A FUTURE AND A HOPE

It's been 2 months since my last entry so thought I'd better try my hand at writing before google shuts down my account! I've had several people tell me that I need to update to let them know how it's going, so I'll try to do better – plus, when I need to activate all you prayer warriors, it will be much easier if I haven't let you go to sleep! :) Everything had been going very well which is why I guess it was so easy to lose contact. Don't have your feelings hurt that I've let communication drop – I can tell you that I do the same thing to God – not a good thing! When life is statusquo, I get all wrapped up in the day-to-day but it doesn't take much to send me running back to God when times get tough. Most days, I touch base just to let him know I'm still here, but some days that's all it is. For Lent, my resolution was to slow down, step back, improve communication and get more in touch with what God was calling me to do/be. Unfortunately, the “slow down” came quicker than I had imagined as I was dealt a harsh and ugly case of Influenza – YUCK. What a miserable set of days. As you know, the flu kills people every day so for me it's a bit of a reality check that nothing is ever “simple”. Then, KC got back to back snow storms which kept me home-bound another few days. At this point, I feel like I'm over the worst of it and praise God, it's leaving my chest much quicker than I anticipated. Lost my voice on Saturday, but at least the fever, aches and chest pain are gone! During the worst of it, I asked several of you to start praying for my recovery and I'm happy to report that the knowledge of all you sending up prayers on my behalf still brings me unbelievable peace. (Fever broke that very night!) I'll try to send more frequent notes and hopefully some pieces of Lenten inspiration now and again.