A friend sent me an email a few days ago to let me know her mother had passed away. My friend and I had worked together for my last employer, but she had resigned first. She had been offered the opportunity to work at home for a state-wide advocacy program.
We have kept in touch and I had often gone to her house to help her with techincal issues in her network. Her mother ad I were on friendly terms (my friend and she lived together.) My friend's mother and I also shared a special bond of shared illness in that we both have diabetes. Her death was a shock to me, because she had been in good health when I last talked to her shortly after the new year.
When I called to let her know I would be coming to the funeral, my friend surprised me with an offer. While caring for her mother, she had gotten behind in her work for the advocacy program. She had contacted the parent organization, and they gave her permission and funding to hire a temporary assistant to get back on track. She asked me to be that assistant.
She said she would work around my schedule (knowing I have children and church obligations) and she even offered to work around the schedule if I get the other position I have been waiting on. I accepted. I know that she and I will have no trouble working together. We have done it before.
So, God closed a door when I left my last job. He also closed a door when he took my friend's mother home, but he also opened a window. He gave us each other. I will be there to help her transition back into her career now that her mom is gone and she will help me transition through my time without a permanent job.
Perhaps by the time this temporary job is over, another window will open for each of us. Will we have to wait and see, until then, we will help each other.
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