Well, this morning I left for the office and stopped by Wal-Mart to pick up some things for the youth BBQ Saturday and family day on Sunday, when Jen called. She spoke with that concerned motherly voice, you know the one that makes a father's heart kind of sink because you know that what is about to follow is not going to be good news. Olivia had fallen against our island in the kitchen and cut her head pretty good. There was lots of blood and lots of screaming going on. I left the cart in the aisle at Wal-Mart and rushed home to see how bad it was.
When I arrived it was clear Olivia was going to need a trip to the ER. Sure enough when we arrived they told us that she would need 2 staples to close the wound. So after 2 hours, lots more blood, and even more intense screaming we arrived home. What a day!
Praise God that the situation was not as serious as it could have been. I was reminded again of the words
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Being at T4G was spiritually refreshing, physically
relaxing, and powerfully convicting. With all that said I really missed Jen. We
will have been married 14 years this August and I am constantly amazed at how
much closer we become with each passing year.
I remember wondering as a young man in my late teens and
early 20’s how it was possible to love someone for life. Sure my parents did
and my Grandparents did but they're supposed to. They are “old people” and that’s
what “old people do” as if the love and commitment they exhibit today was
present from day one of their marriage. This is not the case of course as I
have learned. Marriage is tough work. You take 2 sinful, selfish (me more so in
this case) people and make them live together under the same roof and then add
kids to the mix and you have just created a challenge that surpasses even the
most difficult reality TV show, but there is one factor, or should I say
person, that makes all the difference; God.
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