My mom and stepdad (Angels - both) live in the town I grew up in. Once spring arrives, I hope that he will be able to make friends his age and enjoy life with less time to think about his ever present back pain. My Dad, moved back North from South Carolina last year to be closer to us. He is finally settled into a community in a mobile home park, after trying apartment living for a year.
His dad is amazing at 78, takes care of himself and the big house, does his errands and yes, went ice fishing on the bay last weekend. Steve's mom has been gone almost a year, We still grieve. My husband loves to fish, we live near enough to enjoy summer and winter fishing on the ice. We adore our adopted pets (all rescues from one place or another), spoil them and enjoy their personalities. Jake is home for food and rest (What else do 19 year olds do that are having difficulty finding a job in this economy, taking a break from college to mature and figure out what they want to do next?) Where did that time go? Our older children visit when they can. So as I think of how we will have been married 20 years this coming July, I am thankful and amazed at the same time. But we truly know that we were meant to be together. It reminds me that our first choices, or to choose our own paths, may only be practice for the real thing: the soulmate that God intended for you in the first place. Jacob, our child together, came along about 2 years later. We both had 1 child from previous marriages. It hangs in my living room along with a similar one of my husband, Steve, and I sitting on a rock looking back at the camera. The picture in the heading is over 20 years old. Steve also, just remembering the JOY in the Lord. I trust Lord in your time you will draw him and he will fill that empty spot. Now I pray most of all for a resolution for Jake, that he may find the joy and hope that he is seeking. God has been good to us in his provision of a job for me. But for the days that I may need to sit with silence and grumpiness I have saved some good reads. I choose to get up, get moving and ignore it. Back and shoulders remind me each day in the morning that I am still an arthritic older lady. So keeping busy keeps my pain level tolerable. I may have to have the serenity to no pursue that until she is ready. A bonus is cousin Anne, twins Gwen and Drew and I hope to connect with Steph and Larry my stepdaughter. Next week is Mom and I annual, and I say this loosely because it is a second annual trip, quilt show and Aunt Barb visit. What bothers me is it is all so secretive and makes me wonder if Jake is truly compassionate with his time or commiserating.It has been a year since Grandma has passed, It is hitting Jake and Steve hard. As far as I can tell Ryan lives alone in a house with no electricity, his father passed away last fall, and his mother lives somewhere else with her boyfriend and Ryans younger brother.
#Inspiration saturday blessings tv#
He spends his time sleeping, eating and preparing food, watching TV and hanging with a new down and out friend Ryan. I am hoping he will reach out and meet some people if his daughter is less available. Less time for Dad, he seems to resent that. All this between sewing a birthday doll skating costume for my neice Holly. Painting, knocking out closets, planning storage areas that are bright and usable. Have been working on my sewing room which is going to turn into a lovely studio and storage area. It triggers a response of lets get things new and bright in the house too. The feeling of rebirth and new growth satisfies deep in the soul. Watched a gray squirrel do calistenics to get seed from brid feeder this am.
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