I don't remember the first time I heard the saying, "We make plans & God laughs." Yet, I do recall thinking about the phrase almost every day once the ultrasound technician said to me and my ex-husband, "I have good news & I have bad news...you are having twins! You are having twins..." Goodness knows, I've made plans, and I've also lived them, and they often look entirely different. I also recall thinking (this may be a rationalization), wouldn't life be dull if we always knew what was going to happen? Yeah, I'm going to stick with rationalization.

If you've been following along, this fall has once again proven that I can plan, but in the end, I can't control. After an intense, emotional, and lots-of-driving kind of week, my father woke up on Sunday.