[__ Praise __] most excellent family vacation!

[Christ_empowered]

i just got back, and...

-good times- ! Most importantly: I think+believe this is part of God's work in our lives, and I'm thankful.

yay! family harmony, good get away, I even get to go over tomorrow for a Sunday meal...

 

[Tessa]

Great news, and welcome home.

 

[HeIsRisen2018]

Well I have no idea where you went but it's great to have you back with us CE!! Welcome back to your online home!! :biggrin

 

[Truthfrees]

i just got back, and...

-good times- ! Most importantly: I think+believe this is part of God's work in our lives, and I'm thankful.

yay! family harmony, good get away, I even get to go over tomorrow for a Sunday meal...

amen - God bless you with more good times like this

 

[Christ_empowered]

more good news...

OK, so the Sunday meal I wrote about, yesterday? yes, well...just got back, and...

--surprise-- ! dad doesn't cook a whole lot of meals, but he -excels- at what he chooses to cook. and...he made my favorite, a chicken in an herb-y cream sauce number. mama, for her part, stocked up on my favorite side item from this one company...scalloped potatoes. yes, please! and...

thing is, they deliberately chose what I liked the most, and the whole dinner was...good, truly good. they care about me a whole, whole lot, and I love them, too. and...we're a family, again, really, and only by God's grace.

 

[Tessa]

It is brilliant to see you so happy. Praise the Lord

 

[Shekinahglory]

more good news...

OK, so the Sunday meal I wrote about, yesterday? yes, well...just got back, and...

--surprise-- ! dad doesn't cook a whole lot of meals, but he -excels- at what he chooses to cook. and...he made my favorite, a chicken in an herb-y cream sauce number. mama, for her part, stocked up on my favorite side item from this one company...scalloped potatoes. yes, please! and...

thing is, they deliberately chose what I liked the most, and the whole dinner was...good, truly good. they care about me a whole, whole lot, and I love them, too. and...we're a family, again, really, and only by God's grace.

what great news and can I get a taste of the sauce. Hope you are fresher from your favorite meal, sweet of them to do your fav, praying for all His blessings poured on you.

 

[Christ_empowered]

oh, more good news...

the parents got not 1, but 2 puppies today. yay! they won't get very big. today was their 1st day at their new place. 1 is male, and he's spunky and loud, 1 is female, and she's quiet and affectionate. yay, new puppies.

they're so happy. im happy for them. i dont envy the whole house training aspect of all this, but i'm happy for them.

 

[Christ_empowered]

me, yet again.

parents visited me at my place today, for just a little while. mama helped trim down my outdoor plants and put in bulbs for the spring. dad didn't say much, but the place was (and is) clean, house plants are doing splendidly...

i even decorated for Christmas (I'll take those down...before the Super Bowl...), and they really liked that...

minor? I guess, usually. The Lord has brought me a long, long way. I'm increasingly thankful and....

that is all, for now. lol.

 

[Tessa]

Glad you're so happy. Good news about the puppies ! Have they got names yet?

 

[GodsGrace]

Wow CE!!!
What can I say.
It's a great start to a new year.
Good to hear all this good news!

God bless you always.
Love in Christ.

 

[Christ_empowered]

thanks, y'all!

its good so far, this 2020. saw parents today..puppies are, as expected, impossibly adorable. both parents are doing well, thank goodness. and...

His work in our lives makes the rest of life...easier to deal with, of course. not that my life is bad, far from it. just...even -with- what i need plus a bit extra, more freedom than anyone with my backstory can claim to deserve, etc...

stigma. low status. sometimes, i dont even have to leave my condo for it to hit like a ton of bricks, because of the mockers...well, mocking...loudly enough for me to hear. i get it, i really do.

but The Lord has brought me a long way. I was paying cash for gas today, and someone behind me was getting attitudinal. low status and stigma in a small, southern area; people don't even want to wait behind you in line. anyway...

whatever, right? i paid, got gas, went on with my day. came home to the place that i had cleaned, all by mahself, set to doing some laundry, and,...

rambling. point is, im not quite sure what, if anything, i can do about the stigma and low status...i have a sense that i may never be able to support myself, and even if i did get a j-o-b, i'd then be a 'schizophrenic, he works part time at (),' or whatever, and...

fallen world. and yet...God's work in my life, my parents' lives, our lives, as a 'family unit' (excuse the dorky humor)...may not meet RC Sproul's (strict) definition of a 'miracle,' but I appreciate it, and at times I think...

so, what? family is supposed to a safe haven in a rough world. Jesus and family...2 of my current top priorities. truth? i never was well liked or anything, i don't know why im so sensitive to being low status and stigmatized, especially since my actual -needs- are taken care of, Praise God! maybe its true...

High School never ends? oh well...

God is Good! My parents are healthy and happy and doing quite well! And I am, too!