My kids' visit with their dad/pray for us

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thank you Rocket. I think the kids and I will plan on attending Mass tonight, that will help my day…
other than that,… I can get off the internet. sometimes i am on too much and it makes my neck stiff and I am reading news… and it can get negative and depresssing. i will leave my screen to this site, or turn it off.
thanks for posting that you are praying. it means so much to me,
 
From today’s Liturgy of the Hours:

Prayers and Intercessions

God has raised Mary the mother of Christ above every created thing in heaven and earth. We pray to him:
  • In the name of the Mother of your Son, hear our prayers.
Compassionate Father, we thank you for giving us Mary as our mother and our example.
Through her intercession, sanctify our hearts.
You made Mary your faithful servant obedient to your word.
Through her intercession, give us the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
You gave Mary strength as she stood by the Cross; at your Son’s resurrection you filled her with joy.
Through her intercession free us from tribulation and make us strong in hope.

Our Father, who art in Heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those that trespass against us,
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.

O God, you are the source of our salvation.
May we proclaim your glory all our lives,
and even in heaven may we never cease to praise you.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God for ever and ever.
Amen.
 
Praying for you Peacefulpainter. Know this is hard, but try to keep busy with other things that are productive or at least relaxing. Pray, go to Mass, try to find some enjoyment. You’re get through this and then can move on…Know we are praying for you, your family, and peace…
 
checking in. it is 6:30 and no word yet from him. I decided I might shut my phone off after a certain time, or at least shut it off or leave the house for certain times. my cell phone battery is dead so that is already off.
i lost my charger.
I got through the day out at teh pool. we are so lucky to have a pool and by thinking of all the things that could be worse that I am dealing with.
such as…
he could be trying to get custody, he could be doing legal hassles to me, he could be stlaking me…
he could be bugging me, costing me money,.
this one time a yr visit is really good!! when I look at it that way.🙂
 
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checking in. it is 6:30 and no word yet from him. I decided I might shut my phone off after a certain time, or at least shut it off or leave the house for certain times. my cell phone battery is dead so that is already off.
i lost my charger.
I got through the day out at teh pool. we are so lucky to have a pool and by thinking of all the things that could be worse that I am dealing with.
such as…
he could be trying to get custody, he could be doing legal hassles to me, he could be stlaking me…
he could be bugging me, costing me money,.
this one time a yr visit is really good!! when I look at it that way.🙂
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Sounding better J., good for you, hang in there, will keep you in my prayers…
 
checking in, it is sunday evening. we just went to Mass. still no call from him…
so… i go on feeling a bit calmer about the whole thing. I go to the dr on Tues cuz of a cough that happens when I exert myself. I hope the dr can help me/
it prevents me from really exercising cuz I choke so bad after a few minutes.
today we didnt do much, but I feel ok
your prayers are helping
 
Thank you all.
Still no call from him and it is now Monday.
He told me the 19th. so…
I know he has that gig to do in Chi town this weekend, so…
how many more days are there really for me to worry. Thanks for helping me out during this difficult time. I am not worrying anymore, as I know they will be ok and I could really use the break.
 
Hang in there J. Will keep praying for you to find peace, calmness, and strength…
 
Said another prayer for you…and your kids, if they were looking forward to their time with dad and he didn’t show?
 
well… he said he will be in the area from the 19th till this weekend or something, it is always like this…
i know… they asked me yesterday if he was here…
thank you for the prayers so much.
still no word,
 
update,
my cell phone showed a missed call tonite at 11. it was him saying he is coming tomorrow around 5.
then seeing his dad at 7 then going up to chicago!
so it seems he has little time…
unless we want to go to chicago , he said( he is playing at a 3 day family reunion with a friend, and evidently the gf is not along for the trip.)
so… anyway. he is coming by tomorrow for a short stop…
i guess this is all very good news…
i told him they can go in the pool and eat here if they want.
not a problem.
i think i will make chicken enchiladas!
always a favorite all around.
well… look at the way this is working out.
as long as the kids and him have a good time, and i can monitor … sounds fine to me.
them see him play this weekend might be really fun too.
 
peacefulpainter said:
update,
my cell phone showed a missed call tonite at 11. it was him saying he is coming tomorrow around 5.
then seeing his dad at 7 then going up to chicago!
so it seems he has little time…
unless we want to go to chicago , he said( he is playing at a 3 day family reunion with a friend, and evidently the gf is not along for the trip.)
so… anyway. he is coming by tomorrow for a short stop…
i guess this is all very good news…
i told him they can go in the pool and eat here if they want.
not a problem.
i think i will make chicken enchiladas!
always a favorite all around.
well… look at the way this is working out.
as long as the kids and him have a good time, and i can monitor … sounds fine to me.
them see him play this weekend might be really fun too.
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God Bless all of you. So glad that things are working out and you’re finding peace and even joy in this meeting…Will keep you in my prayers…
 
Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
 
another update. 7:30 pm rolled along today and no word. so i texted his phone. he texted back right away, sorry we only just left. call you in the a.m.

