We seem to be settling in to our new routines and lifestyle with BG home. She is being as reasonable as a 17 year old girl can be. Last night she worked until 8, I sent her a text to pick up fabric softener. She did. Didn’t complain or as me for money, came on home and made something to eat. She didn’t ask to stay out past curfew or anything like that. She is finished with Summer School.
Things aren’t perfect, but they seldom are. She and Mr P are still working on their relationship. He is being great. She needs to bend a little more and be friendlier.
Yesterday morning I was speaking with my ex-MIL who asked how the relationship with Mr P was going. She said that she had been praying that it would work out, and said again that BG needed to be with me and how glad she was that things were going well. She knows her son, so I laughed and told her that she knew the men in my life. My dad was a highly strung type A+++++ and Ex Husband is very much type A, OCD, and just plain rigid in his schedule, beliefs, and life in general. I work for Guy who is over the top, you’ve heard stories of him for years so you know. I told MIL that I had once told Mr. P that I had heard about men like him but thought they were something like a unicorn. They didn’t really exist. Wednesday I got paid. I came home and told Mr P that BG and I were going shopping and I planned to spend X amount. His reply was OK, have fun. There were no lectures about how broke we were and how we couldn’t afford it right now. It would have to wait. Just OK. Have fun. Ex MIL laughed at that. She knows her son.
So this was a praise not a prayer request although we will still take prayers as we go forward.
Pray for my neighbor S who is going to try a new stem cell injection treatment in lieu of knee replacement surgery. She was scheduled for the surgery this coming Monday but when I talked to her a couple weeks ago she was really conflicted and was searching for any kind of alternative. Then, when I talked to her again the other day, she told me she’d cancelled the surgery and is going to try this other treatment and hope for the best.
Problem is, it’s still very new, results appear to be all over the map (and even with the most improvement it won’t be as complete as a knee replacement). But she hates surgery and has had a tough couple years losing family members — she said she just couldn’t psychologically face major surgery and the long recovery right now.
Please pray for L, a friend of my daughter’s. She was going to be married in a couple weeks, but broke up with her fiancee recently (sounded like a mutual decision). Not long after that, while her fiancee was home alone, he had an apparent heart attack, and was found dead the next day by a co-worker after he failed to show up for work. L is blaming herself for his death. 😦
Pray for my parents and myself. As I wrote on R&R, my father has a serious form of pneumonia. My mother will hear the prognosis and type of surgery that needs to be done on her kidney this week (she postponed the appointment with the surgeon last week because of my father’s surgery). With all the stress and the hot humid weather (with attendant smog), I am concerned that my asthma may flare up again, which is the last thing we need. Since both parents are suffering health problems, I am the one that needs to accompany them to appointments, etc.
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Thankful to be home. Excellent trip.
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We seem to be settling in to our new routines and lifestyle with BG home. She is being as reasonable as a 17 year old girl can be. Last night she worked until 8, I sent her a text to pick up fabric softener. She did. Didn’t complain or as me for money, came on home and made something to eat. She didn’t ask to stay out past curfew or anything like that. She is finished with Summer School.
Things aren’t perfect, but they seldom are. She and Mr P are still working on their relationship. He is being great. She needs to bend a little more and be friendlier.
Yesterday morning I was speaking with my ex-MIL who asked how the relationship with Mr P was going. She said that she had been praying that it would work out, and said again that BG needed to be with me and how glad she was that things were going well. She knows her son, so I laughed and told her that she knew the men in my life. My dad was a highly strung type A+++++ and Ex Husband is very much type A, OCD, and just plain rigid in his schedule, beliefs, and life in general. I work for Guy who is over the top, you’ve heard stories of him for years so you know. I told MIL that I had once told Mr. P that I had heard about men like him but thought they were something like a unicorn. They didn’t really exist. Wednesday I got paid. I came home and told Mr P that BG and I were going shopping and I planned to spend X amount. His reply was OK, have fun. There were no lectures about how broke we were and how we couldn’t afford it right now. It would have to wait. Just OK. Have fun. Ex MIL laughed at that. She knows her son.
So this was a praise not a prayer request although we will still take prayers as we go forward.
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Loved reading that report, Kim. Thanks for sharing.
Michelle, glad you had a great trip!
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Wonderful, Kim!
Welcome home, Michelle!
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Pray for my neighbor S who is going to try a new stem cell injection treatment in lieu of knee replacement surgery. She was scheduled for the surgery this coming Monday but when I talked to her a couple weeks ago she was really conflicted and was searching for any kind of alternative. Then, when I talked to her again the other day, she told me she’d cancelled the surgery and is going to try this other treatment and hope for the best.
Problem is, it’s still very new, results appear to be all over the map (and even with the most improvement it won’t be as complete as a knee replacement). But she hates surgery and has had a tough couple years losing family members — she said she just couldn’t psychologically face major surgery and the long recovery right now.
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We know a couple of folk who went that route. One is delighted the other is pleased.
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Please pray for L, a friend of my daughter’s. She was going to be married in a couple weeks, but broke up with her fiancee recently (sounded like a mutual decision). Not long after that, while her fiancee was home alone, he had an apparent heart attack, and was found dead the next day by a co-worker after he failed to show up for work. L is blaming herself for his death. 😦
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Pray for my parents and myself. As I wrote on R&R, my father has a serious form of pneumonia. My mother will hear the prognosis and type of surgery that needs to be done on her kidney this week (she postponed the appointment with the surgeon last week because of my father’s surgery). With all the stress and the hot humid weather (with attendant smog), I am concerned that my asthma may flare up again, which is the last thing we need. Since both parents are suffering health problems, I am the one that needs to accompany them to appointments, etc.
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