Reflecting on my week, the song Seasons of Love came to mind. “525,600 minutes, how do you measure a year? 525,600 minutes, how do you measure, measure a year?” The question I ask myself is how do you measure a week?
Discussing our week, my wife reminded me of one short phrase – support networks. If I were to count the times that my wife, my parents, my in-laws, my children, my work colleagues, students and parents of students surrounded me with support this week, I am certain it would be a very large number.
With two very sick children, the pressure was on our family to support each other and survive the many pressures of day-to-day life. I do not know how I would have made it through the week and still achieved the many things that I did, without the love and care of my wife and both of our parents. To have such a supportive network of people is so important and I cannot imagine what it would be like without these people in my life.
I cannot do justice to saying thank you to each person, with so many stepping up and helping me. All I can say is THANK YOU many times over to all of you who supported me. It was a very full week with many events and I certainly felt the pressure!
So, in reflection, how did I measure the week? As the song goes, measure in love…
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