What a January!

The words "Happy New Year" have a certain connotation to me. They secretly indicate that a new or fresh start is about to take place. I realize this is all in the mind. It's just another day.

Regardless, I CHOOSE to go with the "fresh start" thing. I like it. It creates positive thoughts. This year the Lord had different ideas on what he thought was fresh and new.

1. Husband loses job. Well, I'll have some much needed help at home till he gets another job. Aaron is improving already. :)

2. Learned Kirsten has permanent learning disabilities/mental retardation. The school won't actually even call them disabilities because her low IQ matches her work. :( That was a sad day for me. No parents want that news.

3. Gave up my 13-year Mary Kay career or more specifically my sales director position. I told my consultants last night on a conference call & then hung up the phone in tears. I laid my little head on my desk & cried like a baby. I didn't think it would be that painful. I should have known. Anyone who works with these women is blessed. They are all dear to my heart. It had to be done though. The Lord has called me to serve elsewhere. I need to be with my children and find special ways for these little people to learn.

This is a picture of some of my unit at a conference from last year. Love these girls. I know that I will have each of them as a friend always.

4. I could use a break now or more recognizable blessings Lord. :) How about a vacation to Florida? Or finding out that my husband will receive unemployment compensation? Uh..a new job for my husband? A great tax rebate? :) I'll take any of those Lord.