New job, recovery, and sooooo much love!!
12/05/2011 10:29 p.m.


Well, I got the call today that said I'm hired at The American Red Cross as a Collection Tech II for blood drives. Omgosh, I'm so overwhelmed with gratitude and thankfulness. I start 12/12/11 (sort of auspicious, eh?). Three months in training. An AMAZING daily stipend for meals and just for not being able to be home when we travel out of town. And my benefits start on 01/01/12. Benefits include medical, dental, optical, employer matched 401K, life insurance (with optional extra), and PTO. I sit here, just stunned.

My sister's surgery was a huge success so far. They had to cut her both from the front AND the back to get to all the places in her spine where they had to remove bone that was crushing nerves. We've had SO many people praying - and we've definitely felt it and been SOOOOO grateful for it. Her recovery has been phenomenal!!! She will only be in the neck brace for 2 weeks instead of the 12 weeks she was in one for the previous surgery. She is amazing, and I'm so grateful to be here.

Also, they (my sister and brother in law) have company right now, a friend of theirs, the one who friended me on Facebook. He is very funny, kind, sweet, and intelligent, and it looks like he'll be here long enough to help with Carla since my new job starts probably before she'll be ready to be here on her own. We seem to have struck up quite the friendship :)) Happy times :))

All of a sudden, many things seem to be manifesting based on my intentions, and I couldn't be more thrilled! I will have a job that earns enough money for me to save for whatever is coming in the future, and a place to live that I can afford. I haven't really thought much beyond that, but "now" is so entirely joyful that I don't feel inclined to focus on much more than that.

I continue to work through my grief about not moving toward that future with Adam, and all that would have meant. He seems to be working through his side of things too, and it looks like, at this point, we will always have this amazing friendship between us. It's so good when going forward without one another is accomplished with so much respect and love and good intentions toward one another.

My spiritual growth continues down this amazing road I'm walking, and I am so looking forward to whatever direction I end up wanting to take. There is a major difference between the way I see my future now and the way I used to see it. In the past, I used to pray that God would open whatever door I was supposed to walk through - that I would knock on whatever doors seemed "right" and then "God's will" for me would be the door that would open and I'd get invited in. The most recent message from my higher self and guides is that it's time to be responsible for my own destiny - to decide what I want, have a vision for that, and then do my part so that it can manifest.

And so MUCH has manifested so far!! I am so appreciative of my friends and my family and prayers and meditation.

I am currently: beaming
Listening to: the happy sounds of where I live