Weekend Thoughts

I sat with my wife on Sunday morning listening to Mike Birbiglia on Comedy Central talk about his parents and just laughed. I love my family, but sometimes I am not so sure if I want to be around them. But I guess that is the way that most people feel about their parents. Its ok, because I am more than thankful for all they have done and they continue to do for being an example and being a source of support.

This weekend was good. My wife gets to be fawned over by others when she sings at my parent's church. I don't think that anyone would dispute how talented she is, but at my parent's church, its a treat. I am glad that she gets that from some one other than me from time to time. Its easy for her to think that I have to say those things, even when each compliment doesn't come close to giving her the praise she deserves in my eyes. Also, this time around, the message on Sunday was just amazing. There were insights that spoke both to my wife and myself. We are thankful for that.

The hardest part of the weekend was visiting my grandfather. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer's a few years ago, but within the last year, he has gotten exponentially worse. He has trouble recognizing my mother, let alone me. He is so much smaller than any other time that I have seen him. Its hard to see a man who was so big and strong be wrecked by such a disease. I worked for a few years in a nursing home caring for others loved ones, but this was the first time in a long time that I saw one of my loved ones there.

As for talking about what God is teaching me, I am taking chapter 4 of Crazy Love and use it to examine myself. It has been challenging but also so worth it. I hope that everyone else in the group is getting something good out of Chan's words. I will get more into that on Wednesday.

Nothing really all that earth-shattering going on in my life. Just am thankful for family a little bit more. More in the life of James tomorrow.