Today was Valentines Day. And all I have to say about this holiday is that it's one that you'll remember forever. At least this one was. When emotion was flooding throughout the room, My eyes welled up with tears. Along with all the 6 girls. All of us were popping our tear jugs out. Kaitlyn is one emotional wreck that I'll never forget. Forever. The reason is because she's the closest sister I have. When I saw her cry, it reminded me of the old days when we were pals. But, that wasn't the only thing that happened. My parents danced. When I watched my parents circle with each other on the "dance floor", I thought of something. I thought of how my life has changed over the years. I thought of how everything could change in the blink of an eye. My whole life, my whole world.
When they danced to a slow song and were in eachothers' embrace, sobbing, I'll admit it, my eyes began to get teary...Again. But not only was I crying because everyone else was, but I was crying because I was thinking about the house, and everything we lost. I thought about how people recognize my family as the "Christians who had mold". I wanted to be known by who I am, not how I became who I am. I want to be known as the kid who's a drummer, the kid who goes to Civano Middle School. I want people to remember this post where I mention Colin (me) Mason and Sean (the initials for Civano Middle School are CMS. The initials for Colin Mason Sean is CMS).
My life was a hard one, I'll admit it. I've had trials that I've had to push through. Trials that made me cry, that made me angry, and even ones that simply broke me down. But I believe that I've experienced all this for a reason. If I hadn't gone through this, I wouldn't have cried with my family tonight, I wouldn't have met two of the smartest people in the world, Sean and Mason. I wouldn't know my diabetic pen pal Kathryn. I wouldn't have learned how to play the drums, never would have learned that I don't need to give into the peer pressure. And I never truly would have been Colin Andrew Fabry.
All this I realized while my parents went back and forth in eachothers' embrace, crying; my sisters not holding back the tears. I realized in those few brief moments that life is not simply by chance, it's not just a thing you do and it ends. God plans it out. He knows what's going on always, he knows what you're going through and he knows what's ahead.
Today was Valentines Day. And it's one I'll never forget.
