So it's summer and it's very nice to not have to worry about grades, lesson plans, students in detention, etc, etc. Very nice. BUT (there is always a "but" in my world)I am now facing the dilemma of what to do job wise. As a single mom I have always worked during the summer. The extra income allows us to catch up on some bills and places us in a better position financially for the onset of the school year. My summer class at Borger High didn't make so I was disappointed. Now, I have to think about 3 options:
1. work at JcPenney where they only need me 2 days a week
2. work as a substitute teacher for summer school (days are sporadic and probably few)
3. work at Toot-n-Totum where they need someone from 2pm - 10pm every day.
Please pray with me regarding this. I want to do the right thing financially and for myself and for my family. I also am wondering if a combination of #1 and #2 would be enough? I keep hearing God tell me in the background (behind the worry and the stress that are clamoring for my attention), "Be at peace. I will be with you." What a loving God we have don't we? He understands our turmoil and anxiousness. I am so glad for that because I struggle with these emotions so very much...in so many areas of my life.
So I am listening to Jeremy Camp and eating fish sticks. The words of the song are nourishment to my soul.
Trust In You
Artist(Band):Jeremy Camp
When I can't see You I know You're there
When I can't feel You I will not fear
I will trust in You and I will not be afraid.
When the battle is close at hand
Though You're with me and help me stand
I will trust in You and I will not be afraid.
I will not be afraid
I will not be afraid
I will trust in you
I will trust in you
I will trust in you
When the darkness is close at hand
And I‘m running against the wind
I will trust in you and I will not be afraid.
When I'm standing upon that shore
All the battles I've gone before
I will trust in you, and I will not be afraid.
'Cuz I will not be afraid
I will not be afraid
I will trust in you
I will trust in you
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Friday, May 15, 2009
My daughter
*So my daughter wrote this on her Facebook and I just HAD to share it! Touched my heart!*
"So, today I was walking around campus at OBU and enjoying the beautiful weather. I love summer time and I love everything that I feel when summer time is around. I guess I never really thought about how much summer reminds me of my childhood. I think, even though I went through a lot as a kid, I had such a happy childhood. I've never met anyone as close to their whole family as I am. I don't just mean mom and siblings, I mean my WHOLE family. My cousins have and always will be my best friends. I will never forget the love my grandma bestowed on everyone she encountered. My crazy aunts who say everything they're thinking and while it drives me crazy I wouldn't change it. I am so lucky and I love how random things remind me of that happy time as a kid and remind me of how lucky I am now.
I'm a list maker- I make lists for everything- movies I want to watch, things I need to do, plans for the future and planning out every hour of my day (sometimes). So on that note I decided to make a list of everything that reminded me of my days as a kid especially during the summer time.
1. small, white, paint-chipped houses
2. sprinklers
3.tether ball
4. pull out beds
5. rusty junk in a backyard
6. old broken campers
7. cooling units
8. freeze pops
9. watermelon and cantaloupe
10. obstacle courses
11. daytime television
12. telenovelas
13. sewing rooms
14. gas stoves
15. moist basements
16. hide n go seek
17. school playgrounds
18. fresh made tortillas
19. being so hot you can't move
20. "ay chi wa was", "oy cacoy", "pobrecita"
21. the price is right
22. house coats
23. bird fountains and lawn ornaments
24. cedar chests
25.steep driveways
there's a lot more but those are just a few. I don't know what made me think of this but anyways.
Grandma, I miss you. Family, I love you."
"So, today I was walking around campus at OBU and enjoying the beautiful weather. I love summer time and I love everything that I feel when summer time is around. I guess I never really thought about how much summer reminds me of my childhood. I think, even though I went through a lot as a kid, I had such a happy childhood. I've never met anyone as close to their whole family as I am. I don't just mean mom and siblings, I mean my WHOLE family. My cousins have and always will be my best friends. I will never forget the love my grandma bestowed on everyone she encountered. My crazy aunts who say everything they're thinking and while it drives me crazy I wouldn't change it. I am so lucky and I love how random things remind me of that happy time as a kid and remind me of how lucky I am now.
I'm a list maker- I make lists for everything- movies I want to watch, things I need to do, plans for the future and planning out every hour of my day (sometimes). So on that note I decided to make a list of everything that reminded me of my days as a kid especially during the summer time.
1. small, white, paint-chipped houses
2. sprinklers
3.tether ball
4. pull out beds
5. rusty junk in a backyard
6. old broken campers
7. cooling units
8. freeze pops
9. watermelon and cantaloupe
10. obstacle courses
11. daytime television
12. telenovelas
13. sewing rooms
14. gas stoves
15. moist basements
16. hide n go seek
17. school playgrounds
18. fresh made tortillas
19. being so hot you can't move
20. "ay chi wa was", "oy cacoy", "pobrecita"
21. the price is right
22. house coats
23. bird fountains and lawn ornaments
24. cedar chests
25.steep driveways
there's a lot more but those are just a few. I don't know what made me think of this but anyways.
Grandma, I miss you. Family, I love you."
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
10 years
I went to my Borger ISD Appreciation Dinner last night. It profounded me to realize that I have been teaching 10 years now. Doing what you really love and what you feel is your "purpose" is such a great blessing. Other than motherhood, it's what I know deep within my heart that I was meant to do. Anyway, doing it for 10 years is a milestone for me since I have never done one job for that length of tim (other than motherhood). At the next milestone (20 years), I might be singing a different song but I hope not. Lol!
It's been a good spring for me. I have so enjoyed going to Breckyn's T-Ball games. Bobby coaches so it is fun to see the fun that they both have together. Grandfather and grandson...such a beautiful picture of family love. It is a blessing to have Sommer & Breckyn home until June. Pray for their future because Sommer's husband, Jeremy, will be ending his year contract in Port Arthur, Tx and they are looking for a job closer to home. Pray for God's will especially during this time of turbulent economical conditions.
It's also the end of the year and I am thankful that my year of serving as co-senior sponsor is coming to a close. My third year and it is the END! Yeah! It's a tough job (to coordinate between school & parents) but I am thankful that God got me through it. I hope to next year concentrate instead on forming a Spanish club and getting a trip to either Spain or Mexico together. That would be fun, I think.
A few more weeks and Ben & Anna come home. I can't wait!
2 Peter 1:3
His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
It's been a good spring for me. I have so enjoyed going to Breckyn's T-Ball games. Bobby coaches so it is fun to see the fun that they both have together. Grandfather and grandson...such a beautiful picture of family love. It is a blessing to have Sommer & Breckyn home until June. Pray for their future because Sommer's husband, Jeremy, will be ending his year contract in Port Arthur, Tx and they are looking for a job closer to home. Pray for God's will especially during this time of turbulent economical conditions.
It's also the end of the year and I am thankful that my year of serving as co-senior sponsor is coming to a close. My third year and it is the END! Yeah! It's a tough job (to coordinate between school & parents) but I am thankful that God got me through it. I hope to next year concentrate instead on forming a Spanish club and getting a trip to either Spain or Mexico together. That would be fun, I think.
A few more weeks and Ben & Anna come home. I can't wait!
2 Peter 1:3
His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
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