So, if I could blog with just the thoughts in my head… I’ve had sooo many good things to write about, and just little time and/or energy to type out everything spinning through my head. Life keeps getting in the way of my blogging, and then the memories start to slip through my Anti-Gravity Colander Brain, as Diane calls it. Just when I start looking back and realizing that I haven’t been a good blogger for the last half of the year, something happens that changes my perspective.
Recently, my oldest son celebrated his 9th birthday. We didn’t make a big fuss, he didn’t get much in the way of gifts. It’s been a wild and crazy year (more on that later). But what really got me… What proved to me that we are doing a good job of raising our children with the proper focus on what’s truly important in this world… Was when my son came out for breakfast on the day of his birth, knowing that he wasn’t getting a big party or a lot of gifts this year, and he said,
“What’s really important about today is that I get to spend time with my family. My family is more important to me then toys. Even though I like my toys, I like my family is better.”
Wow. There are times when I look at my son and wonder if he has a brain in his head, and then there are moments like this when he completely blows me away.
I love you too, GeekBoy.
Yeah for GeekBoy!!! What wonderful wisdom coming from a nine year old.