A miracle

I talked to my stepdaughter today. A lot. She messaged me on Facebook, where I seem to spend a lot of my time. I was just about falling out of my chair when I saw it. It was odd, because I had just spent the last day or so crushed because of conversations I had with my wife and her, well, "friend" the previous day.

Let's just say I was pretty mad and upset by that conversation. I tried to keep it in perspective, but it was hard to do. I called my friend Gordon and vented, like I do a lot. Gordon and his wife are such good listeners.

Anyway, I was feeling pretty bummed about the whole freaking exchange, and it only made me feel worse throughout the day. I even went outside and thought about just packing my stuff up and moving.

Then, I sat quietly on the bench outside of work and prayed to Heavenly Father to let something good happen to me.

He answered my prayer within minutes! Never has something like that ever happened to me! I came in, and there was a message from Destiny. I couldn't believe my eyes. Destiny and I talked a bunch of times on Wednesday and I learned a lot about her. She loves sports, has a bit of a questionable :) taste in music, and, like almost all teens, s0me issues with relationships. I had to save the conversation from the jaws of defeat once, because she got pretty dark. But I talked about things she liked, what she was doing. I learned more about her in the past eight hours than I ever did, probably, when she was living with us. That's probably my biggest mistake -- that I didn't get to know or love Destiny when I had the chance.

Well, I have the chance now, for as long as it lasts. I do love that person, and I want her to be happy, no matter where she is.

I have to stop and thank my Heavenly Father for a day like today -- the greatest day of my life, or at least in the past seven months, since I saw my children. I can only hope, and pray, that this continues.

I wish you the best, Destiny. Thank you for making the effort to come back into my life. I will always appreciate that.