Life changes. It is now August 19th, 2008. My granddaughter is almost 4. Life has completely changed for us. On April 12, my sister-in-law, Jeanette passed away suddenly from a heart attack. She was 47. I was devestated. Jeanette left a daughter Tonya. Tonya is deaf and developmentally delayed. Tonya now lives with us and I'm trying to learn sign language at the age of 55. In a little more than a year, I lost a niece, lost a job, lost a sister-in-law and gained a new responsibility with Tonya. I'm still reeling from these sudden and dramatic life changes. 
This experience has convinced me without a shadow of a doubt that everything happens for a reason. I can feel God's presence more powerfully than ever. I don't know where this is all going to lead, but I know that I'm not alone, and it will all come out o.k. It's not exactly what I had in mind, but I've learned that I'm in this life for a purpose....and it probably didn't have much to do with my dream of retirement on a beach drinking martini's. I should have started this at 25! Oh, well.
Life is still good. Different as heck....but good.
This experience has convinced me without a shadow of a doubt that everything happens for a reason. I can feel God's presence more powerfully than ever. I don't know where this is all going to lead, but I know that I'm not alone, and it will all come out o.k. It's not exactly what I had in mind, but I've learned that I'm in this life for a purpose....and it probably didn't have much to do with my dream of retirement on a beach drinking martini's. I should have started this at 25! Oh, well.
Life is still good. Different as heck....but good.
