Hello everyone. This is a hard one for me to write. I considered not writing but it's been a few weeks and it's not fair to only write about the good stuff all the time. This post is titled in the valley because that's where I am right now. I'm feeling a little down. Good news first always. The latest update on the immigration process for my husband is that all of our documents have been reviewed and approved by the NVC (National Visa Center) so now we wait to be assigned an interview date. The bad news is that getting a date can take months. It's a very confusing process but there are various types of visas and when you apply you are given a priority date and there are expected timelines associated to those visa types and priority dates. Even though all of our paperwork is in order and approved we must wait until our priority processing date window in order to proceed. So with that said my hopes of my husband being in the United States for the holidays this year have been crushed. My lawyer said it shouldn't take more than six months which seems like a long time to wait for an appointment but I know that he really doesn't know and he's not in control of it. I'm praying that's worse case scenario. So that's where we are with that. I'm going to be heading home for the holidays alone this year. Last year I chose to spend Christmas here in the Dominican Republic with my husband but this year I will be stateside to celebrate with my family and my newest grand baby. I can't miss his first Christmas. While I'm here I will continue to enjoy the wonderful weather and time with my hubby of course. A couple of pics from our most recent beach trip to share with you.
The next blow recently is that since June I've been anticipating starting a new job sometime between October and January. I just recently found out that the contract didn't go through so I don't have a job waiting for me when I get home. This is a setback but I'm choosing to believe that since it didn't happen that wasn't the job for me. Since I took the early retirement in April of 2017 I've been on this journey of discovering my purpose. I was excited about the job because it was familiar. It matched perfectly with my skill set from my previous jobs. Maybe that's why things didn't work out. I don't believe that I left my corporate job to return to another one. I believe there's something else way outside of my box that I'm supposed to be doing with my life. The challenge now is to figure out what that is before my savings runs out LOL. So my friends I am currently in the valley but I've been here before and I usually don't stay here long.
Good news is that my latest book Passport Wife is currently at the printer and I will have books available within the next few weeks. It will be available for download also within the next week.
Contact me via email AuthorTerriD@gmail.com to request your paperback copy. I am also working on some other writing projects with other authors so stay tuned for more from Tdub Publishing in the future.
Also I'm continuing my work with my non profit A Blessing For You and blessing as many expectant mothers in need as possible. We have over two dozen basket request to fill before the end of this year and we could really use your support in order to do so. Please consider being a blessing to someone else and making a donation. No donation is too small.
https://www.gofundme.com/manage/blessing-baskets-for-new-moms#
Last but not least friends prayer is powerful and if you're a praying person please add me and my husband into your prayers. This has been a very long tiresome journey. I think we both could use a break. I thank you in advance for your kind thoughts and prayers.
