*Sigh*
April 25, 2012 2:20pm
Working tomorrow morning from 7 to 1. Then my hours are being changed for Saturday and Sunday. Instead of working my usual (10-7 on Saturday and 9-6 on Sunday), they need me to work Saturday 7-4 and 8-5 on Sunday. I don't know if it is just for this weekend or if that's what they need me to do from now on. I guess I can find out when I go in tomorrow.
No word yet on Aunt Ethel, although it is pretty obvious her journey here is just about finished. My poor parents are so worn out. I can't help but think of them. It doesn't seem like it was that long ago that they were where I am right now, raising my sister and me. Now we're where they were, raising our families, and they are where the grandparents were then. You never stop to think that some day sooner rather than later it will all change and the ones around you will be nothing more than faces in photographs and memories etched onto the heart. But it happens. Every time I look at my parents I see the shadows of their youth intermingled with the door to eternity. I think about myself as well, as I am also not in my youth anymore and I am no more promised tomorrow than the next person. I trust that my family will be taken care of and that God will be with them. I just don't want them to struggle. I know they will prosper. I know their lives will be fruitful and blessed. I know that everything they set their hands to will succeed. I also know they will have moments of questioning, of reasoning, of trying to understand and make sense out of life. They will not always make the wisest choices or best decisions as they go through life. I just pray that in all things, they will be led by God and that they will seek Him always. And I pray that of anything that I could leave to them, that they will be able to say that I was their example and that in spite of my shortcomings, I did the best I could do.
*Sigh*
Monday, May 14, 2012
Not Quite A Quiet Sunday
April 22, 2012 11:08pm
Mom and Dad's birthday today. They are 66. And once again, I was not able to spend any time with them. This morning I was up at 5:15 to get to a mandatory store meeting from 6-8. I was able to go to church, though I couldn't stay for the entire service; a little bit was better than none at all. And then back to work at eleven. Usually Sundays are quiet to the point of being boring. Not today.
I made several trips to the back to bring up grills. I helped a customer load a grill onto his truck. I helped a lady with a lawn mower and a hedge trimmer. I covered register plus I worked in returns for half an hour. Suffice it to say, I am very tired!
I found out yesterday that I am being moved back to front end. I found out today that one of the head cashiers knew two weeks ago but wasn't allowed to say anything. I'm not surprised and truthfully, I'm okay with it. Since the powers that be decided that the way things were before wasn't the proper way to be doing things, at least I will be some place where things make sense. From what I can see, my hours are the same. I don't appear to be scheduled throughout the week. Of course, that too may change but in the meantime, I will work according to how I am scheduled. Funny that the head cashier knew two weeks ago that I'd be back up front. Two weeks ago I was recovering from surgery and dreading the possibility of having to deal with going back to OPE/Inside Lawn And Garden. This may be a blessing in disguise.
Random thought before I go to bed--why do blessings wear disguises? If I were a blessing, I'd walk around naked!
Yeah, it's time for bed!
April 22, 2012 11:08pm
Mom and Dad's birthday today. They are 66. And once again, I was not able to spend any time with them. This morning I was up at 5:15 to get to a mandatory store meeting from 6-8. I was able to go to church, though I couldn't stay for the entire service; a little bit was better than none at all. And then back to work at eleven. Usually Sundays are quiet to the point of being boring. Not today.
I made several trips to the back to bring up grills. I helped a customer load a grill onto his truck. I helped a lady with a lawn mower and a hedge trimmer. I covered register plus I worked in returns for half an hour. Suffice it to say, I am very tired!
I found out yesterday that I am being moved back to front end. I found out today that one of the head cashiers knew two weeks ago but wasn't allowed to say anything. I'm not surprised and truthfully, I'm okay with it. Since the powers that be decided that the way things were before wasn't the proper way to be doing things, at least I will be some place where things make sense. From what I can see, my hours are the same. I don't appear to be scheduled throughout the week. Of course, that too may change but in the meantime, I will work according to how I am scheduled. Funny that the head cashier knew two weeks ago that I'd be back up front. Two weeks ago I was recovering from surgery and dreading the possibility of having to deal with going back to OPE/Inside Lawn And Garden. This may be a blessing in disguise.
Random thought before I go to bed--why do blessings wear disguises? If I were a blessing, I'd walk around naked!
Yeah, it's time for bed!
Forgiveness
April 16, 2012 10:20am
This morning after I got the kids off to school, I turned on Joyce Meyer. She was talking about forgiveness and how it is so necessary in our walk with God. To hold on to bitterness and unforgiveness and anger hinders our prayers and keeps us from moving forward. It keeps us from truly living and enjoying the life that Jesus died for us to have. It also holds us back from being forgiven. We can't even enjoy the gifts that others possess when we remain in bitterness and unforgiveness because we are too focused on what it is we don't have or what we think we don't have.
And so today, I ask if there is any bitterness or unforgiveness in me. If there is, may I see it so that I may confront it, deal with it, and move forward with God. And may I be given the grace to face it and confront it honestly!
April 16, 2012 10:20am
This morning after I got the kids off to school, I turned on Joyce Meyer. She was talking about forgiveness and how it is so necessary in our walk with God. To hold on to bitterness and unforgiveness and anger hinders our prayers and keeps us from moving forward. It keeps us from truly living and enjoying the life that Jesus died for us to have. It also holds us back from being forgiven. We can't even enjoy the gifts that others possess when we remain in bitterness and unforgiveness because we are too focused on what it is we don't have or what we think we don't have.
And so today, I ask if there is any bitterness or unforgiveness in me. If there is, may I see it so that I may confront it, deal with it, and move forward with God. And may I be given the grace to face it and confront it honestly!
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