Head First
Though virtually none of it has made it to these pages, my life has been topsy turvy insane for about the past 14ish months. In that time I have lost both my fathers, the job I loved for 7 years, had my husband develop several new health issues, had Mother Nature throw me a menopausal curve ball, and together with my husband endured some absolutely ridiculous job stresses, and the money issues that come with the medical problems, the car problems and the employment problems. In short, second only to the year we lost our son, this has been the hardest year of my life.
And now?
Now my mother, a widow for just over a year, has announced she is marrying a man she has been seeing for less than 6 months---a man with whom her children have spent just the merest handful of hours getting aquainted. I just don't even know what to think.
I'm flabbergasted. I'm stunned. I'm worried to death for her. There have been some changes in her behavior since my stepfather passed that trouble me, even more so since the inclusion of this new man in her life.
There seem to be changes in her core values. Ultimately, I think that's probably the most worrisome part. I'm not sure how to begin to approach the subject of having her possibly talk to someone, even just talk to her pastor.
At this exact moment, though, this marriage thing is the biggest concern. It just so happens that she and this man are in the middle of a month long roadtrip through the West, and are in...oh go ahead and guess...Nevada. She says they won't marry before they come home, and I pray that she keeps her head about her that much, but both my brother and I have serious doubts.
I'm scared shitless.
And now?
Now my mother, a widow for just over a year, has announced she is marrying a man she has been seeing for less than 6 months---a man with whom her children have spent just the merest handful of hours getting aquainted. I just don't even know what to think.
I'm flabbergasted. I'm stunned. I'm worried to death for her. There have been some changes in her behavior since my stepfather passed that trouble me, even more so since the inclusion of this new man in her life.
There seem to be changes in her core values. Ultimately, I think that's probably the most worrisome part. I'm not sure how to begin to approach the subject of having her possibly talk to someone, even just talk to her pastor.
At this exact moment, though, this marriage thing is the biggest concern. It just so happens that she and this man are in the middle of a month long roadtrip through the West, and are in...oh go ahead and guess...Nevada. She says they won't marry before they come home, and I pray that she keeps her head about her that much, but both my brother and I have serious doubts.
I'm scared shitless.