me again. mama's been in a surprisingly good mood. She mostly stays upstairs, doing stuff for work from her computer and then she'll come down with the 2 little dogs when they need/want to go out (the little dotsun won't get outside with anyone except her, lol).
so, The Lord is moving in our lives. my dad is kind to me, too. their marriage seems steady and calm, peaceful. dad's career hit a high point a while ago. in his job, that=more compensation, and also a lot more respect, etc. etc. I'm happy for him. where he works, there's a lot of politics and backstabbing and hierarchy madness...more so than a lot of other jobs w/ comparable pay, as best I can tell. So, I'm glad he's been able to move up and stay out of serious in-fighting. always a good thing...
mama's on her way to retirement, praise God! She's beyond ready. her job is high pressure and there's waaaaay too much in the way of politics and cloak and dagger maneuvers. they brought in a guy w/ great credentials to head up her area at work. he and his wife bailed on the contract and high tailed it back out west, saying the environment was "toxic." still, her co-workers gave her some awesome retirement presents, so i get the sense they're gonna ease up and play nice till she's out the door.
ok. i've rambled. God is good, and I'm increasingly aware of that. I can also --feel-- it, or maybe....maybe a better way to put that is that I "get it," fully, not just at a surface level. I'm close to 4 1/2 years of being genuinely (no, really this time!) saved, so that helps.
Thanks again for the prayers, replies, support, etc. Keep those prayers comin'...
