Dear Universal Lifeforce:
Please let us find a great house to make our home. We are arriving in the general San Jose area in two weeks and it would be extraordinarily comforting if we had a place to live.
Thank you.
That is in actuality how my "prayers" go. Sometimes it is relieving to just suck it up and ask for help, even if I do not believe that praying will actually yield results. I do believe in the power of intention and belief. And my intention is to find a house!
It is getting down to the wire and we are feeling the stress. I appreciate offers of couches and such by our loving friends, however we have a 200 gallon aquarium with thousands of dollars worth of livestock that must be set up immediately upon arrival, which makes such offers impossible.
Leaving is becoming terribly real and emotional for me.
It is different this time. I know we will not visit often. The friends I have made up here are what have made this place less lonely and grow into home. And I cannot confidently say I will see most of them ever again. With a select few I know we will make it happen, but the rest...this goodbye is probably it. It's just plain sad. I am incredibly involved with my work and it is painful to disengage myself. I work very closely with over one hundred children, but there are about 15 or so that have been like little awesome buddies. And many to whom I know I have come to be a very important adult in their lives. It's just plain hard.
For now these are the overriding emotions. Previously, and soon to be in the not-too-distant future, I was and will be mostly excited, optimistic and sooooooooo glad to be going HOME!
Thank you.
That is in actuality how my "prayers" go. Sometimes it is relieving to just suck it up and ask for help, even if I do not believe that praying will actually yield results. I do believe in the power of intention and belief. And my intention is to find a house!
It is getting down to the wire and we are feeling the stress. I appreciate offers of couches and such by our loving friends, however we have a 200 gallon aquarium with thousands of dollars worth of livestock that must be set up immediately upon arrival, which makes such offers impossible.
Leaving is becoming terribly real and emotional for me.
It is different this time. I know we will not visit often. The friends I have made up here are what have made this place less lonely and grow into home. And I cannot confidently say I will see most of them ever again. With a select few I know we will make it happen, but the rest...this goodbye is probably it. It's just plain sad. I am incredibly involved with my work and it is painful to disengage myself. I work very closely with over one hundred children, but there are about 15 or so that have been like little awesome buddies. And many to whom I know I have come to be a very important adult in their lives. It's just plain hard.
For now these are the overriding emotions. Previously, and soon to be in the not-too-distant future, I was and will be mostly excited, optimistic and sooooooooo glad to be going HOME!