My daughter and I have a cozy two bedroom house. It challenges our organizational skills in a daily-basis. We also have two beagles. The house was stretching it's limits with the four of us...and, with our priorities going toward other "at the moment" items like cars, sports, and various teenager activities, the house was put on the back-burner. I always made a conscious decision to put the house off until my daughter was off to college and I could focus on things that did not seem quite as important at the moment.
Now, the house has become the center of everything we need to do. Our "on the go" lifestyle is going to become more centered again, and in a quick hurry. We are in the midst of finding a place for everything, and everything in its place. We are suddenly doing crazy things like changing out carpet, cleaning carpet, laying new floors, and painting...painting, painting and painting. The garbage man is getting a workout and the Salvation Army could open a separate outlet for our stuff.
It is a very gratifying situation.
I had a gastric by-pass almost three years ago. I lost almost 200 lbs. I still have some weight to lose, but I feel good. Physically, I feel as good, or even better than I have since high school. I have not gained a bunch of weight since all of this went down, and in the past that certainly would have happened.
It is a very gratifying situation.
I have a daughter who was very angry and was just on the brink of true rebellion before all of this happened. We is recognizing that we need each other and she and I have become quite close since all of this occurred. It is ironic to say, and a needlework project may have worked fine for me, but God was aware that we needed a common goal to bring us together. We have a common goal - to do the best by this little boy that we possibly can.
It is a very gratifying situation.
I have a daughter who is recognizing the fact that parenthood is going to be a mind-blowing, on her knees experience that is probably going to be taken on by her alone - as a single-parent. She has made some extremely mature observations about the father of her baby, and she is prepared to to the absolute best for her little boy. She sees a future for her and her son that involves marriage someday - but to someone who is prepared to love her, and her son with every responsible and understanding bone of their body. She wants to make her life better for her and her son. She has realistic goals that involve high school graduation, college, and work.
It is a very gratifying situation.
For the first time in a few years, I am looking forward to having people come into my house. I am proud of our house and I am excited to show off all of our hard work. As with all houses, it is a constant work-in-progress, but we are going to make this little house work for the FIVE of us.
It is a very gratifying situation.
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