With Daddy...

Life ebbs and flows and we struggle to complete and accomplish without giving in to the constant temptation of busyness.

When school rolls around again, I always know Patrick will be so much busier and that "our time with Daddy" will be put on hold.  But as Patrick expressed one night, life will always be busy.  Even when school is over for him, he will have a job and callings and always much to do.  Busyness should not be a catch-all excuse for the time missed with growing-up children.

And he determined to do something about it.

He worked and prayed to find a solution, and now a miracle has occurred.

From my eyes I see a man who gets up long before the sun rises.  He gets ready, spends time with the Lord in scripture study and prayer, and then whisks himself off to school at 7:30 very morning--even when he doesn't have class until 1:00.  Then he studies and learns and writes all day, striving to complete as much "schoolwork" as possible on campus.  

 

He comes home around 4:00 every afternoon and devotes the rest of his day to his sons and then his evening to his wife.  He plays with his boys--bikes, 4-wheelers, Mario Kart, Candyland, iPod or computer games, hide-and-seek, the list goes on and on.  After dinner he bathes the boys and we work to put them to bed in order to have an evening just for us.

He doesn't receive a reward for any of these things...except maybe extra hugs from me...and a growing adoration from the boys.  When I asked Easton the person he loved so very much that he would want to perform an act of kindness for, he promptly replied, "Daddy."

Maybe in the world's eyes it isn't much, but in my eyes, my sweetheart is truly my hero.

Life is still ebbing and flowing...so much smoother now and I marvel to see us move along, peacefully growing harmony in our home.