Taking Time...Because It's What Really Matters

May 23, 2010 — My goodness it's been over a month since I last blogged here. It's not that during that time there were not things that mattered to me because there certainly have been. It's just that I have not taken the time to stop and blog about them. For those that have been reading my blog you know that I do write about the things that really matter to me. We all have those special things that matter. For me it has usually been about my family, my pets, being a veteran, or some current issue we are all faced with. Today's blog is no different and I am so glad that I am now taking the time to write.

My wife Karen went through some oral surgery this past week and is now sporting a new set of "choppers." She had quietly suffered through many humiliations and not being able to eat properly for longer than any of us have cared to remember. I and her two oldest sons waited for over 2 hrs as the dentist did his work. When I was allowed in to see her she was just coming out of the gas they had used on her and laying in the dental chair she tried to smile and show me her new teeth while tears rolled down the side of her face. It grabbed my heart and I was so thankful that finally she would suffer no more.

In the days following, she has been simply over joyed. As she told me the other morning over coffee together about looking at herself in the mirror and being over whelmed with joy and how she cried again out of happiness. Anyone that knows Karen knows what a beautiful and good person she is...how caring and giving she is. Finally now she has a reward for all of her love and caring. I stand in awe of her sometimes and I am so elated that she is showing a beautiful smile and feeling so good about herself. I love her dearly!

Several blogs ago I shared with all of you a letter I had written my youngest son. Some things have changed since I wrote that blog and all of them have been good as they relate to him. He has come home to live with Karen and I and started down the road to being an active member of our family. There is no doubt a long way to go for him. He faces many trials and tribulations in struggling with issues that have plagued him before. But, I am encouraged by what I see and hear. How he is beginning to take responsibility for his word and deeds...how hje is bringing out the joy of being young...how he is looking at life with a sense of humor...and mostly how he is beginning to see and understand who he really is and where he comes from. As I wrote before, I have always known who he is and where he comes from and my belief that those are the undeniable traits we all possess...a truth we cannot deny...that brings us home again and to the goodness of life. Again, I am thankful for this new beginning.

Now I have taken the time I have been needing to for some time. I have done what helps me understand who I am...and it's what really matters!