Jeny and her kids

[repchick]

Jeny and her children have had to endure a very traumatic situation over this past week. They are in dire straights for some emotional healing. Could you all put up a few prayers for them?

Thanks ,
Rep.

[Dreamy]

Without hesitation. Thank you Rep Chick for letting us know of their special need for prayers.

:pray::pray::pray:

[repchick]

Thanks Dreamy, I had already scheduled a trip to visit with her next week. Pray that I can help with this.

[Hadassah]

Oh my goodness! Prayers going right up!



Tell her I love her and am praying hard for her and the kids.

[johnrocks]

Prayers for better days ahead.

[jwil59]

I am certainly praying for Jeny and the kids. Those younguns are precious, I have had the priveledge of spending a day with them at Sherherd Center. I am praying about this for sure, without ceasing.

[rhet 2]

My prayers they have got, too.

May the LORD shelter them and protect them. May He give comfort to their souls, love for one another to soothe their aching hearts, and hope Renewed each passing day to restore the twinkle of laughter and dry the ache of tears from eyes too soon wearied by this world of grief and hurt.

[blazer]

mine too!

[Seanachie]

I hope and I pray to the Good Lord that whatever trauma has befallen upon Jeny and her Kids is mitigated by God to some kind of positive outcome.

Be as well as you can be Lady,

Jim

[birdonawire]

:pray:

[USMCmom]

Rep...please let her know that she and the kids are in my prayers.
God Bless

[stoked]

Jeny is such a good soul, God protect and bless her and the kids!

[TheFallGuy]

Praying for her. Keep us informed.

[super cool ski instructor]

My prayers for Jeny and the kids. Lord please wrap your comforting arms around them :pray:

[repchick]

Thanks everyone for your prayers. I know she would love to respond but she is in no shape to do that right now.

Things have not improved. I was in contact with her this am. In her case the emotional issues have turned into physical problems. So I have to ask you my dear friends to keep up the prayers a little longer. :pray:

Thanks,
Rep

[Dreamy]

Thanks everyone for your prayers. I know she would love to respond but she is in no shape to do that right now.

Things have not improved. I was in contact with her this am. In her case the emotional issues have turned into physical problems. So I have to ask you my dear friends to keep up the prayers a little longer. :pray:

Thanks,
Rep

No need to respond Jeny. Read if you can. If not please know the prayers will continue and your friends here will keep the vigil as long as it takes. Long distance hugs and love to a dear lady,great Mom and caring human being. My prayers are for peace,strength,patience and most of all for you all to feel the intense love and spiritual embrace of our Lord. God bless you honey. Until we connect again. :pray::hug::hug::hug:

[TheFallGuy]

no need to respond jeny. Read if you can. If not please know the prayers will continue and your friends here will keep the vigil as long as it takes. Long distance hugs and love to a dear lady,great mom and caring human being. My prayers are for peace,strength,patience and most of all for you all to feel the intense love and spiritual embrace of our lord. God bless you honey. Until we connect again. :pray::hug::hug::hug:

+1

[rhet 2]

No need to respond Jeny. Read if you can. If not please know the prayers will continue and your friends here will keep the vigil as long as it takes. Long distance hugs and love to a dear lady,great Mom and caring human being. My prayers are for peace,strength,patience and most of all for you all to feel the intense love and spiritual embrace of our Lord. God bless you honey. Until we connect again. :pray::hug::hug::hug:

Couldn't have said it better myself. Thank you.

Heads up, Jeny luv. Dreamy speaks for most of us here. :hug:

[Mimiheart]

You've got prayers coming from over here, Jeny.

[Hoobeedoo Bejesus]

Please let me know if I can help in any way.

Many prayers for you.

[itsrea]

Jeny, please know that my prayers are with you too.

[repchick]

Things with Jeny seem some better. She went to the Doc. and they were able to help her with the physical part and she is making arrangements for she and the kids to get some counseling.

Still a lot of healing to take place. I'll be arriving there on Fri. to help where I'm able.

[blazer]

still praying! :pray:

[jwil59]

I am so praying for jeny and the kids. hang tough jeny and pm me if you need anything, I will be back in town next week

[repchick]

Talked to Jeny last night ,Things are looking better. They still have a way to go. I wish I could tell you what happened but that is something she can do if she wants too.

Thanks for all your prayers :hug:

[Seanachie]

Talked to Jeny last night ,Things are looking better. They still have a way to go. I wish I could tell you what happened but that is something she can do if she wants too.

Thanks for all your prayers :hug:

Please let Jeny know that She and her Kids are in my prayers to the Good Lord. I will be spending some time at the Falls today where many prayers will be offered up including these.

Be well Ladies & Kids,

Jim

[Dreamy]

Talked to Jeny last night ,Things are looking better. They still have a way to go. I wish I could tell you what happened but that is something she can do if she wants too.

Thanks for all your prayers :hug:

That she needed prayers is all we needed to know. Thanks again repchick for the update. You're a doll and a good friend to sweet Jeny. :hug:

:pray::pray::pray:

[rhet 2]

That she needed prayers is all we needed to know. Thanks again repchick for the update. You're a doll and a good friend to sweet Jeny. :hug:

:pray::pray::pray:

Truth

All we need to know is that a friend is hurting and needs some hugging by means of prayer.

I'm glad things are slightly better -- and VERY grateful the LORD could send our dear Rechick to deliver those hugs in person -- hug her and the twins for each of us, 'k? knowing repchick, I'm sure she will do exactly that.

Jeny -- and you, too, darling Repchick -- God keep you all safe and MOVE IT to restore balance and hope and joy and peace and prosperity all around.

In fact, the sooner He gets back here in PERSON to deal once and for always with the ickies, the better.

[itsrea]

God knows what the needs are, that's all that matters Rep... you are a good friend to request the prayer in her name, and it's kind of you to keep us updated.. I very much appreciate your doing so..

thank you,
Rea

[gattaca]

I dont post much in these threads but im really hoping and praying everything is okay.

[jwil59]

I am still praying for jeny and the kids.

[JenyEliza]

Thank you so much everyone for all your prayers. They've worked wonders and we're doing ok.

In a nutshell, I ended up in a situation where a mentally ill person on drugs (prescription and illicit) tried to make sushi out of me with a 14 inch long, 5 inch wide machete--in front of my kids.

I'm OK. Shook up pretty bad and bruised up a bit, but no serious physical injuries that won't heal. Kids have had something of a PTSD reaction, but are doing better now than they were.

This....on top of my serious medical issues. It's been a bit much around here the last few weeks.

Anyway, just wanted to thank you all for your love and prayers. Please send them up for the person who tried (and failed) to filet me. He needs them far more than I do. He is a very sick person---dangerous to himself and to others. He needs all the help he can get.

God bless to you all---and hug your family. Never know when your last day might actually be at hand.

:hug:

Jeny

[Hadassah]

Thank you so much everyone for all your prayers. They've worked wonders and we're doing ok.

In a nutshell, I ended up in a situation where a mentally ill person on drugs (prescription and illicit) tried to make sushi out of me with a 14 inch long, 5 inch wide machete--in front of my kids.

I'm OK. Shook up pretty bad and bruised up a bit, but no serious physical injuries that won't heal. Kids have had something of a PTSD reaction, but are doing better now than they were.

This....on top of my serious medical issues. It's been a bit much around here the last few weeks.

Anyway, just wanted to thank you all for your love and prayers. Please send them up for the person who tried (and failed) to filet me. He needs them far more than I do. He is a very sick person---dangerous to himself and to others. He needs all the help he can get.

God bless to you all---and hug your family. Never know when your last day might actually be at hand.

:hug:

Jeny


Oh my God, Jeny. :hug: :hug: :hug:


My heart is on its knees, praising God that you and the kids are now safe. I have been praying all along for whatever it was that you and the kids needed and I will continue to pray.

[LindaLR]

Jeny, my prayers are with you and any thing i can do to help, please let me know. Hugs to you and the kids.

[Seanachie]

Thank you so much everyone for all your prayers. They've worked wonders and we're doing ok.

In a nutshell, I ended up in a situation where a mentally ill person on drugs (prescription and illicit) tried to make sushi out of me with a 14 inch long, 5 inch wide machete--in front of my kids.

I'm OK. Shook up pretty bad and bruised up a bit, but no serious physical injuries that won't heal. Kids have had something of a PTSD reaction, but are doing better now than they were.

This....on top of my serious medical issues. It's been a bit much around here the last few weeks.

Anyway, just wanted to thank you all for your love and prayers. Please send them up for the person who tried (and failed) to filet me. He needs them far more than I do. He is a very sick person---dangerous to himself and to others. He needs all the help he can get.

God bless to you all---and hug your family. Never know when your last day might actually be at hand.

:hug:

Jeny

Hello Jeny,

Perhaps some prayers were already answered by the Good Lord. Methinks they were. You and the Twins were in my prayers yesterday afternoon at the 'Falls Bridge' and I hope and pray that God will continue to bestow His Blessings upon You and Yours and especially for You to get beyond those medical things nagging at you.

I will pray for this miscreant you have asked us to pray for only because you have asked. Even deranged people are worth our prayers and hopefully he will be put away somewhere where he can do no harm to others.

I will be making another trip to the 'Falls' later today where I will offer up some more prayers for You and Yours. I hope the Good Lord doesn't find me too pesky.

Be well Lady along with those precious Twins of Yours,

Jim

[JenyEliza]

The person who attacked me is safely locked away in a unit for the criminally insane getting the medical treatment he needs. The police took him into custody immediately after the attack, so he will not be able to harm anyone else, and he will not be able to check himself out once he feels better either.

He is newly diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic. Apparently he has been self-medicating with street drugs and prescription drugs and was really off his rails.

He is sick. Terribly sick, and it's not his fault. I've been told that after a week of proper nursing/medical care and appropriate medications he has no recollection of what happened. However he is now suicidal.

Please pray that he is not able to accomplish such a horrible feat. I truly believe suicide is a horrific crime against God. God makes good use even of people like this man. He is a child of God, just as you and I are, and deserves our prayers for restoration and healing.

Please also pray for my children---they are having trouble processing the whole incident. They are angry, hateful and vengeful towards this man. I can understand why, but I wish they would be able to find some forgiveness in their hearts for the man.

The kids don't understand schizophrenia or that it is a true illness he can't help. Just like cancer, or heart disease, or diabetes and other illnesses that people get, that require medicine and the help of a doctor. This is a lifelong illness this man will fight and the prognosis for many schizophrenics is not good at all.

At any rate, please keep up the prayers and thank you for being so concerned about me and the kids. We're gonna be OK. I think we're through the worst now.

Repchick arrives here in the AM.....and I'm taking some time off work to hang with her during spring break. Onward and upward. :D

:hug: :hug: :hug:

Jeny

[TheFallGuy]

Thank you so much everyone for all your prayers. They've worked wonders and we're doing ok.

In a nutshell, I ended up in a situation where a mentally ill person on drugs (prescription and illicit) tried to make sushi out of me with a 14 inch long, 5 inch wide machete--in front of my kids.

I'm OK. Shook up pretty bad and bruised up a bit, but no serious physical injuries that won't heal. Kids have had something of a PTSD reaction, but are doing better now than they were.

This....on top of my serious medical issues. It's been a bit much around here the last few weeks.

Anyway, just wanted to thank you all for your love and prayers. Please send them up for the person who tried (and failed) to filet me. He needs them far more than I do. He is a very sick person---dangerous to himself and to others. He needs all the help he can get.

God bless to you all---and hug your family. Never know when your last day might actually be at hand.

:hug:

Jeny

:eek: Yo moyo! :eek:

Are you okay? Are your children okay? I understand how they feel, it is perfectly normal. In fact, I'm sitting here thinking if someone were to try and gut me, they'd probably end up in the morgue. Especially if it was attempted in front of my family.

What they are going through, the anger, is perfectly normal. They have every right to be angry at some idiot that tried to take their mom away. This is NORMAL. Help them understand that. The next step is to help them progress past that anger. That's the hard part. I know I'd have a hard time with that in developing the forgiving attitude. You are truly unique Jeny.

Praying you will heal quickly and no lasting ill will remain. I'm also praying for your children. May the Lord help heal their hearts. :hug:

[JenyEliza]

:eek: Yo moyo! :eek:

Are you okay? Are your children okay? I understand how they feel, it is perfectly normal. In fact, I'm sitting here thinking if someone were to try and gut me, they'd probably end up in the morgue. Especially if it was attempted in front of my family.

What they are going through, the anger, is perfectly normal. They have every right to be angry at some idiot that tried to take their mom away. This is NORMAL. Help them understand that. The next step is to help them progress past that anger. That's the hard part. I know I'd have a hard time with that in developing the forgiving attitude. You are truly unique Jeny.

Praying you will heal quickly and no lasting ill will remain. I'm also praying for your children. May the Lord help heal their hearts. :hug:

Yeah, I'm Ok! Just a bit overwhelmed. I'm getting ready to have neurosurgery (unrelated to incident), so this was the last thing I needed.

I'm already thinking two steps ahead and have sought counseling for the kids to help them process what happened and work through their 14 year old teenaged feelings on seeing Mom attacked.

I think my son is taking it much harder than my daughter. He's internalizing his feelings--probably because he feels like he should have been able to stop the attack and protect his Mom. He couldn't have, the guy was hopped up on Meth and had superhuman strength. He would have killed my son, so I'm glad my son didn't try to stop him but called for help instead.

My daughter wants to "kill him". A whole nother story there. She's a (as her Dad calls her) "hard ass" or a "ball buster". Because her Dad has basically not given her the time of day most of her life, she has not a lot of sympathy for men in the first place. She puts 'em in their place readily--and often. In her 14 year old mind (but 110lb body), she thinks she could absolutely kick his ass if given the chance. LOL.

The toughest part is going to be going to court. I'm in the process of hiring an attorney to represent them. I do NOT want them testifying on the stand if they don't have to. The attacker's criminal attorney will shred them, and that's an experience they don't need on top of everything else.

*sigh*

I might have to have a private in chambers chat with Liability on this one to see what he thinks, now that he works for bad guys. ;)

But yeah, we're OK. Thanks for caring! :hug:

Jeny

[JenyEliza]

Hello Jeny,

Perhaps some prayers were already answered by the Good Lord. Methinks they were. You and the Twins were in my prayers yesterday afternoon at the 'Falls Bridge' and I hope and pray that God will continue to bestow His Blessings upon You and Yours and especially for You to get beyond those medical things nagging at you.

I will pray for this miscreant you have asked us to pray for only because you have asked. Even deranged people are worth our prayers and hopefully he will be put away somewhere where he can do no harm to others.

I will be making another trip to the 'Falls' later today where I will offer up some more prayers for You and Yours. I hope the Good Lord doesn't find me too pesky.

Be well Lady along with those precious Twins of Yours,

Jim

You know, Jim, I envy you that special place that you go to have a chat with God. I wish I had one myself.

Instead since I can't get away like you, I have created one here in my home. And I don't think the good Lord ever, ever tires of hearing from us, or finds us pesky. Only in Bruce Almighty.....and that's only when he's unwisely giving everyone what they want, instead of what's right for them. :D

Thank you so kindly for all your prayers. For me. For Mitch. For Rhet. For Repchick. For Gregor and Mr. G. For everyone here you generously pray for daily.

You are a true testament to faith and good works!

With good friends like you on my side, how can I not be well? :mrgreen:

:hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:

[JenyEliza]

Jeny, my prayers are with you and any thing i can do to help, please let me know. Hugs to you and the kids.

I just may give you a call over the weekend. Repchick is flying into Atlanta today. She's staying with us until Tuesday and we're going to try somehow to get in a visit with Darlene and Mitch (and Jeff if possible). Maybe we can also squeeze in you and Cutiepie?

Just know the kids and I are ok....nothing we won't bounce back from at all.

Just keep the fella who attacked me in your thoughts and prayers. He's a sick man who needs God's help.

:hug:

Jeny

[JenyEliza]

Oh my God, Jeny. :hug: :hug: :hug:


My heart is on its knees, praising God that you and the kids are now safe. I have been praying all along for whatever it was that you and the kids needed and I will continue to pray.

Dear Hadassah,

Would you light a candle for the fella who attacked me? He has been diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic and has no recollection whatsoever of the attack.

He is a very sick man who needs God's healing love. Please pray for his soul and that he receives redemption in God's eyes.

This would do more for me than anything else you could do.

The kids and I are bouncing back. We're receiving counseling and have resources available to help make recovering from the incident much easier.

All the love and prayers sent our way have certainly helped too! :D

:hug: :hug: :hug:

Jeny

[blazer]

Thank you so much everyone for all your prayers. They've worked wonders and we're doing ok.

In a nutshell, I ended up in a situation where a mentally ill person on drugs (prescription and illicit) tried to make sushi out of me with a 14 inch long, 5 inch wide machete--in front of my kids.

I'm OK. Shook up pretty bad and bruised up a bit, but no serious physical injuries that won't heal. Kids have had something of a PTSD reaction, but are doing better now than they were.

This....on top of my serious medical issues. It's been a bit much around here the last few weeks.

Anyway, just wanted to thank you all for your love and prayers. Please send them up for the person who tried (and failed) to filet me. He needs them far more than I do. He is a very sick person---dangerous to himself and to others. He needs all the help he can get.

God bless to you all---and hug your family. Never know when your last day might actually be at hand.

:hug:

Jeny :hug: :hug:oh Jeny! I am so thankful that you and the kids are okay! I am so sorry that you had to go through this and I am praying for your healing! Love you in Him!:hug::hug::hug:

[USMCmom]

Jeny am so thankful that you are all ok...I am keeping you in my prayers and am also praying for the man who attacked you. May God in his infinite mercy help him through all this.
We are all so thankful that you and the kids are ok...
Take Care & God Bless:hug:

[TheFallGuy]

Yeah, I'm Ok! Just a bit overwhelmed. I'm getting ready to have neurosurgery (unrelated to incident), so this was the last thing I needed.

