A walk through the hills

Hello all,

I haven't updated in a while. I got crazy busy for a couple weeks, and then had just an aweful week the week after, so I just haven't felt like it.

I had a great time with my play. I was so proud of the kids, and of the mom volunteers, and of how everything turned out. There are so many great kids in that program, and they work so hard. I am so proud of them all.

But the week after my job with the theatre came to a very abrupt and unfortunate end. I'm not going to get into it much here, but I apparently had a "personality conflict" with the director of the program. I have never before had a problem getting along with anyone. I am still glad for the experience and for the new friends I made, but I am still working through my bitterness and disappointment as well.

The same week my dad had an emergency surgery for a twist in his bowel, which landed him in the hospital for a week. As bad as that was, it also meant that he got to sit in the hospital drugged up for the whole weekend instead of getting to come down here and visit us. He was feeling terrible about it, and we were feeling terrible for him. Thankfully, he's made a full recovery (Praise God!) and even went back to work this week.

To add to all of that, I was rear-ended on my way home from choir rehearsal that Wednesday. It all turned out OK, no one was hurt, and the car only has a minor scratch on the bumper, but it did add more stress to an already stressful week.

Things have improved greatly since then. My life is much more relaxed working only one job, and I've been able to pick up a few weekend shifts nannying for some extra cash. We had a great time trick-or-treating on Historic Main Street last weekend, and have been able to spend most days outside because of the unusually warm weather. Jacen has been talking like crazy, and can always cheer me up with a "Hug, tiss, Mommy!"

Ethan and I have seen God's hand working even more clearly through the last few stressful weeks.

"I am not my own, but belong, body and soul, in life and in death to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ"~Heidelburg Catechism