So I just got done watching My Cousin Vinny. Language is pretty rough, and that was the edited version! Beverly Hills Cop is up next. I LOVE THE 80'S!
So I had a very sad moment this afternoon. Kaela has a friend over and Jeni had to work. So we went to get a couple movies and pizza at East of Chicago at the corner of Dorr and McCord. Pepperoni and bacon & barbecue chicken. So as we're waiting on the pizza to get done, Kaela and her friend go back to the car to wait out there. I remember a time when whatever I did, my kids wanted to be there with me. But Kaela was with her friend. So they go out to the car. Isaac is left there with me. He looks at me, looks at them going out to the car and picks them. "Dad, can I go out to the car?" Sure buddy. It was interesting. As I watched him walk down the sidewalk to the car following his sister and her friend, it occurred to me that my best buddy in the whole world picked his sister to hang with over me. It won't be too long until he's regularly choosing friends over Jeni and me. The relationship that I've taken for granted more than any other relationship I have, I'm sure, is with Jeni. Yet, outside of my relationship with God, no other relationship in my life will last as long as my relationship with my wife. My kids will go off on their own. Every person I get a chance to build a relationship with will move on. I was sad watching my son walk away this afternoon. I love my God and I love my wife. As you look at the relationships you have in your life, weigh them out very carefully. How much emphasis do you place on people's opinions? On how people see you? For me, it's God and it's my wife. Hopefully we'll be together until we're 80 or 90 years old. I'd rather not live that long, but I'd much rather go first. Introspective day.
Friday, August 29, 2008
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