It's been a few days since I've posted and I really meant to do a "Thankful Thursday" post yesterday. Unfortunately though, I've felt like poo on a stick, so I've not done much blogging.
Here's a quick re-cap:
I went to the Dr yesterday. He said I've got either bronchitis or pertussis, which is whooping cough. He gave me a sinus shot and a breathing treatment in the office, then an inhaler for home, an antihistamine, some cough syrup with antihistamine, nose spray and an antibiotic. The awesome thing about my Dr. is that if he has samples of stuff, he'll load you up so that you don't have to pay so much at the pharmacy. All I had to get at the pharmacy was the cough medicine and the antibiotic. And he apologized for not having any antibiotic samples! So $40 later (for my office visit and two meds) I am hopefully on my way to a full recovery.
We've had a couple of rough times with my step daughter, Chelsey. Nothing major, just your typical teen ager stuff. She's 17 and life is tough at 17! When all this started several weeks ago, I asked her Mom if it would be ok if I talked to her about my life and the choices that I've made along life's way. Lisa was totally ok with it, but wasn't sure Chels would be. Well last night she finally called me. I was so glad. We talked for an hour and I really feel like we got a lot of things out in the open. There are so many tough choices and temptations in this world and they are so much greater now than they were 15 years ago when I was in high school.
The biggest thing I want my girls to know is that if you mess up, it's ok. You make mistakes, learn from them and go on. Mistakes don't make you a bad person. God doesn't expect you to be perfect. He expects you to live a life set apart from the rest of the world. God expects you to live differently and in such a way that others see His light shining through you. Being a Christian doesn't mean that your perfect. It doesn't mean you can't have any fun in life. It means that you strive to live by God's word and you strive each day to glorify Him in your words and in your actions. And when you make a bad choice, you ask God for forgiveness, you make the appropriate changes and you go on.
After talking to Chelsey last night I really feel like I got that point across to her. Her Mom and Step-Dad have of course talked to her about all this, but I wanted her to hear it from me. I wanted her to know that no matter what, her Dad and I love her and that's not going to change. I had had hopes of going to bed early last night and that didn't happen because of our phone call. It was totally worth it though and I'm so thankful that I had the opportunity to talk to Chels.
I need to get off of here and get to work. I'd really like to be back in my nice comfy bed, but it doesn't look like that's going to happen. Oh well.
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