I love spring. It means baseball season is here.
It also means that for those of us in the construction business the workload is heavy enough that we switch from worrying if we have enough work to being overloaded with work. Although it is never fun to be overload it beats having a shortage.
Spring represents a new growth that brings with it hope for better things to come. For families it means the school year is nearly over and the freedom of summer is around the corner. It means you’re done with one level and moving to the next.
At the Dave Chapin house it means Mike is done with High School. At the Justin Chapin house it means Max is done with preschool. In both cases its a big life changing event.
But as we get ready for those two events I have to reflect on a couple of events that happened to us recently and be thankful for life in general.
It is my understanding that spring statistically brings with it an increase in teenaged car accidents. I'm not sure why this is but in my life it has definitely been the case. In early March my daughter Sara survived a serious car crash when a 16year old ran a red light. Despite totaling both car involved both driver walked away uninjured.
Late last week 3 of Sara's friends got into a more serious crash that put all three into the hospital. One of girls spent part of the weekend in a medically induced coma and will be in the hospital for 2 weeks. All three families have told us that are thankful their daughters are still alive. One dad said “I feel like I just got my daughter back from the dead.”
Wow. I think about the little things that go wrong in my day to day life and then compare them to having a child nearly taken away from us.
The second event that made me thankful for life in general happened yesterday after our dog ran away.
After finding out the dog had broken free from her chain I reluctantly when to find her. I know it wouldn’t be hard to find her. She is obsessed with our backdoor neighbor's yard. They have a dog and a few chickens. I went to their house and regretfully they had save our dog. :(
As a thank you to them my wife, Sue, made them some cookies. When she delivered the cookies she got a chance to have a long talk with our neighbor. They also had a son in this year’s senior class. Unfortunately Spencer died this fall. Our neighbors have a completely different perspective on graduation.
They are missing a son. When they look over the fence to our yard they often see it full of High School seniors. My son had 12 friends over to play whiffle ball this weekend.
Wow. I think about the little things that go wrong in my day to day life and then compare them to having a child taken away.
Praise the Lord for everything he has given to us and that I never take any of it for granted.
