If you could have one do over?

Well I can't really think of any "do-overs". I can, however think of a few "do agains". Not so I could do them differently, just so I could do them again.

>;-)

I don't think I'd go back and do anything in my life differently. Not anything significant anyway. I like who I am and I like where I am. Every thing I did and experienced has led me here. I am where I am meant to be and I'll go where I'm meant to go. It's an interesting trip.

I would have not had kids at a young age (17), because if I had waited, I would have been able to get my education and provide a better life than what they had. The 3 of them are grown and on their own now, and they know I did the best I could have, but I will always wish I could have done that one over.

I would've gone to the private school my parents were trying to force me into...it was an all guys military school so I really didn't want to go. But they have a 100% acceptence rate for 4-year colleges and it probably close to the best education money can buy in IL. I ended up not caring halfway through high school because my teachers sucked and I knew it because I knew more about a few of the subjects than they did. My younger brother ended up going to the private school and we got the same SAT/ACT ( I can't remember which test it was now) at like 29 and I got hardly any recruitment letters and he's getting scholarship letters to BIG name schools...woulda shoulda coulda.

I played a joke on a friend of mine in high school. It was a long running joke. The result was that our friendship was ruined. Therefore, the next year and a half for me were not as good as they could have been. He was a good friend and the joke should have never dragged out as long as it did. Looking back, the whole thing was high school prank stuff, but I went overboard and I never let myself down for it. So...we live and we learn, but sometimes it comes with a cost.

Not had unprotected sex and get pregnant at the age of 20. Then maybe I would have finished my physical therapy training and married the doctor I met and fell in love with latter. (my child has cerebral palsy, I did marry the father and we live in a beautiful home and have no money problems, it could have turned out worse).

Honestly, I think I wouldn't get married at 17 again. I was married for 30 years and it has been 5 since our divorce. We grew apart.

I wish I could change that.

Nothing. I've learned from all of my mistakes. If I were to re do them, how would i learn from them and keep the lessons with me? I wouldn't. Life isn't meant to redo, and rewind. That's the beauty of it, you've got on chance and that's it.

I would have not left my previous job and help a friend in his new setup firm. I see what so call true colour and I had lost not only my career, a friend, but also myself as well.....

I HAD MY CHANCE WITH TINY TIM, AND I AM GLAD I TOOK IT