Last week I came pretty close to feeling like a celebrity. If you're ever laying in bed in the morning and hear your name being chanted from another room because of the excited anticipation of your company, then you too could experience this "superstar" feeling. I had the privilege of spending a week at Vero Beach with my wife, kids, my sister, her husband, and their kids. The youngest of their two boys is Jordan. He's the one who came to love me the way I always knew I could be loved...and should be loved! The others in the house never seemed to get it the way Jordan did. Carley, Jacob, and Josh never chanted my name ("Uncle Greg"). And Angela, Kim, and Jim didn't seem to get the concept either. But this wide eyed 2 year-old saw something in me the others didn't...or if they did, they suppressed it. But that's what's great about toddlers, they don't hide their feelings. They'll immediately let you know if they're mad, happy, sad, or scared. Heck, they'll even let you know when they're pooping on the floor with no shame at all! If it comes naturally, whether a physical feeling or an emotion, then they're going to live it out without pride getting in their way. How cool is that? So if you love someone, you should be like a 2 year-old....be like Jordan...and shout it out! Whether they're in the room or not.
If you ever get the chance to go to Vero Beach in August be sure to take some bug spray. Or you could do like us and opt for having a built in game of "connect-the-dots" on your legs (my sister got the super-sized version of this game). A bug called "No-See-Ums" feasted on us like red-necks on a KFC hot bar. But the itchy red dots were soon forgotten when we walked out into the radioactive heat of day that is Florida in August. It was the same 90+ degrees we have in S.C., but it must have been the 165% humidity that made it a little less refreshing. But the sauna like heat was soon forgotten when we jumped into the 45 degree Atlantic Ocean. It's hard to believe, but the ocean water was truly bitter cold! It was all I could do to just stay in long enough to pee!
So we had bugs, heat, and cold water, but to counter-act these few negatives we had many positives: great food and drinks, an awesome house, a big pool (complete with a water slide), coconut trees, rabbits (not the dangerous kind), little lizards, many activities for the kids, massages, our own chef (thanks Jim), relaxation, and family! So many thanks go out to Jim, Kim, Josh, and Jordan for inviting us to share in their vacation. We had a great time and loved it even more than Jordan loves his "Uncle Greg"!
I must add that both me and Angela were referred to as "Uncle Greg" by Jordan. But being that he's only 2 years removed from God's presence, I assume he still only recognizes marriage as "One Flesh". The world's view of two in a marriage hasn't sunk in on him yet...Hopefully it never will!
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It was absolutely a wonderful trip! So fun to get to know all 4 of you better than I ever have. It was such a relaxing trip. And even though I am still playing connect the dots and non stop hearing "Uncle Greg ice ice baby" I would do it again tomorrow!
It was definately a great trip! As my wife said so perfectly, "I would do it again tomorrow". There truly is no better way to get to really know someone then to spend 6 days together in the same house. Who in a million years would have thought that Greg would try Sushi and actually like it.
Well, we all know who the favorite "Uncle Greg" is....
I won't mention any names. It is definitely hard to come home from a vacation like that and dive straight into 12 hour work days. It was a fun trip and we are thankful to Jim and Kim and Jim's parents for the invitation.
Go easy, "Uncle Greg", I love KFC's hot bar!
And remind me never to get in the ocean next to you!
Also, could you please tell me what is the dangerous kind of rabbit?
Too funny.
I though the "dangerous rabbits" might bring about some questions. The resort we stayed at had several rabbits that would appear right by the walkways. They were quite tame, or at least not timid. You could get within a few feet of them before they would run into the bushes. While walking one morning, I overheard a conversation between a woman and a security guard she flagged down. She said, seriously concerned, "are these bunnies dangerous?" I laughed to myself as the security guard struggled to answer her without laughing himself. But in the end the woman was relieved to know that these particular rabbits were not the harmful kind....Unlike the ones in a Monty Python movie.
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