Special times

Sometimes you encounter something special occurring in your life. It is not always easy to recognize, but sometimes it is very easy. And in those moments, it is, i believe, important to appreciate what you have.
There are too many miserable times in life to not take advantage of the exceptions. When we look at the world around us and see people robbing and killing, people fighting, arguing over stupid things, and have so many stresses and strains and worries...about money, jobs, relationships, friends, relatives, country wide crises, international cases, and so forth...
But every now and again a ray of sunshine breaks through. I have been extremely fortunate in my life to have that happen a lot. And a lot of that has been because of my family.
I remember when I got the work done on my teeth at the "sleep doctor". My brother took time off from work to drive me across town, and that was very cool of him. But what really brought the sunshine to my life was what both my sister Deb and my brothers did for me later.
See, I took the sleep pill, and here is what I remember; I sat down in the dentist chair, I think around 8 or 9 in the morning, turned on the cd to listen to while they fastened the oxygen or whatever it was, and someone was knocking at the door of my apartment. I answered it and there were my brothers. Phillip had his sleeping gear with him. I guess Debbie had called to see how it went and I told her I drove home or something. I also was very disjointed and not making sense, so she called my brothers and they drove in, even though it was pretty late at night, to make sure I was okay.
Now, it is about 45 minutes to an hour to drive in, but they did not complain once. And like I say...Phillip came to stay the night, Kenneth had to go home to go to work early the next morning.
And I was out of it, of that there is no doubt. I rearranged the furniture in the apartment here. That might be the first time in my life I have felt the need to reaarange the furniture. But I did not know I rearranged it, nor that I had talked to Debbie.
Well, the point is...having siblings that care about me that much and will do that much to make sure I am okay...that made me feel so special. And it was really a ray of sunshine in what was really a pretty bad few years. You guys know I love you all, and really appreciate that.
More special things are happening right now that I intended to talk about, but thinking about all the good things my sisters and brothers and Dad have done for me, I am on the verge of tears right now, so that one will have to wait.
Whatever you do in life, hold your friends close and your family closer. Take time out of your busy life to make them feel special and important. It is one of the best things you can or will ever do.