Confessions of a Spoiler Junkie

Hi. My name is Tiffany Sanders and I watch General Hospital.

I am not a full blown junkie, mind you. That 45 minutes a day (I tape it and skip the commercials) is the block of time I make myself relax each afternoon. It’s a nice stand-still. But I don’t buy all the soap magazines – I do read them when I’m in line at Walmart. I don’t go to the fan events or write letters to the stars. The one thing I can’t seem to shake, though, is websites about the show. I am a spoilers junkie.

Gone are the days when the show would end and I would wonder … Who’s going to die? Are they going to kiss? Which man will she choose? Who is his real father? Now I watch and already know the ending.

Sometimes I wish I could get some spoilers on my life. I’d like to find the website that will tell me where we’ll be living in six months, who my daughter will marry, if Cooper was switched at birth with another baby (yeah, that's a real question) and if my best friend has ever secretly been in love with my husband. Of course, I’d also like to have the clothes and hair and homes those characters have – most of them without working ten minutes a week.

But to be honest, it’s somewhat disappointing to know what’s coming on Monday’s episode, and I have to imagine I wouldn’t really like knowing what was going to happen to me in six months. What if it wasn’t what I wanted? Would I spend the time trying to change a path God has me on?
The only spoilers I can be sure of, and the only ones I should really think about, are these:

“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” (Psalm 139:13-16)

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord. “Plans to prosper you, and not to harm you. Plans to give you hope and a future.” (Jeremiah 29:11)

“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you." (Deuteronomy 31:6)

“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” (Heb 11:1)

"Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day-- and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing." (2 Tim 4:88)

There will be no better ending than that.