Things will never be normal again. There will be a new normal that we'll need to get used to. The process will be heart-wrenching.

I feel deflated but inspite of that, I haven't lost hope. Through the misery, I see a lot of good in this world. The good that I don't deserve but I still experience. There will be a void in our hearts but the rest of it will be filled with hope. Hope that one day it will be alright. This too shall pass.

For now, I am here to grieve.

Liam

He had his Mother's eyes, his Dad's lips. His Mother's fingers, his Dad's face. His Mother's nails, his Dad's limbs. He would have made a great footballer. He was perfect in every way.

He was our first-born.

May 10th, 2017. Thank you for giving us those precious moments. We'll see you again.

Gentle Reminder

I've been playing some of my best football in quite sometime now.
I can just hang out with friends.
I've been learning a lot, both biblical and practical.
I'm looking forward to an important event in the not too distant future.
Arijit Singh is a phenomenal singer...and so is Dave Mathews.

Rest doesn't matter. It's all good.

Note to self: You need to get back to practicing the guitar.
  

Some of the stories coming from Syria are heart-wrenching. It's so difficult to fathom what they are going through. I wonder how long this will continue and how people are alright with the world we live in today. I know this post doesn't provide any solutions but I just wanted to write something. I don't understand what level of hatred one needs to reach to be ok with this. It's probably not human.

Played football twice on the same day. Don't remember the last time I got to do that. Aah! Simple pleasures.

I'll be the first to confess that I don't share the same level of faith as others do. It's easy to say I surrender everything to Christ but this journey teaches us what surrender really means. Most times I feel I cannot reach that level. But it's not about me. It's about Him in the end.

I have the humility to accept I don't know much but I do know that I wish this world was a better place to live in. I am thankful to God that he has made me a generally happy person but at times it becomes very difficult to ignore/disregard the problems people go through. And I am not talking about mundane stuff. Serious cancer stuff, man. I hate to say it but I don't understand how something good can come out of a 7 year old suffering from cancer. But He knows. He suffers with her and He is good. That's worth hanging on to.

Back to back champions!