Life...

Mike has been working at The University of Evansville for about 6 months now. He works on the grounds crew. He worked at a local tire company mounting tires for about a year and then decided that was enought of standing in one spot doing the same thing day in and day out, So he saw that UE was hirering for the grounds crew and applied and got hired on the spot. Before he worked at the tire place he worked at UE for a year. SO, it really was not hard for him to get on and he new most of the people he would be working with. Before he worked at UE he Owned and ran One of the Shell gas stations in town. It was a family owned business that he was buying with his brother from his dad. His dad was to help him run and take over the station and then retire when he felt that he had tough his boys all that he know. BUT, as u know things don't always work out the way we plan....His dad found out in Sept. I think it was of 2000 that he had cancer and would be dieing soon! Needless to say this was very hard on all the the family since I had just come into the family at this time I really didn't know Don Sr that well but what I did know of him was that he was a very kind and loving man. They thought that the could give him medican and he might get better but he didn't he passed away a little over a month later. This was VERY hard on MIKE and his mom. Of course she did not want to lose her husband. Now Mike was faced with running the business basically on his own his brother had another business to run that Don Sr had started for him. Mike is always trying to please and wanted to make everyone happy so he would try to do what his mom said what his brother said and what I said! ~~ This took a big tole on him and he had a nervous break down from all the pressure. I tried to support him and help him though this but, we ended up separating he moved home and I was left alone while he "figured things out". after 3 months we decided to give it another try and work on are relationship. It was not easy by any means we had both been hurt by what was said...But we sold the house we were in and STARTED OVER... And we have been happy ever since...yes, we have had a few bumps in the relationship but he has not moved out. Which is good for us.
That is why he has gone through so many job...He just can't figure out what it is he wants to do....He likes his job now at UE but, it is not the best paying job there is...I just pray that he can figure out what it is that the LORD put him on earth to do...
God Bless
~N~