We finally completed the second half of our course!!! This weekend's classes were less "doom and gloom" and focused on employment laws, etc. I've been praying a lot this past week trying to figure out if I could really be an RCFE administrator and be happy. By God's grace, I slowly started opening my heart more and more and found myself visualizing like crazy on how awesome our facility was going to be. I found myself worrying less and less about the "emotional baggage" and instead on the positive experiences me and Mike could offer someone at that stage in their lives. It IS an honor to take care of someone who's lived a full life and is getting closer and closer to being with our Savior. Since I was filled with less worry and more excitement, I took that as God telling me that I could do it. That I was strong enough to play that role for other people. I found my heart was no longer heavy every time I thought of someone with deteriorating health and more hopeful about what kind of happiness I could provide for that person. At the end of the course, I felt READY to take on this challenge and Mike and I spent the ride back home exchanging our ideas on how we can make our RCFE awesome. It was exciting (albeit a bit scary as well) to think about how we will be in control of our future (with God's help, of course). I've never really wanted to run a business before (that was always Mike's vision for himself) but the idea that I could run a business and still have the flexibility to be a great mom to Zoe was so very appealing to me. The next steps now are to get through escrow ... pass the certification exam ... move out of our home and into the new one on a temporary basis until we get the business part going ... annnnnnndddd GOOOOOOOOO! Sounds like a lot and so out of the blue but it seems to be what God is asking of us, so we'll just ride this wave (like we always do) with faith, hope and love! Exciting times!!!!
Zoe did so much better this weekend that last weekend. She no longer looked for us and was totally fine with taking naps without me (just not her night night sleep). I was relieved to know that she was finally ok with taking naps with someone other than me!!! Progress!!!
Here are some cute pics and video from Zoe's weekend:
Zoe LOVES bubbles and always makes this "wow" face each time she's around bubbles!
She also had a blast playing "football" with Tito Ton/"popsi":
I LOVE that she's heading toward the tomboy route =)!!!!
As an added bonus, on Saturday night, we all took mom out for her birthday at the "Las Vegas Buffet" in Glendale. Since her birthday fell on a weekday and Mike and Jay would be out of town on a bachelor party cruise the following weekend, we decided to celebrate it all together on April 21st. We all chowed down and had a great time as always =) ...
Sisters????
Are you sure she's gonna be 60???? I hope I look this good when I get to 60!!
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