Positive Thinking

At 16, my son was a full-fledged member of the “religion” of positive thinking and success. He started working summers for his dad on the construction sites. His dad expected and received hard work and responsible behavior. His father gave my son a car (it was a “company car” for justification), and that allowed my son to travel more freely and regularly to his dad’s. He outfitted my son in the best clothes, helped him win the election for student body president, and helped him achieve “outstanding teen” of our County. “You can do anything you put your mind to,” his father always said. My son started getting college applications for top East Coast schools.

During this period, I attended a great deal of counseling with my second husband. We separated for a year. Only after his classic car business failed, did he return to the home. My son had issues with his stepfather’s return, but dealt with him as a “younger brother,” saying that he now had a father image and he didn’t need another.

I was staring down the barrel of a second failed marriage. As a Christian, I was looking at repeating my biggest failure in life. In addition to Christian support, I looked for emotional support in the form of positive thinking and expression. I attended John Robert Powers and Dale Carnegie courses. I was just trying to cope.

Remember His Sufficiency. . .

During difficult times, our human instinct is to turn from God and focus on self-sufficiency. Of course, as Christians, we know that these are the times to draw closer to God and ask for his daily sustenance. These are the times for prayer — constant prayer.

I prayed daily for my son’s soul. At this point, I also started praying very specific prayers for his future wife, and that my son “would be a great man of God.”

True Love. . .

For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD.
“They are plans for good and not for disaster,
to give you a future and a hope.
(Jeremiah 29:11)

True Possibility. . .

Jesus looked at them intently and said,
“Humanly speaking, it is impossible.
But with God everything is possible.”
(Matthew 19:26)

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New York: Supposed LPN accused of identity theft:
A woman who posed as an LPN has been charged with stealing the identity of her “best friend” to work at a New York nursing home.

Tashiany L. Martin, 30, of Atlanta is accused of fraudulently claiming to be Micheiko Foster-Wright, LPN, 37, of Rochester while working at Latta Road Nursing Home, Greece, NY, from September 2003-June 2004.

According to the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, court papers allege that Martin, formerly of Rochester, dropped out of nursing school and illegally “assumed” Foster-Wright’s identity. Court documents also claim Martin provided Latta Road officials with a bogus driver’s license and Social Security card, and a nursing license bearing the name of Foster-Wright, who actually worked at another Monroe County nursing facility, when Martin was looking for work in 2003.

http://nursing.advanceweb.com/Article/New-York-Supposed-LPN-accused-of-identity-theft.aspx

and 4/5 years later:

JURY FINDS CITIZEN OF JAMAICA GUILTY OF
PASSPORT FRAUD AND IDENTITY THEFT OFFENSES

According to court documents, statements made in court and the evidence introduced during the trial, in 2002, MARTIN, a citizen of Jamaica, obtained a New York driver’s license and a New York birth certificate by using the name of a former friend. In 2008, MARTIN used those documents to apply for a United States passport at the Connecticut Passport Agency in Norwalk.

The evidence at trial further revealed that MARTIN also used her friend’s identity in 2002 when she successfully applied for and obtained a U.S. passport, and, in 2003, when she successfully applied for and obtained a job as a licensed practical nurse at a Rochester, N.Y. nursing home. MARTIN’s friend was a licensed practical nurse, but MARTIN was not.

http://www.justice.gov/usao/ct/Press2012/20121220-2.html

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