A Day

Today was one of those days for me.  Perhaps I was just tired all day and so my patience was a little thin.  I don't know.  Life can be a little frustrating some times and so I guess I can sit here and focus on that or I can choose to find some positives about the day.  Let's do that.

In the middle of the day I got to see my nephew Griffin.  He came in to the shop with his momma to visit with Dave.  We threw down a couple of knuckle bashes and I held him for a bit, even gave him a piece of cheese.  He was happy about that.  I made some humming noises to which he laughed and grabbed my face.  It was nice to have that visit.

Pops sent out a message that he took four steps on his own with his walker.  That does not sound like much but it is huge.  For a man who 6 weeks ago lacked the strength to do anything, couldn't even move his legs, yes, this is awesome and certainly something to be grateful for today. 

I had a great visit with a friend of mine, Morgan, who stopped in to order some sandwich platters for his daughters baptism on Saturday.  He gave me some great life coaching advice.  Told me I should find a sugar momma who has two houses so that when things get hectic for her with suddenly having three kids, she can take time outs at her other house.  He recommended I start looking at recently deceased CEO's.  I told him I will start reading the obituaries.  It was good for a few laughs. 

Natalie drew a picture of a car today.  I can't recall what kind of car it is but she did a good job on it.  I want to say it is a Chevy Malibu from the 70's.  I don't know exactly, all I know is that this girl who used to rip on herself for her lack of artistic talent is drawing things now and is really doing a nice job.  I am happy to see her working at art instead of quitting and telling herself she is no good at it.  Very impressive.

The boys and I just read a story called The Indian Cinderella in our nightly reading from the Book of Virtues by William Bennett.  It was a good story that teaches honesty.  The boys got it.  It is important to tell the truth.  I quite like reading the Book of Virtues with them every night.  We have cleared 600 pages and have 200 still to go.  What will we read next?  It's going to have to be good to fill the shoes of the Book of Virtues. 

It is good to sit back and reflect on a day.  It is good to look beyond the surface challenges and frustrations and appreciate some of the wonderful blessings enjoyed.  They are there.  I didn't think when I started this post that I could find much good about the day and then I opened my eyes a bit more and found much to be grateful for.  Count your many blessings, name them one by one and it will surprise you what the Lord has done.