Hi everyone! Boy do I MISS you guys. I wanted to let you know what is going on with me these days.
As most of you know, I have been having some marital/family problems. Things are still going slow but better I think. I am still pushing marriage counceling with ROC but he is still not for it. So, I recently decided to go by myself. At least I can work on myself.
Also, I started back to work at a really good job. I am a Nursing Assistant but have not worked steadily in almost 5 years due to health problems. About 2 months ago, I decided to jump back into work and see how I fee. I thought it would be hard with my FMS but I am doing well. Working actually helps me keep my mind off my physical problems and the $$ is good too.
I had a health scare before leaving JWD. I was having serious heart palpitations (due to stress) and the DR. said my heart was working too hard because of my wieght issues. I am very short, barely 5'2. So any extra weight is not good for my heart and I already have a murmer. Anyway, happily with a lot of hard work, excercise and diet changes, since early January I am down about 30 pounds. Whoo, hoo! I feel terrific, more energy and NO MORE heart palpitations.
I am involved now with a charity too called New Vision Organization. I was recently appointed the Regional Director for the state of MA. We offer support for prisoners and thier families and try to help those people who are in jail purely due to addictions or mental illness to recieve the help they need. We have a meeting at the state house in Boston on April 20th, with Governer Deval Patricks administration to talk about our efforts for prison reform. This has been a great opportunity for me to use my Business degree that I never really used after getting married. I do lots of PR work for NVO, organizing volunteers, and lots of other little things.
As for my spiritual side, I am attending a home church regularly and keeping up with my spiritual studies. I'm still against "organized" religions for a lot of reasons but like the homeyness of a house church. I am almost done really reading and meditating over the Tanakh. When I am done, I will be doing the same with the Koran. I have to say, I am seeing more similarities between Christianity, Judaism and Muslims than I ever had before. I've come to realize that People of all faiths are really not that different after all.
A few really bad things happened the last two months. One, my son who is 12 was stabbed at school. He is o.k. Just a flesh wound. He was stabbed with a sharp (shears) scissors. Its a long story but he did nothing to instigate it, the school got the police involved, and all is well now. The student recieved the maximum allowable punishment by the school board. I also had a car accident several weeks ago. On my way to work in bad weather, I was hit from behind. It was totally the other drivers fault, a young kid (20) going too fast for the weather. I was not hurt but my new Toyota Sienna has been in the shop several weeks. The damages over $7,000. His insurance is paying all of it!
One more good news. As many of you know my daughter who is 14 is a very talented artist. She applied to an art and design High School for next year here in Boston and was accepted first call, Yeah! They take the top 10% students first, no problem for her since she is in the top 5%. Anyway thought I would share because IF we had remained Jdubs, my daughter would have been shunned for going to this type of school or labled "spiritually" weak. You all know how that goes.
I will be popping in once in a while to say hello. But not daily like before. I don't have the time. Hope everyone here is doing well in their lives and again MISS YOU GUYS VERY MUCH..............Hope you missed me a little too. Lilly
