Road Without Obstacles
“A Road without obstacles, often leads to nowhere.” –Author Unknown.
All of us have dealt with adversity before in our life but my son has dealt with a lot in his young life. Wednesday marked a very sad day for my son, Scott. His Dad passed away three years ago on July 18. David was only 41 years YOUNG when he suddenly died of a brain aneurysm. To say it devastated Scott is the understatement of a lifetime. He had just graduated from high school and moved in with his Dad. I remember how sad I was when he moved out. He is my only child and I thought I had another summer with him at home before he flew the coop. Scott’s plans were to move in with his Dad because he had received a full scholarship at UMKC and wanted to live closer to university; however, it was supposed to be later on that summer. Needless to say I was a bit surprised to find him packing up his room the day after he graduated. Two months from that particular day, his Dad passed away. It was like God had conveyed to Scott to move early to spend that extra time with his Dad.
One thing I have tried to instill in Scott is that the sun will always shine. There might be clouds hiding the sun’s rays but it is still there. We just have to get through the storms first. Without the clouds, we wouldn’t be shielded from the burning sun. Without the clouds, there would be no lavish sunsets, no beneficial rain, no beautiful flowers, in essence, we would never witness God’s masterpiece.
The same is true with life’s clouds. When hard times comes we easily get discouraged but behind the clouds God is still present and can use them to water our soul with unexpected blessings.
The months and years following David’s passing have not been easy on Scott but Scott is moving on with his life. He continues on with his college life and continues to hold down a full-time job. There are still some events that will stop Scott in his tracks, like birthdays, anniversaries and/or the holidays but he definitely is a trooper and reflects on the good things in his life. And that would make his Dad especially proud! :-)
All of us have dealt with adversity before in our life but my son has dealt with a lot in his young life. Wednesday marked a very sad day for my son, Scott. His Dad passed away three years ago on July 18. David was only 41 years YOUNG when he suddenly died of a brain aneurysm. To say it devastated Scott is the understatement of a lifetime. He had just graduated from high school and moved in with his Dad. I remember how sad I was when he moved out. He is my only child and I thought I had another summer with him at home before he flew the coop. Scott’s plans were to move in with his Dad because he had received a full scholarship at UMKC and wanted to live closer to university; however, it was supposed to be later on that summer. Needless to say I was a bit surprised to find him packing up his room the day after he graduated. Two months from that particular day, his Dad passed away. It was like God had conveyed to Scott to move early to spend that extra time with his Dad.
One thing I have tried to instill in Scott is that the sun will always shine. There might be clouds hiding the sun’s rays but it is still there. We just have to get through the storms first. Without the clouds, we wouldn’t be shielded from the burning sun. Without the clouds, there would be no lavish sunsets, no beneficial rain, no beautiful flowers, in essence, we would never witness God’s masterpiece.
The same is true with life’s clouds. When hard times comes we easily get discouraged but behind the clouds God is still present and can use them to water our soul with unexpected blessings.
The months and years following David’s passing have not been easy on Scott but Scott is moving on with his life. He continues on with his college life and continues to hold down a full-time job. There are still some events that will stop Scott in his tracks, like birthdays, anniversaries and/or the holidays but he definitely is a trooper and reflects on the good things in his life. And that would make his Dad especially proud! :-)
posted by C2 @ 1:07 PM
2 Comments:
Wow, that's a powerful story. Sorry for your son. It is good he got to spend two months with his father. I am sure you raised him to think positive and that has helped him. That type of thing is tough no matter the age.
Thinking of your family.
Danielle
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