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Originally Posted by bc-chris
thanks k_c
yes, i'm taking care of myself. my wife and i have an awesome circle of friends who regularly check in on us to see how myself, my wife & kids and my folks are doing. not only that, there are also numerous phone calls, emails and texts of encouragement. i often forward my mom the emails and texts i receive to encourage her and then she reads them to my dad.
a couple of the ladies that work at the same school as my wife decided they wanted to help with meals for not just my folks, but for my wife and i too. our deep freeze is packed with meals - it's just amazing. it's nice that when you start to get run down (and even though it doesn't happen often, i just don't feel like cooking) we can grab something from the freezer and have a tasty meal.
i find it amazing how certain people come into your life at the perfect time. so time for a little story... probably 4 or so years ago a friend of mine (brenda) was looking to put together a band to just do a few local gigs. she had recorded a cd a few years earlier and i think with a little encouragement from her husband was getting the bug to get back on stage again - so brenda asked if i'd like to play bass. i accepted. the funny part was that her music is the complete opposite of what i enjoy (i love blues, metal, classic rock and her music is very 'jewel'-esk - ha! ha!), but whatever - i love to play so i was in. thru playing in that band my wife and i got to know brenda and her husband. they are such an awesome couple. fast forward a few years and a little over a year ago now, brenda's daughter and son-in-law moved to kelowna from ontario. have you ever met someone and immediately clicked? that was myself and brenda's son-in-law. we hit it off immediately. when i found out about my dad in jaunary i was telling him what i had just found out. that's when he shared with me that his dad had passed away a couple years earlier. the encouragement and support he's provided these past 7 months has been awesome. a lot of times it's just knowing i can talk to him about whatever i'm going thru/feeling and he just knows. sometimes when i see him he'll just come up and give me a look, put his arm around me and give me a shoulder to cry on and an ear that will listen. having friends like that is amazing and we're so blessed to have people like that in our life.
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The strength, grace and character you've shown as you share this time in your life is inspiring.
It makes me want to be a better man.
Thank you for sharing these private and difficult moments with us.
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