Never say Never

We always here that age old phrase, never say never and while I try not to, I can recall two times in my life that I said never, and never happened. 

I enrolled at MTSU and soon found myself hanging out with a few girls that I had met on campus. When the time came around to go through rush (for a sorority), we all passed it up, as it was not for us. The sororities at MTSU seemed false and pretentious, (sorry if you were greek there), so we chose to make our destiny and find friends the old fashion way. While visiting a long time friend at UTC, I was asked by her friend if I was in a sorority. I said, No, I would never be in a sorority. I finished my freshman year at MTSU and that summer I met a boy and fell in love. As chance would have it, he was going to UTC the following year. Now, I hadn't been too happy at MTSU, as it was such a large school and I was really looking for a change. My friend Andrea, whom was already there and my other friend Julie who would be a freshman were incentives to attend UTC as well. The handful of times I visited, I loved it..the atmosphere, the charm and the people. I enrolled at UTC and off I went. Rush week came around, and I had 2 roommates who were already greek. They encouraged me to rush, but I had a job and I had to work. (If you know me, I can't say no or back out of commitments). Again, as chance would have it, one sorority didn't make quota, so they held open rush one night. Now, I knew if I were to join, they'd be the sorority to join just by the girls I had met, including my roommates. Off I went to open rush and later that week, I got invited to Chi Omega. I can get all technical and say I didn't join a sorority, as Chi Omega is officially a fraternity. However, the girl I had told that I would never be in a sorority, became my sorority sister. 

The next time never back fired was more recently. About 2 years ago, I had several friends who were pregnant at the same time. They kept saying how I should get pregnant too. It was way to soon for us, we had only been married like 6 months. They were always saying how I could have play dates with them and what not, and here it goes....I will never be a stay at home mom. (GASP) I am not really sure why I said it. A little bit of me says it was a defense mechanism as I thought we'd never be able to afford for me to stay at home and a little bit of me says I needed more adult interaction than a stay at home mom got. Well, God has blessed us with the opportunity for me to stay at home with Dylan and even before Dylan, to stay at home with Tyler when we had him. I actually look forward to being a stay at home mom for several years. Maybe after the kiddies are grown and in school, then I will look at being employed again. Unless God has other plans that have me looking sooner :)

Lesson learned...never say never...I should have listened to everyone all along.