I know I had made a wish for a Happy New Year in my previous post but today is the first day of the year that we get to live that wish. I am excited!! I know…why is he in such a good mood? Oh, I don’t know… maybe it is because I am lucky? or maybe it is because I have been blessed? or maybe … this is the way it is supposed to be? You know what? I think it is all three and I will tell you why through the course of this post.
Lucky…? Ya, I would think so. I lived through a farm accident involving a PTO, tractor, and loose clothing. I lived through a traffic accident in which everyone went to the hospital by ambulance and I walked away unscathed. There are to many construction accident stories to recount so I won’t even go into those but you get the idea. I think these all had a commonality besides me being in them. I think angels would be the common denominator. Angels come in different forms. My little brother Karl, was my angel the day of the farm accident. What would prompt a little boy to shut off the PTO at exactly the right time to save his little brother? I say an angel did. I say an angel was with me when I was held upright while all around me was turning, toppling, or smashed in the traffic accident. I say an angel was with me each day of my work keeping me safe as I go through the daily grind. Oh sure…everyone tries to be safe. No one tries to cause an accident. There were those times when you have to wonder…. hmmm… that could have been me. Yep, it has to be angels.
Blessed…? Ya I would think so. I am still here am I not? Without regard to the aforementioned accidents there are other things to give thanks for as well. First I was blessed to have been born to a loving family on a farm in Iowa. another lucky? Possibly, but this is more than lucky. This is a blessed event that I will give thanks to God for the rest of my life. I was given a life to learn and grow in a safe and loving environment. I was shown how men act. I was shown how friends are treated. I was also shown how friends were made. Ya I am lucky but I am blessed as well.
Yesterday, I met with the Rockhill’s, now from Virginia, who were married almost 39 years ago in Kansas with me and several other high school friends in attendance. Rex, my former classmate, and his wife, Pam, came to town to visit with me and my wife. We talked, laughed, and hugged. Although we have never met in person since the wedding day I felt no change in the intensity of the friendship that once was. Here was a friend who had reached out to say hello. It was warm, refreshing, and the way it is supposed to be.
So yes, I am lucky! I have to many lucky stories to NOT know that I am. Yes, I am blessed as well. I thank God for that very thing each day! But the way it is supposed to be, is something that I am most appreciative of on this date. It is another sign of what normal is becoming for me. It is not the old normal. That will never be again. I am living a new normal. Meeting a friend of 40 plus years and having coffee with them for the soul purpose of saying hello, wishing each other well and being happy is a new normal that I relish. This is the way it is supposed to be is it not?
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