I drove home last week to have lunch with my cute mom and dad. After discussing our common ground and diverging thoughts on Boyd K. Packer's talk, I smiled at my parents and teased, "Well just look at our little Mormon modern family: you've got a son who's gay, a son who's married to a non-member, a son who's currently being pursued by (gasp) a fabulous black girl, and a son who'd travel back in time to 1890 just so he could farm and earn a living at it. Who would've thought?"
We shared a laugh, and then my mom said, "Yeah. Not quite what we pictured, but it's what we've got. And we love each of you, no matter what."
No, life doesn't always comply with the picture you paint in your head. I'm quite certain my parents envisioned a completely different outcome when they first embarked on the process of rearing a family. But, being the beautiful people they are, they've adjusted their vision, walked forward in faith and shown us that love is really all you need.
