February 14, 2010 11:10 PM 7 days to go

What a day!

As I mentioned yesterday, we went out to breakfast with my mother-in-law. That was not the highlight of the day, however.

During the afternoon, my daughter called and said that my grandson had won all of his preliminary wrestling matches in his division and was now to one of the finalists! Let me put this in perspective. This was the last regional meet of the season and was for the state championship. As I had mentioned in earlier posts, in prior regional meets he had been eliminated real early and did not place anywhere. So today's results were not to be expected.

Given that the meet was in the next town, my wife and I went over to the town high school to catch the final match. After an hour and a half, his match finally started and it did not start well. His opponent took him down early and seemed headed for a sure pin. But my grandson soon reversed his position and soon thereafter pinned him! What a glorious moment! He received a trophy saying that he was a state wrestling champion and we all received a memory for a lifetime! What a thrill!

Needless to say, he was extremely happy. Needless to say, at moments like this, I thank God that I am around to see them! I don't necessarly look at each day as a gift - though we all should. But, I do look at special events and happenings and realize how precious they are to our lives. I know that any joy that the day brought could have been tempered by the fact that I wasn't around to witness it.

So what started out as somewhat of a quiet Valentine's Day ended up to be one of the most exciting days that I have experienced on my road to recovery. These are the days that make you glad to be alive and push you forward. To see the joy and happiness of my grandson and his parents - it was priceless.

I really had no idea what I would be writing about tonight - but God always seems to provide.

Thank you God...

Bob