Time for another blog, or self therapy session. we will decide after it is done whether it is fit for any eyes, save mine.
2013 is upon us. With it come some huge changes. Lera is 18. She is a young adult now and must be trusted with more adult responsibility to go along with the additional freedoms she may now enjoy as a young adult. The world is a hard place, and I have no doubt that before long. she may wish she was 13 again when times were simpler. I think however that we have raised her well and that she is ready to face whatever challenges await her. She is involved in her first truly serious relationship. The young mans name is Anthony Wentworth. He is a fine young man, who treats my daughter, myself , my home and my family with respect and consideration and he showers loving devotion on Lera. He is everything I could hope for in a boyfriend for my daughter. Hell, if I swung that way, I'd steal him from her! LOL, just kidding of course.. Fact is, I really like him and I really hope they last. I'd truly hate to have to string him up by his thumbs...
Victor will be 16 Next month on the 25th. Time to teach him to drive... Oh joy, winter driving, in my car, with no heat. We will have a blast. He is also in an on-again, off again relationship. I hope 2013 is the year he finds his direction and sets his course. I so want to help him succeed.
Karina is now 13, that rounds out my teen tri-fecta! "Being a parent of teens is like trying to nail jello to a wall" I read that on a Facebook post earlier this year and I beg to differ. Nailing jello to a tree would be child's play compared to raising teens!
Matthew is 8 and becoming more and more vociferous as time goes on. Whatever they are doing with him up in the West Gennesee School in Camillus, it seems to be working as he is becoming more independent.
Now, for the 3 Monumental Changes of 2013.
1. I fully expect that our divorce will be final. In 7 months, we will have been married for 20 years. I never expected to get a divorce, but people change and time marches on. I am happy that Krissy and I are amicable in our mediation and hope that one day we can look back on this time, and past years and only remember the good times.
2. There has been an offer on the house and I fully expect the bank will take it. It is a short sale offer which is just over HALF of what we mortgaged only 6 years ago. I only wish that I could have made an offer but my credit is not good enough yet. I am working with a credit repair service but it takes time, I only hope and pray that timing works in our favor so that we can find a new home before we are forced to leave this one. I do not look forward to homelessness.
3. Our blessing. Cathy and I are expecting a baby boy. he is due on June 4th but we both feel he will be a May baby. We have narrowed the list of names but feel that it would be "bad luck" to name him before he is born sagely into the world. We are not sharing the choices we have made because, even though we love our family and friends very much, we do not want to invite opinions. I thank you all in advance for your understanding and respect of our wishes in this.
So 2013, you will either make me or break me. We shall see. I offer up a prayer in closing. Lord, my faith is at an all time low, yet i find myself still believing in you enough to talk to you. I commend this family and myself into your care and protection. I pray that you will bless us with shelter and keep us together. I pray also for my children, each of whom I would die for in an instant. Comfort them and strengthen them for the trying days ahead. Thank you for the blessings you have bestowed and thank you for the Love of this family, without which, I would not be here. Amen
Well, this looks like a keeper. We will see what you all think of it tomorrow.
Be blessed.
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