I'm already thinking two steps ahead and have sought counseling for the kids to help them process what happened and work through their 14 year old teenaged feelings on seeing Mom attacked.

I think my son is taking it much harder than my daughter. He's internalizing his feelings--probably because he feels like he should have been able to stop the attack and protect his Mom. He couldn't have, the guy was hopped up on Meth and had superhuman strength. He would have killed my son, so I'm glad my son didn't try to stop him but called for help instead.

My daughter wants to "kill him". A whole nother story there. She's a (as her Dad calls her) "hard ass" or a "ball buster". Because her Dad has basically not given her the time of day most of her life, she has not a lot of sympathy for men in the first place. She puts 'em in their place readily--and often. In her 14 year old mind (but 110lb body), she thinks she could absolutely kick his ass if given the chance. LOL.

The toughest part is going to be going to court. I'm in the process of hiring an attorney to represent them. I do NOT want them testifying on the stand if they don't have to. The attacker's criminal attorney will shred them, and that's an experience they don't need on top of everything else.

*sigh*

I might have to have a private in chambers chat with Liability on this one to see what he thinks, now that he works for bad guys. ;)

But yeah, we're OK. Thanks for caring! :hug:

Jeny

I'm glad to hear that you're okay, hon. We're still praying for you. Do what you need to do to get this resolved. Liability's a good egg.

The anger your kids feel is natural, it's normal. Get them the counseling they need. And in the meantime we've got prayers for you.

:hug:

[rhet 2]

I'm glad to hear that you're okay, hon. We're still praying for you. Do what you need to do to get this resolved. Liability's a good egg.

The anger your kids feel is natural, it's normal. Get them the counseling they need. And in the meantime we've got prayers for you.

:hug:

the poor sucker does have my prayers -- especially for a RESPONSIBLE guardian who will actually protect him and everybody else from his own warped and out of control mania.

Somebody didn't give enough of a damn about him to keep him safe, that's for sure. :((

Rep's good people. Time with her, especially if you can wedge in some time with Jeff and Darlene and Mitch, would be healing.

Prayers for the Peace of Christ and the end of the fear which is causing the twins' anger -- as Fall Guy says, it is only natural.

Thing is, we're not called to "do natural" -- we're called to do the supernatural, above and beyond "natural."

Hard to do, though.

Real hard.

Especially if you're only 14.

[Seanachie]

Hello Jeny,

I hope and pray the the Good Lord that your weekend has started off in some very good ways. RepChick's visit should help with that immensely. All in God's 'Grand Plan' methinks.

You and your Twins were in my urgent prayers today at the Falls to the 'Big Guy'. That fellow who inflicted the hurt on all of you was included in those prayers too.

Please send my greetings to RepChick and enjoy the heck out of this weekend, all of you! Lord knows; it's what He, the Doctor of ALL things, recommends methinks.

Jim

[Calibabe]

Jeny and her children have had to endure a very traumatic situation over this past week. They are in dire straights for some emotional healing. Could you all put up a few prayers for them?

Thanks ,
Rep.


No problem, will add them to my list for Palm Sunday Mass. Hope and pray that all will be alright with everyone.

God bless

[Yasuo]

You're a class-act, Jeny

I've been there, sort of. I was mugged some years ago. Not easy to forgive the guys who trounced me. I did in time, but it took some doing.

As for your assailant, I forgive him, while also asking he harm no else.

[repchick]

I think I left Jeny in better shape than when I arrived. At least I hope I did. We had a good visit but it was too short.

There were snow flurries in Atlanta yesterday .Whats up with that?

[bella-day]

Jeny,
I haven't been as active as usual on this particular forum so I missed this thread until today.

What a terrifying experience you and your children have endured!

You and your precious family will be in my prayers and I'll say a prayer in behalf of your attacker.

Take care and stay strong!

[repchick]

Jeny and her kids could still use some prayers. They still have some hurdles to overcome before this is all said and done.

I pray everyday that the Lord will ease their pain and bring them out on the other side in peace.

[Hadassah]

Dear Hadassah,

Would you light a candle for the fella who attacked me? He has been diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic and has no recollection whatsoever of the attack.

He is a very sick man who needs God's healing love. Please pray for his soul and that he receives redemption in God's eyes.

This would do more for me than anything else you could do.

The kids and I are bouncing back. We're receiving counseling and have resources available to help make recovering from the incident much easier.

All the love and prayers sent our way have certainly helped too! :D

:hug: :hug: :hug:

Jeny


Of course, my friend, and I will light one for you and each of the kids, as well.

[JenyEliza]

I think I left Jeny in better shape than when I arrived. At least I hope I did. We had a good visit but it was too short.

There were snow flurries in Atlanta yesterday .Whats up with that?


Your visit was WAY too short.

I"m ready to add an addition to my house and give you your own suite here, so you and yours can come live here. We certainly have a large enough lot to put the equivalent of a 2nd house on the back.

Kids and I (me especially) miss you terribly. Not a day has gone by that I haven't cried since you got on that mean old plane and left us.

And....YOU brought the snow with you. We don't get snow flurries in April. It just doesn't happen. Unless--of course--you have visitors from places north visiting. ;)

Please hurry back. There's so much we didn't see and do.....and I promise I will learn how to get up at the buttcrack of dawn! :mrgreen:

:hug: :hug: :hug:

[JenyEliza]

Of course, my friend, and I will light one for you and each of the kids, as well.

Thank you! :hug:

[JenyEliza]

Jeny,
I haven't been as active as usual on this particular forum so I missed this thread until today.

What a terrifying experience you and your children have endured!

You and your precious family will be in my prayers and I'll say a prayer in behalf of your attacker.

Take care and stay strong!

Thank you for your prayers. Especially for the man who attacked me. He genuinely needs them. This was not a stranger who attacked me, but someone me and my kids have known, loved and trusted all our lives.

Because of this attack, we have learned of his mental illness, so I suppose it is a blessing in disguise. Now he is getting the treatment that he needs, rather than trying to self-medicate and being out of touch with reality.

Of the three of us, I would say I'm still having the hardest time with it all. My doctor has increased my anti-depressant and anti-anxiety medications, but I am still tearful and depressed most days. They tell me it takes time to come back from something like this, but as Repchick has alluded to, there are other factors that are making my recovery more difficult and extending the length unnecessarily.

But....we'll get through it. One day at a time.

Thank you for your prayers. Especially for him.

God bless,

Jeny

[JenyEliza]

You're a class-act, Jeny

I've been there, sort of. I was mugged some years ago. Not easy to forgive the guys who trounced me. I did in time, but it took some doing.

As for your assailant, I forgive him, while also asking he harm no else.

Thank you, Yasao. I forgive him also, and I am not worried that he will harm anyone but himself. He is in a secure mental health facility--finally getting the treatment he needs.

He is not a danger to anyone else now....just himself....and I pray they can keep him alive long enough to get himself better and back to "normal".

Schizophrenia is a horrible disease. It has destroyed this young man--who would have a bright future ahead of himself if he could be stabilized and treated in patient for a lengthy period of time, and then treated outpatient the rest of his life. He is not a bad person, he is a sick person.

I love and forgive him. Thank you for helping me do that.

Jeny

[rhet 2]

Thank you, Yasao. I forgive him also, and I am not worried that he will harm anyone but himself. He is in a secure mental health facility--finally getting the treatment he needs.

He is not a danger to anyone else now....just himself....and I pray they can keep him alive long enough to get himself better and back to "normal".

Schizophrenia is a horrible disease. It has destroyed this young man--who would have a bright future ahead of himself if he could be stabilized and treated in patient for a lengthy period of time, and then treated outpatient the rest of his life. He is not a bad person, he is a sick person.

I love and forgive him. Thank you for helping me do that.

Jeny

This is the time for remembering that Christ gave His life for all humanity, especially the lost and hurting, including this young man.

I pray with all my heart that He Who rose from the dead over 2000 years ago shall look upon this poor lost soul, lead the disease into destruction, and his soul into rebirth, made new, whole, and able to endure the test of time from this day forth.

And I pray that you and your twins shall be free to rejoice in the robins and the sunshine the LORD shall shower down upon you from now on.

You're "good people," JenyEliza -- the kind of people I'm proud to know and be friends with. :hug:

[jwil59]

Jeny and her kids could still use some prayers. They still have some hurdles to overcome before this is all said and done.

I pray everyday that the Lord will ease their pain and bring them out on the other side in peace.

They have that from me.

Please tell Jeny if she needs to talk to call me, she has the number

[Seanachie]

Hello Jeny,

You and Yours were in my Easter Sunday prayers Offered up to the Good Lord at the Falls today. I said an extra prayer for that Man who caused you and the Twins such pain. I guess special circumstances take an extra special prayer. I hope God was listening.

I hope your Easter is going well and All of your healing will continue through the Will of God and His good Graces.

Be well Lady,

Jim

[repchick]

Your visit was WAY too short.

I"m ready to add an addition to my house and give you your own suite here, so you and yours can come live here. We certainly have a large enough lot to put the equivalent of a 2nd house on the back.

Kids and I (me especially) miss you terribly. Not a day has gone by that I haven't cried since you got on that mean old plane and left us.

And....YOU brought the snow with you. We don't get snow flurries in April. It just doesn't happen. Unless--of course--you have visitors from places north visiting. ;)

Please hurry back. There's so much we didn't see and do.....and I promise I will learn how to get up at the buttcrack of dawn! :mrgreen:

:hug: :hug: :hug:
I miss yu too.
I really believe You and the kids hated me because I get up so early. As your one kidlet said "If it'd been anyone else we'd have beat them up and thrown them out of the house but because we love her we just let her do it." :))

Hopefully my next visit will be longer. :hug:

[repchick]

They have that from me.

Please tell Jeny if she needs to talk to call me, she has the number
Will do . You and yours still have my ongoing prayers.

[jwil59]

I am still in serious prayer for my good friend Jeny and the kids.

[JenyEliza]

Jeff--you still in Atlanta this week? If so, I might ring you up.

I think it would be fun to take the kids down to Fellinis. When does Darlene return so we could all go together?
:)

I could use some serious prayer and be around folks who know *real* healing--like you, Darlene and Mitchell.

*hugs and love*

Jeny

[USMCmom]

Jeny...hope all is well with you and the little ones. You and yours are in my prayers. Hope that you had a Happy Easter!
Take care & God Bless

[jwil59]

Jeff--you still in Atlanta this week? If so, I might ring you up.

I think it would be fun to take the kids down to Fellinis. When does Darlene return so we could all go together?
:)

I could use some serious prayer and be around folks who know *real* healing--like you, Darlene and Mitchell.

*hugs and love*

Jeny

They are comming home for the weekend, we have a family function Saturday night in Alabama. I'm not sure if I will be going to Atlanta next weekend cause there is a golf tournament I am supposed to play in.

I am praying for you guys

[itsrea]

I have tried and tried and tried to picture what this must be like for you and the kids :hug: Jeny :hug: and I have to admit that I just can't.. so I keep turning to the Lord for what to pray for... He knows best anyway...

[jwil59]

I join Rea in that prayer.

[JenyEliza]

I love you all, thank you, thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart! :hug:

Today has been a rough day---some days are good, some aren't. Today wasn't, so those prayers are definitely helpful! :mrgreen:

God bless,
Jeny

[rhet 2]

I love you all, thank you, thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart! :hug:

Today has been a rough day---some days are good, some aren't. Today wasn't, so those prayers are definitely helpful! :mrgreen:

God bless,
Jeny

Oh, sweetness.

You've been through enough "not good" days to last a lifetime.

I just pray the future bad days die aborning, while the good ones flourish to reproduce themselves over and over again until the very memory of the rotten ones fades into nothing but a gentle soft gray that highlights the beauties and the joys of the present Day of Satifisfaction your soul can take true pleasure in.

:hug:

Still praying for the offender and his girl friend who gave you such a needless and stupid and vicious fright.

AND praying for your own peace of mind and healing of the spinal problems. :hug:

[JenyEliza]

Oh, sweetness.

You've been through enough "not good" days to last a lifetime.

I just pray the future bad days die aborning, while the good ones flourish to reproduce themselves over and over again until the very memory of the rotten ones fades into nothing but a gentle soft gray that highlights the beauties and the joys of the present Day of Satifisfaction your soul can take true pleasure in.

:hug:

Still praying for the offender and his girl friend who gave you such a needless and stupid and vicious fright.

AND praying for your own peace of mind and healing of the spinal problems. :hug:

Thank you, Rhet! Sending you lots of love and hugs. On the phone with Repchick right now....she says the same.

:hug:

Jeny

[repchick]

Thank you, Rhet! Sending you lots of love and hugs. On the phone with Repchick right now....she says the same.

:hug:

Jeny

Yep , Rhet hugs to you. Still need prayers for Jeny and the kids. Ther are several things that need the Lords attention. I know through him It will turn out for the best.

[rhet 2]

Yep , Rhet hugs to you. Still need prayers for Jeny and the kids. Ther are several things that need the Lords attention. I know through him It will turn out for the best.

Prayers continue, then.

Thank God you are able and willing to interface and watch over her for us. :hug: to you too.

[jwil59]

Yep , Rhet hugs to you. Still need prayers for Jeny and the kids. Ther are several things that need the Lords attention. I know through him It will turn out for the best.

I am certainly praying for jeny and the kids.

[Seanachie]

Hello Jenny,

You and your Kids were in my prayers to the 'Big Guy' yesterday at the Falls. I hope all of you are recovering from the trauma that befell all of you.

Be well Lady,

Jim

PS: To Repchick: You and yours were also in those prayers.

I hope all is well with you Lady,

Jim

[JenyEliza]

I thank you all for your many many prayers in our name. In spite of all the prayers asking for the good Lord's intervention on our behalf, life just seems to get more and more difficult for me and the children.

At this point, I can't go into further details, as it would be quite the shock should my employer or colleagues happen upon this post and put two and two together, and realize that this is *my* life we're all praying about.

I love my company, I love my job, I have always tried to do my very best to represent my boss well, as well as my company and myself.

Please, please, please, just keep the prayers coming. It's the top of the ninth, bases are loaded, last at bat and the score is tied. If I hit a homerun, we win. If strike out, its all over.

Thanks,
Jeny

[Seanachie]

Hello Jeny,

My prayers are with you that the 'Big Guy' send you the strength to knock it out of the park with a grand slam!

My prayers are with the Twins (your Twins and not the others) also and I think they will be cheering their loudest cheers of GO MOM to send you some strength too.

Be well Lady and keep your eye on that prized proverbial ball! No matter what way it is thrown.

Jim

PS: I also put a word in with the 'Babe' to be right there with you.

[texan_rep]

Just found out, Jeny...

:pray:

[rhet 2]

I thank you all for your many many prayers in our name. In spite of all the prayers asking for the good Lord's intervention on our behalf, life just seems to get more and more difficult for me and the children.

At this point, I can't go into further details, as it would be quite the shock should my employer or colleagues happen upon this post and put two and two together, and realize that this is *my* life we're all praying about.

I love my company, I love my job, I have always tried to do my very best to represent my boss well, as well as my company and myself.

Please, please, please, just keep the prayers coming. It's the top of the ninth, bases are loaded, last at bat and the score is tied. If I hit a homerun, we win. If strike out, its all over.

Thanks,
Jeny

It's never "all over," not when the LORD is holding the bat for you -- because, when He holds the bat behind your shoulders, it only looks like a strike -- when it always turns out to be a homerun, after all, a homerun that nobody recognized at the time, but a homerun, after all.

Think in terms of the Babylonians destroying Jerusalem -- let straight toward the spread of the true faith throughout the entire earth. Even Nebuchanezzar learned the reality of the LORD -- learned it the hard way, but learned it all the same. Even the dad-blamed Romans came to faith because of Israel's agony.

Think in terms of Christ on the Cross: looked like the defeat of all eternity -- and turned out to be the Defeat of defeat itself.

But prayers for Him to give you this victory, that you've got, big time.

It's time you three saw some Victory for a change, IMO.

[repchick]

Prayers badly needed here. Things are not good.

[rhet 2]

Prayers badly needed here. Things are not good.

DAMN IT!

Literally.

God take the situation and send the evil parts of it to hell, restoring health and peace and BALANCE to their lives!

Decent, honorable, loving people should NOT have to go through crap like this.

Just should not be.

:((

prayers for deliverance redoubling NOW!

[czzzaar]

Wow, Jeny, I'm sorry to hear about your trouble but am glad to that you are physically, okay. I add you and the kids to my prayers.

[jwil59]

I am praying really hard for jeny and the kids. You hang tough jeny, He is in control.

Are things any better?

[repchick]

I am praying really hard for jeny and the kids. You hang tough jeny, He is in control.

Are things any better?

No Jeff things are not better. I wish I could say they were. I love Jeny and those kids so much but these are things I can't fix.

[JenyEliza]

Thanks Jeff and Repchick--and everyone else praying on our behalf. Things aren't better, it's been one huge challenge the last month, but we'll get through all of this with God's grace and the help of good friends.

It's at times like these when you find out who *really* is your friend, and who is a fair-weather friend.

I'll update as I am able. I may not be spending much time on the forums for a while, except to pop in and read this thread and post a time or two. At least until things settle down adn improve.

:hug:

Jeny

[jwil59]

I am still praying for jeny and the kids. God bless you guys my dear friend.

[blazer]

Praying for you! :hug:

[JenyEliza]

Thank you all for your prayers. I truly believe in the power of prayer. It's power is beyond measure and I am humbled that you would spend your valuable time and energy praying for me and mine. I'm not sure we deserve it, but I am grateful for your prayers and the love you send us.

We're still not out of the woods, there are several new hurdles facing us, but we're working hard at putting our lives back together the best we can. This past year has been a very stressful year for our little family, so please keep praying for us.

