Wish Upon A Star

This is post #5, six things that you wish you could change or that you had never done... I try not to have too many regrets. There are always mistakes that I wish I could undo, but honestly, they have brought me to the place I am and shaped me as a person. They help me remember that I am a flawed person and that I am always in need of Jesus as my savior. But I think I do have a few things I could mention.

1. I wish I could resolve the legal mess left behind after my dad passed away. I just want to make sure my mom never has to worry about it all again and that she is taken care of.

2. I wish I could correct my vision. I wear contacts almost every day, but I would love to get surgery to permanently give me great vision. I probably would have already done it, but I heard that pregnancy can alter your vision after you have already had it corrected and I have no idea when we will have another kid. Maybe someday!

3. I wish I could change the adoption process to make it easier and less expensive. It seems like there are so many wonderful families out there that are willing to care for children, and it is sad that it usually takes years and about $25,000 to make it happen.

4. I wish I had never stopped wearing my retainer. Two years of braces and my teeth were all good, and now they are moving around again. It doesn't bother me enough to start all over again with braces, but I regret not taking better care of them when I was younger.

5. I wish I could take care of all our debt. I would say we are pretty normal people with a car payment and a mortgage and student loans, nothing out of control or too big to handle. But money is the biggest hot-button issue that Bo and I fight about. It is just stressful to have debt at all, and my one seriously ridiculous wish is just to have it disappear. Wouldn't that be nice?

6. And on a serious note, I wish I could do more international mission trips. I think when God calls you to go somewhere, it is because he is calling you to action to do something about it. And I know that even though I am not called to be a full-time missionary, he has given me a heart for missions and fundraising to improve the quality of life for people in other countries around the world. At the top of my list is China since I think it is a possibility in the next few years, but I would definitely love to go to work in Haiti or Africa sometime in the future!