HITTING BLESSINGS "OUT OF THE PARK"
Based on what I have written about in recent posts,
I am guessing you can probably figure out two things about our family and business. One, we like baseball. Two, our area has been getting an excessive
amount of rain. (After seeing some video
of the flooding in Texas, I can’t complain – I feel so very badly for those
folks! We haven’t had near that amount in terms of rain! My prayers are going out to those
people. Here in Nebraska, we aren’t currently
flooded, but we are plenty wet and don’t seem to be drying out any time soon according
to the weather reports!) I saw this on
Facebook the other day and almost peed my pants from laughing!
I keep telling Jason I feel like we need to start
building our own ark….either that or take up rice farming, but I digress…
The rain has kept us very busy and though our
business doesn’t advertise 24 hour service, there have been many nights and weekends
spent working to help people who might be experiencing problems due to the
wetness. Because of all this, the
family hasn’t seen much of Dad lately.
It’s just a part of being a business owner….coupled with the nature of
our business….coupled with all the weather!
So when our kids were bugging us about having a party Memorial Day
weekend to play baseball on our recently established backyard field, I just
wasn’t sure it would work. In our
business, just because the calendar says it’s a 3 day holiday weekend, doesn’t
always mean our family gets a 3 day holiday weekend. However, if we were ever going to get a bunch
of people together, Memorial Day weekend would be the best possibility. So, I sent out an invite! We decided to take a chance on this all
working out! I was happily surprised
with several “yes”responses!! There were
still several “maybes” that gave me a little concern about what our overall
turn out would be but we moved forward with our plans. So many of our family members are in high
school and college with busy schedules which makes it hard for us to always get
the whole gang in one place at one time.
Not only that, but we also have family that lives further away than
others so that too can cause issues. I
watched the weather report all week and every time our meteorologist spoke
about Memorial Day weekend it was with soggy terms. Despite this, we still kept our get-together
on the books and everyone thought it would still be fun to meet up even if we
didn’t play baseball. (Now, my two boys
had other feelings on the matter, to which I told them to take their weather
issues up with Mother Nature…not with Mother Kubik).
Just as the meteorologists predicted the weekend
came with spotty showers. Both Saturday
and Sunday were cloudy and rainy. Things
weren’t looking good for a Monday baseball game weather-wise. Our list of “attendees” still wasn’t secured
but I knew about 15 people were coming for sure and there was a good chance we’d
get at least 5 more. If the weather did
clear up, we had enough for a baseball game, but realistically I was planning
for people to be indoors.
Then Monday came….with sun!! It looked like we MIGHT get a little
something late in the afternoon/evening, but it wasn’t a huge possibility. Not only that, but as I was preparing for the
festivities, I got a call that more people were going to be able to make
it! Add six more to the list!
Needless to say, we had a great turn-out, great
weather, and a great time! What looked
to be a total disappointment in both weather and scheduling conflicts ended up
being perfect for both. The clouds
literally parted for an awesome baseball game!
Of course, my boys were thrilled, but I’m pretty sure the rest of the
family had a good time as well! I hope
we’ll be able to make this an annual event (and maybe even more than that…)
The stars aligning for this day reminded me of all
I have to be thankful for. I mean, I
felt pretty lucky that the weather cooperated and that lots of people showed
up, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
I am so blessed to live in a country where men and women lay down their
lives so that I can plan events like yesterday and not worry about my safety or
live in fear from others. I do get
cranky with our government, but I am thankful for my country and the people who
serve in the armed forces. I have a
wonderful family and home. I have a husband
who provides so much for me and our boys and pretty darn nice place to live. I mean, who else gets her own baseball field
in her backyard?! I have amazing in-laws
and extended family who are not only a hoot to hang with, but are also awfully
good to us! We are richly blessed in
love and family. Now if you don’t think
I am a lucky girl, then there’s something wrong with you.
Like a bad penny, the rain showed back up again
today but I gotta say the break on Monday helped my newly acquired disdain for “all
things wet” --not be as bad as it was
last week. We were able to “hit it out
of the park” yesterday and that’s all I need for now!
It was a blast. Thanks for hosting us!
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