Well, yesterday is gone and I didn’t get to my blog to make an entry. My apologies. We left quite early yesterday morning from OKC and got home without a hitch. The weather here was rainy last weekend so the lawn didn’t get mowed by my son-in-law so I got right onto it when I was unpacked. My grandson had done a marvelous job keeping everything watered for me. The yard was in great shape. Now that we are back and everything is good I wonder why I struggled so much to be gone 2 weeks? It is a good learning experience for grandpa! I can trust even my yard in springtime to the care of a grandson.

Getting back into the routine of home is going to take a day or two. I can’t even keep straight in my head which day it is. It feels like a weekend but it sure isn’t. I know that living out the day will take care of this. I want to write a moment on our last day in OK. My ex was staying until today so I had a longer opportunity to talk with her about her own recovery and facing her past. So much of her childhood was riddled with abuse as with my own. Hers was by her grandpa. Even though her mom was aware because her own abuse, she never stepped in to protect or even talk for the sake of her only child. (So common with abuse victims). I told her about the 3-R’s (recognize, reject and replace) from the book, I Give You Authority . She is ordering it.

It is amazing to me to see all of this taking place. My ex and I married 52 years ago and now 45 years later, she is getting her own help. God just never quits giving us the freedom He had intended for us to have all along. We just need to face the past with His help and with the help of faithful friends He brings into our lives. How good our Father is!