I celebrated my 32nd birthday this week. It was a great day and I was thankful to be able to spend time with my partner Jorge, our foster son, and with Jorge’s parents. It was a fun evening at home with a soccer game on the TV.

Jorge surprised me with tickets to the Dodgers game for the following day. I have not yet been to Dodgers Stadium and it was going to be Gabriel’s first time as well. We had a BLAST! 

To start the evening off, REO Speedwagon sang the national anthem. That was cool enough, but then John Cho (Actor- Star Trek, White Castle) threw the first pitch. That was way cool as well. 

It was a chilly evening. The sunset was gorgeous. The crowd was amiable. Great fun.

I decided to write about this today because I had a realization last night. Better said, I had a confirmation of something I think I already knew. Family time is so important. The past several months have been more hectic than I would have liked and I found myself feeling disconnected from life as I previously knew it. The hours I spent with my family were amazing and now I have new precious memories.

So if I may add in a bit of advice–if you are feeling disconnected from anyone or anything, spend some quality time with that someone or something so that you can effectively reevaluate the important things in your life. I hope to always remember this, and if I need a reminder, well, I can always look back on this blog posting. I have a feeling that when I do need this reminder, I will happen upon this very page…

Thank you for reading,

Jeffery