Therefore Having Gone

Therefore Having Gone

Saturday, April 3, 2021

SAMUEL'S BIG DAY

I hardly ever use this space to brag about my kids, but let me state for the record that each one is a unique and wonderfully gifted individual and Melissa and I have some idea of how incredibly blessed we are to be their parents.

Today, our third child, Samuel, had such an unusual day that says so much about his personality, I can't help but to share here.

The day started out with him buying his first car. He looked at it yesterday evening, researched it online, and even investigated possible shortcomings. But then, as a 17 year old who has spent most of his recent years living in Haiti, he plunked down $5,000 of his own money to purchase it. This is money he has earned over the last few summers and throughout this year, his senior year, working as a waiter at a local restaurant. 


The most common question he has gotten so far is "Do you FIT in that?"

In that photo, Samuel is wearing a white shirt and bowtie because he was on his way to work after buying the car: a 7 hour shift, 11:00 am to 6:00 pm. I've never waited tables myself, but it looks exhausting.

He packed two sandwiches - one for lunch and one for dinner. He knew he wouldn't have time to join us for dinner tonight at home because right after work he was headed directly to his high school auditorium. 

At 7:30 pm, the curtain rose on the production of "Almost, Maine", a play about various aspects of being in love. Samuel played a character named Phil who was hitting a rough patch with his wife. He and the rest of the cast have been working on this play for months. Melissa and I and Samuel's siblings and his Grandma Trudy had the easy part - we were all in seats cheering him on. 



Not sure how a kid tops a day like that, but I'm pretty sure Samuel is going to do it in the coming years, many times over. Looking forward to seeing what the Lord has in store for Samuel ... and each of his siblings. 


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