Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Financial aid and other woes

This morning Cindy had an appointment with the director of the Nursing school which she plans to attend in the fall. At this meeting we were supposed to discuss financial aid ( what she has already secured..... zero, How much she expects to secure, and when she expects to secure it) turn in her down payment ( yes we did this) and turn in her medical forms ( we did this but the doctor signed them 2007 instead of 2008 so we have to take them back to the doctors office and get them fixed before we send them back) The visit did put me at ease that Cindy probably will be able to secure some Financial aid if we remain persistent , and will only have to take out a loan for half what we had originally thought. However, the trip did not help my stress level which is approaching near record highs lately. First of all I left the house with my cell phone which I thought had a full charge. Once to the school, fourty miniutes away, when I tried to use it, I found out that since my Blue tooth charge was low and the phone kept trying to make contact that it run the phone battery down real quick. This would not normally be a problem as I have a car cell phone charger but guess what???? It plugged in and the light came on but my phone didn't charge. I guess something is faulty. Again this would not usually be a problem because I carry cell minutes for use with the Onstar in my car, but for some reason, my Onstar isn't working. Could be a bad fuse, could be a loose wire, I don't know but it didn't work. This got my stress up there since the boys were home alone with no way to reach me in an emergency. Thanks be to God, I did get home and all was well.

Could it be that God is trying to teach me to let go a bit and trust in him to keep all well, I would bet that this might be true but it is so hard. Being a stay at home Mom, for years, my biggest responsibility has been to make sure that my kids are OK. I have , for years made sure that I was on call 24/7 no matter what. Maybe now that the kids are getting older I will need to trust God a little more. Cindy is now 18. She could marry and have her own family in the next couple of years. Michael is only a few years behind. I will not always be able to be by them or in contact with them always but God will. I need to start to get used to this.
My Grandma. God bless her soul, used to say " the older they get the more you worry" I think I now am starting to understand what she meant. God, Please help me to trust in you and realize that sometimes letting go a bit doesn't mean loving less !