BEAUTIFUL FALL WEATHER

Posted on Sunday, September 21, 2008 at 02:20

Good Morning everyone. I hope and pray all are well. We've been having beautiful fall weather here. Cooler at night but still in the low to mid 70's during the day. Leaves have started their glorious color schemes. Peak around here should be in the next couple weeks. The smells of fall are begining to go strong as well. The scents of leaves as they pile up on the lawns, crisp air, wood stoves reved up, veggies prepped for canning, and soon, apple butter, dried apples and pumpkin will add to the aroma.

I'm almost all moved back. It's been a haul but almost over. I can't believe it was only 4 1/2 mos ago I moved here and now I'm going back. There are pros and cons to the whole mess so will choose to look at the pros. I'm near my church, near family, can live rent/mortgage free until they take responsibility for the house (which could take 6mos to 4 years)  so can build up my savings from a couple dollars back up to where it'll do some good in emergency.

Bad news is my daughter continues on the road to distruction. She was living at my folks since last January but has recently broken every cardinal rule of my parents and brought drugs into their home.  Smoking, drinking, bringing guys over for sleepovers (not boyfriends, complete strangers!!!) drugs, not helping my folks with anything. She moved out last Monday when my Mother told her she needed to find someplace else to live. She's living with the person she babysits for - this girl is 23, has 3 kids all different fathers and is a bad influence. There's really nothing I can do but pray. Long story but after taking her physical and emotional abuse for so many years, her stealing from me, and much of the same she moved out about a week before Christmas last year - right after she got off probation and for the first time in years I've felt a sense of peace and safety in my own home. A long hard road, we've tried with her, my Pastor and the Youth Leader of my Church gave it their all and then some, all of us bending over backwards to make a difference and she still hasn't gotten it. Ages 18-23 were my personal "young, dumb and stupid" years and to be honest it took me hitting rock bottom and falling flat on my face before I "woke up" and made a difference in my life. I'm thinking she'll need to do the same. As I said, about all I can do now is pray.

Well, I'd better go do work chores. Hopefully things will slow down in my life once the move is over. I've really condensed what I have. A lot went into storage for later use. Things such as oven size pots and pans - I've no oven/stove in my house so will use a single electric burner, grill and toaster oven for cooking. It'll be fine and since it's just me will hopefully save me some money.

Have a blessed Sunday. Love, prayers and warm Fuzzies!

Michele

keep it up

Posted by mesarah011 on Sunday, September 21, 2008 at 05:34 - Link

The situation with your daughter really is tough, but I have to applaud you on your faith - it is NOT easy to trust that she'll get back on her feet eventually (which she will!), to let her go and do what she's going to do until she figures things out, and yet you have done these things. It could be that in panic you could completely cease the relationship, or go the opposite way and lock her in her room indefinitely or something, both of which would only make the situation worse. I'm kind of rusty on my Bible stories these days, but isn't the one about the prodigal son kind of like this? She'll come around eventually, and clearly you will be there to love and welcome her! :-) Keep up the faith!