filio family: Looking through Owen's eyes

Monday, April 7, 2008

Looking through Owen's eyes

Ever since Owen started talking a lot, I have been so excited to just hear him talk and listen to him even when I have to listen to certain things a few times before I get it. But as days pass by, his words become clearer and clearer. Every time I get a chance to get him ready for bed, I love talking to him and asking him about his day! Sometimes, I ask him questions that are so simple, but his responses seem to move me.

The other night, we were talking about President Hinckley. We have taught him that he was the prophet, and then we told him that he had recently died. He repeated the other night that President Hickley is dead. And I asked him: "Where is he now?" He then said: "I don't know." I proceeded to explain to him that he is in Heaven. He then smiled and told me: "Heaven is a happy place." I smiled and commended him for his answer. I then asked him,"Do you want to go to heaven?" He shook his head and said: "No." I asked why not, and he then said: "I WANT TO STAY WITH YOU."

There was just something about it that made me feel a lot of joy as a father. And even close to tears when I think about my son who loves me so much. He loves it when I am home from work, or on weekends, when we play. I guess he is my number one fan.

Being a father is so much enjoyable when you have a son like Owen. His smile just melts my heart!

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Slow down! Icy Road Conditions!

The picture above shows what happened to the car after I got into car crash on my way to work. I left at 6 a.m. hoping to beat rush hour traffic not thinking about the bad road conditions. I haven't gone to work for a couple of days and I know I needed to get back in the office. it was about 3 miles from my house where I was driving over an icy bridge and I lost control of the car. I don't remember much from what happened other than the fact that I tried to gain control of the car as I was swerving left and right and I missed one car, but another car headed towards me from the opposite direction hit me right on and I spun around. It all happened really fast! I remember checking to make sure I could feel my feet. And then I called 911. A police officer was there within minutes. The trip to the hospital was unbearable even though they hit me with morphine! I laid on that stretcher in the emergency room for hours because they wouldn't move me until all the x rays and scans were completed and evaluated. It was a pretty uncomfortable 5 hours! But I got out of it okay without any major injuries - just a few bruises here and there. I was glad! I am grateful that my life did not end then! I had a few thoughts go through my head as I hit that truck. One thing was: "Did I buy enough life insurance to sustain my family? and "Am I ready to go?" Sadly, the answer to both questions were no. And it makes me realize how short and unpredictable this life is. I really want to be a better person, to really cherish every single minute I have with my family. I love my wife and my son, and the rest of my family, but to go through an experience when it seemed like everything was to be stripped of you, it really opens your eyes to a better perspective of what is truly important in life.