Singleness

My former roommate came over for a quick lunch on my birthday and started a good chat on singleness. It got me thinking I might write a blog up about it, but she beat me to it! Take a look at her well-written piece on writing to be real.

Then I was talking to a good friend on the phone who is at a crossroads in her life. She said,

"I could pretty much do ANYTHING! Is that weird or what?"

"No, that's not weird at all," I laughed. "It happens to me all the time. It's called singleness."

"I know!" she groaned. "Why can't I just get married and have 5 kids? It can't be THAT hard! Tons of people do it! The only conclusion I've come to is that I'm not married right now because the Lord doesn't want me to be. Why not???"

Why am I not married? I hear this longing in so many of my single friends––who are NOT, may I add, the "single for a reason" type. You know what I mean. Married people and older people ask me that a lot, too: "Why aren't you married? You're a pretty little thing. How come you haven't been snatched up?" As if ugliness were the only excuse for not being married.

Been having lots of thoughts on singleness lately, and maybe I'll get back around to the topic, maybe not. We'll see....