gee , when was he going to tell me!
so, now I have no clue what is happening, good thing I work from home.
time is going by, he may not have time with that other commitment he has with his band…
we shall see what happens.
the kids are fine, although sort of disappointed after helping me clean up today, and we made a meal. which is funny cuz we ought to anyway. but a meal that a man would like is different from the ones they eat.
so i called my 21 yr old son and he came over and had a big helping.
then i froze half of it, the rest will sit in the fridge for us or whoever tomorrow.
sigh.
things are ok though ,
i went to the dr and have to start a new cholesterol med tonite.
thank you all for caring , it is so one sided, but it is what i needed this upsetting time.
seems things are going along just fine…
 
From today’s Liturgy of the Hours:

Short reading Romans 8:28 - 30 ©

We know that by turning everything to their good, God co-operates with all those who love him, with all those he has called according to his purpose. They are the ones he chose specially long ago and intended to become true images of his Son, so that his Son might be the eldest of many brothers. He called those he intended for this; those he called he justified, and with those he justified he shared his glory.
 
The girls are both in a depressede sort of mood tonite, their dad is so unreliable.
I feel bad for them.
I guess we will sleep good tonite,
what else can we do…
plan some fun things for ourselves, as B is at the whim of hte gu driving him now anyway.
 
he arrived the next morning and invited us to come up to chicago for the family reunion of his friend. we took it a day at a time… but yes we followed them up and got a room for that night and plkayed it by ear…
it was incredibly guided by God.
B and us got along really well on the trip/ we had not gotten to spend time altogether in 4 and a half yrs.

well… anyway… this yr btalked to me a bit more and emailed…
he wants more communication.
so many things came together to help make the weekend a success…
and we both had dreams the past 2 mos sort of leading to this too.
its funny when he told me that he had a premonition of us sitting at jesse’s family reunion . he told the gf about the dream and they got in a big fight,
i dreamed a couple of mos ago that he was asking me to stay with him in a hotel and sleep next to him, and that is what happened too. (it seemed odd at the time- when I had that dream to dream of him wanting to be near me just to be near me. very tender and sweet… and that is how it turned out)

he says he does not believe in guardian angels etc…
but i know they were helping me and the girls. as we had to venture out when we were bored at the house b was at… and we just basically went out and hoped for hte best. got a map and drove to a shady spot. i parked, started hearing music and asked the girls, that sounds like a pool!

and it was a beautiful public pool over the parking lot. not crowded… so we went in and the girl at the desk was so helpful. when i asked where could we stay ( hotel) she handed me a paper with a special deal for community members at a great hotel not far from there.
so we got a special half off rate for thrus and fri nite.
bcame and stayed with us for 3 of the 4 nites,. played with the girls, at the picnic the girls had a fun time and even me . ( the hip hop clown asked me to go up !.
that one danced so i told her, well i will copy what you are doing!
they invoted us back for their next reunion in alabama in 2 yrs, “see ya in 2010!” they said.
isnt it the funniest thing? and also we got a room for the last nite there and lo and behold, saw all the family in their t shirts ( same family) in our hallway and next door. we all thought that was a funny little coincidence.

not sure what the whole plan is behind it all… but God gave me and b somewhere to be together with positive people…
he works at a grocery store stocking the shelves so he is pretty fit. but his energy level is not good and he looks very pale. smokes a lotmore than he ever used to…
drinks beer every day…
talked more about things in a mare mature way though and i feel relieved that when we will be seeing him , and the kids be with him… it is going to be with me there.
i hated when he would take them and i worried so much ( he would ask to take them overnight when he and the gf would come through town last 3 yrs…
i would not let them go unless his mom was there . she is not here right now.

he told me i could bring the girls down and we could stay at the great grand mas so who knows.
so… we are just being open minded.
he does not think we can get along( in the past with his partying ways… I guess you could say we did not get along!)
so… being able to talk and spend time and have nice times. … for now,t hat is a miracle.
and look how the prayers helped.
a little family reunion of our own.
we have the same bond, and still can tell each other what we need to say…
he seemed less critical and negative. more patient.( i think he has been and is depressed or something…
i was going t o post on our trip but the only computers i could get on were hotel lobby and there are people around… so i did not really feel like writing personal things on there.
I wanted to let you all know how things played out. we got home yesterday, he drove the last 3 hours car caravan with us, so the girls loved that. we stopped at a gas stn and then he got off on my exit for them to have another rest stop. we got to hug a few more times.
he looked really happy and i felt happy… the girls and jesse were hugging… jesse made me get my camera out and take more pictures!
prayer changed things here.
my fears were definitely put to rest, the way my job is allowed to to work from the hotel room on the phone so i made money whil i was gone also.
B did say at the end when we were driving together the last day.“you are truly blessed” and him watching his daughters admitted… if there is any proof of a God it is that little one there( the way we ended up getting preg with her, and the following events… he knows it was God intervening!
well… I will add more if there is anything else that comes to me, I keep getting goosebumps and feel God is guiding me more than usual!
the little things that keep happening and the big things…
thank you all from the bottom of my heart and i will be praying for you too.
 
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