Where've I been???

Wowsers. I can't believe it's been so long since I've posted! My apologies!! :)

So....to bring you up to speed...the kids have been out of school since the 4th and have been spending time with my father-in-law, who came down from Oklahoma last week. He left 2 days ago, but it was a very nice visit while he was here.

Work has gotten to the point where I'm absolutely considering checking into Laurel Ridge...okay, not that bad, but getting there. I've been bombarded and challenged with questions regarding my designs, and it's gotten to the point where all of the self-doubt looms up, almost to the choking point. My head knows that I'm heading in the right direction with my work product. It's the business team that I work with are some of the most challenging from a personality point of view, and sometimes the technical team questions me a lot as well. So, I've sought counsel from others at work, all of whom are Christians. The best advice that I was given was to go to the Word. The very next day, the devotional was entitled "Patience" and the verse was James 1: 2-5. Another friend, that same day, forwarded me that same verse, with the devotional entitled "Trials". Hmmm...I'm thinking He's trying to tell me something...pray that I am able to discern what lesson it is He wants me to learn.

Earlier this week, I received a letter from my gynecologist's office, as well as from the Imaging Center that I had gotten a mammogram at a week or two ago. It appears that there was a "questionable area" on the report. My mom had breast cancer in her early fifties, so the most logical thing to do would be to panic and worry, right? Well, here's where things get amazing. I felt no sense of fear, or panic, at all. I mean, I sent an email to friends to pray that things will work out okay, but still...incredibly, I felt okay. This was a stark contrast to the time 13 years ago when I had a pap smear in which they found pre-cancerous cells. When I got the results, I immediately worried about losing my hair (chemo) and what would happen to Greg if something happened to me (I had just divorced my ex-husband, so it was just the two of us)--all of the things that you may think of when you don't have a great support system that centers around our Heavenly Father. (to close the loop: they removed the pre-cancerous cells by freezing them out & all has been fine). Fast forward back to now: peace. I have an appointment for a follow up mammogram and/or ultrasound this Tuesday. All will be fine, regardless of the outcome. I have received so many wonderful responses to my prayer request. I am so blown away and so incredibly blessed!

Thank you, Father God, for your infinite wisdom in bringing these angels into my life. Thank you for all that you are, and for all that you give.

Many blessings and His overwhelming peace!