“Perfect Day”

Have you ever planned the perfect day only to have it altered against your wishes? Have you ever had your plans changed unexpectedly for the better? It happened to me this past weekend.

All week I had adjusted my schedule so that Saturday would be clear. I had some home projects to finish and I wanted to make time to work on a song I had started. It was looking promising by Thursday so I was optimistic. My Friday night turned into Saturday morning as I stayed up until 2am to get a head start on my schedule.

Saturday morning. 7am. I am awake. I don’t jump out of bed right away, just easing into my free and clear day. I decided to run a few errands while it was still early. I like to beat the crowd when I have to go to the store. After a couple of stops, I head back home and fix myself some breakfast. Just as I was about to settle in my phone rings.

“Hello hey what’s up dad?” 10:40am. My father is in the driveway. Okay. It’s early so I can hang out with dad and still get things done. So I’m talking to my father for about an hour or so and my phone rings again. “Hey Jeff what’s up dude?” My brother wants to stop by to get my opinion on something. “What time are you gonna be here?”  “Dad is here by the way.” It’s approaching noon. My brother says he’ll be by around 3pm. So my father decides to hang around until then.

Next thing I know my father is chilling in my recliner. I’m running up-and-down the steps and in and out the back door on the deck trying to get my housework done. We’re having a great time and great conversation. So much so that we don’t even realize that we’ve gone past lunch. My brother finally arrives around 3 and I ask if anybody wants to eat and nobody’s interested. So we continue the conversation talking about family, sports and  motorcycles just enjoying the day. My wife and sons come in and join the conversation and then my nephew calls….

After my nephew talks to his dad, his grandfather and then myself he tells us that he may stop by. And then my sister called. She contemplated whether she was gonna come down or not, but my dad and brother told her that they wouldn’t be here much longer. They ended up staying until around six o’clock, by the way… And then my cousin called.

My sister, my cousin and my nephew decided not to show up because it was so late in the afternoon, but those of us who did had a good time.

I started my weekend by thinking that it would be perfect because of what “I” wanted to do. As it turns out the day was even more perfect because of what God wanted “us” to do: enjoy and love our family. That’s Real Savage right there!