Returning Very Soon

I think it's been about a month since I've sewn or crafted anything. Today, I actually purchased a sheet of craft paper, buttons and some note cards in hopes of boosting my creative mojo. I've not had the desire to create anything AT ALL. I'm so behind on my creative goals, I had intentions of sewing 2 dresses, being finished with my Thanksgiving invites and partically finished with my Christmas cards and I have a special mini scrapbook I have to get in the mail really soon.

These past few weeks, I've experienced the most joyous, happy, tearful, sad and hard learned lessons ever. Through it all, I'm still thankful and still give God the glory and praise.

On June 6th (Don's birthday), our young Navy man returned home on military leave. We all were so excited to have him home. We fooled Aaron and my parents with the day he was coming home. When we picked him up from the airport we went directly to my parents house and Karohn rang the door bell...need I say they were wondering who was dropping by their home after 10pm, but they were pleasantly surprised.

This picture tells the story. See the look in Aaron's eye's, he was soooo happy to see Karohn. It made all of our day to see his reaction. They hugged for what seemed like 30 minutes.

Karohn is such a hard and dedicated worker, he started working at the recruiting office the day after his return, which was smart. He worked 5 days of his 17 days here, that way he gained back 5 vacation days all by working only a couple hours each day. We all got to spend quality time with him in between him hanging out with his friends and visiting others. And Aaron was just in "spoiled by my brother" heaven:) The two of them hung out daily like two teens and Aaron has been blessed with many gifts from his brother. Although the days seem to speed by that first week...it slowed up to a screeching halt Sunday the 11th. I woke up that morning to begin my Sunday as usual when I received a call that a friend of mine had taken his own life..shock and disbelief filled my mind. I just couldn't believe it, but a part of me stopped, like I was trying to resuscitate my own heart. I decided to hold on to my faith in God and believe that he was not dead, that it all was a huge lie...a ugly rumor at best because this is not something he would do..NOT him.

That was about 7:50 am. By 8:30/9am (yes I stopped preparing for Church) everyone was calling me back to back, asking questions and unbelievably already spreading horrible rumors..then I received a confirmation call from one of my team leaders...I literally lost it! There was NO WAY he'd ever do this to himself. He had just been to see me on Thursday...he seemed fine..not his normal way but fine so how could this be true.

Yet again...another bit of me die

I prayed for his soul. You see I don't think it's ever too late to pray for a person, and I know God is a forgiving God. As the Lord knew the day he would enter this world, he also knew the day and the way he would exit. This was hard pill to swallow, but he will forever live in our hearts.

Earth has no sorrows that Heaven can not heal.

Well, Karohn departed Birmingham headed for Guam Thursday morning and arrived safetly Friday @ 1:30 am cst which was Saturday about 4:30 pm UTC.

When I spoke with him, he couldn't even speak on the beauty of Guam, he had to just sum it all up as "Momma it's AWESOME". I'm so happy that he's gaining the experience of traveling/residing in a country far beyond where we would have ever thought to travel (being that a round trip flight estimates $2,300 per person).

I can't wait to start receiving pictures of his adventures while he's stationed there. Which reminds me I need to keep an eye out for sales on scrapbooks and photo albums, so I can preserve his memories during his Naval career.

We're all going to miss Karohn while he's on duty in Guam, it's going to be odd not being able to see him for 4 years. But who knows, mil leave may be in his future before his next duty station. I pray for him a blessed and safe journey. And I'm so happy that he continues to attend church services when he's not home and I pray that he can continue to do the same in Guam. Me and Karohn both were very happy to learn that the church we attend mail free CD's of each Sunday service to military troops. So even if he can not attend church or is not able to watch online, he will have CD's to keep his spirit fed.

So, the next time you see me here again I promise to have a creative update. In the meantime, live every minute, hour and day as the blessing that it is. Be thankful for all and leave your worries behind..better yet no worries, give it all to God.

Be Blessed