================================================ Subject: Re: [ Creed Discuss ] News From Michigan (And General) From: Jen Hessenthaler To: Creed Discuss Temporary Replacement Date: Fri 14 May 2004 01:15:35 -0500 ================================================ Hello, hello! Wow, it's been ages since I've been in touch with ANYONE. Life has been crazy busy. For starters, I've been very busy with work. I have 2 permanent contracts that keep me working more than I'd like to be, and the opportunity to sign on 2 more doctors within the next 6 months. I've also been offered the position of office manager for the doctor I've been working for the longest, and if I decide to take it that will still be later this year because the existing office manager hasn't decided when she's leaving. My kids have been very busy this year also. They attend a private school, and as I'm sure many of you know, private schools like to hold lots of "family" events in the evening and on weekends. Maybe public schools do that more than I know, so don't get mad if I'm making an incorrect assumption. The kids often sing for mid-week or Sunday morning services. It's a school owned by a Lutheran church, and the teachers and pastor are wonderful, loving people. I've never felt so welcome in a church or school environment. Nikki is taking a drama class at a different church for 2 hours every Tuesday evening. By fall she will be able to audition for the play they will be doing. She and Kevin have also been taking ice skating lessons. Kevin wants to play hockey, but he has a lot to learn about skating before he can do that. He is 4 now, and Nikki is 7. She's in 1'st grade, and reading at a 3'rd grade level! The girl is so smart, I can't keep her busy for long. Her mind is always running a million miles a minute. I'm still dating Rich (my cowboy, Lee!). We will have been dating for 2 years next month. We're very good together, and he's wonderful with my kids. He's a hard worker, very responsible, loving, honest...he meets all the criteria to be the man I spend the rest of my life with. We're discussing marriage, but there's no ring yet. We've both decided we want that, but haven't made it official. He's saving to buy us a bigger house, and wants to wait until he's a little closer to that goal before taking legal responsibility for my family. My parents and siblings love him, and he even gets along very well with my in-laws. His family is wonderful, and they're also very good to my kids. I feel like I've finally found what I've been searching for my whole life. I've also done a lot of healing, because I've realized so much about myself and my behavior during my marriage. I've also been able to forgive and move on from the things that hurt me before Rich came along. That's a goal I didn't expect to reach so soon. My health has not been good. I've been diagnosed with sciatica, scoliosis, and fibromyalgia. The latter causes daily pain and various other symptoms you'd rather not hear about. I have no health insurance, so I'm receiving treatment from the doctor I work for, but I really need to see a specialist. That will come in time though, so for now I'm just getting by day to day, and treating the symptoms as they occur. Well that's a pretty basic summary of my life since I wrote to you all last. For those of you I used to correspond with by IM, I have a new AOL screen name (JHessen1977) and Yahoo screen name (JenHessen77). I don't have my old lists because I sold my computer when I got a new one, but I'm trying to get in touch with the person who bought it. When I spoke to her last, she still had all of my information on the computer, so I'm hoping to get the screen names from that. So if you want to get in touch with me, please do so. I'd love to reconnect with my old friends. I'm going to try much harder to participate on the list, and maybe we can jump start this thing again. Love you all! Jen Hessenthaler ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Earles" To: "Creed Discuss Temporary Replacement" Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 11:17 PM Subject: Re: [ Creed Discuss ] News From Michigan (And General) > Good to hear from you, Scott.. wish the old crowd would chime in every once > in a while... > > This ought to create some discussion... or not. I'm about to talk about > myself a bit. Some may find it interesting...or not. Anyway... > > In my search for the perfect career I've had a small sack of gold dropped in > my lap. It seems that since I was part of a layoff last year that affected > more than 100 people, I'm qualified for the National Emergency Grant. In > English, that means that by means of an apology for screwing up my life, the > Gubmint has decided to give me $10,000 to learn a new skill. I need to > decide on a path - I've decided not to do the technology track only because > I don't believe that those jobs will ever have any kind of longevity in this > country again. Technical writing is a nice idea and I've made strides toward > learning that but those jobs are getting less and less as well. So now, I'm > looking into the medical field...the next question is what to study - Lab > Technician, X-Ray Tech, Radiology Tech... don't know, really. That's the > next step: talk to a career counselor so that the money I already earned > that I'm getting back is not ill-spent. With three major hospitals within 10 > miles of home it seems a logical choice. > > Another interesting thing... most of you know that I was once in the > ministry and walked away from it, angrily, after less than a year and stayed > angry about it for the better part of a decade. Well, I think a lot of that > had to do with the organization I was affiliated with - very two-dimensional > people, very arrogant, and all just a little loopy. Well, not only have I > been involved with a church for these past two years that has gone miles to > undo all that old damage and relieve me of all sorts of baggage, I believe > I've also found an organization where I'll be able to fit in like a > hand-in-glove. I don't intend to ever go into full-time ministry again but > being affiliated with an organization will make it easier for me to do more > than I am right now. In short, I will be applying for licensing shortly and > will eventually become ordained. I'm in no rush for that since I'm mot > planning on pastoring but there are loads of other things an ordained > minister can do besides pastor a church..I intend to try some of them out. > Anyone who's interested in what organization turned me around can check out > www.ccccusa.org at their leisure. > > Oh, I'm really really really looking forward to Alter Bridge. Stapp's out, > Marshall's back... talk about things that make ya go, "hrrrmmm...." > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "]\\[][G}{T§TÖ®]v[" > To: > Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 3:39 PM > Subject: [ Creed Discuss ] News From Michigan (And General) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@creedlisters.com > http://lists.creedlisters.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@creedlisters.com http://lists.creedlisters.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss