Monday, July 4, 2011
Happy Fourth of July
I am sitting here alone with my black Lab at my feet, my cat at my back and the Corgi somewhere, probably watching the refrigerator. Her belly rules.
I am alone with these pets on this glorious Fourth!
I put out the flags, I am drinking my coffee and I thought I'd share a few more tidbits.
Life is about to change for us, I think. The job interview that my husband has tomorrow is in Iowa, and he will take it if offered it, and I am almost 98% positive it will be offered. This is my mind rushing ahead------You must weigh in options when you make decisions: Some things are never even considered, but when they are you must dream a little and picture the result, even if that never comes about!
I am now "employed" by Primerica, learning financial consultation and getting licensed in mortgage sales and securities. This came about rather suddenly and since it was a viable option I went for it. I have no idea how this will affect our lives, but it is interesting for me to learn this business. The thing I love most about it is that it helps people to overcome debt, and I believe debt is really bad. 'Nough said.
IF we move to Iowa I leave three children in Minnesota. That is rather jarring to this mother of five, soon to lose three at once!
Options must be considered!
I have four children off to camp this week, the fifth is water-skiing with friends this morning (what a perfect day for that! No breeze, the lake must be glass)
My husband is in Iowa preparing for The Interview. He got to his 30th high school reunion the other night as well, and loved it. He is enjoying some time with his parents.
I am catching up this week: cleaning, sorting, filing, painting, doing laundry (that never goes away!) It is a little lonesome peace.
In a wind that blasted through here the other night an old oak went down at my childhood home. It was the "swing" tree, just outside my bedroom window. I don't need to say how much we all loved that tree. What a blessing, though------it was rotten at the base, and the wind took it northeast, away from the house and between two other mature trees. It could have been so bad, and instead it was orchestrated in its fall. My mother thanks the Lord.
The same wind hit the holiday parade my daughters and I were attending, two of my sons were walking the route selling pop. "Tornado!" someone screamed. Everyone scattered and trees went over, some uprooting. Report: No bad injuries.
It was kind of like a horror movie.
I drove the campers up to camp yesterday. Lake Mille Lacs was serene and blue, the fields and trees healthy green. All was quiet and peaceful. The calm after the storm.
I am hoping for some calm in my spirit after the storm of wonder we've had this past year. God has only blessed us, but it has been a trial in patience and mastering anxiety.
Again, nothing is settled, and perhaps my ideas will all be fiction, but I can't help some "forwards placing," Vorstellung. Another German word that fits so well here. Trying to get a handle on the possibility.
Is this exile of unemployment over?
I am alone with these pets on this glorious Fourth!
I put out the flags, I am drinking my coffee and I thought I'd share a few more tidbits.
Life is about to change for us, I think. The job interview that my husband has tomorrow is in Iowa, and he will take it if offered it, and I am almost 98% positive it will be offered. This is my mind rushing ahead------You must weigh in options when you make decisions: Some things are never even considered, but when they are you must dream a little and picture the result, even if that never comes about!
I am now "employed" by Primerica, learning financial consultation and getting licensed in mortgage sales and securities. This came about rather suddenly and since it was a viable option I went for it. I have no idea how this will affect our lives, but it is interesting for me to learn this business. The thing I love most about it is that it helps people to overcome debt, and I believe debt is really bad. 'Nough said.
IF we move to Iowa I leave three children in Minnesota. That is rather jarring to this mother of five, soon to lose three at once!
Options must be considered!
I have four children off to camp this week, the fifth is water-skiing with friends this morning (what a perfect day for that! No breeze, the lake must be glass)
My husband is in Iowa preparing for The Interview. He got to his 30th high school reunion the other night as well, and loved it. He is enjoying some time with his parents.
I am catching up this week: cleaning, sorting, filing, painting, doing laundry (that never goes away!) It is a little lonesome peace.
In a wind that blasted through here the other night an old oak went down at my childhood home. It was the "swing" tree, just outside my bedroom window. I don't need to say how much we all loved that tree. What a blessing, though------it was rotten at the base, and the wind took it northeast, away from the house and between two other mature trees. It could have been so bad, and instead it was orchestrated in its fall. My mother thanks the Lord.
The same wind hit the holiday parade my daughters and I were attending, two of my sons were walking the route selling pop. "Tornado!" someone screamed. Everyone scattered and trees went over, some uprooting. Report: No bad injuries.
It was kind of like a horror movie.
I drove the campers up to camp yesterday. Lake Mille Lacs was serene and blue, the fields and trees healthy green. All was quiet and peaceful. The calm after the storm.
I am hoping for some calm in my spirit after the storm of wonder we've had this past year. God has only blessed us, but it has been a trial in patience and mastering anxiety.
Again, nothing is settled, and perhaps my ideas will all be fiction, but I can't help some "forwards placing," Vorstellung. Another German word that fits so well here. Trying to get a handle on the possibility.
Is this exile of unemployment over?
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Corgi Hollows Updates
My God shall supply all your needs, according to His riches in glory.
Life doesn't always turn out the way it is pictured, but I know it always turns out the best way when God is honored, when we follow His commands. Hope, growth, trouble, reward, circumstance. Does that sum it all up?
When trials come we must ask questions: Is this trial environmental? Are my fellow travelers suffering as well? Is this trial a vehicle to eternal glory or death? (We all die.) Is this trial of my own making, consequence of my own choices?
Most of our "trials" fall under the last category. Sometimes we must suffer our own consequences, and that isn't all bad. We learn from our mistakes, and we have the opportunity to start over, with new circumstances, though usually not easier.
This is what I am learning, and this is what I'm trying to teach the lives God has entrusted to me to raise.
Life isn't fair. Life isn't always easy. Life doesn't owe you anything. Neither does God. Each day is a gift, and when we wake up on a gorgeous summer morning in 2011 we need to thank God for letting it happen!
God has graciously given me more than I can remember to thank Him for. A grateful spirit is my desire. I am thankful for all the good, and strive to be thankful even in the bad that I suffer. It will all work out for good. That is God's promise, and He keeps His promises.
Life doesn't always turn out the way it is pictured, but I know it always turns out the best way when God is honored, when we follow His commands. Hope, growth, trouble, reward, circumstance. Does that sum it all up?
When trials come we must ask questions: Is this trial environmental? Are my fellow travelers suffering as well? Is this trial a vehicle to eternal glory or death? (We all die.) Is this trial of my own making, consequence of my own choices?
Most of our "trials" fall under the last category. Sometimes we must suffer our own consequences, and that isn't all bad. We learn from our mistakes, and we have the opportunity to start over, with new circumstances, though usually not easier.
This is what I am learning, and this is what I'm trying to teach the lives God has entrusted to me to raise.
Life isn't fair. Life isn't always easy. Life doesn't owe you anything. Neither does God. Each day is a gift, and when we wake up on a gorgeous summer morning in 2011 we need to thank God for letting it happen!
God has graciously given me more than I can remember to thank Him for. A grateful spirit is my desire. I am thankful for all the good, and strive to be thankful even in the bad that I suffer. It will all work out for good. That is God's promise, and He keeps His promises.
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