And strength and comfort and peace
I have to travel with two kids by myself and I am really nervous. I have anxiety about it so bad.
I have to travel with two kids by myself and I am really nervous. I have anxiety about it so bad.
Protection and A LOT of patience, please
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Lambano
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Prayers for your safety, and patience, and that peace-that-passes-all-understanding promise.
Is this the first time you’ve traveled by yourself?
amigo de christo
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Sister fluffy has returned . You are loved dear sister . Yes we will be praying as well .
Now i have only one small but wonderful request ..........PRAISE THE GLORIOUS LORD . Thanking Him and praising Him continuously .
Thank you! No, but I am nervous about basically everything anyway, but I am going through the motions
To quote Janet from a secular television show I wouldn't watch again "Now I'm living my truth and creating my bliss"
Now I'm living my truth and creating my bliss.
Fluffy, be strong in the Lord and let His Glory shine through you as you step out and travel with your two kids. Travelling with God holding your hand means that there is nothing to fear because He is with you and he will not let go of your hand.
Let His peace fill you with the Joy of the Lord as you travel praising His name.
Shalom
Let His peace fill you with the Joy of the Lord as you travel praising His name.
Shalom
Thanks @Jay Ross that means a lot to me and I was praying the whole week and thinking about God holding my hand.
Thank you :)
God bless!
@FluffyYellowDuck
Also joining in prayer here!
Also joining in prayer here!
Hidden In Him
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I will put in some prayer tonight that the Spirit of God brings you ever-increasing peace in your walk with Him, sister.
Good seeing you on the forum again.
- H
Lambano
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Lambano
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Glad to know you are still alive.
If this gives you any comfort my mother use to have to walk my brother and sister to school and drop them off there and walk to her job at KFC. It was in the city but fort Payne may be smaller than where you are.
God is with you, and trust and lean on Him, in your anxiety and remember you can ask him to help you by the Holy Spirit friend.
Luke 11:13
You and your children are valuable (including anyone who has posted before me) Matthew 10:29-31
God bless,
In Christ,
Matthew Gallagher
Ziggy
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When I lived in Florida and the hurricane Irma wiped out the area I lived in, my mother-in-law was frantic and wanted me to drive her to
New Hampshire. But my travel wouldn't end there. I had to keep going up to Maine so I would have a place to live.
1500 miles. My mother-in-law, 10 cats and a dog in a Kia. Plus suitcases. Cat boxes and dog food bowls.
I can't drive at night, so it took us about 3 days to travel.
I really didn't want to leave. Just the thought of driving all those miles. I'd never driven "alone" that far. And mom, her eyesight was pretty well gone.
How was I going to fit them all in the car, feed them, water them, change the boxes, walk the dog, and keep mom comfortable for 3 days?
I REALLY didn't want to go. But there was nothing left where I was. I had no choice.
It takes a lot of courage to make big changes. And I prayed a lot. I put all my faith and hope in God that he would get us safetly where we needed to go. A couple times I even thought about turning back. This was crazy, I can't do this.
But I get back in the car and kept moving forward.
We all made it safe and sound and in one piece. It wasn't easy. But it was necessary.
That was almost 6 years ago. I'm still in Maine. My MIL just passed away in January. I lost my dog to cancer. And 2 of my cats ran off in the woods and never came back.
If I were still in Florida, all my cats would probably be gone now, as ferals don't last long in Florida. Too many predators.
My cats are my kids. And I can understand the stress your feeling.
But sometimes you got to do what you got to do.
My thoughts and prayers are with you @FluffyYellowDuck
I know if you put your faith and trust in God, he will bring you and your children safetly through to your destination.
Much Love
Hugs
New Hampshire. But my travel wouldn't end there. I had to keep going up to Maine so I would have a place to live.
1500 miles. My mother-in-law, 10 cats and a dog in a Kia. Plus suitcases. Cat boxes and dog food bowls.
I can't drive at night, so it took us about 3 days to travel.
I really didn't want to leave. Just the thought of driving all those miles. I'd never driven "alone" that far. And mom, her eyesight was pretty well gone.
How was I going to fit them all in the car, feed them, water them, change the boxes, walk the dog, and keep mom comfortable for 3 days?
I REALLY didn't want to go. But there was nothing left where I was. I had no choice.
It takes a lot of courage to make big changes. And I prayed a lot. I put all my faith and hope in God that he would get us safetly where we needed to go. A couple times I even thought about turning back. This was crazy, I can't do this.
But I get back in the car and kept moving forward.
We all made it safe and sound and in one piece. It wasn't easy. But it was necessary.
That was almost 6 years ago. I'm still in Maine. My MIL just passed away in January. I lost my dog to cancer. And 2 of my cats ran off in the woods and never came back.
If I were still in Florida, all my cats would probably be gone now, as ferals don't last long in Florida. Too many predators.
My cats are my kids. And I can understand the stress your feeling.
But sometimes you got to do what you got to do.
My thoughts and prayers are with you @FluffyYellowDuck
I know if you put your faith and trust in God, he will bring you and your children safetly through to your destination.
Much Love
Hugs
Thanks Ziggy!When I lived in Florida and the hurricane Irma wiped out the area I lived in, my mother-in-law was frantic and wanted me to drive her to
New Hampshire. But my travel wouldn't end there. I had to keep going up to Maine so I would have a place to live.
