GG and I reveled today in all the things we DON'T have to accomplish because of the appeal success. Praise God for our list of DON'Ts!!! :)
To-Don't:
*Cancel football tickets
*Cancel tuition and plan for reimbursement of government loans (yikes!!)
*Reserve a large U-Haul truck and temporary storage facility in OH for the family to move goods.
*Cancel current housing.
*Reserve hotel rooms at various Army locations during GG's training.
*Break out the old Army equipment/clothing and begin shining.
*Cancel trip to Mexico (there would have been crocodile-sized tears on that one!)
*Cancel trip to the NJ shore with friends (also tears there!)
*Plan for every worst-case scenario--update Power of Attorney, Wills, etc. (Double Yuck!)
*Cry a lot--in sadness, fear, worry, etc.
*Cling a lot (though we are doing so in happiness these days!)
I'm so glad this is a list we won't have to accomplish! Instead we get to love, organize, plan (with God's help), hope, dream, arrange, vacation, revel, and enjoy good friends and family. God is good, all the time. All the time, God is good.
May God bless you today! Rejoice in your To-Don't lists!!
3 comments:
I revel in your joy as well. With your "to-don't" list however, I thought of all the things we fail to plan ahead for. If anything on your to-don't list would have caused major problems if not done, maybe it's time to do them anyway (i.e. wills, power of attorney). You know one thing that is no longer around the corner, but other things creep up and now that you have the luxury of time, that might have been God's way of suggesting they're important. Just a thought. SOOO glad you're still jumping for joy.
You're so right, Jess. We are planning to update the wills/POA this week anyway! And you echo GG's words today that though we can plan more for the future bc the Army business being out of the way, we can never be too prepared for the unexpected. Always, always!! Thanks!
LOVE the idea of a To-Don't List. We need to make them more often when things like this sweep over us. I love you, Bay. And you have inspired me...blogging it up...coming soon.
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