With the help of God, our good friends--and even strangers praying for us, we'll get there!

:hug:

Jeny

[rhet 2]

Thank you all for your prayers. I truly believe in the power of prayer. It's power is beyond measure and I am humbled that you would spend your valuable time and energy praying for me and mine. I'm not sure we deserve it, but I am grateful for your prayers and the love you send us.

We're still not out of the woods, there are several new hurdles facing us, but we're working hard at putting our lives back together the best we can. This past year has been a very stressful year for our little family, so please keep praying for us.

With the help of God, our good friends--and even strangers praying for us, we'll get there!

:hug:

Jeny

It's not about "deserve" -- it's about LOVE -- and love is never earned, only given, freely and without merit or obligation.

And, yes, indeed, you WILL "get there" -- for the LORD LOVES you and the twins more than His Own Life, itself.

I just wish we could love you as much as half of what He does.

But, we'll keep on praying and loving you as best as He makes us able, anyway.

I'm just very glad He put you on this earth and let me share even so small a part of your wondrous heart and mind.

You bring me much joy.

:hug:

[repchick]

It's not about "deserve" -- it's about LOVE -- and love is never earned, only given, freely and without merit or obligation.

And, yes, indeed, you WILL "get there" -- for the LORD LOVES you and the twins more than His Own Life, itself.

I just wish we could love you as much as half of what He does.

But, we'll keep on praying and loving you as best as He makes us able, anyway.

I'm just very glad He put you on this earth and let me share even so small a part of your wondrous heart and mind.

You bring me much joy.

:hug:

Amen. Well said Rhet.

[JenyEliza]

*cry, cry, cry* :cry:

Thank you! :hug: :mrgreen:

[jwil59]

*cry, cry, cry* :cry:

Thank you! :hug: :mrgreen:

How are yall doing?

I am still praying hard for you guys

[JenyEliza]

We're hanging in there, Jeff. One day at a time, one baby step at a time.

Nothing great to report just yet.

Life and lemonade, you know? Thanks for asking and for caring. :D

:hug:
Jeny

[JenyEliza]

It's time for a miracle, friends. I can't be specific on this forum, but we need a real-life miracle, and need it soon.

Please pray for us. I have no right to ask and certainly don't deserve the prayers for this miracle, but my children do. They deserve the miracle.

Pleaase God, help us. Please hear my fervent prayers.
:pray::pray: :pray: :pray: :pray: :pray: :pray:

Amen,
Jeny

[rhet 2]

It's time for a miracle, friends. I can't be specific on this forum, but we need a real-life miracle, and need it soon.

Please pray for us. I have no right to ask and certainly don't deserve the prayers for this miracle, but my children do. They deserve the miracle.

Pleaase God, help us. Please hear my fervent prayers.
:pray::pray: :pray: :pray: :pray: :pray: :pray:

Amen,
Jeny

Not a matter of what we deserve.

The only issue is the free and UNdeserved love of Almighty God and His Son.

And THAT I'm praying He showers upon you in such abundance, you'll never fear, never need again.

[jwil59]

It's time for a miracle, friends. I can't be specific on this forum, but we need a real-life miracle, and need it soon.

Please pray for us. I have no right to ask and certainly don't deserve the prayers for this miracle, but my children do. They deserve the miracle.

Pleaase God, help us. Please hear my fervent prayers.
:pray::pray: :pray: :pray: :pray: :pray: :pray:

Amen,
Jeny

I am praying for that miracle. I have met these younguns and yes they deserve this miracle. I am praying hard for that

[Hadassah]

It's time for a miracle, friends. I can't be specific on this forum, but we need a real-life miracle, and need it soon.

Please pray for us. I have no right to ask and certainly don't deserve the prayers for this miracle, but my children do. They deserve the miracle.

Pleaase God, help us. Please hear my fervent prayers.
:pray::pray: :pray: :pray: :pray: :pray: :pray:

Amen,
Jeny


:pray: :pray: :pray:

[repchick]

My dear friends prayers are need very badly here.:pray::pray::pray:

[JenyEliza]

Thank you--all of you. Your prayers are very much appreciated.

I am such an undeserving piece of dirt, I know I don't deserve your love and prayers. But my kids are good kids. They do.

They deserve much better than current circumstances.

Thank you again. Please keep praying for our miracle. We surely need it.

:pray: :D

[JenyEliza]

*cry*

[rhet 2]

*cry*

Would the loan of a slightly soggy tear towel help? I'll give you my own.

Seriously, I love you so much.

I wish I had a magic wand and could play Fairy Godmother for you.

But I'm praying for all I'm worth that the LORD fix it Himself. As in NOW, once and for all. You need a break, that's for sure. A long long peaceful VACATION from all the hurt and stress and trials and tribulations.

super duper ultra hard and long :hug: that never ends, sweetie.

[jwil59]

Thank you--all of you. Your prayers are very much appreciated.

I am such an undeserving piece of dirt, I know I don't deserve your love and prayers. But my kids are good kids. They do.

They deserve much better than current circumstances.

Thank you again. Please keep praying for our miracle. We surely need it.

:pray: :D

I think you are deserving of plenty.

Yall keep hanging tough, we are praying for some relief

[itsrea]

Thank you--all of you. Your prayers are very much appreciated.

I am such an undeserving piece of dirt, I know I don't deserve your love and prayers. But my kids are good kids. They do.

They deserve much better than current circumstances.

Thank you again. Please keep praying for our miracle. We surely need it.

:pray: :DI, too, started my days wondering at my own worth.. questioning if I had any part of Rick's suicide, and realizing I could have been a better person... and in response to those concerns my friend Rhet pm'd me telling me when I get to be perfect to say hi to God for her.

The truth is that I'm never going to have the answers my heart so desparately needs, but I did get something else today - something that eases my heart and helps me know what to do next:

Every person should question themselves on a daily basis.

We should question our motives, our attitude, our actions.. but we shouldn't be questioning them so we can lay guilt because guilt is never from God.. we should be questioning what we do and say because we always need to be aware of where we are in God's grace.

And when we find we have fallen short of the glory of God we are not to wallow in self pity or guilt, we are to confess our sin(s) and get on with becoming the person God wants us to be.

God loves you. And He hurts when you hurt. And he does not want his friend and companion belittled by anyone, least of all you... so the person God wants YOU to be Miss-Jeny-Eliza is someone who loves herself in spite of her shortcomings and mistakes..

So while I don't know what it is you have said or done to make you think you don't deserve prayers, I KNOW that in God's heart you DO deserve love - so how about confessing whatever it is? and then start questioning so you know where you are in God's grace and not so you can lay blame.

[JenyEliza]

Thank you Rea---your words hit home.

It looks like we're going to receive that miracle we've all been praying for. Thank you SO MUCH EVERYONE for your prayers.

We're not completely out of the woods yet, but we're heading in the right direction. I will update as things progress!

THANK YOU AGAIN for all your love, prayers and kind words of hope.
:hug:
Jeny

[jwil59]

Thank you Rea---your words hit home.

It looks like we're going to receive that miracle we've all been praying for. Thank you SO MUCH EVERYONE for your prayers.

We're not completely out of the woods yet, but we're heading in the right direction. I will update as things progress!

THANK YOU AGAIN for all your love, prayers and kind words of hope.
:hug:
Jeny

I am so happy to hear this, you have made my day. :lol:

[rhet 2]

Thank you Rea---your words hit home.

It looks like we're going to receive that miracle we've all been praying for. Thank you SO MUCH EVERYONE for your prayers.

We're not completely out of the woods yet, but we're heading in the right direction. I will update as things progress!

THANK YOU AGAIN for all your love, prayers and kind words of hope.
:hug:
Jeny

With our brother, Jeff, I surely do thank the Good LORD of all hope and mercy!

And prayers to finalize this test of your faith, so that this one can be permanently shelved in the section called "ancient history," that continues Big Time!

I so want to see you three out of the swirling muddy flood waters and safely anchored on shore where no more such storms can throw garbage at you!

[JenyEliza]

As do I, Rhet. I don't know how many more tests my old bones can take. The wear and tear on the body and soul take a terrible toll.

But...things are looking up and I'm holding onto that. We're gonna get there. One day at a time.

Thank you for your awesome prayers and love! :hug:

Jeny

[JenyEliza]

I am so happy to hear this, you have made my day. :lol:

Mine too! :mrgreen:

I'm so glad I could add some sunshine to someone's day with a little bit of good news!

Let's keep praying for everyone, though! We all need His help!

:hug:

Jeny

[itsrea]

As do I, Rhet. I don't know how many more tests my old bones can take. The wear and tear on the body and soul take a terrible toll.

But...things are looking up and I'm holding onto that. We're gonna get there. One day at a time.

Thank you for your awesome prayers and love! :hug:

JenyTests have always proven to me to be a strain on the mind, body, and spirit. And it's hard to not take them personally - I've been telling the Lord through all these months of Rick's heartache that I'm not as strong as He thinks I am.. and I know some of you all will say God knows me better, and God will provide the strength, but that means little when I'm the one being left behind, again, when I'm the one having to be responsible, again.. And I know that I'm not supposed to complain like I do, I know I am supposed to turn to God, but I'm so bogged down that I can't seem to turn ANYWHERE, much less to the Lord.. rest assured I understand your feeling like you have been.

It's a heck of a lot easier to say do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do then it is to be the one doing..

[rhet 2]

Tests have always proven to me to be a strain on the mind, body, and spirit. And it's hard to not take them personally - I've been telling the Lord through all these months of Rick's heartache that I'm not as strong as He thinks I am.. and I know some of you all will say God knows me better, and God will provide the strength, but that means little when I'm the one being left behind, again, when I'm the one having to be responsible, again.. And I know that I'm not supposed to complain like I do, I know I am supposed to turn to God, but I'm so bogged down that I can't seem to turn ANYWHERE, much less to the Lord.. rest assured I understand your feeling like you have been.

It's a heck of a lot easier to say do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do then it is to be the one doing..

Since when are we not supposed to complain? Seems to me, the Psalms of David are FULL of complaints, lots of complaints, thousands of complaints.

In fact, he whined a lot about the cruelties and injustices and heavy burdens he carried.

So did Job.

It's the truth. Since when does the LORD want us lying to Him to pretend that all is marvelous, wonderful, happy-happy when it's anything but?

"In all things give thanks, for this is the Will of the LORD concerning you" does NOT mean pretending that trials and tribulations are just wonderful. It means telling the LORD, this sucks Big Time, hurts like hell, and thank You for being my sure Defense to make the hurting go away, to show me that way of escape to endure this vicious mess the world has throw at me.

Thanks for His promised deliverance from evil -- not pretending that the crap isn't just as horrid as the crap good old David had to endure, including a son called Absolom -- and a king called Saul -- and some murderous devil-worshipping barbarians all over the place, including among his own people.

Just be sure to end the bitching session with a word of thanks for Him listening and assurance in the hope of His deliverance. David's own bitch and moan sessions always do so.

Follow the pattern of the Psalms, and I don't think the LORD will get ticked off. After all, He DID provide us with the example to be followed, now didn't He?

It is in our deliverance from evil that He gets glorified.

And, if we run around pretending that evil isn't real, then how can our deliverance be real?

And, if our deliverance isn't real, then how can His glory in delivering us from an evil that isn't really evil be real?

IT HURTS! Say it hurts -- and then wait for Him to keep His promise and provide a way of escape.

Just don't sit and wallow in self-pity, telling yourself -- and others -- that there is no way of escape coming. That would be to doubt the LORD and cast shame upon Him.

It hurts. Say it hurts. And refuse to take any solution to the hurt which doesn't come from the Hope of our Salvation, doesn't fit with His standards for our behavior.

And, when He does provide that way of escape, shout your joy from the rooftops, tell the watching angels and those without such Hope "whence cometh my Help."

Thus, and only thus, is the LORD truly glorified by our trials and tribulations.

[JenyEliza]

*hugs* and :pray: for my dear friends.

We will muddle through the tests, trials and tribultations we each face.

God will see us through. We are strong and faithful women (and men).

:hug:

[USMCmom]

Jeny...am happy to hear that things are looking up for you and the kids. Your all in my prayers...

[jwil59]

Mine too! :mrgreen:

I'm so glad I could add some sunshine to someone's day with a little bit of good news!

Let's keep praying for everyone, though! We all need His help!

:hug:

Jeny

yes I will continue praying for everyone here, including you and those younguns. :lol:

[repchick]

Thank you my dear friends for praying for Jeny and her kids. She has become like a sister to me and I care about she and the kids very much. But I need help with this one and you all have been there every step of the way.

[Rupperov91]

Late to the party but thinking of you and your family Jeny and pray that all works out. Keep your head up.

[repchick]

Progress is being made here . They are not out of the woods yet but are moving forward. Just have to keep on praying.

[Seanachie]

Hello Jeny,

You and the Twins continue in my prayers to the Good Lord. I can only hope and pray that the Miracle you have prayed for will come with all of God's Blessings. I too have asked God to grant you all that you need to solve all of life's perplexing problems.

Be well Lady,

Jim

[JenyEliza]

Tests have always proven to me to be a strain on the mind, body, and spirit. And it's hard to not take them personally - I've been telling the Lord through all these months of Rick's heartache that I'm not as strong as He thinks I am.. and I know some of you all will say God knows me better, and God will provide the strength, but that means little when I'm the one being left behind, again, when I'm the one having to be responsible, again.. And I know that I'm not supposed to complain like I do, I know I am supposed to turn to God, but I'm so bogged down that I can't seem to turn ANYWHERE, much less to the Lord.. rest assured I understand your feeling like you have been.

It's a heck of a lot easier to say do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do then it is to be the one doing..

Oh, my dear friend, Rea. I so wish I could just wave a magic wand and make all your problems go away. I wish I could bring your Rick back to you--all healthy, happy and full of joy for life. I'd do it in a heartbeat for you. I would.

It's so difficult to know you're in such pain and to know there's not a damned thing any of us can really do to help ease your pain or give you "normal" back again.

Just keep on keeping on ... Get up every day and remind yourself to breathe ... put one foot in front of the other, and go through the motions. Eat when you can, sleep when you can, and do the best you can to take care of yourself. All the rest is just BS that can wait. YOU are the most important thing right now. Put yourself at the top of the "to-do" list and keep yourself there.

I'll keep praying for you ... and asking your guys--Aubrey and Rick--to look out for you from heaven, as I know they surely are.

You have my number if you need it .... any time, day or night. And ask repchick when I say that, I really truly mean it. Many a night we've been on the phone till 4 or 5 am as we've gone through our trials and tribulations. I am here if you need me.

Hang in there my dear friend....

:hug:
Jeny

[JenyEliza]

Hello Jeny,

You and the Twins continue in my prayers to the Good Lord. I can only hope and pray that the Miracle you have prayed for will come with all of God's Blessings. I too have asked God to grant you all that you need to solve all of life's perplexing problems.

Be well Lady,

Jim

Jim...thank you for your continued prayers. God has been very good to me and the twins. He continues to provide for us...and I am humbly grateful. For His goodness and for all the prayers and love that are directed mine and the twins' way.

Your positive, can-do attitude and prayers are such a wonderful example of how God wants us to live our lives. You inspire me to keep on trying, even when I feel like just giving up. Thank you for all the prayers on our behalf....they are very appreciated.

You be well too, my friend!

:hug:
Jeny

[JenyEliza]

Thank you my dear friends for praying for Jeny and her kids. She has become like a sister to me and I care about she and the kids very much. But I need help with this one and you all have been there every step of the way.

You're the big sister I never had. I am so grateful that you've hung in there with me and the kids and you haven't given up on us. Especially on me.

We're making progress--as you know. We still have a long way to go and a lot of decisions coming up over the summer. But....we're getting there. With the help of God and good friends, we'll make it.

Thanks for being you...I always know I can count on you.

:hug:
Jeny

[repchick]

Jeny and her kids need a lot of prayer right now. A lot is going on with them . They need prayer to lift them up. Help Jeny make the right choices.

Thanks
Becky

[jwil59]

Jeny and her kids need a lot of prayer right now. A lot is going on with them . They need prayer to lift them up. Help Jeny make the right choices.

Thanks
Becky

Ok I have been praying for Jeny and those kids all along and will keep doing do.

I feel a special connection to Jeny and her family cause I have met them face to face.

[rhet 2]

Ok I have been praying for Jeny and those kids all along and will keep doing do.

I feel a special connection to Jeny and her family cause I have met them face to face.

Me, too, and I haven't had that blessing.

Prayers continuing, that's for sure.

[jwil59]

I am still praying on this.

[JenyEliza]

Thanks for all the prayers. So very appreciated. If you only knew.

I'm sitting here crying as I read your posts. I am humbled.

Jeff: I may be calling you. It think you might be able to help--if nothing else, help me sort out some options. I can share more by phone what is going on. Don't feel comfortable putting it on the boards.

Thank you everyone--please keep praying for us. I thought we had things under control, but the rug got ripped out from under us right after I got my time out.

[Hadassah]

Jeny, you ever need to talk, PM me and I will give you my phone number and/or YIM.


Still praying for you and the kids. :hug:

[jwil59]

Thanks for all the prayers. So very appreciated. If you only knew.

I'm sitting here crying as I read your posts. I am humbled.

Jeff: I may be calling you. It think you might be able to help--if nothing else, help me sort out some options. I can share more by phone what is going on. Don't feel comfortable putting it on the boards.

Thank you everyone--please keep praying for us. I thought we had things under control, but the rug got ripped out from under us right after I got my time out.

I'm here to help however I can jeny.......

God bless you guys, I am praying

[itsrea]

:hug: Jeny :hug: Sometimes, when I'm really afraid, I walk around holding my bible to my heart.. and some nights I sleep with it - it helps me a great deal Jeny.

