A Little Miracle in the Life of Michelle Henry

Here is a delightful video of Gloria dancing away to Jim Reeves Christmas, my personal favorite music of the holidays. She also was helping to put beads on the Christmas tree. I am glad that I took this video so that I would remember some of the good points of this past holiday. Otherwise, it kind of seems like a whirlwind to me. I am so thrilled that today I got my thunderstorm! I could hardly believe that I could be so lucky as to witness a true thunderstorm in early January. Although I realize that the weather in general was kind of freaky, I still loved to hear and feel the rolling booming thunder and the crackling of lightening in the sky. I am trying to get organized with my whole Avon thing. Thus far I have not really followed up with people to find out what they are interested in or what samples they might like. My goal is to be in my own apartment by the end of March (or May at the VERY latest) so I would like to get this off the ground now. My sister has already started scouting some apartments on Rt 59 and I-88 that might be nice. I just feel like I can't claim my life as my own until I am living independently again. Although I know it will be hard to change and adjust, it will also be good for me. I have never handled change very gracefully, but I have been thrust into a life of shifting sand that I cannot control. Without Kevin I feel like the ground is constantly moving under my feet and no place really feels like home. I used to feel like when Kevin was by my side I was home, and I was capable of handling any change even if it was hard. Now, I have to face the world without Kevin by my side and that scares me so much. I just want to get through this. I hope that when I am old I don't look back at life and feel like I just "got through" it. I hope that at some point I feel like I am actually claiming life for myself.

I want to give thanks to the Lord for my thunderstorm. A little miracle in the life of Michelle Henry.