Family Time

Something that I have had the time to think about over the last couple of weeks now that I am looking for a job has been family. I have watched Corinne and Kiana begin to blossom into two very awesome and disciplined women. They are becoming more and more like their mother everyday. It makes me more and more honored that God chose a woman like Michelle for me and allowed me to be connected to her.

I know that you have to have a job because the bible says that if you don’t work that you don’t eat (2 Thessalonians 3:10), so being lazy isn’t optional. At the same time work shouldn’t be so much of a focus though that it takes away from your family time. Watching Corinne and Kiana grow up I am beginning to understand how parents say that they feel like time has run away from them and that their kids have grown up so fast. It isn’t that time is going by any faster, but I do believe that people allow themselves to get so occupied in their own lives that they let the things that are most important slip right by them. People get into their seventies and eighties, or they are on their death bed wishing that they had more time.

I remember how much I enjoyed doing videography of and editing the girls gymnastics meets. Over the last year, I lost interest in it because I was feeling the stress and pressure of trying to find work along with being concerned about my health. I lost sight of what was really important. In fact, when a good friend of mine went home to be with The Lord unexpectedly, I lost sight of a lot of things. He was a good friend that I could go to who could give that good kick in the pants that I needed to get me back on track. I appreciated him so much because he didn’t tell me what I wanted to hear but what I needed to hear. Pity parties didn’t exist in our friendship. It was all about, “Get up and get over it. Go out and get it done.” Man I miss that.