What A Difference A Day Makes (part 2)!

 Last Sunday in part 1 of "what a difference a day makes" I wrote about my son Max and the changes in his life over the last 42 months. There were no seminal moments or huge upheavals during that time. For him it has been all about the compounding effects of doing the little things, the positive things, day after day ,one day at a time.
As a father, I never want to single out the accomplishments of one of my children over the others.  
After all, Max is not the only one who through hard work and consistent effort , has changed the trajectory of his life.
My daughter Sara had a really good job that she loved and excelled at. She was a rising star in a good company. Her bosses and supervisors loved her and her accomplishments had not gone unnoticed by the "right" people within the organization.
Life was good!
That was until they closed the facility that she had taken command of .
The new plan was to move her along, up the ladder at the newer bigger location.
Of course instead of the 15 minute commute (on a busy day) that she had enjoyed there would now be almost an hour, plus tolls and that's if there was no traffic .
 Given that we live in Northern New Jersey, what are the chances of even 1 morning or evening rush hour commute without traffic?
Things deteriorated quickly and she soon found herself looking for new avenues of employment. 
She did find her next job....and then another ....and then another...and then...well you get where this was going. 
Correct......nowhere!
A year ago, Sara had had enough of this . It was time to find something other than just another job. 
She made the decision to leave her current job and return to school, nursing school to be more precise.
Nursing had always been on her radar screen for a number of reasons.
While I really didn't understand her choice to leave a decent enough job with very little demands, I totally supported her decision. 
It would mean no income for 2 years.
Life would be different.
The extras that she and Patrick had become used to would have to be set aside for the time being. 
Travel was a big part of that.
(BTW,,,,,much credit to Patrick for his support as well!)
This week Sara finished up year 1 of 2,. Basically she's half way home now. She is doing great,excelling at everything that comes her way once again.
Sara's story , like Max's from a week ago is not about getting to a final place. It's about a Journey and a course of action that builds first a foundation and then the rest of the structure.
Neither one of them had a blue print of how things were supposed to work out. That doesn't matter.
They grabbed their respective tool kits and set to work. The results speak for themselves.
As for Patrick and Sara's travel plans? Well the have managed to get away again this week,this time to Ireland, where by the way, he just happened to ask her to marry him!
Pretty cool huh!
Shavua Tov!