After 18 days in NICU our new addition Tandan Levi has made it home. It has been an emotionally draining month. The oldest boy caught Covid causing a quarantine in the middle of the newest kiddo’s NICU stent. Having the ability of FaceTime was a blessing during it all for the family but of course it’s never the same as in person contact. Luckily he was in good hands at the hospital as the oldest was in good hands at home. Blessed are we with so many gifts and well wishes. Thank you all for the prayers and support.

This next week will be challenging with work and getting in the groove of a new baby at home. Keep us in prayers. I also have a Cardiologist appointment later in the week so cross my finger and toes my ticker is healthy. I will continue to sent out positive energy and prayers to all those that have been affected during this pandemic to find peace and healing. Thanks for the read.

So my oldest son (12) has tested positive for Covid. It breaks my heart to have to quarantine him to a separate room. His mother, my mother in law and myself have tested negative but of course have to quarantine as well to be safe. Although he is doing great and only seems to have a soar throat as the only system the loneliness of having to be separate from your own family in your own home mentally sucks. To top it all off we have a 12 day old kiddo in NICU who still hasn’t made it home yet as he was just a little early coming into the world. It’s a different kinda pain to not be able to go to the hospital and spend time with this little boy. I can’t imagine the mental stress and emotional stress my wife is going through internally. She remains as calm as she can and puts on a brave face but I know it’s eating at her. We talk and I comfort the best I can but everyone has that internal feeling you keep to yourself. Although I know he is in the best place possible and in the care of some amazing people it hurts to not be able to see him for even just a couple hours. I will continue to pray every day and night for the safety of our family and the safety of all the people in our lives and those people around the world going through so much with Covid. I hope if you’re reading this you’ll say a selfless prayer for as many people as possible and if you do not believe in God then send out positive energy to the people world. The power of prayer is also the power of positivity and we all need more positivity in our lives. Thanks for reading and thanks ahead a time for the prayers and positivity. Remember it’s easier to love then to hate.

If there was a time when the phrase “where to begin” was appropriate it would be for this last week. I clearly missed my weekly post goal by two days but understandably so. Our newest addition to our family was born on the 12th of January at 5:59am. Being 40 and a father to a newborn agin is just unreal in my mind. He was born 6 1/2 weeks early and that alone causes so much anxiety. This little life we are now responsible for during the current climate in the world is a tad bit overwhelming. My struggles with anxiety are now at an all time high but I take things a day at a time. My hat is off to the wife for her strength and resolve. It’s as though she has to deal with a new born, a preteen and a grown man child.

With new life always comes the though for me regarding death. It test my faith at times to think of the what comes next? Is there a next? The absolute true unknown. It scares me to think of leaving behind a family, my kids and my life. As I get older I grow evermore concerned and try to find peace in prayer and the daily breathe in the morning of a new day. The occasional ache in my body send an alarm to my brain sometimes with irrational thoughts. I recently saw a meme of a young child a representative of life and a grim reaper we have come to normalize as death. The young child asked death why do people live me and hate you? Death reply’s by saying because you’re a beautiful lie and I am the painful truth. I think what death is trying to say is that we are caught up in life sometimes that we only look at death as an end and associate it with pain.

Life is not always beautiful and can be extremely painful. Many of us take for granted our time breathing and living. We are devastated when someone close is embraced by death. I will be the first to admit my fear of the unknown, my fear of death. I was raised in the church and the belief of heaven and of hell. As much as I truly believe there is always that fear and that doubt that I struggle with. So having said all that I ask for the blessing of positive thoughts and prayers for myself and my family as we navigate this new adventure in life as parents at 40 and a new sibling at 12. Pray for my doubt and my anxiety and know that all is appreciated. Thank you for reading and I wish you all the very best in life and even in death.