MY STRENGTH

MY STRENGTH

Today my wife had to leave early for a VTR and to have our computer checked...so I came home from bringing the kids to school alone.....
I felt tired from last night's work and lonely.....
my parents were at home...but I tend to worry a lot about their health these days, their advancing age (84 and 76) is fast catching up with them...
so I tried to get some sleep, but I couldn't, so I just read today's evangelical readings and then just moved on to a novel.....
then it was time to pick up Lizzie from school....I was still tired but felt an energy surge, because I still get excited about getting the tightest and sweetest bear hugs from Lizzie every time I pick her up.
So I came home with Lizzie....we talked and laughed all the way home...I was a little bit energized.

My wife wasn't home yet and she informed me, that she may not get home before the dismissal time for Niccolo and Mary Nicole , so I had to bring Lizzie with me to pick them up from school, with the bad weather and bad parking conditions in school....
Lizzie was excited, however, to show off her new raincoat....
In about 30 minutes, all of my kids were in the car.....then I treated them all to Pizza....
and each of them told me about their day in school....
with Lizzie telling them how she got her star,....she said her teacher asked all of them this question...."What do you do when you're reading a book, and you have to stop, but you don't want to forget the last page you've read?"...and Lizzie answered...."You use a book mark!"...hence, the star....
her achie and ahia were both so proud of her....
we were all laughing as we were eating.....
I could feel my energy coming back......

Then when we got home, my beautiful wife was already here.....
and I am whole again.

I don't take any pills or capsules for supplement...
my wife and my kids...they are my vitamins....
I get my strength from them....
Together with my parents, Dinah and our kids...they provide me with my best reasons....
to stand up after every stumble...
to trudge on amidst heavy difficulties....
to welcome and fight each struggle.....
I cherish life because of them.....
I want to be better because of them!

I gather my strength from my family and from my faith in a loving God who will always be here!

We end today...the way we end each of our days....together...and there is no greater reason to be thankful to the Lord.

God bless all families!