A Road Less Travelled

“Life. Don’t talk to me about life.”

I think I’ve quoted Marvin the Paranoid Android before. There is also a Babylon 5 quote that goes something like “You have just given me what could be the biggest challenge of my life. Thank you! (pause) I don’t know why I’m thanking you, but there it is.” I mention these quotes because sometime last week this week took a sudden dive into strange and challenging.

Last Wednesday Crystal’s father had an exploratory surgery done on his heart. Now he has a quadruple bypass scheduled for this Friday, the first of June. Seth and Crystal should be there with her family, but they didn’t want to take the whole family to Erie and suddenly impose eight extra people on any of my relatives. So, after much deliberation, Seth and Crystal decided they would go and that the children and I would stay. They are leaving Wednesday and, if all goes well, coming back late late Saturday. A family from our church has offered to stay with me and the kids while Seth and Crystal are gone so that at night I could have a male protector here without any impropriety. They are bringing with them two young children. It should be fun.

Please pray for Seth and Crystal’s trip. Her family is not saved and this has scared them all some. Pray that it scares them enough. Also please pray for the children and I. It’s going to be hard on them to be without their parents and it’s going to be hard on me for them to be without their parents.

All of that said, I am in very good spirits about this week. This is either faith, hope, or naivete. I guess I’ll find out soon enough.