It's amazing how things in one aspect of my life can be going so well and how things in another are so broken. My weekend sums it up in a nutshell. I had a really relaxing day off yesterday which included hanging out with some of the RD's playing some video games, going out to Chipotle for dinner and doing some shopping at the mall.
I called my mom last night and she gave me word that my uncle who has been battling cancer for the last 3 years is finally conceding and will let the disease take its course. Mentally and physically he can't handle any more chemo and he just wants to be now. The cancer has now spread throughout his body and only time will tell how long he will last.
My Dad is thinking about taking a job in Florida which would mean that my mom would try to go back and forth from LA to check up on my our house and my sister who is currently living at home. This necessarily isn't a bad thing but it adds more complications into things. Like, where do I go for Christmas break? and my mom also said, "it would be nice if you could live at home with your sister during your summer off..." (Not my idea of a great summer...and my heart has been set to go back to camp this summer)
The final blow I took this weekend was that I got word that one of my old co-workers from Covenant, Rod passed away last night from a heart attack. Rod was an awesome man of God. He was in charge of facilities services and always had a smile on his face. I would see him working at 7am making sure the campus was ready for Orientation and at 12am cleaning up after a big event. I never say him not working hard. He empowered me and trusted me with decisions I didn't think I had the authority to make. He was so genuine and loved Covenant and loved people at Covenant. I know he is in a better place which softens the blow but he will be missed a lot. RIP Peace Rod. You're the man and I know you're smiling down on us now!
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