"Grim. This is grim." Those were the words of our attorney last Tuesday afternoon. I jokingly said, "I appreciate your optimism." He said, "These are words of realism."
Grim as it may feel right now - and, grim as it may be - there have been a few highlights worth sharing.
For starters, just after my last post, I got an email blast from my friend Donna VanLiere, who is the New York Times best-selling author of "The Christmas Shoes." The e-blast was announcing her newest book's release, Finding Grace. I'm sure it, like her other books, will be turned into a TV movie (her first book starred Rob Lowe - seriously, who is this lucky?), and because I love her writing and also new the premise of this newest book, I decided I had to have it immediately. Within an hour, I had called Borders in Brentwood, learned they had the book, gotten Carter in the car, and had successfully gotten to and from the store, returning home book in hand. I had to email Donna that night and let her know I'd cheated and read the first and last chapters. I finished the entire book being reminded of the unique plans God has for our lives. (sometimes you have to be reminded of this) As Donna says - what may appear to be "Plan B" to us, is really "Plan A" to God. With God, there is no plan b. I'm really not trying to promote Donna by saying this: You should go get the book. There are some great laugh-out-loud scenes coupled with tear-jerking moments that warm your heart. But most importantly, hers is a message of grace. True Grace that she had to uncover the "hard way."
Another highlight was a great evening with some girlfriends Saturday night at The Yellow Porch. Five of my friends who always, always, ALWAYS make me laugh out loud gathered to offer up a heavy dose of laughter. They succeeded, and I lived to tell about it. While on the surface we may have had a night of laughs, there was a pretty serious political discussion mixed in with it, and I found myself enthralled with the downright intelligence of my wonderful girlfriends. I think combined, we could probably all six run the country.
I'm still trying to get more "loose ends" tied up with the store. While we are not physically open for business, we do have a company that has taken our last few assets and will be auctioning them off for sale on April 23. You can check the auction out and if you'd like to buy something, you're welcome to do that too.
So, despite the attorney's grim forecast, I'm choosing to move on, believing this is still God's Plan A for me.
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