Family Comes First
We are back in New York City and it’s not for vacation. We have a family emergency and even though I won’t mention the situation, please pray for us.
Update 1/15/23:
May my husband’s grandmother, Lidia M. Espinal Goris rest in peace. She left this world last night and its extremely devastating. She was a wonderful and strong woman, a believer, and a loving wife and mother. She lived life for the lord until the end. But, there is no end because she goes on to live in our hearts and she is now in God’s embrace and with her loved ones who had departed this world. I have spoken to her through facetime and met her for the first time on Monday (Jan 9th) and she held my hand and we prayed together. We are happy that she got the opportunity to meet her first great-grandchild (Giselle) and got to see her first grandson (my husband Randy) in the room, at the same time. This is a time for the family to be together and support one another through the grieving process. I believe that she continues to watch over her family and that the relationship continues.
Tu vida fue una bendición, tu memoria un tesoro. Eres amada más allá de las palabras y extrañada sin medida. Que Dios te bendiga y el cielo ganó un ángel.
Psalm 48:14
”For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.”
“Family is not an important thing. It's everything.” – Michael J. Fox
Family can be blood related or even be your friends. The relationships has to be based on unconditional love and forgiveness, trust, support, and more. Every family is different but anger and frustrations will be part of it. And we all make mistakes but this is why we have to try to understand one another and pull our weight to make the family dynamic a healthy one. Roles are crucial and communication is the key to keeping the peace in the family. If the conversation is not going where it needs to, it’s normal to feel anger and frustration. But remember, we have to be patient with one another because tomorrow is not promised.
We have to try our best to stay in contact with our family and attempt to see them as much as we can. I reach out to my family every single day. My mother is in her 50’s and my father in his 70’s and my siblings are 3 to 9 years older than me. We can have our conflicts, but those things need to be set aside after speaking on the issue and brushed off. There will always be something where we don’t agree, so lets just figure out how to keep the peace.
The point of the blog is to not wait to hear some bad news about a family member to unite. Lets all love and respect one another while we are alive and well. There will always be good and bad moments, but we must learn to get through them together. We have to pray, sacrifice, and take action with and for our family.
