We never know what the future holds for us. For some of us, things are pretty simple. For instance, do we get a dog or a ferret as a pet? Sometimes it gets more complicated - are we staying in the Middle East for a long time? I'm a 'planner' by nature. I tend to try to control things around me. Which, as I'm sure you can guess, never really works. I even do all my holiday shopping on the internet so I don't leave presents up to chance when I do my shopping in the home country!
But, most things we can't plan. I never knew I'd have both a son and daughter, move so many times, live in so many wonderful places and now live in the Middle East. The age old question all kids are asked, "What do you want to be when you grow up" becomes infinitely more complicated as we get older! Plus, we just can't really 'plan' what we'll grow up to be most of the time!
I just read the following in the Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/03/sakineh-mohammadi-ashtiani-execution
Certainly not what a mother would have planned. Certainly not what a mother would have planned to have happened to her family. Regardless of how you feel about the alleged or convicted actions of an individual, this is certainly not how one hopes or plans for their family. I can only hope that the family involved will no longer have to feel such pain.
Peace.
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Be peaceful and respectful.