1500 miles. My mother-in-law, 10 cats and a dog in a Kia. Plus suitcases. Cat boxes and dog food bowls.
I can't drive at night, so it took us about 3 days to travel.
I really didn't want to leave. Just the thought of driving all those miles. I'd never driven "alone" that far. And mom, her eyesight was pretty well gone.
How was I going to fit them all in the car, feed them, water them, change the boxes, walk the dog, and keep mom comfortable for 3 days?
I REALLY didn't want to go. But there was nothing left where I was. I had no choice.
It takes a lot of courage to make big changes. And I prayed a lot. I put all my faith and hope in God that he would get us safetly where we needed to go. A couple times I even thought about turning back. This was crazy, I can't do this.
But I get back in the car and kept moving forward.
We all made it safe and sound and in one piece. It wasn't easy. But it was necessary.
That was almost 6 years ago. I'm still in Maine. My MIL just passed away in January. I lost my dog to cancer. And 2 of my cats ran off in the woods and never came back.
If I were still in Florida, all my cats would probably be gone now, as ferals don't last long in Florida. Too many predators.
My cats are my kids. And I can understand the stress your feeling.
But sometimes you got to do what you got to do.
My thoughts and prayers are with you @FluffyYellowDuck
I know if you put your faith and trust in God, he will bring you and your children safetly through to your destination.
Much Love
Hugs
Wow, ten cats!
I have six. I can't take them with me because they won't let me for that long of a trip. I have to go half way across the country.
I am looking into shelters because... I don't have a choice??? Really short on time. I'm very heartbroken but trying to push through.
Thanks all for the encouragement. I'll probably be pretty busy this week but I'll check in after and let you all know when I make it. :)
Mwah!
Lambano
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Ziggy
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My MIL refused to stay in a motel, so we slept in the car..
It's not that we didn't have the money, even for 1 night, she just was a stubborn woman.
So we slept in rest areas along the way, ate McDonald's drive thru, because she wouldn't go in a restaurant.
It was a LONG trip.
She had macular degeneration in one eye and glucoma in the other. And when she had her cataracts removed they left scar tissue.
The scar tissue impeded her vision.
We stopped one afternoon at a rest area. I know she was extremely overtired and she kept asking me if I saw the person on the bike in front of where we were parked. I told her no one was there, it was just a tree. And she got frustrated and said, fine, whatever...
I was really worried. The cats were crying, the dog was barking, and mom was losing her mind.
So I told her I would go out and take a look around. I went behind the building and sat on a bench and just prayed to the Lord for strength.
And on the road again we went.
My husband was an over the road truck driver. We had a 48' flatbed and a Freightliner truck.
I went over the road with him for 10 years, coast to coast and border to border. I been through all 48 states.
We pulled a lot of military loads, mostly steel and vehicles. Sometimes the delivery and pickups were so time sensitive, we barely had time to eat or get a good night sleep. Back then the rules weren't quite as tough on the logbooks. You had to keep track of every mile and every minute.
But you could work around it. Today they have electronic logs and they track you.
Anywhooo..
Those 10 years on the road was nothing compared to those 3 days in the car.
You'll make it
Hugs
I know this is off but I just gave away one of my cats to a good home. I am in a position where I feel like I don't really have a choice then all of a sudden I felt like I don't want to do this and I'd be like sleeping on my mom's friends floor until I get things together and its all hitting me super quick and I'm freaking out
And I'm getting all of these resources sent to me for stuff to apply for and I'm way overwhelmed and I don't honestly feel like any of it is right
And I'm getting all of these resources sent to me for stuff to apply for and I'm way overwhelmed and I don't honestly feel like any of it is right
Lambano
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It’s going to be okay.
Take a few deep breaths. God is still holding your hand.
I’m saying a prayer for you now.
Father, be with your beloved daughter Fluffy now. Calm the chaotic thoughts. Reassure her that you still have her hand. Please guide her and strengthen her and comfort her. In Jesus’s strong name we pray. Amen.
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Ziggy
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It's ok.
There is going to come a point in my life when I will need to find homes for 8 cats, move into my daughters basement, and have all my documents and paperwork moved around until I find a place to stay.
I'm living on borrowed time. My dad's.
He has told me when he dies, and he is 87, that I will have to find another place to live.
Right now, I'm taking one day at a time. I'm an Aries, and that's what Aries do. Procrastinate!
Now when that day comes, and I know it will,
I'm going to need you to help me stay the course and not freak out.
So take a deep breath, and see yourself already there.
The only thing between now and then is time.
And time moves fast or slow depending on how much you think about it.
Fill up the time with good thoughts. Sing to yourself. Encourage yourself.
You know you come this far... don't stop now.
Because there will come a time when you will have to begin again at the beginning.
And the next time will be harder because you will think to yourself, I didn't make it last time.
Stay positive. Just push through it. Time will fly and you will then look back and say,
It wasn't that hard after all.
And I'm going to try and take my own advice when that day comes, and I'll probably need you to remind me.
Go hang out with the kids, watch a movie, read a book.
Take a break.
It's going to be ok.
Much Love
Hugs
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