~:[CH8 - Day 129]:~ A Family Dinner
"So what are we celebrating? Is it a family night out?" the waitress asked us. Sure, that's what it was, a family. I laughed inside because the sister of one of my athletes gets mistaken as a daughter of one of our coaches. As we prepared for CIF Finals this weekend, we had our congratulatory dinner. I guess that past few years it may have been easy to take it for granted, as we had a few "very likely" qualifiers, but it was nice to have someone get through. It was a day where I did realize the importance of family. I think sometimes we are so busy "making a living" or "taking care of things" that we forget to pay attention to those around us. They have such a regular presence around us sometimes that we take them for granted, much like we did pushing forward to CIF Finals and beyond year after year. Sadly, I've had someone near me lose someone close to them and it's tough to know exactly what to say to them or what to do? For everyone it's different and they handle it in their own way, but I think just being there for them is important. To those who mourn, I hope that you can seek the help of many around you who want to help you. The heaviness of the loss is heavy and there are many around you who want to share that burden with you even though you may not see it that way. We all will face this loss some day and that family dinner that you had will shrink in size over time. The happiness of birth and the sadness of death is part of life and the cycle at this very dinner table, where we have an unpredictable list of guess, unknowing of when we will come and go. However, it's important that while at this table, we enjoy each other's company and appreciate the time we have together, as no matter how the food tastes, just be there for one another is one of the most important things. It was a pretty fund dinner and I had a great time, but it was even nicer to go back home and spend some time with my family, as I was reminded not to take having them for granted.
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