Hang in there honey, and stay close in prayer.

Hugs,
Rea

[JenyEliza]

Thanks Rhea and Jeff. I'm trying so hard to keep it together. Usually OO gives me such comfort, but today I read about others in worse shape than myself making progress and moving forward, while I am stuck in cement. All I can do is cry. I can't see the future. I don't understand why God has done what he has to me and my little family. We don't deserve it. We really don't. I'm doing my best to get through one day at a time. It's a struggle. If I could sleep, I just stay asleep. But I can't because I have to drive 34 miles each morning and each afternoon to drop off and pick up my kids.

Their Dad (believe it or not) has decided to be a part of their lives. The NCLB transfer school they were assigned to is in a pricey part of town--and right down the road from his house. He has been picking up the kids once or twice a week, taking them home to do homework, and then off to dinner and home by 9:00. He's been amazing. He knows all about the challenges we're facing--he went thorugh similar a few years back. He survived. We will too--somehow.

When is a best time to call you Jeff? I really need some help here.

Love,
Jeny

[JenyEliza]

Ok....it's back to the wall time. We need miracles. Real ones.

Please pray hard for us. I am working as hard as I can to TCOB on this end, but I am just one person and I can't do this alone. I need HELP. BIG HELP!

In no short order.....

repchick, Rhet, Rhea are in the know. They can tell you it's serious. Very.

Please help us. :pray: :pray: :pray:

[jwil59]

Thanks Rhea and Jeff. I'm trying so hard to keep it together. Usually OO gives me such comfort, but today I read about others in worse shape than myself making progress and moving forward, while I am stuck in cement. All I can do is cry. I can't see the future. I don't understand why God has done what he has to me and my little family. We don't deserve it. We really don't. I'm doing my best to get through one day at a time. It's a struggle. If I could sleep, I just stay asleep. But I can't because I have to drive 34 miles each morning and each afternoon to drop off and pick up my kids.

Their Dad (believe it or not) has decided to be a part of their lives. The NCLB transfer school they were assigned to is in a pricey part of town--and right down the road from his house. He has been picking up the kids once or twice a week, taking them home to do homework, and then off to dinner and home by 9:00. He's been amazing. He knows all about the challenges we're facing--he went thorugh similar a few years back. He survived. We will too--somehow.

When is a best time to call you Jeff? I really need some help here.

Love,
Jeny

I work nights and sleep late but most anytime is cool Jeny. I talked to darlene about you and the kids and she sends her prayers and love. Anything we can do to help please do not hesitate to call either one of us.

[JenyEliza]

It's been a while since I've posted an update. Between a couple of Hannity enforced time outs, and some God enforced time outs, I haven't had access to the forums for a while.

My little family and I are dealing with challenges I never imagined and God keeps lobbing them at us in super-charged fashion.

I was laid off from a major telcom company back in April, when many of my colleagues also lost their jobs. The job market is in horrible shape in my area---there just are no jobs. Been looking hard, to no avail.

After much agony and angst, prayers and hope--a huge roller coaster ride, it pains me to share that we cannot stay in our home of 12 years. We will be out by October 12. I was approved today for a tiny little 2 bd apartment to house me, the twins, two dogs, a cat and the damned hamster. But we are blessed. Very. Others are not so fortunate.

All I have to do now is come up with the deposit ($400) and October rent ($503), utility deposits, labor to move and a truck to do it, and we won't be homeless. Praise God.

I am typing this from the laundrymat. We have no power at the house. School has been out all week due to flooding, and today I was told my daughter has Influenza A *AND* B. Both of them. The pediatrician did the test twice, immediately recieving the same results. He has notified the CDC and she and her brother are under quarantine from school (ie, to stop the spread of Influenza B, which so far has not been going around Atlanta)

My son and I are recovering from Swine flu, we've been sick the entire month of September. I almost landed in the hospital last week with complictions from the flu (pneumonia), but refused due to our situation. I had to stay out of the hospital so I could look for help to get housing. We are out of money and fast running out of options. I have spent everything we had on food and medicine, just trying to keep us whole physically. I am emotionally, physically and mentally exhausted. I'm shell shocked and running on adrenaline only.

So, now for the good news. I have become a Democrat. (*wink, wink*). I have unfortunately latched onto the government teat and will be accepting all your government cheese for about 2 years. My new President is sending me to COLLEGE on a pell grant--and HE IS PAYING MY BILLS while I do it, by continuing my unemployment benefits.

I got my approval letter for the program two days ago, so now it's down to figuring out which school, which program and getting the money in the financial office for winter term! Yay me!!

I am going to college while my kids go to high school.

I suppose THIS is the plan God had in mind all along--it's not something I would have gone and done on my own--at least not until after the kids flew the coop. I tried in vain--desperately--to hold onto the only home they've ever known (I bought it 1997 when they were 2 years old-they'll be 15 in 3 months).

But, they say change is good. So I think all this Hopey Changey stuff is good too. Who knew I would become a Democrat? I sure didn't. Wasn't on MY agenda. Not on MY radar, but with My President's great largesse with your money towards me and my family, how could I *not* become his greatest fan? ;)

So, folks, that is the news. Sad. Scary. Horrible. And....also good.

Hopey Changey, Jeny's a Dem! :)) Who knew?

[JenyEliza]

:hug: Jeny :hug: Sometimes, when I'm really afraid, I walk around holding my bible to my heart.. and some nights I sleep with it - it helps me a great deal Jeny.

Hang in there honey, and stay close in prayer.

Hugs,
Rea

I'm doing my best. It look like God's in charge and I am going to be going in a direction I never dreamt possible.

I have resisted God's will at every turn, and He has gotten downright insistent with me. Throwing Swine flu at me and son, and Influenza A *and* B at my daughter, removing us from our home, taking out the power, flooding our neighborhood and school, and just about any other damned thing He could figure out to get me out of our house and with HIS program.

And....so I am. In the next week or so, the kids and I are moving to a really cheap two bedroom apartment. Daughter and I will roomies (oh, joy!). But....we will be able to keep our pets and our entire little family together and the kids won't have to change schools--so that is the greatest relief of all.

I am going back to college. At 47 years old. OMG. I'm old enough to be one of those kids grandmothers, and there I'll be sitting next to the teeny boppers.

To say I am nervous is an understatement, but I am also excited that this will open up so many new doors for me and my children. Not to mention it will set a very good example for them seeing Mom in college while they're in high school.

At any rate, no power at home. I'm at the laundrymat and it's getting late and I am exhausted. I have charged up phones, this laptop and the last load is almost finished drying. I am going back to the dark little house I bought 12 years ago to crash and prepare for the next chapter in my life....as a Democrat on the gubbmint cheese. ;) :D

Woo-hoo!

Hope you're doing well in your new home and surroundings. Have not had a chance to check your thread in more than a month, but will try to do that before I leave here tonight. Not sure when I will be able to get back to the boards. Finding power is hit and miss around here.

Talk to you soon! :hug:

Jeny

[jimmyc123]

About 16 years ago the place I worked closed down. I got paid unemployment while I went through a 6 month computer training course (paid for by the state). Although I didn't have kids to take care of I had a house payment and I was in a negative cash flow situation - even when I started working again because I had to start at the bottom. Fortunately, I had a good savings. I now make 3 - 4 times what I made back then, and at least twice as much as if I were still in the same line of work now (the state definitely made their money back on me). So, hang in there and reap the rewards down the road! One day you will look back and realize that it was all for the good.

[JenyEliza]

Thanks jimmy for your kind words. I can only look forward at this point--no matter how painful, this will probably work out for the best.

The apartment isn't too bad, just incredibly small for all of us after living in a 3/2 with an acre yard. It's going to be an adjustment for us all. I suppose the biggest blessing is I will be able to swing the rent on unemployment, food stamps and the pell grant, so we will be OK.

This is not something I would have chosen for myself at this time in my life. It is being forced on me, so I am trying (desperately) to embrace these changes and get excited. Working on raising deposit money and rent money for October now. Soon as I have that and she has my apartment ready (clean carpets, repainted, etc), we'll be moving on to the next phase of life.

This should be an interesting 2 years. *sigh*

Thanks for the encouragement. :hug: :D

[rhet 2]

Thanks jimmy for your kind words. I can only look forward at this point--no matter how painful, this will probably work out for the best.

The apartment isn't too bad, just incredibly small for all of us after living in a 3/2 with an acre yard. It's going to be an adjustment for us all. I suppose the biggest blessing is I will be able to swing the rent on unemployment, food stamps and the pell grant, so we will be OK.

This is not something I would have chosen for myself at this time in my life. It is being forced on me, so I am trying (desperately) to embrace these changes and get excited. Working on raising deposit money and rent money for October now. Soon as I have that and she has my apartment ready (clean carpets, repainted, etc), we'll be moving on to the next phase of life.

This should be an interesting 2 years. *sigh*

Thanks for the encouragement. :hug: :D

Yeah

You and yours have never been out of my heart and prayers.

Life can, indeed, be a bitch, and we're living through vicious times, every last one of us.

But these testing times can't last forever -- and the LORD truly is on your side, pushing you to a higher blessing than you yourself can know at this stage -- something so wonderful you can't even imagine it. And I mean right here on this earth in this lifetime.

Once, years ago, 1989, as a matter of fact, I was forced to give up a job I loved very much, an income I desperately needed and had worked very hard to earn, forced to give up a home I cherished and had fought to turn into a dream world for me and my kids and my Bear, forced to leave friends I cherished to come to a place I hated (still don't like it all that much, truth to tell) and be surrounded by people I didn't know and some folks I did know and wished I could forget I ever met, forced into this house I still don't like.

And from that catatrophe came the greatest joy I ever knew as a teacher and as a wife and as a mom. Great grief has come with the joy, too -- but the joy remains, pure and untarnished by the grief.

I know that what I was forced to do so unwillingly has become the greatest gift I have in me to give my fellow human beings ......... to give my LORD and Savior.

It's been worth the price, oh yeah.

Jonah didn't want to go to Nineveh, either. And Paul didn't want to go to Rome.

And look at the wonders the LORD forged for all the world when He forced them to do what they resisted with all their might.

And at least you didn't need a big fish and a troop of Roman soldiers to force you to your knees in submission. Just a flood and a growing economic catastrophe for an entire nation.

You'll make it, darling. You and your two most cherished gifts of all, growing in nurture and love for one another and for all who are lucky enough to cross your path.

[JenyEliza]

Oh, how I really don't want to go....my home of 12 years. So hard to leave.

I've never lived anywhere 12 years since I've been an adult. Only when I was a child still with my parents.

This is the only home my kids know. They were babies in cribs when we bought the house.....and next year they'll be driving.

This house was supposed to be their roots. Their inheritance. The place they came back to on weekends from college. The place my grandchildren would come to visit and spend the night.

It is gone and it is bone crushing painful. I am trying so hard to get through this, but it's hard. I suppose it would be easier if I weren't still sick from the flu, as I'm not at my top form physically right now and I have no idea how I am going to get our stuff from here to there. Especially given we are all sick, sick, sick.

I just keep putting one foot in front of the other and try to look forward. There is no point in looking back now.

How hard this is.

Thanks for praying....please pray we recover from Swine Flu, Influenza A and Influenza B, which have taken up residence in our family members. We need to be healthy and free of illness ASAP. Seriously.

Thanks. :hug:

[jwil59]

Oh, how I really don't want to go....my home of 12 years. So hard to leave.

I've never lived anywhere 12 years since I've been an adult. Only when I was a child still with my parents.

This is the only home my kids know. They were babies in cribs when we bought the house.....and next year they'll be driving.

This house was supposed to be their roots. Their inheritance. The place they came back to on weekends from college. The place my grandchildren would come to visit and spend the night.

It is gone and it is bone crushing painful. I am trying so hard to get through this, but it's hard. I suppose it would be easier if I weren't still sick from the flu, as I'm not at my top form physically right now and I have no idea how I am going to get our stuff from here to there. Especially given we are all sick, sick, sick.

I just keep putting one foot in front of the other and try to look forward. There is no point in looking back now.

How hard this is.

Thanks for praying....please pray we recover from Swine Flu, Influenza A and Influenza B, which have taken up residence in our family members. We need to be healthy and free of illness ASAP. Seriously.

Thanks. :hug:

Keep plugging away Jeny and keep fighting, I know you are a fighter.

I am praying about all this my friend, praying without ceasing, as is the rest of my family.

Give us a call if we can help, you have the numbers.

Hang tough sis

[USMCmom]

Jeny...you and the kids are in my prayers. Hope that you all get to feeling better and that things get settled ASAP so that you can concentrate on school.
Stay strong & God Bless
Kelly

[JenyEliza]

Kelly--thanks for your prayers (and everyone else's too). They mean the world to me (us). We will get through this time in our lives and end up the better and stronger for it....if it doesn't kill us first. ;)

Just trying get rid of the flu-bugs once and for all, so I can get us moved by October 12. Once we're in our little apartment, I can collapse and rest for a bit before I start school. And trust me, I will rest. I am exhausted beyond all words.

I hope you and yours are doing well....:hug:

Jeny

[JenyEliza]

Keep plugging away Jeny and keep fighting, I know you are a fighter.

I am praying about all this my friend, praying without ceasing, as is the rest of my family.

Give us a call if we can help, you have the numbers.

Hang tough sis

Jeff--I do have the numbers and definitely will be calling. Trying to go one day at a time right now. Looks like we might be able to get into our little apartment by Wednesday if the money for deposits and 1st month rent come through as scheduled. I've sold our appliances....hopefully the guy will come get them Monday and pay me. I'm selling our old 1996 Merc Villager (engine seized some time ago, but still in good condition), as well as a few other big ticket items we can't take with us.

Breaks my heart to part with my side-by-side fridge with super dooper everything in the door, but won't need it in the apartment (they won't let me use it instead of their fridge).

This whole broke student thing is going to be a new and exciting adventure for me and the kids. We've got a lot to get used to. Our doggies too....they're gonna have to learn to be quiet even if they don't want to be.

I'm just ready to get the ball rolling and get on with life. Starting all over again at 47 isn't easy, so the sooner I get to it, the better.

Thanks for all the love and prayers....I will call soon.

:hug:

Jeny

[JenyEliza]

Yeah

You and yours have never been out of my heart and prayers.

Life can, indeed, be a bitch, and we're living through vicious times, every last one of us.

But these testing times can't last forever -- and the LORD truly is on your side, pushing you to a higher blessing than you yourself can know at this stage -- something so wonderful you can't even imagine it. And I mean right here on this earth in this lifetime.

Once, years ago, 1989, as a matter of fact, I was forced to give up a job I loved very much, an income I desperately needed and had worked very hard to earn, forced to give up a home I cherished and had fought to turn into a dream world for me and my kids and my Bear, forced to leave friends I cherished to come to a place I hated (still don't like it all that much, truth to tell) and be surrounded by people I didn't know and some folks I did know and wished I could forget I ever met, forced into this house I still don't like.

And from that catatrophe came the greatest joy I ever knew as a teacher and as a wife and as a mom. Great grief has come with the joy, too -- but the joy remains, pure and untarnished by the grief.

I know that what I was forced to do so unwillingly has become the greatest gift I have in me to give my fellow human beings ......... to give my LORD and Savior.

It's been worth the price, oh yeah.

Jonah didn't want to go to Nineveh, either. And Paul didn't want to go to Rome.

And look at the wonders the LORD forged for all the world when He forced them to do what they resisted with all their might.

And at least you didn't need a big fish and a troop of Roman soldiers to force you to your knees in submission. Just a flood and a growing economic catastrophe for an entire nation.

You'll make it, darling. You and your two most cherished gifts of all, growing in nurture and love for one another and for all who are lucky enough to cross your path.

Thank you Rhet. I know we'll make it. I'm tough and a survivor, but darned if I really want to go through this. I try hard not to think about locking the door the final day and leaving behind a million cherished memories of my children's childhoods, but sometimes late at night when the kids are in bed, I have to go outside to cry so they won't hear me. I'm trying hard to be strong for them, and they're trying to be strong for me. I think between being sick with flu and the upcoming move, we're all just ready to get on with it and get it done. I know I am.

We need the money to start coming in Monday/Tuesday. By Wednesday I need two money orders for 1st month rent and deposit in order to get keys to our little apartment.

If all goes well, we're really close with what I've sold. Almost there, but not quite and I still have utilities to arrange, deposits to make and I'm praying somehow I can afford a small moving truck so the kids and I can do this ourselves (excepting the washer/dryer in the garage, wherein I know we will need help).

At any rate....please keep praying for us. I keep you and yours in prayer too and hope things are starting to settle down for your grandchildren and daughters. I do keep up with you all, even though I am nearly entirely self-absorbed by my troubles at the moment. Once we're "home" in the apartment, I'm hoping life will get back to some sense of "normal". Whatever that is. :eh:

[rhet 2]

Thank you Rhet. I know we'll make it. I'm tough and a survivor, but darned if I really want to go through this. I try hard not to think about locking the door the final day and leaving behind a million cherished memories of my children's childhoods, but sometimes late at night when the kids are in bed, I have to go outside to cry so they won't hear me. I'm trying hard to be strong for them, and they're trying to be strong for me. I think between being sick with flu and the upcoming move, we're all just ready to get on with it and get it done. I know I am.

We need the money to start coming in Monday/Tuesday. By Wednesday I need two money orders for 1st month rent and deposit in order to get keys to our little apartment.

If all goes well, we're really close with what I've sold. Almost there, but not quite and I still have utilities to arrange, deposits to make and I'm praying somehow I can afford a small moving truck so the kids and I can do this ourselves (excepting the washer/dryer in the garage, wherein I know we will need help).

