Changing circumstances
I know it’s been a while since my last post… but my circumstances are changing, and I’ve been busy. I am writing this short update, basically, to say that all is well with me. The journey continues!
Perhaps the biggest obstacles that block my path towards… self-fulfillment? faith-fulfillment? dream-fulfillment? are my family obligations. As the eldest child, and as the only one among us siblings who’s still living in our hometown, the responsibility for taking care of our elderly parents and our grandmother falls on me. Yes, it’s a heavy burden, but I’ve tried my best to handle this responsibility, even at great personal costs to me — costs that are oftentimes taken for granted even by my own family… costs that only God fully knows and takes an accounting of.
But things are changing….
More than a year ago, after a period of great suffering because of his failing health, my father died. This was the start….
And two months ago, after also a period of great suffering because of her failing health, my grandmother died. The changes caused by her death are what I’m going through right now.
I still have obligations though. My father and grandmother had both passed away, but I still have obligations. Taking care of my mother. Taking care of our house. Taking care of our dogs. Nevertheless, my situation has definitely changed, for I have also obtained a large measure of freedom — freedom to finally pursue the things that I want to do. For myself. And for God. Especially for God.
But as I’ve said, my circumstances are still changing, and so it’s still going to be a while….
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