Sitting outside, waiting for my ride back to the hotel room after wasting 3 hours on the golf course during the Teen World Golf Championships. I was disqualified for something that I did not even understand. "How?" "Why?" Before my father could utter his response to my questions, I could not help but think about my family's gardener, Daniel.
A couple months back, It was about 3 O'clock in the afternoon on Memorial Day. As my father is backing the car out of our driveway, taking our entire family to a gathering, Daniel the gardener was knee deep in pungent, mushy mulch. This was not the first time Daniel was working on such peculiar hours. It seemsas though he is always outside on steamy days, as sweat makes its way down his forehead.
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A few years ago, he had gotten divorced and about a year after that. He was diagnosed with cancer. You could feel his pain spewing out as he slammed his car door shut. Moments after getting out of his truck, he quickly wiped his tears from his face a few days ago. It was like I could touch his sorrow through the window pain, however Daniel continues to work. You would hope he can retire soon considering his condition and that he already well into his late sixties.
A few years after that Memorial Day, he continues to slosh around in the filthy garden beds while pulling out the sharp, thorny weeds that scratch and poke at his grainy skin while my puppies continue to bark at him through the window at him as if he is an unwanted creature.
Daniel has taken the hard route in life. He has to work to pay for his treatment and provide for his children, yet at the same time, work is destroying his physical well being which affects everything in his life including his relationship with his …show more content…
Do we know why? Of course not. In the whole scheme of things, do the whys or hows even matter? In the end, God has a plan for us all. "Ofelly," as Daniel would say, we can hold on to dear life. Unlike a roller coaster ride, in life, we have not a clue as to where the ride will take
A couple months back, It was about 3 O'clock in the afternoon on Memorial Day. As my father is backing the car out of our driveway, taking our entire family to a gathering, Daniel the gardener was knee deep in pungent, mushy mulch. This was not the first time Daniel was working on such peculiar hours. It seemsas though he is always outside on steamy days, as sweat makes its way down his forehead.
My …show more content…
A few years ago, he had gotten divorced and about a year after that. He was diagnosed with cancer. You could feel his pain spewing out as he slammed his car door shut. Moments after getting out of his truck, he quickly wiped his tears from his face a few days ago. It was like I could touch his sorrow through the window pain, however Daniel continues to work. You would hope he can retire soon considering his condition and that he already well into his late sixties.
A few years after that Memorial Day, he continues to slosh around in the filthy garden beds while pulling out the sharp, thorny weeds that scratch and poke at his grainy skin while my puppies continue to bark at him through the window at him as if he is an unwanted creature.
Daniel has taken the hard route in life. He has to work to pay for his treatment and provide for his children, yet at the same time, work is destroying his physical well being which affects everything in his life including his relationship with his …show more content…
Do we know why? Of course not. In the whole scheme of things, do the whys or hows even matter? In the end, God has a plan for us all. "Ofelly," as Daniel would say, we can hold on to dear life. Unlike a roller coaster ride, in life, we have not a clue as to where the ride will take