At any rate....please keep praying for us. I keep you and yours in prayer too and hope things are starting to settle down for your grandchildren and daughters. I do keep up with you all, even though I am nearly entirely self-absorbed by my troubles at the moment. Once we're "home" in the apartment, I'm hoping life will get back to some sense of "normal". Whatever that is. :eh:

I hardly know what "normal" is myself, these days. sigh

I do know what "compassion" is -- and my heart breaks that you and the kids have to go through this misery. Just wish like hell I had the wherewithal to make it just whoosh! disappear.

But I know Someone Who does. I'm praying for you with all my heart, that I am. :hug:

[Seanachie]

Hello Jeny,

My heartfelt prayers are with you and our Family in your upcoming transition.
Nothing is constant; especially during these times. I'm happy you are taking advantage of all that is available to you. I would like to think that Americans are a compassionate people. Your situation is a reminder that this Country can bring out the best from all of our Citizens when called upon.

Please be well Lady,

Jim

[JenyEliza]

Thanks for all your prayers, Seanchie and Rhet and everyone else.

We desperately need them. Please pray the apartment is ready Wednesday and that we have funds to close the deal. That leaves me about 2 weeks to empty our house of 12 years while recovering from two bouts with the flu/bronchitis the whole month of September.

I am in beaten down shape physically. Breathing is work on the best of days.....and this house has been without power for a week. It's starting to get musty moldy and dank. We need out if we are ever to regain our health.

Well, going to read a few more posts before our friendly pizza place sends us home for the night. ;)

Take care all....

Love and hugs. :hug: Jeny

[jwil59]

Jeff--I do have the numbers and definitely will be calling. Trying to go one day at a time right now. Looks like we might be able to get into our little apartment by Wednesday if the money for deposits and 1st month rent come through as scheduled. I've sold our appliances....hopefully the guy will come get them Monday and pay me. I'm selling our old 1996 Merc Villager (engine seized some time ago, but still in good condition), as well as a few other big ticket items we can't take with us.

Breaks my heart to part with my side-by-side fridge with super dooper everything in the door, but won't need it in the apartment (they won't let me use it instead of their fridge).

This whole broke student thing is going to be a new and exciting adventure for me and the kids. We've got a lot to get used to. Our doggies too....they're gonna have to learn to be quiet even if they don't want to be.

I'm just ready to get the ball rolling and get on with life. Starting all over again at 47 isn't easy, so the sooner I get to it, the better.

Thanks for all the love and prayers....I will call soon.

:hug:

Jeny


My prayers are certainly with you guys, without ceasing.

His Grace is enough my friend, It will see you through. I know It will cause it has seen me through. He don't promise us bliss but He does provide the Grace to make it through the bad times.

hang tough child of God

[jwil59]

Thanks for all your prayers, Seanchie and Rhet and everyone else.

We desperately need them. Please pray the apartment is ready Wednesday and that we have funds to close the deal. That leaves me about 2 weeks to empty our house of 12 years while recovering from two bouts with the flu/bronchitis the whole month of September.

I am in beaten down shape physically. Breathing is work on the best of days.....and this house has been without power for a week. It's starting to get musty moldy and dank. We need out if we are ever to regain our health.

Well, going to read a few more posts before our friendly pizza place sends us home for the night. ;)

Take care all....

Love and hugs. :hug: Jeny

My prayers specifically for Wed and the health issues

[bella-day]

Jeny,
I haven't been around much lately and had missed your update.

You are in my prayers hun. You hang in there, run circles around those kids in class, and when the time comes...you proudly walk across that stage to accept your diploma.

Life throws us curve balls without notice sometimes. Step into the plate a bit, swing with all your might, and watch that baby leave the park.

Prayers, hugs, and best wishes to you and your children on this new chapter in your lives.

[USMCmom]

Jeny...I am praying for you and the kids.:pray: Praying that the Lord will help lift you up and guide you through all this. My heart goes out to ya and if there was anyway at all that I could help I would be glad to. Take care and stay strong...:hug:
God Bless
Kelly

[jwil59]

I am praying for Jeny and the twins today. hang tough jeny

[rhet 2]

Have we any news?

My girls tell me I'm a major worry wart. I try to divert that into prayer, but I just can't help "hovering" a bit, and Jeny's such a sweetheart ......... :((

[jwil59]

I pray jeny and the kids are better.

[JenyEliza]

Ok...so here's an update for everyone. Thank you SO MUCH for your prayers--they have helped immensely! God is awesome and He has been working non-stop for us behind the scenes. You won't believe how much work He's been doing!

On Tuesday I went to school with a heavy heart and a load of worries. I felt like the largest failure in the world. I was in line with an other OWL (that's what they call us old birds at my college---Older, Wiser, Learners). And she and I got to chatting after registration and visiting the FA office.

So we sat outside the Student Center on some benches next to a fountain and for some reason I unloaded my whole sorry story on her. I don't know why. She's a total stranger, but I did it anyway.

Well, turns out her family is Mormon and her 22 year old son and his friends from LDS church were looking for a local service project. Voila....my move and our family are their service project.

These boys are going to show up next week with pick up trucks, muscle and love in their hearts for us and they are going pack our junk up, load it on the trucks and move it to our apartment. FREE. And they asked if *I minded* if they did this for us? MINDED? HECK NO.....I had no idea how I was going to get our 12 years worth of junk from point A to point B.

Then today, I finally got to go in the apartment we're moving to. The manager kept telling me to stay out of it until it was ready, but me being me, I couldn't wait. There were work people in there getting it ready for us.....and you won't believe this.

The apartment manager is giving us a 3 bedroom apartment that is HUGE for the same price as the much smaller 2 bedroom apartment that I thought we were getting! I'm not supposed to know this yet and my kids definitely don't know it. We're going to act completely totally suprised when she takes us on our walk-thru on Monday. I don't want to steal the joy from her when she sees our faces and our delight.

And then there was a problem getting the power turned on at the new apartment while I had an account at the old address that has been shut down and a hold put on it (due to electrical issues). So....a good family friend of ours put the account in his name until we get everything straightened out.

Today I sold my side-by-side top of the line refrigerator, range and dishwasher. The lady that cleaned the apartment is paying cash for them in the morning. I also sold 3 ceiling fans, a front screen/glass door, side by side stainless steel sink (I bought but never got around to installing). In fact, I am selling everything we don't need and cant afford to store from our driveway over the next week. We have to be out of our house by October 12, and between selling everything and the young LDS men moving our stuff, we're gonna make it!!!

I'm really excited about going back to college. When I registered figured out that most of the credits I already have under my belt will transfer to my new major, so I will be entering as a sophomore/junior, with only about 18 months left to complete my degree if I am full time (which I am going to be). So, this OWL is gonna show the little whipper-snappers how homework actually GETS DONE and TURNED IN. Including the little whipper snappers that live with me. ;)

I'm beginning to think maybe I am going to survive all this afterall. Certainly NOT the path I would have chosen for me and the kids, but it definitely seems that God wants me back in school and in an apartment. So....there we go.

I know I've forgotten a bunch of stuff....but I'll post more when I can. I'm sitting in our favorite pizza place right now finishing up dinner with the kids and then off to the house to sleep, get up early and get the yard/moving sale underway in the AM.

Thank you all for your prayers---keep 'em coming, we're not out of the woods yet!

:hug:

Jeny


ps. Can't wait to see the look on my daughter's face when she realizes she's not going to have to share a room with me! :D

Woo-Hoo!!!

[JenyEliza]

pps. We're all starting to feel a little bit better. We still sound like we're walking around with TB--all three of us have the junky bronchitis cough that takes weeks to get rid of. I'm spending a fortune on Mucinex to keep our chests clear. As soon as we can, we're going to get flu shots (believe it or not, our Pediatrician said to do it even though we've just had H1N1, Type A and Type B flu). So....we're going to go spend a fortune on flu shots. Whatever....I just never want to ever ever ever be that sick again.

H1N1 is BAD STUFF. BAD. BAD. BAD.

If you have an underlying condition (ie, compromised immune system, asthma, diabetes, chemotherapy, neurological condition), DO NOT SKIP THE VACCINATIONS.

I can understand how people are dying of H1N1. It fills your lungs with fluid within 24 hours of the first sniffle and you feel like you're drowning. Can't sleep lying down--you have to sleep sitting up. It's horrific. At one point, they had to give me tranquilizers because I was having panic attacks from the feeling of suffocation. This was when my Oxygen Saturation was around 90 and I promise you, you feel really really bad at 90. REAL bad.

Please, don't be silly and skip the shots. If we could have gotten them before we got sick, we would have. We're still gonna get them as soon as we're cleared to get them (hopefully soon as our coughs are gone).

[USMCmom]

Jeny...I don't post in here often but you and the kids are always in my prayers. I am thrilled to hear all your good news...makes my day to see that things are going much, much better!!! The Lord was most surely listening!
Take Care & God Bless
Kelly

[repchick]

Let theLord handle this my friend. I love you and yours.

[JenyEliza]

I love you and yours as well, my good friend. It is definitely in the hands of Our Lord. I'm just doing what He's telling me to do when He bosses me around the way He likes to. ;) :mrgreen:

[rhet 2]

I love you and yours as well, my good friend. It is definitely in the hands of Our Lord. I'm just doing what He's telling me to do when He bosses me around the way He likes to. ;) :mrgreen:

Rep's a "good 'un to ride the rapids with," that's for sure.

So are you.

One day, one tiny step at a time, He'll get you through all the crap the world tries to drown you in, that's for sure.

Major hugs, dear one. Keep us updated when and as you can.

[JenyEliza]

:hug: to you Rhet and repchick! I'll give you both a call sometime time this weekend. Heading back to the house shortly--waiting for the kids to come home from their Dads. :mrgreen:

[mysticbeauty_nbeast]

Jeny....oh honey...I had no idea how challenging life had been for you. I'd not been in OO for awhile...found this thread...read the whole thread...beginning to end...tears welling up in my eye's as I read month after month the challenges and trials you and the kids have gone through. It's sounds as if life has ended up somewhat more settled now..and I know that, although rough, you'll be fine...you are one of the strong one's honey...you are gonna make it!

A home is where you are Jeny...not a place of stick and mortar...but where you and your children are ...together. The love that binds you together as a family...that's home...that's the mortar of life and family honey. No man made thing can every come close to making a home; only your love for one another can accomplish that. Homes can be bought and sold...a family is priceless and can never be lost or bought. Once back on your feet, you can always go buy another home. For now, your sweet apartment will house the love and warmth that is truly your family. It's not forever honey...just think of it as 'for right now'.

Sending my prayers to you and the children..may you feel recuperated and rested and ready to dig into your new college life. May the children feel lively and ready to begin driving you insane with teen age antics, laughter and pranks once more. May you all wrap yourselves up into one another...loving and living life to it's fullest. Sometimes it the simplest things that become the most rewarding.

Sending you my prayers and thoughts....and a few needed hugs....God Bless you all and keep you all in his warm loving embrace....:hug::hug::hug:

I'll pm you my info...please feel free to use it at will. Sometimes we just need someone to vent with...and I'm a great listener. ;) Hugs darl'in...

~Mysty

[jwil59]

I am so happy that thibgs are looking better for you and the kids Jeny. Call us if we can help.

I am praying hard for you guys. Keep hanging tough and having faith in our Lord

[JenyEliza]

Ok...have keys to the apartment. In fact, I am posting from here now. Power, gas, water are all set up and on. Cable TV and high speed cable internet have been installed. Got a great deal on it....$60.00/month for both, with a free home telephone line thrown in.

Selling stuff today and tomorrow, then moving Sunday/Monday. What we can't take wtih us, we're going to store short term, then sort through, sell, give away or throw away at a later date when we have more time. Kind of under the gun at the moment.

Currently have a 1996 Merc Villager for sale (in OK shape body/interior, engine doesn't run--good parts car)

Dishwasher and stove

Toys, clothing, electronics, books, etc. Make an offer. ;)

I will update as time allows this weekend. Going to be very busy. Have to be completely out of house by Monday and into apartment.

[JenyEliza]

Jeny....oh honey...I had no idea how challenging life had been for you. I'd not been in OO for awhile...found this thread...read the whole thread...beginning to end...tears welling up in my eye's as I read month after month the challenges and trials you and the kids have gone through. It's sounds as if life has ended up somewhat more settled now..and I know that, although rough, you'll be fine...you are one of the strong one's honey...you are gonna make it!

OMG...I haven't even read this thread start to finish. When I get us moved, I will. All I can say is that 2009 has been one of *the* most challenging years of my life. On January 1, 2009, I had *no* idea what was in store for me/us this year and I can tell you I am really anxious to see this year come to a close. Truly. To say I am exhausted would be an understatement. I have no clue how I am still standing, except I know that I am tough and I am a survivor. The challenges I have faced would have done my little sister in (she's never had a tough day in her life--always has lived the charmed little life).

At any rate...once we're moved and I start school, I think things will start going a little better for us. I am hopeful, anyway.

Thanks for being so concerned for us. We're gonna be OK. Somehow, some way, I trust in God and I know He will take good care of us. I just have to "Let go and Let God". :mrgreen:


A home is where you are Jeny...not a place of stick and mvortar...but where you and your children are ...together. The love that binds you together as a family...that's home...that's the mortar of life and family honey. No man made thing can every come close to making a home; only your love for one another can accomplish that. Homes can be bought and sold...a family is priceless and can never be lost or bought. Once back on your feet, you can always go buy another home. For now, your sweet apartment will house the love and warmth that is truly your family. It's not forever honey...just think of it as 'for right now'.

Just for today. That is my new motto. Just for today I can do ANYTHING that if I had to do it for a lifetime would kill me. I can .... I will.... do whatever I have to do to support myself and my kids. All of the current arrangements are temporary. Just for Today. :D


Sending my prayers to you and the children..may you feel recuperated and rested and ready to dig into your new college life. May the children feel lively and ready to begin driving you insane with teen age antics, laughter and pranks once more. May you all wrap yourselves up into one another...loving and living life to it's fullest. Sometimes it the simplest things that become the most rewarding.

Please keep the prayers coming. We're in the big run up to the deadline to be out of the house. This weekend we need good weather, lots of muscles and a few trucks (which I am working on now)! ;) :D


Sending you my prayers and thoughts....and a few needed hugs....God Bless you all and keep you all in his warm loving embrace....:hug::hug::hug:

I'll pm you my info...please feel free to use it at will. Sometimes we just need someone to vent with...and I'm a great listener. ;) Hugs darl'in...

~Mysty

The hugs are so very welcome...and the info too. When life settles a little, I owe several of my OO buddies phone calls, and I will make good on that. I promise. I am SO very indebted to so many people who have helped the children and I. We are VERY blessed to be loved by so many.

At my darkest hour (which was recently, I can tell you), I have been pulled from the abyss by so many who love and care about us. I went to such a dark place mentally, I hope I never ever ever ever ever revisit it--I considered (seriously, and only momentarily, becuase it's a ridiculous idea) suicide.

I felt like had failed. Failed myself. Failed my children. And I felt like they would be better off without me, but then I thought about Rea and all she's been through and realized how completely, utterly STUPID this line of thinking was. I pulled my head out of my ass and got with the program.....and things started lining up for us. Apartment. Check. School. Check. Moving. Check.

We're gonna survive this....and in the end, we're going to thrive! I just know it. It may take time, but we will.

[mysticbeauty_nbeast]

OMG...I haven't even read this thread start to finish. When I get us moved, I will. All I can say is that 2009 has been one of *the* most challenging years of my life. On January 1, 2009, I had *no* idea what was in store for me/us this year and I can tell you I am really anxious to see this year come to a close. Truly. To say I am exhausted would be an understatement. I have no clue how I am still standing, except I know that I am tough and I am a survivor. The challenges I have faced would have done my little sister in (she's never had a tough day in her life--always has lived the charmed little life).

I understand...I do. yet that little saying comes to mind...never complain about your shoes until you've walked in someone else shoes and get blisters. What we perceive as real, and what is actual reality of anothers life are usually far apart honey. Suffice it to say I'd rather be who I am, with all the bumps and bruises and breaks that life has proffered me, then to be one of my softer siblings who crumble at the slightest pot hole and dusting of sand in the road. ;) In a way, woman such as yourself are blessed. You may not see it now, but one day I believe you'll see it.

At any rate...once we're moved and I start school, I think things will start going a little better for us. I am hopeful, anyway.

Thanks for being so concerned for us. We're gonna be OK. Somehow, some way, I trust in God and I know He will take good care of us. I just have to "Let go and Let God". :mrgreen:

Hope...a gift in and of itself to still bear forward even thru everything you've survived. What a beautiful gift you posses honey. I'd say thats more a testament to your sweet spirit and of being a daughter of your Heavenly Father if ever there was one Jeny. Of course your gonna be ok...you're gonna make sure of it. Why? Because your a fighter, a survivor, a woman of faith and a woman who hopes. Let Go Let God is easy to say, yet difficult to live day by day. It gets easier honey...trust me, been there and done that ad nauseum in my own trials and tribulations. I wouldn't trade one moment of it though...for it makes me who and what I am today. Still keeping you and the twins in my daily thoughts and prayers. I know God has a plan..and is simply putting it to it's courses. Trust and hope..it's all we can lean on when we don't know what else to do. ;)


Just for today. That is my new motto. Just for today I can do ANYTHING that if I had to do it for a lifetime would kill me. I can .... I will.... do whatever I have to do to support myself and my kids. All of the current arrangements are temporary. Just for Today. :D



Please keep the prayers coming. We're in the big run up to the deadline to be out of the house. This weekend we need good weather, lots of muscles and a few trucks (which I am working on now)! ;) :D



The hugs are so very welcome...and the info too. When life settles a little, I owe several of my OO buddies phone calls, and I will make good on that. I promise. I am SO very indebted to so many people who have helped the children and I. We are VERY blessed to be loved by so many.

At my darkest hour (which was recently, I can tell you), I have been pulled from the abyss by so many who love and care about us. I went to such a dark place mentally, I hope I never ever ever ever ever revisit it--I considered (seriously, and only momentarily, becuase it's a ridiculous idea) suicide.

