Veterans

My dad and I went to visit a long time friend today. He is a veteran and currently lives in a veterans home. I am continually frustrated by how he is treated by his doctors there! They seem to have no respect for veterans and treat him like an idiot, which I can assure you he is NOT!! This man was one of the first Navy Seals. He has shrapnel all over his body from a grenade blast years ago.

The doctors seem bound and determined to over medicate him. It is almost as though they think he will cause less of a fuss if he is over medicated. It just ticks me off. Is this really how we treat our country's heroes? I mean, really?

What touches me best about this cool man is how incredibly much this man loved his wife! His wife was a wonderful women that died about 8 years ago. She had been terribly sick for about 20 years before that, and he took such wonderful care of her. That is what love is all about! This is what the vows mean, "in sickness and in health". These aren't supposed to be empty words and this man in a true example of what that really means.

It gives me hope that love like that is possible.

Lately

I put my blog on hold for awhile so I could work on some things on here, behind the scene things :)

Things have been crazy the last couple of weeks. On April 16th I got laid off. The firm I worked for was awesome, but they are having financial problems. Over the last couple of years or so they have systematically laid people off and unfortunately I was the next in line. Sigh…

So, back on the job hunt I go. I met with one head hunter so far and I have two more appointments this week. There is a good chance that I will end up back in the city for work, but I don’t find myself minding too much.

I know that God will provide for me and I am not terribly stressed about finding another job. Thankfully, I had a really bad habit of not claiming many deductions on my taxes and got a very large return this year. That return along with severance, my last paycheck and unemployment will keep me going until I find something else.

The hardest part is keeping myself busy during the day. I don’t do nothing well. I like to keep busy and that is hard to do that when I don’t have anything to do. So in an effort to help with that I am making daily lists of things I want to do each day. It seems to help quite a bit.

I am so blessed to have an incredibly supportive family!!! I don’t know what I would do without them. They are always there for me. I am looking at all of this like an adventure and have buckled myself in for the ride.

God works in mysterious ways!!