Ready, Set, Stop

It's been a wild ride this past week here in the Northeast. We had the sun overcoming a 9-day impass of wetness that helped us wash our basement floor. We were able to enjoy the company of 4 members of the international ballet troupe Ballet Magnificat who stayed with us for 5 days. My wife and son paticipated in a class trip to Phili. We were able to attend and enjoy a Quinceañera which is the Latina coming-of-age celebration on a girl's 15th birthday. And, I realized that we have people over every night for the past 8 days. Never mind the broken braces needing repair, a pending hernia operation for my son, 4 playing travel soccer, 1 playing volleyball, 2 playing basketball, 1 needing eye glasses, vet appointments, vehicle needing a new transmission, downed trees needing slicing-and-dicing, my Top-50 list of pending home repairs, birthday parties, my 3 planned business trips in the next 2 weeks, and more rain slated to start again tonight, life is indeed good.

As I sat this evening with a young man around my dining room table, I realized that in silence, I was enjoying a breather. Craziness and quality are independant of one another. As decidedly unstable and unnerving as life in the Remy household may be, I wouldn't trade it for anyone elses. It's not perfect, but it's all mine. The constant stop and go, like my truck, requires more gas and instills more wear-and-tear on the brakes. It is the fill ups and repair appointments (going to church, fellowship with others, playing a game, reading, prayer time) that remind us of how good we really do have it. O.K. Gotto go again...ciao!