I watched all 9 of your videos. Thank you for sharing him with us. His smile is amazing. Before checking back here tonight, I wrote a note. Here's a copy-and-paste from my facebook profile...
perspective
Many of you know that we have been struggling financially as of late. We've done ok in the face of possible foreclosure and kept our wits about us. Things are changing and we are adapting. It's just a house, after all.
Lisa has been fighting a very nasty infection in her jaw. We have spent quite a few hours at the dentist and even made a trip to the family doctor. This, too, is manageable and we have taken the added dental cost in stride. At least Lisa is going to be ok. That's what really matters. Our homeowners association is nitpicking us to death and assessed fines for parking in the driveway. The most recent onslaught is a tuft of grass in front of our garage door. I want to pull my hair out. I killed the offensive grass and will remove it once the roots are dead. I just wonder what will be next. A couple days ago, we learned that Lisa's mother has a growth on one of her kidneys. Doctors said they were 80% sure the tumor is malignant. They are expected to remove and biopsy it in the next week or so. With prayer, we are ready to meet this new hurdle. God has kept us upright and steadfast. We thank him for his many blessings, especially when I may have a hard time seeing them because I tend to focus on repairing what is broken...it must be the mechanic in me.
Recently, someone I don't know shared a family photo with me and others that share one of my hobbies. I commented on the photo because the child stood out and caught my eye. It seemed as though he was drinking from an ornamental fountain, but the stream was merely passing in front of the boys mouth. The photograph captured the young boy's wonder at the column of water streaming through the air. One of his hands reached into the column and as the water broke around his hand, you could almost feel it. I let the man know that I liked that particular photo of the three of them. It portrayed a mother and father experiencing the world all over again with and through their child.
The man's reply to my comment broke my heart. He had buried his young son just two months ago. As I processed what I was reading, I thought about the situations that we are facing here at home. They pale in comarison to what this man and his wife are going through. I pray that I will never have to bury one of my children. For those of you that have, I weep for you now. For those that haven't, please join me in praise to God for sparing us this grief.
When life gets you down, or you feel like the good things in life are just out of reach....please step back, take another look, then put things into perspective.
