Our lives changed again in a major way on April 29, 2013. This was a tsunami event. While at church, I received a call from my son-in-law announcing that our daughter was in the hospital two weeks early. We could hardly concentrate on anything at church, for our hearts were filled with so much excitement. The next morning at around 4am, we were awoken to a phone call from our son, announcing the arrival of our new grandson, Blake Lin. And that's the way it began.
Being a father is a momentous event in one's life, and I still remember the 5:30am wake up from my wife when our oldest was born. From that time forward for the next 20 years, I never quite caught up on sleep or privacy or anything else. But today is another monumental event. I did not lose sleep, but I can feel something different in my life. This event has made all of my efforts in life worth living. All of my energy and strength and love I have invested in my family has now taken fruit in the next generation. The perpetuity of the family, the extension of joy in the family, and the love and unity of the family unit now continues. Words cannot quite do justice the feelings of this moment.
When I finally visited my grandson and held him and saw him and heard him, I was filled with joy and gratitude. Being a grandfather is even more awesome than being a parent (and being a parent was pretty awesome). I thank God for grandchildren!
Being a father is a momentous event in one's life, and I still remember the 5:30am wake up from my wife when our oldest was born. From that time forward for the next 20 years, I never quite caught up on sleep or privacy or anything else. But today is another monumental event. I did not lose sleep, but I can feel something different in my life. This event has made all of my efforts in life worth living. All of my energy and strength and love I have invested in my family has now taken fruit in the next generation. The perpetuity of the family, the extension of joy in the family, and the love and unity of the family unit now continues. Words cannot quite do justice the feelings of this moment.
When I finally visited my grandson and held him and saw him and heard him, I was filled with joy and gratitude. Being a grandfather is even more awesome than being a parent (and being a parent was pretty awesome). I thank God for grandchildren!
I'm a few months behind on catching up on blogs, but having experienced the first child myself, and having had a close friend also welcome his first grandchild a few days ago, this was a lovely way of summarizing the "tsunami."
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