My husband John and I have been happily married for 15 years now, and we have 2 beautiful children who keep us on our toes.
They are always challenging us in one way or another.
Raising teenagers is no easy task, especially today when everything is about instant gratification. For instance, Mia, my thirteen-year-old daughter, wanted to go fishing with her dad last Saturday. However, John, who works as an HVAC technician, got stuck at work, so he had to cancel the fishing trip. My daughter Mia could not understand why he wasn’t able to drop what he was doing to be with her. Unfortunately, that is not how it works in the real world. John had about 6 customers that day, and he had to complete each of those jobs before he was able to leave work. John explained that he thought the service calls were going to be quick, but then he ran into a few issues. His first service appointment was from a woman who was hearing strange noises from her condenser, and when John inspected the HVAC unit, he realized that the motor was burned out. And unfortunately, he didn’t have an extra motor with him, so it took some time to get the parts to fix that unit. He also mentioned one job that took him 2 hours to finally troubleshoot the issue, but he managed to get the unit working again. No two HVAC service calls are the same, and unfortunately, some will be longer than others. Mia is young, and all she cared about was going fishing with her dad, but things didn’t go her way. Fortunately, John took the day off the following day, and was able to spend some quality time with her.