“There are three marks of a superior man: being virtuous, he is free from anxiety; being wise, he is free from perplexity; being brave, he is free from fear.” Confucius
“If you shift your focus from oneself to others, and think more about others’ well-being and welfare, it has an immediate liberating effect.” Dalai Lama
May 1st brings a lot of different celebrations going on in different parts of the world. We are starting to work our way into spring proper. April showers are suppose to have tempted the May flowers however the system is still a bit on the soggy side and not all the flowers have received the wake up call. For me May 1st is now a day to celebrate a birthday in this family. Kevin joined our family a couple of years ago and never has a person been so welcomed and loved.
To go back into time first though a few years ago found my niece in an abusive marriage with her self esteem in shreds, a pathological liar for a husband, being moved all over the United States as he pursued jobs and other methods of getting a quick buck. Finally he dumped her with three children aged two, four, and six with 1 suitcase of clothes for the four of them and $15.00 and no home, no place to live, no job, nothing to help her and their children survive.
She met Kevin through Match.com. She was lonely. He was the pastor of a small Presbyterian Church in North Carolina and he was also looking for a soul mate. This soft-spoken Southerner with a degree from Wake Forest and a degree from Yale took on the responsibility of a ready-made family. He was starting life with a dreamy daughter getting ready to go into her teen years, an older son with Asperger’s, and a younger son with ADHD. He had a wife who was trying to survive and care for her children and still speak out for the plight of the homeless.
It will be three years next month that I was down their putting the finishing touches on a “Princess Bride” wedding dress on my niece. Kevin is those three short years has brought a stability to my niece and his children’s lives. He is a gentle and sweet man. He gives very liberal and enlightening and thought provoking sermons. My niece put us on his list to mail the sermons to. He has supported Berni who is now finishing up a Master’s Thesis and will go into the field of homeless advocacy.
“If you shift your focus from oneself to others, and think more about others’ well-being and welfare, it has an immediate liberating effect.” Dalai Lama
May 1st brings a lot of different celebrations going on in different parts of the world. We are starting to work our way into spring proper. April showers are suppose to have tempted the May flowers however the system is still a bit on the soggy side and not all the flowers have received the wake up call. For me May 1st is now a day to celebrate a birthday in this family. Kevin joined our family a couple of years ago and never has a person been so welcomed and loved.
To go back into time first though a few years ago found my niece in an abusive marriage with her self esteem in shreds, a pathological liar for a husband, being moved all over the United States as he pursued jobs and other methods of getting a quick buck. Finally he dumped her with three children aged two, four, and six with 1 suitcase of clothes for the four of them and $15.00 and no home, no place to live, no job, nothing to help her and their children survive.
She met Kevin through Match.com. She was lonely. He was the pastor of a small Presbyterian Church in North Carolina and he was also looking for a soul mate. This soft-spoken Southerner with a degree from Wake Forest and a degree from Yale took on the responsibility of a ready-made family. He was starting life with a dreamy daughter getting ready to go into her teen years, an older son with Asperger’s, and a younger son with ADHD. He had a wife who was trying to survive and care for her children and still speak out for the plight of the homeless.
It will be three years next month that I was down their putting the finishing touches on a “Princess Bride” wedding dress on my niece. Kevin is those three short years has brought a stability to my niece and his children’s lives. He is a gentle and sweet man. He gives very liberal and enlightening and thought provoking sermons. My niece put us on his list to mail the sermons to. He has supported Berni who is now finishing up a Master’s Thesis and will go into the field of homeless advocacy.
So happy birthday Kevin. It is great to have a wonderful man in my niece’s life. Thank you for caring for her children and making them your own. It is nice to have someone in the family who loves science fiction, who basis his email name on Superman, and who wanted last year’s Halloween theme to be Doctor Who. It was worth six months of knitting a genuine replica of the scarf for you guys.
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