Another Warm Body...

Today has been pretty interesting. By the end of it, my whole path for the next month has changed. I got up and buzzed through work once again. It's amazing how productive I've been during the day. It's when I get home that I find I have the issue. I skipped off to church and spent my hour with the kids working on Mother's Day gifts. On my way home, my phone rang. My mother called to ask me if I could mentor a young woman for 30 days. Since I believe it's important to keep her identity and specifics confidential, I'll share some of what this would include. This young lady is a teenage mother and is currently trying to get her life together with her new baby. Her entire life, she's lived with her mother and hasn't really felt she can spread her wings. She's incredibly sweet and, I believe, very responsible considering this huge life change she just embarked upon. She would live with me for 30 days. During that time, I would act as her "life coach" and help her to set practical goals for living on her own. When I was first asked this, I felt a bit overwhelmed and hesitant. However, the more I thought about it, the more I saw it as an opportunity to minister.

I immediately called Steve to get his thoughts on the situation. Knowing that we're well into a relationship now, I feel it's a must to always confide in each other about life changes of the sort. His reaction to the whole situation was one of the same hesitant thought. I can't say I blame him. For the next month, we would have to find other places to spend time together which means a lot more trips to his house. I don't mind the 35 minute drive it takes to get there but I still wanted to know that he would be okay with such a situation. After talking it through and deciding on some of the stipulations, he supported this new endeavor.

So I'm sitting here now deciding on a plan of action. I couldn't allow this girl to leave my home after 30 days with no life changes or lessons learned. I'm thinking of stressing finances, career, health, and family all centered around biblical principles. Besides helping someone else, I think this will be a huge journey for myself. Hopefully something I've encountered in my life will be of some help to her and that she can walk away feeling more responsible, independent, and self-sufficient. There is more brain storming to be done. However, for now, I feel that this will be a positive experience both for myself and for a mother and her new son.