I hope that my mother is having a better mother’s day than I have had so far. She would have just left from her trip to Jamaica and is coming back today. Meanwhile, her 34 year old son is trying so very hard to maintain his composure to try and deal with what he believes is the most annoying thing on the face of this planet. It’s not the staff at Forestview constantly asking me if I have covid but it’s something far more annoying, something that I’ve dealt with long before Jacob was born….Para Transpo. Now taking para on any given day is hard because they are always late, and then send separate vehicles for Chris and I when we go out. Also, let’s not forget how I’ve spent almost all of my adult life on hold with those people. Well this morning, things were much different. You know it’s bad when the office themselves call me to inform me that vehicles will be very late and this is what happened. As I was leaving to come to the library, the phone rang and it was para informing me of this very thing so I knew what I was up against. If it’s as bad as it is on any given day, I can imagine it would be 10 times worse when they admit to being tardy themselves. It certainly has presented a challenge for me in terms of my patience level as anybody who knows me well enough would probably think I would have been freaking out biting my hand, etc However, mom will be happy to know that I’ve surprisingly not been upset and believe it or not, I’m not stressed. I’m a little tired but I’m not stressed. There was however one little minute when I became a little frusterated and this was the point at which I opted to call a cab. This was short lived however. The office even went ahead and changed my pickup time from 145 to 215 which is something they do when they know they’re late. With all this in mind, you’re probably wondering what is making me maintain my positivity level in the face of such adversity…. well while I can thank mom for a lot of my patience that I didn’t have before……..I owe it all to Jacob as I would never be able to maintain my composure where para is concerned before he was born.

Buddy, if your mommy and daddy are reading this to you as you get older, uncle Jeff says thank you buddy. You’ve made his day in the face of ever growing stress and you probably don’t even know it yet.

You are such a pleasure buddy and I promise, we will meet soon. I love you buddy.

Your uncle Jeff

I think the Christmas song said it best…..how a little baby boy could bring the people so much joy. Well, in my case, Jacob has brought me so much more. He’s given me a second chance at life while extinguishing all of the monsters inside of me.

He’s such a bundle of joy