what's for dinner?

Everyday life brings questions. Sometimes the questions are easy...what to eat, what to wear, where to go to breakfast. Fights break out in marriages because two people can't agree where to go for dinner. The small things sometimes cause us sleepless nights. Then life deals the whoppers: what kind of cancer treatment, what career path, what house to buy.

But for the majority of us our daily decisions aren't life shaking. Today I sat across from a young female who has been committed to a program. In the midst of the emotional roller coaster she was on during the admission process; she visits the nurse. This was the first time this female had been to the doctors in a long time. This females admission process was coming to an end when the nurse walked into the room.

This young female in the midst of being removed from her house, her family and all that is familiar - is pregnant. The voices of those in her life are silenced by the shutting of the gate once she stepped on our property. She now has a decision. Keep the baby? Abortion? Adoption? Imagine having everything you are familiar with ripped from you and then being forced to make a major decision.

It brings to mind the questions about faith and believes. The idea that are beliefs mold our actions and values. If everything in my life was taking away from me and all those 'advice givers' where silenced - what would I do? Would my decision making process change if there were no one people around? If I couldn't turn to family and friends would God's voice be just as loud? Or do I depend upon my environment to define my decisions.

I will watch as this female deals with a new environment while trying to 'find' the best solution.