Even the most insurmountable tasks look easy once they are accomplished. At some point, a year or so from now, you'll look back and realize that not only did you take life by the horns, but you mastered it and rode it all the way to the finish line! :dance: Suicide....yeah...been there and done that little dark dance myself a time or two. That we don't give into the idea...usually due to being good mothers to our children..not wanting to cause pain and simply looking for a way out of emotional/physical/mental pain ourselves, that little idea comes creeping in. Completely normal honey...almost everyone who has lived a bit of life, and are honest, has had at least a fleeting moment of the thought. Don't fret yourself over it...completely understandable when your at the breaking point in a tough situation. ;)

I felt like had failed. Failed myself. Failed my children. And I felt like they would be better off without me, but then I thought about Rea and all she's been through and realized how completely, utterly STUPID this line of thinking was. I pulled my head out of my ass and got with the program.....and things started lining up for us. Apartment. Check. School. Check. Moving. Check.

We're gonna survive this....and in the end, we're going to thrive! I just know it. It may take time, but we will.

Failure...how I hate that word. You know what failure really is? Doing nothing..nadda...zilch. Waiting to be rescued by someone else...having someone else work your life for you. Crumbling to the ground in complete genuflection that you have no power or choice in your life or how you live it. Sucking off those who feel pity for the ashes that is left behind. That's failure honey. Your situation....Sooooo not what your doing, soooo not the case in your situation...and sooo not the measure I would ever apply to you as it pertains to any type of failure. If anything, I see you in triumph! Trying or working in something is not failure...it's ploughing through the trenches..pushing forward. When our path gets blocked, we find a way around, over or through it. It may take several attempts....then success....and onward we go.

Keep your chin up Jeny...you're almost through the trench. You can see the finish line just ahead of you...your almost there. A few more steps and your in a new light, a new life and a new hope and living in renewed grand possibilities. your not at the end honey...your just starting a new beginning.

I'm here when and if you need me. I've thanked God myself several times for the support and love I"ve received in OO over the past year. I swear there were days that it was my only life line to sanity and hope when pressure and life became too much to bare. I get it..understand it..and am here for you. Anytime....ok?

big hugs of support and daily prayers for you all,

~Mysty

[JenyEliza]

Ok....so we've spent two nights in the new apartment sleeping on the floor. My back is killing me and everything hurts. We've been hauling small load after small load to the apartment in my little Nissan. Tomorrow I am going to hire a truck and movers. The Mormons who'd promised to move us have flaked out on us, so it's just me and the kids. *sigh*

That's OK. We will get this done. Somehow. Someway.

Apartment living. Hmm. What can I say? After living in my own home for 12 years, this is a little strange. It's like having roommates, sort of.

The couple upstairs have 5 kids. They all seem to be school age. I'm guessing they are Kindergarten through middle school age. One of them sits in his bedroom with his blinds drawn about 8 inches and the window open, watching our every move. I've started waving at him with a big smile on my face, and he backs away from the window. I held the door for his parents yesterday when they were hauling their groceries in the house, but they didn't introduce themselves. So I don't know anything about them. They're quiet enough--considering how many children they have. It's an adjustment for my kids--who've only ever remebered living in our house. They're not used to worrying about keeping quiet so they don't disturb the neighbors. That's new for them.

The hot water heater needs the pilot lit. I put in a work order for it on Friday--still not done today. I'd really like to take a hot bath/shower right about now, but que cera cera. I could light the pilot myself, but being in a mult-family building, it makes me nervous. I'd rather not take a chance on blowing us up and killing us all (not that I think I would, having owned a home for 12 years, I have lit the pilot on the water heater many times). But...I will wait for maintenance. That's their job.

We're getting ready to go back to the house for another load. Then a trip to Walmart for food and necessities, unload at the apartment, go back to house for another load, etc. Till dark time.

Tomorrow I take kids to school and call Two Men and a Truck. Pray, please, that they will be able to send some folks out quickly to get our crap.

The next call is to the attorney to buy more time to be out of the house---since we're not staying there, I'm hoping that won't be a problem. I just don't know if I will have it all done by midnight tomorrow. Pray God it is.

Alrighty....gonna go read a few threads then get busy! I'll update as I can.

Jeny

[mysticbeauty_nbeast]

Prays already in progress honey....and headed your way. I was sorry to hear your help flaked out on you....:cry: 12 years worth of stuff to haul with just you and two teens is a big job...man..I hate moving..really really hate it. Perhaps a call to the bishop of the young men who offered their help? Remind him how much you need the help? Might nudge it in the right direction so your not taken down to the last straw and last nerve?

I'm surprised you pilot wasn't already lit. You can still have that bath though...heat a few huge pots on the stove to boiling...and dump into tub..add just enough water to cool down boiling water so your skin won't fall off..and soak. Lord knows you deserve a nice warm bath after these last weeks you endured. ;)

Apartment life takes some getting used too. Took me awhile to adjust when we moved into our apartment...but hey..it's less to clean...no yard work...and all the maintenance is done by the complex...so there's perks honey...small as they may be right now.

Glad your all safe and sound....
Remember to breath...it gets easier from here on out. ;)

~Mysty

[JenyEliza]

Update: Truck and storage unit secured for tomorrow (truck for 12 hours, 10 am to 10 pm). Not sure who help will be for tomorrow. But fairly sure I will be calling attorney first thing in am to buy time.

Daughter appears to be ill. Not sure if it is hospital time or not. She has been complaining of right flank pain. She said she can't tell if it's injury (pulled muscle hauling crap) or illness. She said she feels sick and injured both. She's asleep right now on the floor of our apartment. If she's OK when she gets up, we're going to go fetch our dogs and cat. If she's not, we're going to the hospital and deal with critters later.

Sprayed for bugs. God I forgot how bad the bugs can be in apartments. Disgusting.

Everything hurts. Including my broken heart, but can't go there yet. Time to fall apart is scheduled for later this week. ;) :D

More later. Thank you all for prayers. :hug:

[Seanachie]

Hello Jeny,

It appears you are well on your way with the move even with the inevitable glitches. Your Daughter's health is way beyond a glitch and I hope She feels better very soon.

Perhaps the Good Lord will dispatch some more of his Angels to give you the strength needed to complete your goal in the time-frame you're allotted.

Now on that broken heart stuff: If it wasn't for broken we would have no impetus to fix anything. You'll be doing alot of fixing on your road even when Ya breakdown a wee bit. There is a time and a place for all things including tears. An old Jewish saying that comes to mind is there 'Is no time for tears'. I'm quite sure that phrase deals with the much bigger scheme of things and there are indeed some tears along the way of fixing things.

You, the Kids and your Family is in my prayers to the 'Big Guy' that he wisely guide you on the roads yet to be traveled.

Be as well as you can be Lady along with those Kids,

Jim

[JenyEliza]

Thanks for your prayers and lovely words of encouragement, Seanchie. You have no idea what you OO buddies mean to me. Without you all, I would really be a mess. Thank you so very much from the bottom of my heart for praying, encouraging, nudging and .... just being there to push me across the finish line.

Leaving in about 30-45 minutes to pick up the truck and spend the day removing the last 12 years of my life from that house. *sigh*

I *can* do this. No choice in the matter.

Of course, on top of my lovely mood, aching back and swollen feet, it is raining. So we will be moving in the lovely rain. Yuck.

The nice thing is once this is done, it is done. Then I can get busy making this apartment "home". At least "home" for the next year. And then I will need to get busy getting things done for my financial aid package for school and getting ready to start back to college Jan 4. Time is flying. Wow.

Ok... updates later. Need to feed me and kids (off today) and get going.

[repchick]

Prayers and more prayers everyone Jeny's daughter has become very ill during moving. Bad abdominal pain. She is taking her to the ER as we speak.

[rhet 2]

Prayers and more prayers everyone Jeny's daughter has become very ill during moving. Bad abdominal pain. She is taking her to the ER as we speak.

On it.

Hang tough in faith, Jeny. We're with you in heart and mind. :hug:

[rhet 2]

Do we have an update?

[mysticbeauty_nbeast]

Prayers and more prayers everyone Jeny's daughter has become very ill during moving. Bad abdominal pain. She is taking her to the ER as we speak.

I'm with Rhet in asking...any update? Is daughter ok? :cry: Geeze..of all things to hit right now....urrrrgghhh.

Sending my prayers and thoughts...praying daughter is ok and move is done...or at least soon to be done. A lit pilot would be nice too...hope that got done as well.

Hang tough Jeny...:hug:

~Mysty

[jwil59]

Thanks for your prayers and lovely words of encouragement, Seanchie. You have no idea what you OO buddies mean to me. Without you all, I would really be a mess. Thank you so very much from the bottom of my heart for praying, encouraging, nudging and .... just being there to push me across the finish line.

Leaving in about 30-45 minutes to pick up the truck and spend the day removing the last 12 years of my life from that house. *sigh*

I *can* do this. No choice in the matter.

Of course, on top of my lovely mood, aching back and swollen feet, it is raining. So we will be moving in the lovely rain. Yuck.

The nice thing is once this is done, it is done. Then I can get busy making this apartment "home". At least "home" for the next year. And then I will need to get busy getting things done for my financial aid package for school and getting ready to start back to college Jan 4. Time is flying. Wow.

Ok... updates later. Need to feed me and kids (off today) and get going.

I'm still praying very hard for you guys Jeny. hang tough sis

[repchick]

ER claims it may be constipation but daughter says not. Jeny is taking her to her Doc tomorrow. She is still has pain in her Right side but all tests for the appendix have come back negative.

[Calibabe]

Dear Jeny,

I know only too well the pain of which you speak.

In 2003, prior to my mother's passing, we bought what my husband and I thought was our "dream house", our legacy that would pass from us to our children.

Then in 2007 our dream became our nightmare. Some man who was convicted of the same fraud over 10 years prior, went to the county recorders office here in L.A. and grant deeded our home right from under us. Get this, he not only did he do this to us but he did it to approximately 600+ other people as well. Evidently he walked into the registrar recorders office with a stack of grant deed 6 inches high and had then all put in his own name. The people, like my husband and I, supposedly granted the house to him as a "gift". Yeah, right. Nobody questioned this man about anything. I became friends with a lady who was also a victim of his and she too also lost her house but found a home.

To make a long story short, we hired an attorney through our church, and fought every step of the way until it became clear that this was a losing battle. When he grant deeded the house to himself he then went to a bank and took out an equity line of credit in excess of $500K. They never did find out where the money went. We suspected it went to an offshore account., but we could never prove it. My husband and I literally put our heart and soul into that house. We remodeled the kitchen, redid the landscaping in the front and back yards. We just went all out to make the house a home. Then we had it literally stolen right out from under us and to get it back would have taken us approximately $100K in legal fees that we didn't have.

So we had to decide, do we fight to the point where we literally wind up with nothing or do we cut our losses and move on. We decided to do that later, and in late January of this year we moved to a rental home with a back yard that our three dogs would have and then moved all of our stuff. The house is nice enough for our needs and we even have a guest house. It was awfully hard to move, but we had to do what was best for our family and not us. My husband and I have never backed down from anything but this time we had to for the sake of our family. It was very, very hard to close that door and drive away.

It did teach us however that a house is merely that, a house. To make it a home, takes love and understanding and patience. We also learned that a house is just stucco, pretty paint, and nice landscaping. A home on the other hand is filled with love for one another. While we had that in the other house, during those tension filled months we fought to regain the house we learned that there is more to life than just a home. In late 2007 we didn't even decorate for Christmas. We never put up our tree or anything. However we did give my son and my mother-in-law a Christmas that had presents and love. You know it was the nicest Christmas I have had in a long time. Maybe it was because the focus was off the presents and in the giving. I don't know but it was nicer for me as it put the real meaning into what Christmas is really all about....Christ.

I will pray for you and your children, as I always do. I pray that you find peace and love and that you all will be happy in your new home. I pray that you will travel the path God has chosen for you to take and that the bumps will be few but the rewards will be great. I have faith that you will do just fine and that your children will be inspired by your courage and your fortitude.

May Our Lord continue to watch over you and bless you and your children.

[JenyEliza]

Just got back from pediatrician. He is sending us to Scottish Rite. He says this isn't constipation either. He suspects kidney stones. She's had some phenergan/codeine and seems to be in a better mood (thank God). We're getting ready to head across town in the next few minutes. She wanted a shower before we went (the vanity at age 14!!!!). ;)

Will update as soon as I can.

[rhet 2]

Just got back from pediatrician. He is sending us to Scottish Rite. He says this isn't constipation either. He suspects kidney stones. She's had some phenergan/codeine and seems to be in a better mood (thank God). We're getting ready to head across town in the next few minutes. She wanted a shower before we went (the vanity at age 14!!!!). ;)

Will update as soon as I can.

Scottish Rite has a fantastic reputation.

I'll pray they deserve it, by finding the cause and designing the fix.

You hang in there, strong in faith, and don't let Black Holes reach out to knock you flying, you hear?

MAJOR HUGS!

[JenyEliza]

Rhet...I am operating on caffeine, muscle relaxers (at night), adrenaline (nature's stress med) and God's good grace right now. There will be no black holes (for the time being).

We've been given an extension of time to Friday to finish getting the rest of our things. Which I am ever so grateful for. We haven't moved a stick of furniture or a single box today, due to dear daughter's condition....and my own physical inability to lift another thing without risking major injury.

We are leaving in a little while for Scottish Rite. It's the best of the best in Atlanta for children. We spent the first year of the twins life there for surgeries and other preemie complications. If they can't find what's ailing her, nobody can.

I *knew* Monday night when they told me my daughter was just full of it that that was NOT the reason she couldn't stand up straight, was holding her right side and grimmacing and wincing whenever she moved wrong, and was only taking little puppy breaths because breathing normally hurt--that being stopped up wasn't causing it.

I'm glad I stuck by my guns and took her back to see the pediatrician. He agrees with me. Her stomach is hard as a rock on one side. This is not a poopy problem...it is something much more serious that that. If it were a poopy problem, her stomach would be hard all over....and laxatives would have fixed her problem by now (which they haven't, I'm guessing they'll just create a new problem....diarrhea).

So...at any rate, yes, SRCH is the best place to take her. We're just letting the codeine/phenergan get her comfortable for the long drive (in traffic) across town to Scottish Rite.

I'll update later when I know more.

Thanks for the prayers.... and big hugs.

We're gonna get through all of this...and be better for it. ;) :D

:hug:

Now....you go get some rest, ok? :hug: :hug:

[JenyEliza]

PS. On Monday night, they gave her 3 shots of Morphine over the course of our stay in the ER.

It made her very comfortable....best she's been in at least a week. She even sang....badly, I might add! ;) :))

[JenyEliza]

Calibabe....thank you for sharing your story. I remember your posts through that horrible time and I remember how helpless I felt to fix things for you.

I know that we'll be OK. Losing the house isn't the worst thing that could happen to us. Traumatic, yes. But there are worse things in the world that I could be dealing with right now, and I'm tremendously grateful I am not.

We will get everything out that we need from the old house and this apartment will be just fine for our needs. In many ways, it will be better. The house was fast becoming more than I could maintain on my own. The yard (almost an acre) was something I couldn't tackle anymore, so I was spending money I didn't have to keep it up. There were many deferred maintenance projects due to lack of funds, and I held my breath that nothing broke or quit working, because I had no money to replace or repair anything. I don't have those worries in an apartment.

I've met our neighbors and they seem quite lovely. I suspect the lady upstairs directly above us and I will become friends. She's a little younger than I am, married with 4 boys aged elementary to middle school. Her husband was laid off 4 months ago and they also lost their house....a month ahead of us. So we have a lot in common. She was worried about her boys bothering us (they are loud, they run a lot), but I was worried about our dogs barking (they're stressed out and barking a LOT more than usual). She's fine with our dogs and I'm OK with her boys (I have kids---they make noise, big deal). I told her I'd let her know if the boys got out of hand with the noise....and she the same if our dogs were bothering them. I also told her the boys could come down and play with our dogs once they adjust to the move. Right now the dogs are just too stressed to have strange children in the apartment to play, but when they're ready, they can visit (her boys have been begging for a puppy, but they have put them off saying wait till we get another house).

At any rate, I know that God's grace is what will get us through this and I know that He has a plan. I'm just going to follow His will and I know we will be OK.

Thanks for posting and praying and caring. It means the world to me! :D

:hug:

I will update as I am able.

Jeny

[Calibabe]

Calibabe....thank you for sharing your story. I remember your posts through that horrible time and I remember how helpless I felt to fix things for you.

I know that we'll be OK. Losing the house isn't the worst thing that could happen to us. Traumatic, yes. But there are worse things in the world that I could be dealing with right now, and I'm tremendously grateful I am not.

We will get everything out that we need from the old house and this apartment will be just fine for our needs. In many ways, it will be better. The house was fast becoming more than I could maintain on my own. The yard (almost an acre) was something I couldn't tackle anymore, so I was spending money I didn't have to keep it up. There were many deferred maintenance projects due to lack of funds, and I held my breath that nothing broke or quit working, because I had no money to replace or repair anything. I don't have those worries in an apartment.

I've met our neighbors and they seem quite lovely. I suspect the lady upstairs directly above us and I will become friends. She's a little younger than I am, married with 4 boys aged elementary to middle school. Her husband was laid off 4 months ago and they also lost their house....a month ahead of us. So we have a lot in common. She was worried about her boys bothering us (they are loud, they run a lot), but I was worried about our dogs barking (they're stressed out and barking a LOT more than usual). She's fine with our dogs and I'm OK with her boys (I have kids---they make noise, big deal). I told her I'd let her know if the boys got out of hand with the noise....and she the same if our dogs were bothering them. I also told her the boys could come down and play with our dogs once they adjust to the move. Right now the dogs are just too stressed to have strange children in the apartment to play, but when they're ready, they can visit (her boys have been begging for a puppy, but they have put them off saying wait till we get another house).

