Right On Time

This morning as I was driving to work I was thinking about how big this job is. I was overwhelmed with the tasks. I was thinking about how I enjoy the teaching and working to help people, but how I’m just not making enough employer contacts. I was starting to think that maybe I need to think about going somewhere else.

In the middle of my thinking, my phone rang. It was a guy that we had worked with in our program. He had been difficult to place. He worked for us, but that didn’t pan out and he was able to connect at a local factory based on the recommendation of a current employee there. When he said who was calling my heart sort of dropped—I was afraid that he had lost the job. That in fact was not the case. He was calling to let me know that he had referred someone to the program who felt would be a good candidate. He went on to talk about how beneficial he thought the program was, how fortunate this community was to have us, and how highly they think of us at the county jail. Then he personalized it and told me how much he appreciated what I had done for him.

I thanked him and hung up the call. Next thing I knew I was just bawling like a baby, but I was also laughing at the same time. I so desperately needed to hear that. Now was that a coincidence? I don’t think so. More like a God wink.

Later…

I finished class and headed straight to Curves to relieve Beth so that she could spend the evening with Asher. It was quite special when she brought him to show him off to the group working out. They hear about him all the time and he came in and showed off like quite the champ. He went right to one woman and let her hold him. When he walked in the club he immediately said Mema! It’s just as special at work as it is at home.

Well, I’m exhausted so I’m going to close and go lay my weary head to rest. Sweet Dreams.