Poor William with three of his children, Will, Linden and Galilee at Kathryn’s on Moon Lake
By POOR WILLIAM
CLARKSDALE, Mississippi
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My cup is full, not half empty.
My cup runneth over! Sadly, I seldom recognize it. One of the hardest things in this Dad’s and most non-custodial parent’s lives is watching the time approach for our children to go home from a visit. As Madge can attest, I become a bit manic, edgy, teary, irritable, sad—the picture is apparent—and I often wonder how I can even keep it together! But…
This year I had an emotional epiphany as I was leaving Clark House Inn. Wandering the downtown streets of Clarksdale, as is my habit on Sunday morning, I started crying and asking the Lord to help me get through the next day’s parting, regretting the many things that I had wanted to accomplish and didn’t…
As I was listening to Junior Kimbrough’s “Done Got Old,” I began reflecting on how healthy, well adjusted, and grateful my children are, and I realized that I should strive to be more like them. I should see my cup as half-full not half-empty…
Then it hit me; my cup is not just half full, it is full and running over and the only problem is my stinking thinking. Wallowing in self-pity and not being grateful was and is the problem. With God’s help I was able to keep it together and enjoy my last two days with my precious children instead of being depressed about what was not and can never be! I recorded the following as I was driving around with a voice on the verge of cracking, but similar to the title of an early 1960’s movie starring Glenn Ford and Donald O’Connor, I was “crying for happy!” Life is good…pw
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Amen, brother.