderful love

And a career yet to be

The path I'm traveling 

On this journey today

Is filled with hope

All along the way

I'm being offered

Freedom and age

I'm a bird

Who'll never be caged

Faith, family

And friends so dear

By my side

For yet another year

Everything going 

Better than expected

To the universe

I've never felt more connected