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Sleepless in OKC
As I wait for the alarm to come on to wake me up, I figure I will post a few comments about not being able to sleep. I have had insomnia for a number of years so this is not new. What is new is getting to sleep and then waking up later like I have been lately. Usually my insomnia resulted in not being able to get to sleep in the first place. The problem this time is that I just cannot stop thinking. My sister is having a major crisis and it is tough to stop thinking about it. My wife is having a smaller, yet still troubling issue. My kids are growing too fast and all I can do is think.
I spent the last couple of hours of my sleep time dreaming of the beginning of my Air Force career back at Davis-Monthan AFB. I have been thinking about it in the current form since I just went to Tucson about a month ago. Anyway, there are so many things going on that my mind is just racing. I have been doing everything except giving it over to God. Recently we have been so busy that we have virtually stopped reading the Bible and not thanking him for all that he has done. I would just like to take a moment and tell the world what a great family I have and give God the credit that he deserves. Sometimes we get so busy that we forget to acknowledge those that have helped us get where we are today.
My wife Sunday has been instrumental in helping me go through the Air Force, finish college, and raise two sons. She has traveled the world with me and never complained. What a great woman she is and I am so grateful to have her. My oldest son has decided to get a place of his own and that really was hard for me to take at first but at the same time I am very proud of him. My youngest son is still home in theory but he is growing so fast that he is hardly home either. I do not blame him because I was the same way when I was his age.
I am thankful that I still have my dad around. He has been a great friend to me and has done wonders for me. I really do miss my mom though. I lost her in 2005 to a heart attack and it seems that I have never had the chance to mourn her loss. I miss you mom! Well now that I have rambled on, the alarm is just about to come on. It is really tough to sleep when you are thinking about 100 things. I am grateful that I have so many things to think about. I better get off here and get ready for work. I have almost forgiven Gmail 
. Yesterday I was having problems with it and you can read about it here. I will try to post more often on here in the future.