At any rate, I know that God's grace is what will get us through this and I know that He has a plan. I'm just going to follow His will and I know we will be OK.

Thanks for posting and praying and caring. It means the world to me! :D

:hug:

I will update as I am able.

Jeny

Dear Jeny,

Thanks. I am praying that all works out well for your daughter. Ugh, kidney stones!! My husband had one several years ago and it took all 6'2" of him right down to the floor. He said it was the worst pain he had ever had. This coming from a man that nearly lost the top digit of his index figure in 2002 due to a work related accident where his hand got caught in between a garbage dumpster and lid. It was a really freak accident, but thankfully he still kept his finger. He walked into his boss's office and told him "he thought" he needed to go to urgent care or the ER.

I like the little update about the morphine. That stuff will make you sing bad even on a good day. Great for pain relief though.

You and your children will be in my prayers as you are always. I am glad to see that you are starting to meet people where you live. I suspect that with your good heart that you will soon be friends with a bunch of your new neighbors.

[rhet 2]

Dear Jeny,

Thanks. I am praying that all works out well for your daughter. Ugh, kidney stones!! My husband had one several years ago and it took all 6'2" of him right down to the floor. He said it was the worst pain he had ever had. This coming from a man that nearly lost the top digit of his index figure in 2002 due to a work related accident where his hand got caught in between a garbage dumpster and lid. It was a really freak accident, but thankfully he still kept his finger. He walked into his boss's office and told him "he thought" he needed to go to urgent care or the ER.

I like the little update about the morphine. That stuff will make you sing bad even on a good day. Great for pain relief though.

You and your children will be in my prayers as you are always. I am glad to see that you are starting to meet people where you live. I suspect that with your good heart that you will soon be friends with a bunch of your new neighbors.

Do you ever wish we could just have a sort of OO Commune where we all lived next door to each other so we could laugh and cry and pray together every day?

You and Jeny would most surely be among my best buddies.

I'm with you in those prayers.

[RTchoke]

Dear Jeny,

I know only too well the pain of which you speak.

In 2003, prior to my mother's passing, we bought what my husband and I thought was our "dream house", our legacy that would pass from us to our children.

Then in 2007 our dream became our nightmare. Some man who was convicted of the same fraud over 10 years prior, went to the county recorders office here in L.A. and grant deeded our home right from under us. Get this, he not only did he do this to us but he did it to approximately 600+ other people as well. Evidently he walked into the registrar recorders office with a stack of grant deed 6 inches high and had then all put in his own name. The people, like my husband and I, supposedly granted the house to him as a "gift". Yeah, right. Nobody questioned this man about anything. I became friends with a lady who was also a victim of his and she too also lost her house but found a home.

To make a long story short, we hired an attorney through our church, and fought every step of the way until it became clear that this was a losing battle. When he grant deeded the house to himself he then went to a bank and took out an equity line of credit in excess of $500K. They never did find out where the money went. We suspected it went to an offshore account., but we could never prove it. My husband and I literally put our heart and soul into that house. We remodeled the kitchen, redid the landscaping in the front and back yards. We just went all out to make the house a home. Then we had it literally stolen right out from under us and to get it back would have taken us approximately $100K in legal fees that we didn't have.

So we had to decide, do we fight to the point where we literally wind up with nothing or do we cut our losses and move on. We decided to do that later, and in late January of this year we moved to a rental home with a back yard that our three dogs would have and then moved all of our stuff. The house is nice enough for our needs and we even have a guest house. It was awfully hard to move, but we had to do what was best for our family and not us. My husband and I have never backed down from anything but this time we had to for the sake of our family. It was very, very hard to close that door and drive away.

It did teach us however that a house is merely that, a house. To make it a home, takes love and understanding and patience. We also learned that a house is just stucco, pretty paint, and nice landscaping. A home on the other hand is filled with love for one another. While we had that in the other house, during those tension filled months we fought to regain the house we learned that there is more to life than just a home. In late 2007 we didn't even decorate for Christmas. We never put up our tree or anything. However we did give my son and my mother-in-law a Christmas that had presents and love. You know it was the nicest Christmas I have had in a long time. Maybe it was because the focus was off the presents and in the giving. I don't know but it was nicer for me as it put the real meaning into what Christmas is really all about....Christ.

I will pray for you and your children, as I always do. I pray that you find peace and love and that you all will be happy in your new home. I pray that you will travel the path God has chosen for you to take and that the bumps will be few but the rewards will be great. I have faith that you will do just fine and that your children will be inspired by your courage and your fortitude.

May Our Lord continue to watch over you and bless you and your children.

Frankly I think that's total BS that you would even have to defend yourself against that. It should have been quite obvious to those in the registrar recorders office that NOBODY much less 600 people at one time is going to gift someone their house all at the same time no less. This should have been straightened out and taken care of and the county on the hook for being just plain stupid.

For someone to walk in and get 600 deeds transferred over as gifts and NOBODY questions that?? Their ass should have been fired and the county on the hook for that screw up.

Stuff like this makes me livid. Can ya tell? :cool:

[JenyEliza]

Ok...here's the latest. The Scottish Rite docs are just as perplexed about daughter's abdominal pain as the regular ER docs and Pediatrician. She doesn't fit any set of symptoms, yet we know her pain is very real. She's not faking this. You can't fake this kind of agony.

So...the latest theory is gallbladder problems. Either stones or inflammation/infection. Her white count and lack of fever make it highly unlikely she has an infection, so it is their theory she has a stone blocking a duct somewhere. The main reason they are going with this line of thinking is that she gets TREMENDOUS pain relief from Vicodin, whereas the Morphine just made her sing badly, but hurt worse. With gallbladder issues, Morphine actually makes things hurt worse, not better. They gave her 2 Vicodin in the hospital and within 20 minutes, she was ready to tap dance out the ER. Seriously. It was quite strange to see her improve that much in just a few minutes.

Tomorrow we're going to set up an ultrasound of her gallbladder. Any stones would be easily seen and then we will figure out what to do with her next. If she has stones, we'll get my surgeon to take out her gallbladder. Lovely. We really didn't need this right now, but we gotta do what we gotta do for our girl.

Meanwhile, until we can get her in to see surgeon or figure out what next, I am going to ask her pediatrician to give her another script for the Vicodin, because the children's ER only gave her a handful that won't last the weekend and I don't think we will get her in to the surgeon or have this riddle solved tommorrow (if it is not gallstones).

The thing about this diagnosis is that it is VERY rare for someone 14 years old to have gallbladder issues of any kind. I had mine out at 34 and my surgeon was marveling at how young I was for that (these things don't usually happen until you're over 40 years old). But we have a *very* strong history of gallstones in our family, so it's entirely possible. Me, my mother and her father all had gallstones. And I had them rather young.

I will update later. Still haven't finished the move, but we've got to take care of my daughter first.

Thanks for all the love, hugs and prayers.

Jeny

[JenyEliza]

Do you ever wish we could just have a sort of OO Commune where we all lived next door to each other so we could laugh and cry and pray together every day?

You and Jeny would most surely be among my best buddies.

I'm with you in those prayers.

I wish that all the time! :D

And you, Calibabe...and especially repchick would be my bestest of bestest of buddies!

:hug:

[jeepers]

Jeny, you are absolutely in my prayers. I posted to you in a thread where you mentioned OO and came here and read this. So I come back to get updated and THIS? Dear Lord, this woman has had enough.

I'm trying to imagine a sludgy gallbladder in a 14 year old and I can't do it. So young!

Love the poiint of singing badly. Morphine has more than one upside. LOL That's the entertaining part of that job. :D

Here's hoping that you get a quick diagnosis and solution to this. Time for healing, not for more 'stuff'.

:hug:

[JenyEliza]

Sorry I didn't see your note jeepers. My life has been pretty scattered the last 10 days and I've only been in a few threads and not monitoring anything on a regular basis. Thank you for your support....just knowing someone out there gives a bleep about us helps, believe it or not.

Yep, jeepers, I really have had WAY more than I can handle in the last year. I'm not sure why 2009 has been such a challenge, but I am SO READY for "no more stuff". My NEW motto! :))

The Vicodin the Children's ER gave my daughter has returned her almost to "normal". Unfortunately, they gave her just a handful and they're almost gone, and one cannot live on Vicodin, so we have to get to the bottom of this problem. I am going to ask Pediatrician for another script in case we are left with a sick child all weekend....at least we can keep her comfortable, if we cannot fix her immediately.

We have an appointment in just a little while with the pediatrician. I suspect we'll be going for an ultrasound directly following. Somehow I have to find time to also pick up our moving truck (again) and get the last of our belongings out of the house before 5:30 pm. *sigh*

I still need to retrieve baby pictures, baptismal gowns and other things we've stored away in the attic. As well as a couple of TVs and some smaller furniture. At any rate, the daughter is more important and we'll figure out the belongings after we take care of her.

Getting ready to leave now to take her to the pediatrician. She doesn't want to get out of bed, so now I have to pull her out feet first. ;) :))

I will update later.

[JenyEliza]

OH, and the Children's ER were really scratching their heads over a sludgy 14 year old gallbladder too, but so far it's the *only* answer we've been able to come up with.

Ruled out so far: constipation (laxatives have given her the opposite problem, but pain persists), kidney infection, appendicitis, pancreatitis, tumors (none seen on abdominal CAT scan).

The fact that she reports the morphine didn't give her the relief the Vicodin does, is about the only clue we have that definitively points to gallbladder--aside from the location (RUQ and radiates to back) and crampy nature of her pain is CLASSIC gallstone/gallbladder pain.

They said they it would be extremely rare for a 14 year old to have gallbladder problems, but it happens very very rarely. Usually with a child whose family has a strong history of gallbladder issues (as ours does). So, they couldn't rule it out without an ultrasound.

I asked about Gynie issues (endometrosis, twisted ovary, etc), and they said that's the next place we'll look, but they don't want to put her through that without exploring all options, since she is not sexually active and has not had her first gynie appointment yet. Don't want to traumatize her for no reason.

Ok. Off to appoinment. Back later.

[rhet 2]

OH, and the Children's ER were really scratching their heads over a sludgy 14 year old gallbladder too, but so far it's the *only* answer we've been able to come up with.

Ruled out so far: constipation (laxatives have given her the opposite problem, but pain persists), kidney infection, appendicitis, pancreatitis, tumors (none seen on abdominal CAT scan).

The fact that she reports the morphine didn't give her the relief the Vicodin does, is about the only clue we have that definitively points to gallbladder--aside from the location (RUQ and radiates to back) and crampy nature of her pain is CLASSIC gallstone/gallbladder pain.

They said they it would be extremely rare for a 14 year old to have gallbladder problems, but it happens very very rarely. Usually with a child whose family has a strong history of gallbladder issues (as ours does). So, they couldn't rule it out without an ultrasound.

I asked about Gynie issues (endometrosis, twisted ovary, etc), and they said that's the next place we'll look, but they don't want to put her through that without exploring all options, since she is not sexually active and has not had her first gynie appointment yet. Don't want to traumatize her for no reason.

Ok. Off to appoinment. Back later.

Praying, dear heart, praying hard: the LORD deliver you all and get you out of this thorn patch in the Wilderness Adam created out of the Garden of Eden and back on the Road to the Promised Land where crap like this doesn't happen.

Any chance the flu crap intensified a genetic predisposition toward gallbladder problems? Are they exploring that contributing factor, too?

[JenyEliza]

Saw the pediatrician. He ordered an abdominal ultrasound and we had that done. Got back a little while ago and the Princess is asleep. She didn't rest well at all last night. In fact, the whole week has been a long one filled with restless nights for us all.

The ultrasound tech couldn't tell us what she saw, but going by my untrained eye, I am going to go out on a limb and say that she saw nothing remarkable and my daughter's malady will still be a mystery come Monday morning. I watched the entire ultrasound on screen and she didn't appear to spend any time on any one organ (liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys and gallbladder). She mostly measured and clicked. Measured and clicked. I know what a bad gallbladder ultrasound looks like....and my daughter's looked fine. Completely dark black--no light spots, meaning it was fluid filled and empty of any stones or mineral deposits. Saw a couple of light spots on her kidneys, but this was on both, so I"m guessing those are normal.

Anyway, pediatrician is on vacation next week. We have a GI doctor and surgeon on call for us if the ultrasound reveals anything that shouldn't be there, and we'll go from there.

*sigh*

So, all in all, there's really not much to report. Got a refill on her Vicodin for the weekend and we're just going to let her rest as much as possible, while brother and I finish moving (we have til Monday now).

Keep praying for us, friends. We're not out of the woods just yet. :hug:

[JenyEliza]

Praying, dear heart, praying hard: the LORD deliver you all and get you out of this thorn patch in the Wilderness Adam created out of the Garden of Eden and back on the Road to the Promised Land where crap like this doesn't happen.

Any chance the flu crap intensified a genetic predisposition toward gallbladder problems? Are they exploring that contributing factor, too?

I asked the Pediatrician that question about the flu, and he said he knew of no connection to the flu and the problems she's having now. He was the one treated her flu, so I suppose he would know.

He is still thinking kidney stone, but so far we have no labs or studies to back that up. Children's ER docs (2 of them saw her Weds night they were so puzzled), are going more towards gallbladder. All three (Pediatrician and 2 Ped. ER docs) agreed that the original ER doctor's diagnosis of constipation was wrong, that there's more going on than my kid just being full of poop.

Hopefully the ultrasound we had done this afternoon will pinpoint what the heck is going on with her. If it doesn't, I'm not sure what the heck we'll do. She's missed a whole week of school, isn't any better, and not even close to being better. Something has to give. She can't live on Vicodin forever.

Keep prayin..... :hug:

How's everyone in your family? Grandson and daughter going home tonight?

[jeepers]

This is just so damnably bizarre.

No more stuff, Jeny. I've had bad years and you're having a doozy! Other people talk about excitement, I tell them I WANT TO BE BORED. I want to wear navy blue sweaters and eat things made of vanilla. White Bread. Know what I mean?

My DH asked 'how long do you want that to happen?' I said, until I get bored with being bored.

He said "you're not going to make it that far!" :))

I just got back from Urgent Care after slicing my finger house cleaning. No big deal except that my MIL is coming to town in a week and I have to have my house perfectly clean so that I can pretend that I always live this way. Dh is going to have to scrub, I can't do water for A WEEK TO TEN DAYS (Yeah, right, sure! LMAO). And while we were gone, the dog ate a hole through the wall...Not the dog that sliced his leg a week ago where we had to get HIM stitches, the other one. That was after my daughter's bout of flu and before my son's. I'm sitting here typing with 9 fingers and my husband is repairing the wall.

There is more, but you've got trhe picture. At least no heart attacks, no surgery, no attacks by crazy people, and the appliances seem to be CURRENTLY working. And my kid didn't fly around Denver in a UFO for two hours. :lol:

Life is good. Even when it's 'bad', it's good. Don't forget that, Jeny. Sometimes the only thing that you get is to stand there incredulous going 'you've got to be kidding me'. And forever from now, you'll tell these stories and go 'and the remember that X happened, how the hell did we do that?'

One day at a time, Lord. :hug:

[Seanachie]

Hello Jeny,

Looks like you have a inexplicable conundrum in this situation with with your Daughter. My prayers to the Good Lord are with You, your Daughter, your Son and your entire Family. Perhaps the Good Lord will send all concerned all of the pieces to this puzzle necessary to solve it satisfactorily. I can only imaginge the frustration you are battling right now.

Please God, Bless in those 'mysterious ways' in unfolding this perplexity.

Be as well as you can be Lady,

Jim

[mysticbeauty_nbeast]

:hug::pray::hug::pray: Sending hugs and prayers...I'm speechless as the saga continues....it's beyond imagining how your holding up so well. Sending special prayers that a fresh pair of Dr. eye's Monday will see and correctly diagnose the issue with your daughter and get it on it's way to being taken care of. I pray she recovers and feels herself soon.

I'm happy the upstairs neighbor and you have hit it off...nice when that happens. ;)

and of course..I'm sending more prayers for you Jeny...for strength, patience, endurance and love.

Update us when you can....hopefully boring old every day life (as Jeepers defined it) will hit your home soon! ;)

~Mysty

P.S. I'll be off the boards for a bit..I've oral surgery Monday...it's scheduled and much needed...it'll put me down for a bit though. I'll check in as soon as I can to see how your doing.

~M

[JenyEliza]

Mysty...hope your oral surgery goes without a hitch and you aren't "put down" for long. ;) I've been there, done that (two gum grafts, and aye yaey yai yi....ouch)

The little missy has not needed a lot of pain medication today. She's been low key, on the couch watching TV. We're going to go to the house tomorrow and retrieve what we can and also get some laundry done.

Should hear back on the abdominal ultrasound Monday and (I pray) we'll find out what we're dealing with. She says the pain is backing off a little bit, but she woke up asking for "a pill" (she is, as repchick can attest, anti-medicine, anti-meat, anti-anything not natural, so for her to ask for a pill means she is hurting). My daughter is a complete fitness freak. She works out. Runs. Lifts weights. Watches her diet (compulsively, I might add), and an all around good kid. She's not asking for meds if she doesn't need them.

She asked for stove-popped popcorn tonight and I made some. She's been asking for a couple of days and I've put her off. I figured it might make her problems worse, but so far so good.

I'm exhausted from moving, unpacking, dealing with her, etc. My back is killing me and I don't think its ever going to be right again after moving our household--just the three of us. I have an appointment with my doctor in two weeks (I have arthritis in my spine and 3 herniated discs--L4, L5, S1), and I am in agony myself. My normal pain medications are helping, but not like they usually do so we may have to swtich things up when I go back. Hopefully its all related to the move and will settle down by my Nov 2 visit.

