Looking beyond ourselves!

Wednesday we checked out of that awful motel we were staying at! The last night there was particularly awful! Not 1 but 3 prostitutes and some pretty scary yelling and fighting! We all agreed sleeping in the truck would be better than 1 more night there!! Shawn's Aunt and Uncle are letting us stay with them for a couple of days. However, they are leaving for Texas on Saturday so we will be on the grace of God again! It has been nice the past couple of nights to sleep on nice beds and in a safe place! And to be somewhere warm! Montgomery is having an unusual cold snap, we must have brought it with us! We have had so many wonderful people praying for us and I have been praying without ceasing! Lord we need a miracle! We have spent the days we have been here looking at rentals and I have been filling out job applications! We also looked at an extended stay Inn that would be a suitable short term option. It is in a MUCH safer neighborhood and the units are nice and have kitchenettes! The trouble is coming up with the $262 needed to move in! I am beginning to become quite worried that we have not gotten Kelly into  school yet! And even more worried because Shawn is really beating himself up over the situation!! He has stated that if he had not had his last breakdown and "dragged" us down here we would not be in this position. He looks so down! I keep reminding him no one plans on becoming sick, but until things get better he will never believe me! We do find things very different here, some appalling and some quite funny! The "prostitute palace" we stayed at appalling! The rental we looked at and the landlord blatantly discussed our "white person" discount! (we could have saved $345 a month on rent for being white,OMG!!!!) very appalling!! The funny, our ingenious and healthy picnics in the truck! Finding out our youngest cat has a very serious thing for peppermint gum! (she will empty out my entire purse digging for it And you should see her chew it!) And Kate Lynn can not play Rummy to save her sole! So tonight we sleep another night in warm, safe beds. Tomorrow we start out like we do everyday... job applications, house hunting, job applications, house hunting....! I still feel in my heart that this move was the right choice. With any decision this big there Will be difficulties! Someday we WILL look back on this and tell our stories about this move! The only other sadness we are all struggling to cope with is is that it is the Christmas season! We have spent days at the mall, so I can look for work. It is very disheartening to know the situation we are in and seeing all the signs of the holiday! At this point Christmas may not be a luxury we will have! We will have it in our hearts and that may be all! Trying to keep the girl's spirits high and discussing the reality that there may be no Christmas for us this year has been pretty lousy!! But keeping in the spirit of the holiday we try to remember that there are others in similar situations. Maybe some even worse! Funny story really quick-When entering a gas station to get directions on Tuesday night a very kind man held the door for me on his way out. Shawn had stayed outside to smoke and ended up chatting with the man. When I came out Shawn asked if I could give the man a dollar for coffee. I agreed, with reluctance. Later when I asked Shawn what was he thinking he replied sincerely " he was homeless and broke"! Even now sometimes we have to look beyond ourselves! In that spirit I hope all of my family and friends are all quite well!