Day 592 - Friday the 13th!

Lillie and Brad came back Wednesday night from PA. All and all things went well for both them and me. They did run into a lot of snow up North but fared well and and made it back home safely. Me and Maggie also did well. The dog was really good for me. Although on Thursday night I let her out in the back yard and she started to chase something out there. Not sure what it was, but I saw Maggie scale half way up an 8 foot fence. It kind of scared me because she would not listen to me and would not come back into the house. Eventually whatever she was chasing left and she calmed down and came into the house. Brad's daughter Shelly will be arriving next week with her 4-year old son for Christmas. Shelly has a long sad story. She is a single mother of a 4-year old. Had a baby in July/August which she gave up for adoption. She is in worse shape than I ever was. She needs a lot of help, but also needs to help herself. She has been enabled her whole life. I can not take her inventory. She needs a lot of help and a lot of work that we (Brad, Lillie and myself) are unable to give to her. Long story short: I do not want her to come. That I am sorry to say is the jist of it. Am I being selfish? Yes, I am. I am not in much better shape myself. Well in God's good time, we will see what happens. I have no control over that, so I must seek serenity in God's hands. Whatever will be, will be, que sera, sera.