Grateful: re-entry edition

July 25, 2010 by Not Fainthearted

This week I am grateful for many things. Here’s a partial list in no particular order:

For the ability (physical and financial) to visit Holden Village and see my DS1 working
For the chance to hang out with DS2
For the chance for G and DS2 to hang out together on a “family” vacation setting
That G and DS2 seem to be bonding a bit…even if it is over me and my occasional “mood”
For the times when DS2 is chatty and funny and engaging and seems to like being with me
That I’m able to hold my tongue when DS2 is grumpy and surly and sullen
For CvH who is a champion dog and house sitter
That the plumbing did not malfunction while CvH was watching the house
That we have two toilets so I did not have to pay premium for an emergency plumber visit (he comes Monday between 8-10)
For extended family with all their quirks and foibles and drama
That I was able to spend time with my uncle and cousins as they buried their wife/mother (my aunt)
That G decided to go with me to the funeral and not let me go alone while he went to his daughter-in-law’s sister’s wedding. Without me having to say anything to him.
For the chance to show G one of my favorite places on earth (Holden Village and the Cascade mountains)
For credit cards that are not maxed out (yet)
For the check (from contracting work in June) that arrived yesterday (I can pay my mortgage another month!)
For friends who listen when I bemoan the fact that I’ve lost my mojo about Instructional Design/Writing and offer suggestions for getting it back
For other friends who are praying that I get called for an interview this week for this non-profit job
For the children’s choir job I took at SAP (no, it’s not 10 hours a week so can’t be a minimal call…. but we’re talking)
For deciding that as part of that job I should investigate writing a church appropriate class guitar method that could replace the one SH found and feeling rather excited about that as a project. SH couldn’t use it as is because the first page was a pledge the children were supposed to sign and date stating that they had “given their lives to Jesus.” So, yeah. Not exactly Lutheran. And also a little creepy IMHO. I just think we could have a set of lesson plans that teach guitar basics using Sunday School songs and other easily played faith-based songs that doesn’t include Decision Theology. But also can’t include any Janis Joplin (a favorite of beginning guitar method books.)

Author: Not Fainthearted

A paradox wrapped in an enigma playing the accordion. I'm a sinner-saint, child of God working at the cross-roads of church and world. A Deaconess called to connect people living near the center with people on the edge and to help your life sing (literally and figuratively) while doing it. People don't always get the deaconess part. Could be the swearing, the corporate job, or the wine.