GRADUATION DAY!

Angela graduated from kindergarten today!  Isn't she CUTE?!?

   

School isn't over for her, though.  In New Orleans, once the kindergarten students had their commencement exercises, that was it; they were home for the rest of the school year.  But here, Angela's last day of school is on the 25th, just like the rest of the kids.

  

She came home today, and we had lunch together.  She wanted to return this afternoon for the after-school program, but wound up going to sleep before the time came to bring her.  Poor thing; she's lost without her sisters and friends! (LOL)  But that's a good thing.  My daughters have adjusted well despite all that they have been through this year.  I am grateful to God, the teachers at the school, and.......I must pat myself on the back, too.  I worked really hard to keep everyone moving forward, and I am seeing the fruits of all my labor.  Feels good.

     

I've decided to wait until the end of the school year before returning to work.  I have been applying for more jobs, but will definitely return to Wal-Mart at or before June 1st.  If the other sites call me after that time, then if I am interested, I will just have to try and make the interviews while I am working.  Besides, I will not lose any of my benefits that I already have with Wal-Mart, including my current salary status.  Hey, it's a job, and I need the money.  At least I have a job to return to.  They were kind enough to give their workers until August to return, and I am grateful.

Thanks for all your concern, encouragement, prayers,  understanding, and just lending your ears and eyes to me.  You ladies and gentlemen mean so much to me, and have certainly helped my journey along, by making it less of a bumpy ride than it could have been.  In writing some encouraging words to someone else recently, I was reminded of an important aspect of my own life:

"God has a plan and a purpose for your life.  The struggle is not whether God's plan for us will come to pass, but whether we will allow our flesh to die so that we will accept His will for us.  God's will usually means not getting what we want or feel that we deserve; waiting on Him to tell us when to move, when we want to press on;  relying on Him when we want to be self-sufficient; holding on to His promises when it appears that all hell is breaking loose around us; and being content and pleased with the results of His plan and purpose for our lives, regardless of what others think, or whether His plan lines up with the plans we have for ourselves".

Reading over what I had written to someone else prompted me to listen to and apply my own good advice....LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL.......

God bless y'all, and I love you!!!!

  

Adrian