TIME FOR SON!

          Sonny Boy spent a week with his dad and boy was it an eye opener.  Yet he would do it again because the presence was more important than the inconvenience for both of them.
       I went to visit my older son and Sonny Boy stayed here because we didn't want him to miss school.  To make it convenient for Sonny Boy, his dad stayed at our home with him.  His dad has his own apt. but it doesn't have the necessities that Sonny Boy has grown use to.
      While with Sonny Boy, his dad took the whole week off from his second job.  Now that is a miracle in itself.  Hardly anything ever comes between dad and work. That said a lot about his dads priority. During this time, dad noticed that Sonny Boy has outgrown most of his dress shirts.  He noticed that Sonny Boy runs late for his bus that stops right at the driveway and that he eats a lot. His dad also realized how little he knows about Sonny Boys daily schedule.
      Sonny Boy on the other hand noticed that his dad likes to get up from the table without clearing it.  Sonny Boy complained how he had to pickup after his dad while in the kitchen, and he didn't like it. He even noticed that his dad left the fridge slightly open a few times and that Sonny Boy had to constantly go behind him to make sure it was closed.  Sonny Boy complained that they ran out of Dove soap and had to take soapless showers until dad found a bar of shea soap.  (Soapless showers Uhmmmm.) Lastly Sonny Boy was irritated that his dad asked him daily about his schedule although he gave the same answer the day before and the day before that.
        It is through our personal time together that we not only learn about one another, but we can learn our life lessons through those experiences.  It is the little things that we come to see from the inside of life for ourselves, that is not as obvious when we are on the outside looking in.   As Sonny Boy got to see, life is not always the way you want, or as you think you know. Life is what you make of what you have while you have it.

      Sonny Boy and his dad spent a week together, which enabled them to learn invaluable lessons about one another.  I am thankful that God gave them an opportunity to be together with no influence of mines whatsoever. A week with just man to man. Awesome.  And I am so thankful that his dad put his life on hold so I could have some time away. What a selfless gift he gave to me. Thankful!
Proverbs 16:8 says it best: Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. 
ONLY GOD!