Go Go Girls

Hello All, 

     I hope all of you have been doing well. The last month has been more than a little stressful with Cliff being laid off about the same time one of my jobs hired an Office Manager to streamline our processes. Change is often good, and I'm sure it will be in the case too, but for me it is rarely if ever fun. It certainly would not of been my choice when I was already stressed out of my mind with some extended family issues, and Cliff out of a job. My shoulders have been tied in knots and yesterday when I went to the Chiropractor he told me that my stress had traveled from my thumb/wrist area that's had me in a splint up to my shoulders and down to my lower back where it was causing me to have pain my bum. Since Cliff being out of job is the major contributor to the stress, I asked him if he would put it in writing that my husband was a "pain in the butt" he declined. Trust those guys to always stick together. 

    Mom and I have been walking every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at a local home center store around 7:00 am. This has been such a good thing for us on so many levels. It's a great place to walk, plenty of room and the Employees have been so supportive. They always have a smile for us, ask us how it's going, how far we walk and are just over all encouraging to us. This morning we were getting a drink of water, one of us said something at which point we heard Dennis say from the employee break room, "Oh the Go Go Girls are here" then he comes out to chat for a few minutes. This is the same man I mentioned in a previous post that saw us eating breakfast at McDonalds and said "all that walking and you're eating here?" He also threatens to chase us with the sweeper if he doesn't think we're walking fast enough. He is such a hoot and really does brighten our walking days. Mom and I really enjoy the time to just visit with each other, I'm happy to report I've finally gotten to the point that I have enough air to walk and talk at the same time most mornings. We pass a mirror closet door every morning as we walk across the back of the store, I am finally seeing a difference in the reflection which is very encouraging. To be loosing instead of gaining in the middle of such a stressful time in my life can only be a God thing, normally and left on my own I would of already packed on 10-20 pounds over the last month. Last week a very good friend took me to see Safe Haven. I really enjoyed the movie but I've gotta tell you I really really enjoyed fitting in the seats and being able to sit comfortably through a movie for the first time in years. It will be interesting to see how the seats fit at the Cedar Park Center when we attend a public Easter Service there that our Church is sponsoring. If any of you are in the Cedar Park area, please join us Easter Sunday at 10:30 am, admission and parking is free and childcare is available for children from infants to 4 years of age. 

    Today was a day full of good news. Cliff had a very promising interview on Friday, we know they are interested in him, we're just waiting on them to get back to him. Colton is waiting on the results from a drug test and physical before starting work for Firestone. I also received word that the extended family issue that has been weighing heavily on me for the last several months is finally about to be resolved. Several of the major obstacles that had to be overcome were hurdled today. I expect to get very good news on that front within the next few weeks. All these things along with less behind, and a nicer reflection in the closet door made today a pretty good day. To quote one of our past preachers "God is Good, All the Time"

   Take care and hang in there, God always has something good in the works! We just have to be patient and wait on His timing. 

René