Happiness Reminders
Last week, our site director Lenn and his wife had their baby boy “Jack.” First, congratulations to Lenn and his new family!!
As I learned the happy news it gave me a moment to reconnect with the important and happy things in my life.
Everyday we all navigate the challenges of life and it can be hard to stay focused on what’s really important and more importantly, what makes us happy. As we got the news that Lenn and his wife were ready to go to the hospital, I wished him well and being a father myself I knew the happiness he was about to experience. I hope the first time he saw the new addition to his family was beyond anything he ever expected.
When news that Lenn’s baby arrived I took a moment from the pressures of my everyday life. I felt a smile come to my face while I thought about Lenn seeing his son for the first time. I then remembered and felt the same happiness I experienced when my daughter and son were born. Very quickly I found myself moving from those happy thoughts to thinking about my wife and to other happy moments.
We can all use the happy moments of others to remind ourselves of all the happiness in our lives and use them as motivators to help us copy with life’s never ending challenges. Better yet, if we continually work to make every moment happy, sharing the happiness of others becomes a special bonus.
Congratulations again, Lenn, and thanks for sharing your happiness.
2 comments
Tom,
Thanks for the thoughtful blog post. Jackson and mommy are doing well…and so is dad.
We even got a little sleep last night.
In the months leading up to this big and blessed event, many (many) people told me about their own experiences and about the life-changing event and their own lives.
One of the amazing things about this entire happening is that no matter what people told me, it couldn’t possibly have prepared me for the happiness, pride and joy that I already feel. From the moment we heard him cry the first time right up to him keeping us up most of the first night at home, I wouldn’t change a single thing.
I would have never expected that I could feel this way–but here I am, willing to do anything for this little guy. The love that I feel and the joy that he has already brought our family seem endless and boundless.
Congratulations to the proud parents of Jackson! As a mom of four I have many precious moments to share but the infancy stage is the most amazing and bonding time for both parents to experience. The years fly by quickly and the memories are stored forever in the mind’s eye to pull out and fill one with delight at any given time.
My oldest son will be getting married in August of 2007 and I still remember being pregnant with him and how he felt in my arms that first moment we met face to face. What joy life offers to all-the birth of a child.
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