The Phone Call

As written previously, sometimes my daily schedule can be non-stop from 5:30am to 11:00pm. Something happened the other day that gave me a great reminder that I need to frequently slow down and enjoy life.
I was driving on my way to work and my cell phone rang. This isn't uncommon as my employees will frequently call me when they are going to be late or not coming in for various reasons. This wasn't one of those phone calls. There was a young 3 year old boy on the other end of my phone asking me, "Daddy, why did you go to work?" I could tell he was holding back tears. You see, that morning I had left for work before he was awake, and I wasn't able to tell him goodbye. Again my son spoke and softly asked me one more question, "Will you please come back home?" It nearly ripped my heart out. I made a promise to my son that day that I would come home shortly and have lunch with him that day. I also made a promise to my self that I would take more time to spend with my family.
I am thankful for that morning when my perfect son made the phone call.