It's My Life - Melody Carlson [63]
We hugged her and told her good-bye, and then I dropped Beanie at Steph's and headed straight home where I'd promised to help my mom before the party. And now that it's time to go to bed, something has occurred to me about all this. It might be totally ridiculous, but who knows?
DEAR GOD, I'M FEELING A LITTLE CONCERNED (AND HOPEFULLY NOT CODEPENDENT) ABOUT BEANIE AND JENNY TONIGHT. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF BOTH OF THEM. GIVE THEM A GOOD, SAFE PLACE TO LIVE WHERE THEY CAN FOLLOW YOU AND TRUST YOU FOR ALL THEIR NEEDS. AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING TONY AND STEPH TOGETHER. I'M SO GLAD FOR THEM AND HAPPY THAT LITTLE OLIVER IS GETTING A REALLY GREAT DAD. THANK YOU SO MUCH! AMEN.
Thursday, October 25 (Grandma comes through)
Well, I've been working all week (or maybe it's God who was doing the working) on that idea I got on Sunday. Anyway, when we had our little engagement party, my grandma was feeling bad because she's already made her usual plans to go to Arizona and flies out on the first week of November to stay until March, and now she's all worried that she'll miss the wedding as a result.
But anyway, she was also boo-hooing that the lady who usually house-sits for her (keeping her plants and her ancient and beloved cat, Marigold, alive) just bailed on her saying she can't do it this year. So anyway, I've been talking to Grandma this week about the possibility of Beanie house-sitting for her (thinking that perhaps Jenny could join her too, if need be). And Grandma happens to really like Beanie (she always has), and she's noticed how Beanie's just wonder with Oliver (not to mention saving his life!), and she also thinks she was a real godsend to Steph. So anyway, she said she'd give this idea some serious consideration, and that she'd talk to Steph and see what she thought about the whole thing. And tonight, Grandma called me up and said she thinks it's a great idea, and she was, like, so glad I thought of it!
Afterwards I tried to call Steph's to talk to Beanie, but the line was busy (probably the lovebirds saying good night). But I'm thinking Steph might've already told Beanie anyway. And now I'm just so happy and relieved that she has a place to live, besides with Lynn.
Of course, I don't know that this will make any difference for Jenny (who goes home with her parents on Saturday), and I didn't even mention this other situation to Grandma yet, although I bet she'd be open to the idea. She's a pretty kind and understanding person. In fact, I'm wondering why I haven't been more involved with her lately. Because for an older lady, I think she's pretty cool!
TWENTY
Friday, October 26 (hard work)
Tonight our youth group spent the whole evening (until after midnight) working on stuff for the Harvest Party that our church plans to give next week. It's like an alternative to Halloween for the kids, so they can come and do carnival games and stuff. We'll be working on it all weekend, but it's really pretty fun. And it's great having the whole youth group working together on something again. But now I'm so exhausted I don't think I can write another word.
Saturday, October 27 (atheist meets youth group)
Today, Trent called me up and asked if I had time to get together and talk with him tonight. And I told him I was working on the Harvest Party preparations, but if he wanted to come along and help, I'd be happy to talk with him. And since he sounded sort of down or depressed, I hated to just say no, forget it. But to my complete surprise, he agreed, and he turned out to be quite helpful in getting the Go Fish booth set up, then afterwards a bunch of us sat around and drank Dr. Pepper and talked until pretty late. Trent asked a lot of good (and hard) questions about God, and everyone was really honest and helpful. Trent seemed relieved that we didn't try to have an answer for every question or to explain everything to him. I mean, like who really knows how many animals were on Noah's ark or if the sand