1. Draw nearer to God. 2. Seek financial counseling and get finances under control. So that I can tithe. 3. Eat healthier and get more exercise. 4. Socialize more. 5. As soon as the government decides what highly qualified means for special ed teachers, get signed up for a masters program. As much as I was weary of taking classes, I was never as happy as I was while accomplishing my bachelors degree. Until H dropped the bomb a year before graduation.
I must shift the focus of my life to God and off H. I have to leave it to Him and stop picking it back up again. I want to be an example to my sons on how to include God in their lives.
I found this interesting. I am still working on #1 and have been the entire year. I think this is the first time I have actually followed through with a resolution.
I am still working on #2, finances get better then worse depending on what I get hit with at any given time. I have tithed at times but not consistent as I have too much debt.
I have not succeed in #3, that has to go on this years resolutions.
I have worked hard and #4 but have backslid recently...sometimes it is just too hard. I do belong to a couple of groups at church. One is meeting for dinner with a group once a month to get to know each other better.
It is down to the wire with the school issue. I have to take a methods class for social studies and I will be highly qualified in all subjects until someone changes the rules again. I have to start my Masters program very soon as I have to have 18 credits before 2011.
Things between H and I are not really any different. I spend less time worrying about it. But I do pray for him 2-3 times a day. Mostly for his salvation and an improvement in his relationship with S's, his salvation, and of course that he would break up with OW and come back home. I don't think it consumes my life like it used to. H, now, lashes out at me in email when there is no contact for a while. He still behaves like a spoiled child so I know he is still in MLC. His job is providing a service for the auto industry, so I know that he is afraid that his job of 23 years might not always be there. For his sake, I hope it does.
Just thought this thread was very interesting after lying dormant for nearly a year.
Everything happens for a reason, maybe Dad needs to find that it isn't better out there, he needs to realize how good he had it here. Maybe he will find God and that is the most important thing when he finds Him he will know he is supposed to come home.
