Finally

It has been 2 months since my last update. I always let the end of the school year get the best of my emotions, actions, thoughts, and all of my energy. I did however, accomplish one big thing since my last update, I finished reading "Calm My Anxious Heart" by Linda Dillow. Only took me one year to complete. What a read. A dear friend of mine encouraged me to read it and not only read it, but study the words. She sent me a quote well over a year ago that came straight out of the book....

I am here....(in this job, in this family, in this circumstance.....)

• By God's appointment


• In His keeping


• Under His training


• For His time

So I will trust Him as the Blessed Controller of all things and I will.......

• Follow Him endlessly


• Love Him passionately


• Believe Him tenaciously

After finishing the book, I am now on to "Satisfy My Thirsty Soul", also by Linda Dillow. So far, it is a great read.

On to other summer news, a very dear friend of mine who inspired me to blog has moved away. We certainly by no mean were best friends, but she is someone special to me. Her smile and laughter was contagious. She did the best impressions. There were times she had us laughing so hard at lunch that I would sometimes have tears running down my face. She is the second person I did a 30 prayer vigil for. My heart ached on our last working day together. God is good.....her husband now has a great job and she is much closer to her Mom as she anticipates her late summer delivery of her baby girl. I am looking forward to all of those updates girl...keep um coming.

Finally, Shelly and I are looking forward to our summer trip up north. It was a sudden decision as we were not going to leave the state for the summer due to high gas prices. That all changed one night as Greg, Shelly and I watched the movie "P.S. I Love You." This movie was very personal to me as it was about a husband and wife madly in love with one another. Then the next scene of the movie, he was gone. Dead of a brain tumor. It went all down hill from there. The things that the wife did( I can't remember her name) were what my Mom did after my Dad died. Seriously, I don't remember much of the move because I cried the whole time. This movie mirrored my Mom. So... this is the reason for needing to go be with her. I miss my Mom terribly. Words cannot describe the pain of living hundreds of miles away from her. I am so excited to be going up to Illinois to visit her.