At any rate....we laid low today. Napped, ate, relaxed, watched movies and just hung out as a family today. No worries about moving stuff. No hospital or doctor visits. Just being "home" in the apartment that doesn't feel like home yet. Don't get me wrong--I love the apartment, and I'm terribly grateful we have it and can afford it, but it feels like we're staying somewhere else temporarily and that we'll go home eventually. Only "home" is someplace we can't go. Hard to explain. And I don't want to cry, so I'm gonna just stop right there. No time for crying.

So that's all the news that is news.

Jeepers: How the heck did you slice your finger up? Don't you know how to use a knife without knifing yourself? ;) And how is the MIL visit going? You're under WAY more pressure than I am right now. :)) :doh:

Everyone take good care---enjoy your families and be grateful for all you have. Never know when you might lose it or them....hug 'em tight and appreciate your homes and lives.

:hug:

Jeny

[davetexas]

Mysty...hope your oral surgery goes without a hitch and you aren't "put down" for long. ;) I've been there, done that (two gum grafts, and aye yaey yai yi....ouch)

The little missy has not needed a lot of pain medication today. She's been low key, on the couch watching TV. We're going to go to the house tomorrow and retrieve what we can and also get some laundry done.

Should hear back on the abdominal ultrasound Monday and (I pray) we'll find out what we're dealing with. She says the pain is backing off a little bit, but she woke up asking for "a pill" (she is, as repchick can attest, anti-medicine, anti-meat, anti-anything not natural, so for her to ask for a pill means she is hurting). My daughter is a complete fitness freak. She works out. Runs. Lifts weights. Watches her diet (compulsively, I might add), and an all around good kid. She's not asking for meds if she doesn't need them.

She asked for stove-popped popcorn tonight and I made some. She's been asking for a couple of days and I've put her off. I figured it might make her problems worse, but so far so good.

I'm exhausted from moving, unpacking, dealing with her, etc. My back is killing me and I don't think its ever going to be right again after moving our household--just the three of us. I have an appointment with my doctor in two weeks (I have arthritis in my spine and 3 herniated discs--L4, L5, S1), and I am in agony myself. My normal pain medications are helping, but not like they usually do so we may have to swtich things up when I go back. Hopefully its all related to the move and will settle down by my Nov 2 visit.

At any rate....we laid low today. Napped, ate, relaxed, watched movies and just hung out as a family today. No worries about moving stuff. No hospital or doctor visits. Just being "home" in the apartment that doesn't feel like home yet. Don't get me wrong--I love the apartment, and I'm terribly grateful we have it and can afford it, but it feels like we're staying somewhere else temporarily and that we'll go home eventually. Only "home" is someplace we can't go. Hard to explain. And I don't want to cry, so I'm gonna just stop right there. No time for crying.

So that's all the news that is news.

Jeepers: How the heck did you slice your finger up? Don't you know how to use a knife without knifing yourself? ;) And how is the MIL visit going? You're under WAY more pressure than I am right now. :)) :doh:

Everyone take good care---enjoy your families and be grateful for all you have. Never know when you might lose it or them....hug 'em tight and appreciate your homes and lives.

:hug:

Jeny

You are one awesome lady.

Father in heaven,let the name Jeny come before your throne right now and send healing,peace and all that she needs.

Bless her and her family and protect them.............Amen

[JenyEliza]

Thank you, davetexas. :D

You made my day with your kind post.

God is getting us through all this. He is there every step of the way, I know this with all my heart. He has a reason for all that we've been through. I don't know WHY, but that is not for me to ask.

We will be OK. We're just taking life one day at a time and lean on those around us who have been our support, our encouragement and our biggest cheerleaders. That's all we can do.

Hope you and yours have a lovely weekend. :hug:

Jeny

[mysticbeauty_nbeast]

Mysty...hope your oral surgery goes without a hitch and you aren't "put down" for long. ;) I've been there, done that (two gum grafts, and aye yaey yai yi....ouch)

I'm excited, anxious, a bit afraid and all around relieved the day is almost here...which means one more long term issue put down for good. Thanks for the good thoughts...can't wait to post a bright white beaming smile as soon as I can actually smile..lol.

The little missy has not needed a lot of pain medication today. She's been low key, on the couch watching TV. We're going to go to the house tomorrow and retrieve what we can and also get some laundry done.

Should hear back on the abdominal ultrasound Monday and (I pray) we'll find out what we're dealing with. She says the pain is backing off a little bit, but she woke up asking for "a pill" (she is, as repchick can attest, anti-medicine, anti-meat, anti-anything not natural, so for her to ask for a pill means she is hurting). My daughter is a complete fitness freak. She works out. Runs. Lifts weights. Watches her diet (compulsively, I might add), and an all around good kid. She's not asking for meds if she doesn't need them.

Does your daughter eat a lot of nuts? Your posts of her habits just made me think of juvenile diverticulitis. Very painful...can be managed once the initial outbreak is dealt with..and eating a lot of nuts can set it off. I know Monday will reveal more with ultrasound..but doesn't hurt to throw it out there. I pray she feels herself soon. If she's home for much longer, look into at home type fill in schooling so she doesn't get to far behind in her studies. ;)

She asked for stove-popped popcorn tonight and I made some. She's been asking for a couple of days and I've put her off. I figured it might make her problems worse, but so far so good.

And your one smart Momma! Take it easy on anything that could be difficult or agitating for the intestine to move. Popcorn..although a great treat...can be murder on a raw bowel. :hand:

I'm exhausted from moving, unpacking, dealing with her, etc. My back is killing me and I don't think its ever going to be right again after moving our household--just the three of us. I have an appointment with my doctor in two weeks (I have arthritis in my spine and 3 herniated discs--L4, L5, S1), and I am in agony myself. My normal pain medications are helping, but not like they usually do so we may have to swtich things up when I go back. Hopefully its all related to the move and will settle down by my Nov 2 visit.

At any rate....we laid low today. Napped, ate, relaxed, watched movies and just hung out as a family today. No worries about moving stuff. No hospital or doctor visits. Just being "home" in the apartment that doesn't feel like home yet. Don't get me wrong--I love the apartment, and I'm terribly grateful we have it and can afford it, but it feels like we're staying somewhere else temporarily and that we'll go home eventually. Only "home" is someplace we can't go. Hard to explain. And I don't want to cry, so I'm gonna just stop right there. No time for crying.

I understand...I do. My closest girlfriend is at where you were just a few months ago. I understand the tears..the disappointment your feeling. You're gonna be ok Jeny...and know you will be. Your moving in the right directions, albeit hard and trying right now. May the good Lord bless and keep you in his protection and love honey. Let go and Let God seems to be the only comfort I can give right now. :hug:

So that's all the news that is news.

Jeepers: How the heck did you slice your finger up? Don't you know how to use a knife without knifing yourself? ;) And how is the MIL visit going? You're under WAY more pressure than I am right now. :)) :doh:

Everyone take good care---enjoy your families and be grateful for all you have. Never know when you might lose it or them....hug 'em tight and appreciate your homes and lives.

:hug:

Jeny

Sending you prayers and hugs and more prayers. Your new home will become home soon enough. For now you rest, nap and take respite where you can honey. A few months from now your going to look back and be shocked at what you came through. ;) Praying your back heals quickly...the pain reduced so that you may manage those things that need managing..and that you finally find peace in your new surroundings.

You are one awesome woman Jeny....remember that when you look into the mirror in the morning!

~Mysty

[Calibabe]

Do you ever wish we could just have a sort of OO Commune where we all lived next door to each other so we could laugh and cry and pray together every day?

You and Jeny would most surely be among my best buddies.

I'm with you in those prayers.


Now wouldn't that be like having Heaven here on earth!!! :D

When the first parcels of land start selling, count me in. What a wonderful place that would really be.

[Calibabe]

Mysty...hope your oral surgery goes without a hitch and you aren't "put down" for long. ;) I've been there, done that (two gum grafts, and aye yaey yai yi....ouch)

The little missy has not needed a lot of pain medication today. She's been low key, on the couch watching TV. We're going to go to the house tomorrow and retrieve what we can and also get some laundry done.

Should hear back on the abdominal ultrasound Monday and (I pray) we'll find out what we're dealing with. She says the pain is backing off a little bit, but she woke up asking for "a pill" (she is, as repchick can attest, anti-medicine, anti-meat, anti-anything not natural, so for her to ask for a pill means she is hurting). My daughter is a complete fitness freak. She works out. Runs. Lifts weights. Watches her diet (compulsively, I might add), and an all around good kid. She's not asking for meds if she doesn't need them.

She asked for stove-popped popcorn tonight and I made some. She's been asking for a couple of days and I've put her off. I figured it might make her problems worse, but so far so good.

I'm exhausted from moving, unpacking, dealing with her, etc. My back is killing me and I don't think its ever going to be right again after moving our household--just the three of us. I have an appointment with my doctor in two weeks (I have arthritis in my spine and 3 herniated discs--L4, L5, S1), and I am in agony myself. My normal pain medications are helping, but not like they usually do so we may have to swtich things up when I go back. Hopefully its all related to the move and will settle down by my Nov 2 visit.

At any rate....we laid low today. Napped, ate, relaxed, watched movies and just hung out as a family today. No worries about moving stuff. No hospital or doctor visits. Just being "home" in the apartment that doesn't feel like home yet. Don't get me wrong--I love the apartment, and I'm terribly grateful we have it and can afford it, but it feels like we're staying somewhere else temporarily and that we'll go home eventually. Only "home" is someplace we can't go. Hard to explain. And I don't want to cry, so I'm gonna just stop right there. No time for crying.

So that's all the news that is news.

Jeepers: How the heck did you slice your finger up? Don't you know how to use a knife without knifing yourself? ;) And how is the MIL visit going? You're under WAY more pressure than I am right now. :)) :doh:

Everyone take good care---enjoy your families and be grateful for all you have. Never know when you might lose it or them....hug 'em tight and appreciate your homes and lives.

:hug:

Jeny

Glad to see that the pain backed off a little. A sludgy gallbladder in a 14 yr old would be very, very unusual. I have seen the youngest person with such a condition about late 20's early 30's. However their condition was not due to heredity but as a secondary infection. The good thing however is that if it is the gallbladder it can be removed laparoscopically which is less intrusive than the old way that they used to remove the gallbladder and that was basically almost like cutting you in half, seriously. It used to require a 3-5 day hospital stay and the pain was just horrible. Now with three small puncture holes it is almost a breeze so to speak. The only thing is the gas that comes with any laparascopic procedure. The good thing is that you can just break wind without any embarrasement as the nurses encourage you to do so.

I will be keeping you and the kids in my prayers until you find out something sometime Monday.

God bless you all.

[jwil59]

Jeny I hope things are well with you guys today. I am still praying for you guys.

You guys keep hanging tough in Faith

[jeepers]

Don't get me wrong--I love the apartment, and I'm terribly grateful we have it and can afford it, but it feels like we're staying somewhere else temporarily and that we'll go home eventually. Only "home" is someplace we can't go. Hard to explain. And I don't want to cry, so I'm gonna just stop right there. No time for crying.

I get this one completely. Felt that when when we moved here (a very quick and spontaneous decision), and after 12 weeks, DH lost his job. I couldn't go 'home', it wasn't home anymore. And this wasn't home either. And didn't know if we were moving again to go somewhere else.

It's like nowhere is 'home'.

Home comes when the crazy dust settles. Home comes with surrender and acceptance and that takes time. Home comes when you have a moment when everything is good and your children start laughing and you think 'home is where my bunnies are'...

When you once again say 'thank you Lord for this fall day, a cup of hot tea and dinner on the stove'...

It's hard to feel home when you are stressed, everything is everywhere, you're worried about your child and you're running from pillar to post, and and and...

Home is a quiet place in your heart. It's where your love is. You have to get quiet and then it will show up. And that is going to take some time. Just trust that it will come. This much change in such a short period of time puts everyone back on their heels. Especially if your feet were planted in one place for a long time. I never expected to move out of my community when I did it. I expected to live there my entire life, even if I moved out of that particular house.

Again, it will come. Get the broad strokes in the house done. Get your daughter well. Then make a pot of soup or a pot roast and make that house smell like home. Paint a wall the color that you want it. Put your favorite things out. Plan a night or a day that is about the things that you and the kids like to do.

Once you start living home, home shows up. :hug:

[jwil59]

I pray jeny and the twins are well today.

[jwil59]

Anyone seen Jeny??

[JenyEliza]

Jeny and the kids just got the last of their stuff moved and they are exhausted. ;)

*sigh*

Tonight closing and locking the door on that house was the hardest thing I've ever done. Cried my ****ing eyes out. Then got in the moving van and drove away--and can't look back. My first house is gone and once again, I am an apartment dweller (my kids and pets have *never* lived in an apartment in their lives up until now).

There is a ferral kitty and babies (twins) who have taken up residence in my old backyard. Now that there are no doggies living there, they've moved into the dog houses we left behind...they're set for the winter unless they get run off by whoever buys and renovates the house. We are not part of the government flood plain buyout, so insurance and mortgage company are involved with this.

At any rate...the air in the apartment is clean and free of mold. We can breathe! We have electricity!! TV!!! Cable internet!!!! New friends!!!

So, while losing the house is like a death in the family, there have been some gains too. Now, it's time to make this apartment "home" and start working on financial matters for college. Gotta have my FA package completed before Thanksgiving if I am going to start Jan 4. Also have a test I have to take (can't remember which one---wrote it down, too tired to find right now).

Anyway, I'll update more about our adjustments. So far, it's been pretty tough. Emotionally. Physically. And in every way. Even for the pets (I have one doggie who has regressed to puppy behavior--wetting and soiling the carpet, so we've gone back to crate training--and she hasn't had to have a crate in 8 years). *sigh*

One day this will all seem normal. I hope.

Thanks for all the love and suport. Its very appreciated.

:hug:

Jeny

[jwil59]

I am glad you guys are settled in and can breathe Jeny. I am however sorry for all the pain you guys are feeling, keep plugging away my friend and things will get better for you. Keep your eyes on Him my friend.

hang tough sis, I am praying for you guys

[repchick]

Jeny and the kids just got the last of their stuff moved and they are exhausted. ;)

*sigh*

Tonight closing and locking the door on that house was the hardest thing I've ever done. Cried my ****ing eyes out. Then got in the moving van and drove away--and can't look back. My first house is gone and once again, I am an apartment dweller (my kids and pets have *never* lived in an apartment in their lives up until now).

There is a ferral kitty and babies (twins) who have taken up residence in my old backyard. Now that there are no doggies living there, they've moved into the dog houses we left behind...they're set for the winter unless they get run off by whoever buys and renovates the house. We are not part of the government flood plain buyout, so insurance and mortgage company are involved with this.

At any rate...the air in the apartment is clean and free of mold. We can breathe! We have electricity!! TV!!! Cable internet!!!! New friends!!!

So, while losing the house is like a death in the family, there have been some gains too. Now, it's time to make this apartment "home" and start working on financial matters for college. Gotta have my FA package completed before Thanksgiving if I am going to start Jan 4. Also have a test I have to take (can't remember which one---wrote it down, too tired to find right now).

Anyway, I'll update more about our adjustments. So far, it's been pretty tough. Emotionally. Physically. And in every way. Even for the pets (I have one doggie who has regressed to puppy behavior--wetting and soiling the carpet, so we've gone back to crate training--and she hasn't had to have a crate in 8 years). *sigh*

One day this will all seem normal. I hope.

Thanks for all the love and suport. Its very appreciated.

:hug:

Jeny

:hug::hug: Luv you sis.

[rhet 2]

:hug::hug: Luv you sis.

Oh, don't I just!

And you, too.

:hug: to you both.

[Calibabe]

Take it from one who has been down that road, it will get better. Just give yourself some time and some space and rely on Our Lord. He will never, ever let you down.

God bless all of you. As always you will remain in my prayers and on my rosary until further notice.

[jwil59]

Jeny I am thinking about you guys today

[HeyJude]

Jeny I am thinking about you guys today

I am sorry to tell you, Jeny has been banned. Maybe some of you have her email addy.:cry:

[jwil59]

I am sorry to tell you, Jeny has been banned. Maybe some of you have her email addy.:cry:

Yeah I know

She will read this though

[Calibabe]

Yeah I know

She will read this though

Oh shoot!!!

Is this an outright ban or just a time out?

I hope that it is the later. In any event, Jeny, if you read this know that I will continue to pray for your and your kids.

[jwil59]

Oh shoot!!!

Is this an outright ban or just a time out?

I hope that it is the later. In any event, Jeny, if you read this know that I will continue to pray for your and your kids.

I think it an outright ban but I would like to encourage everyone to keep this going. Although she cannot post I know jeny will read this.

[rhet 2]

I think it an outright ban but I would like to encourage everyone to keep this going. Although she cannot post I know jeny will read this.

And Repchick will keep us posted.

She goofed and has to pay the price of a ban.

But we can still keep her and the twins close in our prayers, that's for sure. That's what "love" is, after all.

:hug:

[repchick]

They are doing OK. but prayers are still needed.

[USMCmom]

Jeny...I am praying that you and the twins are doing well.
God Bless & Stay Strong
Kelly

[mysticbeauty_nbeast]

Come back to us soon Jeny...we miss ya!

Sending my prayers and hugs to you and the twins. Hope your daughter is feeling better.

~Mysty

[Stuball]

She is posting elsewhere now She vowed never to return

[jwil59]

And Repchick will keep us posted.

She goofed and has to pay the price of a ban.

But we can still keep her and the twins close in our prayers, that's for sure. That's what "love" is, after all.

:hug:

Yeah I join you in that.......

praying hard for jeny and the twins

[jwil59]

She is posting elsewhere now She vowed never to return

If you see her tell her I said hi please sir :lol: