Stephenson Family Ties

I think he's so suitable that you'd
think we'd invented him.
from: Heart and Soul
by: Maeve Binchy

I asked sweet Anna to share with us her thoughts on her blessings and about her married life.... enjoy!!!


Hey mother:)

Sorry I sounded frazzled. I must have been...seems like I have been for the past 11 days.:) Work is soooo trying and involved and complicated. Those aren't even the right words but I don't know what the right words are so....but it's good. I like that Im using my brain. I told David that I can literally feel my brain making new neural pathways. It hurts.:) Guess it's just make up for the dead pathways that happened throughout the past 24 years of my life. Am I 24? We were talking again last night in bed and we both concluded that this job for me is way more than for just the money. That is a blessing for sure but it's something else....something more...I just don't know what it is yet. :) Think about it. Starting back before we were married./..two months ago we didn't even know if we were going to get married!!! And if we did, where we were going to live was going to have to be a miracle and guess what? It was!! We found our place online(b4 we knew we were getting married btw), called, she called us back, we told her that we would come see it, we did, we liked it and we signed the contracts right there on the counters! What?!? The Landlord even let us sign a 6 month contract because she was so desperate to get someone in. Done. Wow. We were married....YAY!!!! Now who lives next door? Some young couple whose names I couldn't remember...well one Wednesday night I was informed that there was a Relief Society thing and for some reason I decided to LEAVE my husband who I just married;) and go to a RS thing with people I didn't even know or whatever and my neighbor was there too and it just so happens that one of the only things that comes out of my mouth (I'm shy with new people I guess) is that I am not working but need to find a job. Alisha (my neighbor) perks up and says "my work is hiring!" OK and this situation is a WHOLE other miracle! The woman that previously filled the spot at work that I am in, still works for Harris Research Inc. but by some anomaly(sp?) she was able to go to part time upstairs. And I heard from my direct co-workers that that just doesn't happen. There are no part time jobs at HRI. But for some reason they made an exception, so her spot opened! Mind you, the rest of the girls in my department have been there for 5, 7, 11 or more years. This is not a transitional job! So anyway I applied,went through all the steps Alisha told me too, didn't think much of it at first, didn't understand really what it was.(still don't I guess) But my now boss called me not a day after I submitted my resume and asked me to come in for an interview. The interview went fine. It was over in no more than 7 mins. I thought I had bombed it, especially since I don't think I have ever had an 'official' interview,like ever! I didn't know how to act! So anyway, I called David a little upset and told him what I thought and that I was going to keep looking for a job. Hours later, De Ann, my boss called and said, "Anna, we would like to extend the job to you, are you interested?" Uh-Yaaaaa!! Duh!! I didn't say that of course. I acted all nonchalant. In a matter of seconds I had a job and I had no idea what I was in for and how blessed we would be because of it! God must have known our situation....what am I saying, of course He does! That's why He blesses us with this job! To my surprise it pays very well and has amazing benefits! And in my first week of work, I kept hearing and learning about more! My favorite was when I heard about our discount with Verizon! Just previously we had switched our phones onto the same account and walked out of the store kinda speechless because we were both wondering how we were going to pay that bill every month with everything else. So when I heard just a few days later that because I work at HRI we get 25% off our bill every month!! That's more than the actual Verizon employees get! What?!! What a blessing! I couldn't wait to call David to tell him. Again, we were speechless. :)
Anyway I know that this job and the things that lead up to it was totally God's hand in our lives. The blessings are just so evident and we really feel unworthy for them but we will not turn them away and just live worthy to be able to receive more when God feels like we need them! And I know that because of this job we'll see some more down the road! There is much more to learn, not just money to be earned!
Side note: The other week we were running out of food(kinda) particularly protein sources like meat and stuff that you can have as a main dish. One day when we were meeting with Rod, the owner of the mill that's making David's feed- (we needed to see and approve the feed they made) while we were leaving Rod told us to pull up to his garage he wanted to give us something. I knew what it was instantly and I thanked the Lord again, even though I felt we didn't deserve it! Rod raises cows for beef/show and he loaded us up with at least 8 lbs of fine meat!!! Saweeet!!
Okay..I have blabbered! Sorry mom!! Things are good though. I come home everyday just totally worn out and not knowing which way is up or down or east, west. It's a good thing that I have an INCREDIBLE husband! Seriously mom...he is so amazing. I have to be to work before him, so he wakes me up, while Imget ready he makes me breakfast, then makes me a usually gourmet lunch to take, cleans the kitchen, straightens the house before he goes to work at 9 then usually cooks dinner at night... well, we do it together. He takes care of me. Sometimes I feel like all I do is come home and whine about work and not do a thing. He comes home, doesnt say one negative word and does all the work! Wow I am lucky! I am always trying to find ways to help more during this awkward time where the roles are almost switched. It's all good though. We love each other. We talk all the time and laugh too.
Ah...okay Im done. Brian is amazing. He will be great and fine. I gotta run mom. Sorry this is so long. I love you. Talk to you soon!
Anna

ahhh....life is good when the kiddies are good!!!