Mother's Day is a special day for all mothers. I pray yours was blessed!
I hope that everyone had a blessed Mother's Day Weekend. As for me I had a pretty good weekend. I didn't have to babysit on Friday, but I do have to say that Friday was probably one of the most stressful days that I've had since I've been home from rehab. It was bad enough that I even dreamed that I got drunk. LOL. Thank goodness for dreams! I woke up so happy that I was still sober and Friday was finally over, and I can begin my Saturday.
On Saturday I got to go to Gardner, Kansas. There is a horse ranch there. When I was in inpatient rehab for alcohol, the ladies from this ranch would bring their horses every week to visit the patients where I stayed. We would get to work with the horses and learn new activities with them for therapy. I absolutely fell in love with the horses and the women who minister from the ranch. It ended up being an amazing day on the ranch. I got to see all the ladies and hug them. I even got to give them all a copy of my new book! Then one by one, they took me around to visit all the horses again. I got to pet them and talk to them, and I know they remembered me. It was just an amazing feeling all over again.
Thank you so much Melissa and Jayne for spending time with me. 💜 If you ever get the chance to go and visit these ladies and their amazing horses. Here are their links!
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Sunday was another great day. I spent the day off by going to morning church service. It was really great as usual. And after church I got to spend the rest of the day with my sister and my brother in-law. We all went out to eat together. Then we spent some time walking around on the lonely mall with no stores. THEN, we went to see the new Marvel movie, THUNDERBOLTS. It was really good. Me and my sister laughed so much. It was so healing to spend time with my sister and just laugh away. My sister "hands down" makes me laugh more than anyone I've ever known in my life. I love her so much and any time we spend together is such a blessing. I want to make an appointment with the horse ranch and go with my sister. I think she would love it so much. She also loves horses. And growing up with violent abuse from the same father, the therapy would be wonderful for her.
So, that was my Mother's Day weekend. It was just fabulous! Both of my adult kids told me Happy Mother's Day, and my husband even told me lol. I'm always telling my husband he doesn't have to tell me because I'm not his mother. But he does anyway to be nice :)
Now, if you thought you were going to get off that easy without me voicing my opinion on something, then you were wrongooo. hahaha.
There is something I'd like to mention. In one of my previous blogs, I talked about my church and how much I love it and my church family as well. I mentioned how my pastor is pretty great, and I mean it, or I wouldn't say it. When the pastor is preaching his teaching for the day, and he's stepping on toes talking about sin and how we better get right, DON'T be sitting there in the crowd looking around wondering who he's talking about LOL. Hello!?! Pay attention. Because if you're wandering who he's talking to then it just might be you. I did have a person come up to me after the service and say to me, "I really think the teaching was for you today to hear. Not bad wise, just because, well you know...." Well, I really don't know. But I DO listen, and I take notes and write down every scripture we go over because in the week, I go over all of those notes and I study.
I DO want to say that I love this person with all my heart, and I know they didn't mean anything bad by saying that to me. And I'm not upset with this person or mad at all. It was a little embarrassing because other people were standing around after the service listening lol. Come on friends, we need to worry about our own selves and pray for others. We answer for our sins, not someone else's. And if you're wondering who the pastor's message is for, then you're not looking into your own heart during the service.
So, until tomorrow night after I get home from church, I love you all and I pray you all had a wonderful Mother's Day Weekend!
xoxoxo, Michelle Neal