I was the middle child growing up. I am middle aged. I am continually striving to live in balance - not too high and not too low - right in the middle.

Sometimes when I call my best friend, Nancy, because I am upset, worried or want to complain about something, she reminds me that I am 'living in the middle of an answered prayer'. When I look at the situation, I realize that I prayed to be offered the opportunity that I am complaining about or to get pregnant with the child who is worrying me. Most of the time, I was the one who said the prayer.