Pray that I get some clarity, please.

I want to leave my job so badly. My health is not what it was, I'm on edge all the time, and all around unhappy and weepy. I have money saved up that I could live off for the next few months. But my dad is so insistent that I should have something to "fall back on" before I leave any job. I am free to do as I wish, and he'll support me emotionally no matter what I decide, but I feel like without his blessing, I'm making the wrong decision. I hate to disappoint him. I know he only wants what is best for me.

Please pray for me to be strong, and for my dad and I to understand one another.

I will indeed pray for you, Abbey! I was wondering if something was wrong- I could tell by the tone of your posts over the last couple weeks that something was different. I hope you find some resolution and peace- that's what we all are looking for in one form or another!

Leslie, any update on your Eta Taus?

I just found out my dad has prostate cancer and needs to have surgery. Please, please say a prayer.

Abbey, as I type, I am praying for your father, for peace and for healing. For his doctors, that they give only good advice and take only good steps for his well-being. For you and your family, that you may know peace throughout the harried days to come, when you want to scream "why?" and are just too exhausted to do so.

Your sisters will be lifting you, your father, and your family in prayer, today and in all the days to come.

sorry, my teachers were on strike, so I went down to visit my boyfriend for a week...

they're all ok. one had a mild concussion, but other than that, no major injuries!

Please keep my parents in your prayers. I just found out that after 30 years of marriage, they are about to get divorced. I'm an only child and I'm just devastated by this news.

Thanks,
Ashley

Hey Ashley,
You are in my thoughts & prayers! If you ever want to talk please feel free to pm or IM me (LittleADPi1460).

((((((((((hugs for you)))))))))))))))

L&L,
Arnette

(((((((((((((((((((((Ashley)))))))))))))))))))))

I don't care how old you are, it just plain hurts to hear that your parents are breaking up. If you have access to counseling, or even know of a divorce group, please avail yourself of it. No two parents goes through a divorce - the whole family does! I highly recommend Fresh Start, Inc, but there are other similar groups.

You're in my prayers, Dear One.

Thank you so much for your prayers and kind words. I feel like I'm in some alternate universe or something. This isn't supposed to happen when you're 28! Anyway, y'all are awesome. I'm so glad that I have this website now and I can connect with sisters again. Thanks again for everything.

Pi Love,
Ashley

Ashley,I'm sorry to hear about your parents, I will be thinking about you. Biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig hug.
If you guys could remember me, I'm having a lot of anxiety just trying to figure out what I'm doing with my life. I know I'm not alone in this feeling, but I feel really anxious and uneasy about life. Also, I am really worried about a close friend of mine. She is getting into some things that can really hurt her and i'm just scared. Anyway, I hope you all are doing well.
Shannon

I could really use some 'love' from sisters right now. I'm out of work. I quit the job I was at because it was a really unhealthy enviornment for me to be in. I was always stressed, doing way more than I should have been doing, and then getting a crappy pay of $7.80 an hour to do it all. I have now been out of work for 19 days. I have money put aside for this months bills but I'm not sure about next month. My parents, well my mom, has said that they 'don't want to enable me' any longer. I don't see how if I'm actively looking for employment that I am allowing them to enable me not to work. All I ask is for them to support me. I don't want to sound like a selfish bitch but if they can support my out of work brother who quit his job on a whim over a year ago, then they should surely be able to help me out with my bills.
My schooling is another issue. I am currently enrolled in the online teacher prep program through Rio Salado. I am finding this program to be extremely challenging. Mainly because I don't have the self discipline to do the assignments on my own time. But I am one of those learners who really needs to be in a structured classroom enviornment. I really thought I could do this program, but I have recently (like ten minutes ago) came to the conclusion that I cannot. I desperately want to go into the teaching profession. I have tutored and worked with children before and I have always found it extremely rewarding. I'm just concerned on where I can go to school to finish the program. I am concerned because I am already 25,000 in debt for just my bachelors degree, I don't really want to go into much more debt.
I just feel confused right now. I loved the week I spent with Jennie and her parents because they were just so warm and loving. (Jennie can I just move in with you?)
Any guidance a sister can share would be extremely helpful right now.
(I have to say though, the one thing that keeps me happy is the possibility of forming an online AA. I'm looking foward to possibly being a part of that)

Much love and support to all my sisters here :)

Sweetie, you know you can *always* come stay out here for a while if you need to! My parents and I loved having you here, so anytime you want to come back, just let us know! :)

I'll definitely be keeping you and ADPiZXalum in my prayers today and the next couple of days. I ask you all to pray for my grandparents....my grandma is having foot surgery today (after just getting done with a stay in the hospital for I'm not entire sure of all the details, but I know that she had been vomiting and wasn't able to take care of herself or my grandpa, which was the biggest problem of them all). My grandpa was in the hospital because his blood sugar was all wacky-tabaccy, and with my grandma in the hospital, he needed to be somewhere where he could get full-time care. He's now been moved into a nursing home for the moment, and he's having trouble adjusting to that...being combative and having hallucinations, from what my aunt has emailed the entire family. My grandma and grandpa are both in their late 70's/early 80's, and they've been such an important part in all of our lives (I unfortunately haven't had as much of an opportunity to spend a lot of time with them, because they lived back in Indiana as I was growing up) and I don't know how our family would handle losing either one of them. My grandpa had a stroke a few years ago, so he's still battling the aftereffects of that medical incident, and these problems are just adding more weight to the worry we all have for him.

Have you ever noticed that Satin tends to attack when we least expect it, and gets everyone at the same time. (Even if you arne't Christian and dont believe in Christ, you know what I mean.) I will be praying for you and your strength through these hard times.