HEATHER'S TRANSITION STORY
AT THE PRIME AGE OF 27,(2001) GOD BLESSED ME THE FUNDS TO PURCHASE A HOUSE IN GREAT AREA,WHERE I WAS STARTING A NEW FRESH SINGLE LIFE.
I HAD A NEW SET OF QUALITY GODLY FRIENDS, A NEW CHURCH, A NEW DOG, TO MAKE ME FEEL SAFE, AND ADD TO MY LITTLE FAMILY. I WAS IN THE PRIME OF MY NANNY BUSSINESS, DOING VERY WELL, WORKING 55-60 OURS A WEEK, BOWLING 4 DAYS A WEEK, SERVING TIME AT THE CHURCH, ENJOYING MY NEW FRESH LIFE. LEAVING BEHIND A BOYFRIEND THAT BELITTLED ME, EMTIONALLY SANDED ME DOWN FOR THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS.
OF COURSE THERE IS A WHOLE BUNCH MORE OF THINGS I HAD ALREADY GONE THRU PREVIOUS TO THE ABOVE, BUT I WANTED TO TO START IN THE MIDDLE, OF MY TRANSITIONS...
IN 2006, I WAS IN A VERY BAD CAR ACCIDENT, THE FAMILY I WAS A NANNY FOR FIRED ME THE NEXT DAY, AND MY LIFE JUST FELL APART FROM THERE.
SKIPPING AHEAD, I HAD INVESTED ALLOT OF MONEY INTO MY HOME, TO CHANGE IT INTO A HOME DAY CARE.
AFTER 5 FULL YEARS OF STRUGGLING, IT JUST WASNT A SUCEES, AND MY BODY JUST COULD NOT KEEP UP WITH THE WORK THAT NEEDED TO BE KEPT UP.
I TRIED TO FIND COMPANIES I COULD WORK FOR WITH MY LIMITED PHYSCAIL ISSUES, AND I HAD BEEN SO OUT OF THE OFFICE AND COMPUTER SKILLS WORLD FOR SO LONG, IT JUST WAS SO HARD TO FIND ANY WORK.
STRUGGLING ALONG, TRYING TO KEEP THE BILLS PAID, HOUSE RESPONSIBLITIES INSIDE AND OUT JUST KEPT GETTING WORSE.
THEN IN 2008, I WAS IN ANOTHER VERY BAD CAR ACCIDENT. I WAS PULLE DOUT OF THE VEHICLE BY FOUR MEN, OUT IN A AMBULANCE AND TAKEN TO THE ER. I COULDNT MOVE MOST OF MY BODY PARTS, I WAS IN SHOCKED, I KEPT RELVING THE IMPACT, I WAS A MESS. TO PUT IT SIMPLE, MY LIFE HAD JUST TAKEN ANOTHER HUGE TRANSITION.
THE THING I HAD LEFT WAS MY HOUSE. I DINT EVEN WANT ANOTHER VEHICLE. IN FACT I WENT SEVERAL MONTHS WITHOUT ONE.
I DONT REALLY RECALL HOW I STARTED OUT RENTING BEDROOMS, MY MEMORY OF TIME HAS BEEN A HUFE SIDE EFFECT OF THE HEAD TRAMA I WENT THRU.
BUT I SOON REALIZED HOW GOD WANTED ME TO OPEN MY HOME TO WOMEN WHO HAD BEEN THRU LIFE TRANSITIONS.
BEING A PERSON WHO HAS GONE TRHU SO MANY THINGS, I FELT I COULD MENTOR OR HELP PROVIDE A SAFE PLACE FOR WOMEN TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A QUITE, DRAMA FREE AS POSSIBLE PLACE TO REST AND RESTORE.
I HAVE BEEN THRU ABUSIVE OF MANY KINDS, DIVORCE AT A YOUNG AGE, BETRAYL OF A LOVED ONES, ABANNEDONE, ANXIETY, DEPRESSON, BODY AND MIND ISSUES. SO MANY THINGS PEOPLE GO THRU, WITH LIFE THROWING WHAT IT DOES AT US.
BECAUSE OF MY FAITH IN GOD AND MY SERVING IN THE CHURCH, THE LORD BEGAN TO HEAL ME FROM THE INSIDE OUT. ITS SO AMAMZING HOW HE HAS CHANGED ME, THAT ITS SO HARD TO JUST TYPE A FEW EXAMPLES...
BUT I KNOW THAT HE HAS PREPARED ME FOR SO MANY THINGS, EVERY DAY I LEARN SOMETHING.
GETTING THE HELP I NEED BOTH PHYSCAILLY AND SPIRTUALLY.
ITS NOT EASY, ITS HARD. IT IS ALSO SLOW. TIME DOES HEAL OLD WOUNDS, AS THEY SAY, BUT TIME ALSO GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN HOW TO TRANSITION INTO THE NEW PATH OUR LIFE IS TAKING.
IN THE PRESENT YEAR OF 2011, I AM STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. THEN MY OLDEST LITTLE DOG IS DYING, HE SUCH A MIRCLE AND WE LOVED SO MUCH. i HAD TO GIVE AWAY ONE OF MY DOGS IN 2010, TO A LOVING FAMILY, SHE JUST WASNT DOING WELL WITH MY ATTENTION GOING TOWARDS LANCE, AND MY HEALTH CHANGES SHE WAS A BLACK LAB AND THEY CAN SENCE WHEN YOUR IN PAIN.
I HAD THREE WONDERFUL, TRAINED LOVING DOGS. WHO CARE FOR ME, AND THEY DOUT ON LANCE EVERYDAY.
LITTLEBEAR WAS MY SECOND DOG, I GOT IN HOME IN 2001. HE IS A BALC LAB WITH SOME SHEPPARD IN HIM. HE WAS VIOLENTLY HURT BY THE EX BOYFRIENDS SON, WHO PUSHED HIM DOWN A FLIGHT OF STEPS AND LITTLEBEARS FRONT LEGS WERE BROKEN AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 8 WEEKS OLD.
BUCKEYE IS MY BABY AND HE IS THE BIGGEST DOG. HE IS A CHOCOLATE LAB AND SO VERY PASSIVE AND SWEET, SHY TO NEW PEOPLE BUT PORTECTS THE YARD, ME, AND HIS BROTHERS WITH THE STREGTH OF A LION. HIS MIDDLE NAME IS SIMBA, BECAUSE HE LOOKS FROM LIKE SIMBA
