Wrinkles, Sigh

A wrinkle is seldom celebrated. Whether it be a new line under your eye or a crease in the sharp button-down you just pressed, wrinkles are, more often than not, spoilers. We ultimately have to accept them… come to terms with their presence… and learn to move on. But the fact is, their advent doesn't make anyone smile.
A wrinkle in the plans means not that they have been changed, but only that they have been impacted. How the impact plays itself out in altered arrangements remains to be worked through. Hence the ambivalence and unease when encountering a wrinkle. Far from a disaster, but if a blessing, quite disguised. Her mother-in-law's unannounced visit put a wrinkle in her weekend plans.
We build our dreams. We prioritize our goals. We organize our days. With wrinkles we cope.