It is inspiring to personally witness how my wife’s uncle has
literally moved mountains trying to recuperate from his debilitating stroke a
few years ago. His miraculous recovery from his over-sea emergency cranial
operation and his steel-determined disposition to keep-up with his physical and
mental therapies has shown promising progress for him and his family. On the
other hand, my wife also has a distant relative who experienced the same head
ailment and who has been bedridden for years leading to his legs shrinking in
mass and strength due to muscular atrophy.
I myself have been into writing hibernation the past nine
months and two well meaning friends already asked me why. Well, I
could always bring out the writer’s block card but the reality is that it has a
lot more to do with this year’s major turn in my family and career direction.
It has
been nine months since I officially became a part-time OFW, a part-time
entrepreneur and a struggling and cramming home-school co-parent/teacher to our
Zek, a fourth-grader at CFA. I must admit that I am just barely managing my
time ever since. Don’t get me wrong. I do like these challenges and I do love
spending more time with my family. On the other hand, the time allotment I have
for each planned tasks seemed to have shrunk from a marathon run pre-resignation to a 100-meter dash the last few weeks. And unfortunately, my writing time was one of those that have given way.
I do
not wish to suffer writing atrophy so I try harder to manage my time and write
again.
By God’s
grace, I intend to get back on using this God’s gift for His glory.
