Vacuosity

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After re-reading my earlier post about my friend Jose, I realize that I was unclear. When I said that Jose and Diane succeeded in a way I never could, I think it came off sounding like their family succeeded where mine failed. That's not what I meant. I am happy and proud of my family.

I meant that their road to success, family-wise, life-wise, and financially was one that I couldn't have taken. Their path took patience, hard, hard work, and a resilience that seems unachievable. Even now they have a hard schedule to keep: Jose works through the week, and Diane works weekends and nights; 35 hours a weeks broken into three shifts. It's tough. They have done this, or something similar, ever since Gabriel, the eldest, was born.

Besides, Diane keeps an immaculate home, cooks, and cares for her children. Jose, too, has a lot of solo time with the kids. There are no lazy Sunday mornings for him.

That's what I admire: their tenacity, their resolve, their organization, their commitedness to family and goals. People who have it together amaze me.

The other minor detail I left out (guess that career in journalism is out of the question), guess who's doing Macdougall's job now? That's right, and with a staff 2-3 times the size. You go, killer.

posted by David @ 9:31 p.m.