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Our 13 year old daughter an avid reader happened to read The Power by Rhonda Byrne. Well, she desired to have her own laptop, especially given that she is about to graduate 8th grade and go to high school (a boarding high school I hope) in September.

About a month ago, (March 26th) she had a trip to the pediatrician/hospital that turned into an emergency. As she was being transferred to a specialized hospital to treat her heart condition, one nurse gave her a Rubiks cube as a ‘goodbye’ gift (they thought she was dying). It was such a nice gesture.

Fast forward, we got to the specialized hospital and as she was undergoing a series of tests, she started working on the Rubiks cube. I noticed after a couple attempts she was getting discouraged. So I made her a bet, $100 dollars to solve it…

Surprisingly, she was like “Daddy, it has 6 sides, $100 for each side!” Without giving much thought I agreed on condition that she solved it, and could use whatever the resource she wanted but not give it to someone else to solve it.

What I did not budget on was that she was going to cooperate with her younger brother, a tech wiz. When he heard the deal during a visit to see her in the hospital, he immediately had a plan. He would go back home, download an app, which he bought back to his sister on the following hospital visit.

Believe me, the Rubiks was solved…I was $600 dollar in the hole. But what daddy fails to keep his word or promise to his kid(s)? Certainly was not going to be me. She said, ‘for that money, get me a laptop. I want a 2 in 1 kind, HP, etc.’ She went online and showed me the kind she wanted.  I went online and got her something a little better than her choice.

Upon our discharged and return home, she had a good amount of cleaning up to do in her room. She came across a cut out of the picture of the laptop she wanted, which she had cut out from a magazine and stuck it to the wall in her room.

Believe or not! It was exactly what I had bought for her…she came out shouting, “Daddy! Daddy, The Power worked! It worked! You bought me the exact laptop I had wanted.”

I was pleasantly surprised too, but, it’s true, The Power, does work…get yourself a copy today, read it and put it to practice…you surely will be glad.

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It is not often you walk a child into a hospital for a routine physical and are faced with the unbelievable diagnosis of death/heart failure. It is a long story but rather than feed you with titbits.  We at Drandkids will organize it and share it. A story of Faith in God, parents who said NO to doctors, the involvement of Children Protection Service and ultimately, a quest to seek the right treatment for their daughter with a special heart.

https://www.gofundme.com/help-a-girl-with-a-special-heart

Stay tuned and may all Glory be to God, who blessed us with a girl with a special heart…Be grateful in what circumstance you find yourself in!

This unexpected rally on our way to ballet, gave me the moment to explain to our 6 year old daughter why I think gun control is necessary and overdue! These two posters say it all…

A few weeks ago, we had sub-zero temperatures in New Jersey. My wife had a late night at school and upon arriving home around 10pm, she noticed a cat. The cat followed her towards the house after she exited the car. She got into the house and told me that there was a cat outside. I went out to investigate since I was concerned the cat would freeze. Unlike wild cats that see a human being and free, this cat approached me and was ready to be petted. I carried it into the house and did what we thought was the ‘right thing.’ We called the police in order to get in touch with the Animal Control personnel.

You may not believe it, but the response we got was shocking and plain out unbelievable. We were asked to ‘throw’ the cat back out into the cold night. Heart broken and distressed we had to comply. Once I put the cat out, it ran across the street towards the Animal Shelter place. It made me think that someone might have abandoned the cat outside the gate near the Animal Shelter. More so, this was no wild cat. It had a collar but no name or address, was well groomed and smelled like cherry blossom shampoo, but despite telling this to the 911 Dispatcher, there was no concern.

The cat run back after me once it noticed me head back to the house. However, there was nothing I could do. A couple days later, the same cat walked back to our house around 8pm. We heard a ‘Meow’ at our back door, and upon opening the door, the cat popped in. We were thrilled to know it survived that cold night but could not figure out where it had spent a couple days and nights at. Either way, now it was in our house, and the kids are thrilled at best.

They had always wanted a pet. Here was a ‘loving’ cat ready to be petted and more. I made an extra effort to speak to the Animal Shelter personnel in person and mentioned about the cat in my house. He just smiled and said, ‘the cat is home now.’ Though with reservations, we (parents) have come to terms with the fact that we now have a cat. We (parents) felt we were not ready to get a pet. However, let me put it this way “Our kids’ unspoken prayers have been answered.”

May your unspoken prayers be answered too!

[Assuming someone reads this article and recognizes the cat, and wants to claim it, you are more than welcome. We shall adopted another cat from the shelter, otherwise our kids will not be happy to let go a cat that they like dearly.]