Wonderful People

We’ve had a little adversity in our family the past few weeks and it’s given me plenty of reasons to write about the wonderful Nice people in my life. My brother in law has been fighting for his life recently due to complications from diabetes. These recent challenges have rippled through our family.

First, my girlfriend has appropriately turned over the childcare and household duties to me so she can focus on spending time with her father/family. The kids don’t totally understand the situation but are affected nonetheless.

Situations like this are when you get to see the wonderful people in your life rally to your assistance. For example, my awesome sister volunteered and kept our children on the weekend despite of her already having previously planned activities. My aunt, recovering from the flu, gathered her strength and prepared several meals for our family on Sunday. She then drove an hour to bring this food to our house on Monday.

Believe me, I’m not one known for asking for help. They just knew their kindness would help ease our challenges.

We’ve also had friends watching over our pets when needed, neighbors watching the kids for a few minutes while we run errands, calls of concern and inspiration….basically, we’ve been overcome with joy from the amount of help and encouragement given graciously and unselfishly by our friends and family.

It would be easy to get overly depressed or overly anxious during these trying times. Without the help of our nice friends and nice family we would definitely be in a much more difficult situation.

I’ve always felt every day has good things and bad things which occur. For those of us who focus on the bad things………we have bad days. For those of us who focus on the good things………we have good days.

Every day is like this. In our most recent weeks this has been quite obviousl. We’re definitely saddened by the day the day struggles of our sick family member with poor prognosis but we’re also proud to have such a wonderful circle of friends who touch our lives on a daily basis.

Our cup is fuller than it should be. We have a lot to be appreciative of during the past few weeks such as having the ability to spend more time with those we love and respect. Additionally, our children are learning to deal with change, and our personal problems have become miniscule as compared to the problems my brother in law are facing.

And it's Springtime!!!
I truly look forward to the time I have to help these same nice people when they are in need as they have done their part to “Make the
World a Better Place”!!! piece ilaahey ha ka abaalmatiyo dhamaantood aamiin