Blessed

I have been asking The Lord for 7 years to please somehow pull my family together
just once. Just one time have all my children and all my sisters together with my Mom. Not once in my life or Mom's has this ever happened.

My boss asked me to take some of my vacation sometime in June or early July because it would be easier for her to fill the slack w/me gone at that time with her son gone for a visit to his dad's.

Hmmmmm..my daughter Julie's birthday is the last weekend of June. I have been unable to get away for a while now, 3 yrs since I have been to Philly to visit w/Julie and the kids.......LOL I emailed Julie and asked what she was doing that weekend and asked if she wanted to go out to dinner.

As soon as she read her email, she called me. Excited about a visit then blew me away with a request. She said if I was coming to Philly we should go visit her grandmother in NY.
Thank you Jesus.
She and the kids have never been to Mom's.

I am so pyched. If this can happen, then the rest of what I have been asking the Lord for will happen.
I am so praying that this family will be Blessed with a healing that comes from being able to find ourselves from the ashes of the pain from the past and move forward.

I am hoping that this trip will bring the healing that only can come from facing it together with different eyes and perspective with help from Jesus.
Family being family.
That is my wish.

SUMMER CLASSES ;~)

Summer Classes for Men at
THE
ADULT LEARNING CENTER

REGISTRATION MUST BE COMPLETED
by Friday, May 22, 2009
NOTE: DUE TO THE COMPLEXITY AND DIFFICULTY LEVEL
OF THEIR CONTENTS, CLASS SIZES WILL BE LIMITED TO 8 PARTICIPANTS MAXIMUM

Class 1
How To Fill Up The Ice Cube Trays--Step by Step, with Slide Presentation.
Meets 4 weeks, Monday and Wednesday for 2 hours beginning at 7:00 PM.


Class 2
The Toilet Paper Roll--Does It Change Itself?
Round Table Discussion.
Meets 2 weeks, Saturday 12:00 for 2 hours.


Class 3
Is It Possible To Urinate Using The Technique Of Lifting The Seat and Avoiding The Floor, Walls and Nearby Bathtub?--Group Practice.
Meets 4 weeks, Saturday 10:00 PM for 2 hours.


Class 4
Fundamental Differences Between The Laundry Hamper and The Floor--Pictures and Explanatory Graphics.
Meets Saturdays at 2:00 PM for 3 weeks.


Class 5
Dinner Dishes--Can They Levitate and Fly Into The Kitchen Sink?
Examples on Video.
Meets 4 weeks, Tuesday and Thursday for 2 hours beginning
at 7:00 PM


Class 6
Loss Of Identity--Losing The Remote To Your Significant Other.
Help Line Support and Support Groups.
Meets 4 Weeks, Friday and Sunday 7:00 PM


Class 7
Learning How To Find Things--Starting With Looking In The Right Places And Not Turning The House Upside Down While Screaming.
Open Forum
Monday at 8:00 PM, 2 hours.


Class 8
Health Watch--Bringing Her Flowers Is Not Harmful To Your Health.
Graphics and Audio Tapes.
Three nights; Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 7:00 PM for 2 hours.


Class 9
Real Men Ask For Directions When Lost--Real Life Testimonials.
Tuesdays at 6:00 PM Location to be determined


Class 10
Is It Genetically Impossible To Sit Quietly While She Parallel Parks?
Driving Simulations.
4 weeks, Saturday's noon, 2 hours.


Class 11
Learning to Live--Basic Differences Between Mother and Wife.
Online Classes and role-playing
Tuesdays at 7:00 PM, location to be determined


Class 12
How to be the Ideal Shopping Companion
Relaxation Exercises, Meditation and Breathing Techniques.
Meets 4 weeks, Tuesday and Thursday for 2 hours beginning at 7:00 PM.


Class 13
How to Fight Cerebral Atrophy--Remembering Birthdays, Anniversaries and Other Important Dates and Calling When You're Going To Be Late.
Cerebral Shock Therapy Sessions and Full Lobotomies Offered.
Three nights; Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 7:00 PM for 2 hours.


Class 14
The Stove/Oven--What It Is and How It Is Used.
Live Demonstration.
Tuesdays at 6:00 PM, location to be determined.


Upon completion of any of the above courses, diplomas will be issued to the survivors.

Today

Today has been so different than any other but then isn't every day supposed to be?

I woke this morning in a sweat from a fever.
I called in sick, today.
The news said if your sick don't go to work.
yeah, right.

I worked all weekend very very sick. I knew I couldn't find anybody to work for me let alone the fact I was shorthanded with the guy who quit with no notice on Saturday. Got a phone call from one of my other employees, Saturday evening, she flipped her car and totalled it on her way home from work.
Would not even think of telling her there was no one to replace her while she was recuping.
Was blessed with one guy who did come and relieve me for a couple of hours on Sunday. TY Jesus for that. I slept the whole 2 hours I went home. He ended up staying close to a whole shift.

Sunday being Mother's Day
I was just totally bummed with not being able to go to church to do my prayer group, let alone be able to enjoy the awesome lesson I knew the Pastor had for us mothers.

I usually am able to sneak out to church on the weekends I am supposed to work, just hasn't happened the last couple of Sundays that I did work.

Let me be honest here also, I was totally bummed with not having any contact w/the kids this year. On and off love has been tearing me up.
I have lifted my children and our siutation up to the Lord and do not fret as much as I had. I am trusting the Lord will touch their hearts and their lives.
But it still hurts sometimes.
Mother's Day I did get a text message from one of my girls, so I was blessed with that.

I love my Lord, I trust Him to lead me in the right direction. I feel sometimes that the more I want to do for my church and my God the more everything tries to fall apart on me.

I love my job.
Let me rephrase that.
I love what I am doing where I am doing it.
But it seems the job that once made me feel like I was doing the Lord's work for a while is now hindering me as I have grown in the company.

I used to be able to witness to the inmates, now it could be classified as fratenizing and I could be fired.
I always had time for church, now it gets in my way.
I don't understand why I am getting so discouraged.
In my walk w/ Jesus, I have learned to live life so differently,
so much more forgiving, so much more compliant with what is expected of me as a christian. The rebellious side of me (the world)that I thought had just been totally eliminated from me is popping up once in awhile. I don't like it.
I am praying that somehow, someway
I am just going to pray.
I am going to try to gain some wisdom reading fellow bloggers pages.
I do love you all
especially the blessed one from Iowa.
((((((((((((mel)))))))))))

On this day of your life, D, we believe God wants you to know...
... that God has an important purpose for you, and made everything possible for you to succeed.

That's not to say it's an easy purpose, or a convenient one. It might very well seem hard or even impossible, but it only looks that way. The truth is that one day you will look back and see how all the pieces fit together. And how your life has been a complete and utter success.