One Day at a Time
Precious time with your child is a treasure you would never regret having. You want to stop the world if it was going to give you valuable time with your family to enjoy. This past Thursday, I kept my prior commitment to my son's school and spent 4 hours judging the Elementary Social Studies Fair. Yes, there was a long list of things to do but it was the priority to give back. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to the children give their proud presentation on various research topic from Coca Cola to Benjamin Franklin. GO! for the 3-5th graders who worked hard.
Erik did not have any home work on Thursday afternoon for the first time in weeks..... He and I played tennis in front of our house for a little while and then moved to the tennis court at Erik's school later on. The weather was perfect as well as our spirit. Part of me that is feeling guilty about leaving my husband and my son during this time, the week of his spring break in order to participate in the disaster relief effort in Japan did cross my mind for a second. I pray and hope that my son's heart is bigger and that he understands. At least he seems to, never complained or questioned my decision in spite of the timing. I know my husband does support me all the way even with the nuclear threat. If he was not a scientist, it is possible that lack of understanding may have created a bit of resistance. I am fortunate to have a family who understands what is valued in life. Yes we are not living just for each other. We are living everyday for our Maker and His creation.
Our son's spring break started this afternoon (Friday) when he got off at noon. I picked him up and had lunch. We headed to our dear friend's home in monroe. She is a bit older than us,,,, quite experienced in life. She experienced a long duration of physical fight for the last few months and she was now better and ready to have us come and visit. We sped over to her home and had a grand time chatting around the piano. She had not seen Erik in probably two and half months. Erik played for a long time showing her piece after piece what he had worked on these weeks and months while she was ill. I sat in awe,,, just thinking what a blessing it would be to have a young friend come a visit me when I am old and house bound one day. Erik says, he would bring his kids to play for me. He is assuming that his kids would learn music... .
Today, I received an E mail from one of the physicians on the front line in Japan attending to the people affected by the disaster. She reported the event of the first day soon after the disaster struck. At one of the hospital ER, a young child was brought in unresponsive. The physician tried to resuscitate the child in vain. He said, " I am sorry, I could not help you" and sadly moved on to yet another young body brought in to the area and he began the resuscitation effort to help the next child. The amazing thing was that, the first child was actually this physicians' child, his son.
Life is short on this earth. But we cherish each day because it is a gift. In light of all the events of the world, I am grateful more than ever to be able to count the joy in my day,,,, One day at at Time.
Erik did not have any home work on Thursday afternoon for the first time in weeks..... He and I played tennis in front of our house for a little while and then moved to the tennis court at Erik's school later on. The weather was perfect as well as our spirit. Part of me that is feeling guilty about leaving my husband and my son during this time, the week of his spring break in order to participate in the disaster relief effort in Japan did cross my mind for a second. I pray and hope that my son's heart is bigger and that he understands. At least he seems to, never complained or questioned my decision in spite of the timing. I know my husband does support me all the way even with the nuclear threat. If he was not a scientist, it is possible that lack of understanding may have created a bit of resistance. I am fortunate to have a family who understands what is valued in life. Yes we are not living just for each other. We are living everyday for our Maker and His creation.
Our son's spring break started this afternoon (Friday) when he got off at noon. I picked him up and had lunch. We headed to our dear friend's home in monroe. She is a bit older than us,,,, quite experienced in life. She experienced a long duration of physical fight for the last few months and she was now better and ready to have us come and visit. We sped over to her home and had a grand time chatting around the piano. She had not seen Erik in probably two and half months. Erik played for a long time showing her piece after piece what he had worked on these weeks and months while she was ill. I sat in awe,,, just thinking what a blessing it would be to have a young friend come a visit me when I am old and house bound one day. Erik says, he would bring his kids to play for me. He is assuming that his kids would learn music... .
Today, I received an E mail from one of the physicians on the front line in Japan attending to the people affected by the disaster. She reported the event of the first day soon after the disaster struck. At one of the hospital ER, a young child was brought in unresponsive. The physician tried to resuscitate the child in vain. He said, " I am sorry, I could not help you" and sadly moved on to yet another young body brought in to the area and he began the resuscitation effort to help the next child. The amazing thing was that, the first child was actually this physicians' child, his son.
Life is short on this earth. But we cherish each day because it is a gift. In light of all the events of the world, I am grateful more than ever to be able to count the joy in my day,,,, One day at at Time.
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