Your Change of Plans

Your Change of Plans

In the new Fox Faith film "Saving Sarah Cain," the title character, a Portland newspaper reporter, is surprised to learn after her sister's death that she was awarded legal guardianship of her five Amish nieces and nephews--changing her life, and theirs, forever.

Beliefnet asked our readers if there was ever a time when their family's needs changed their own life plans. Many Beliefnet readers wrote in, detailing the unexpected difficulties that have happened in their lives--more often than not, changing them for the better. Click through the gallery to read the responses.