BEAUTIFUL STORY

Hello family and friends. Remember that not one leaf falls off a tree unless it’s the will of God; in other words, He’s in control, even if you don’t believe it. Today I’m going to narrate a curios and precious story. It’s about 2 of my 13 grandchildren, Paul and Wesley, the protagonists. They were born two weeks apart in the US. Paul was born on June 29, 1995, and Wesley, on July 18 of the same year. I am the maternal grandmother and I am a witness to this story.  These boys are cousins, children of two sisters that had the privilege of getting married on the same day, at the same time, in the same place, Medellin, Colombia, on June 27, 1986, at 6 pm.  I think that these cases are a bit rare, because I don’t know of any other. God placed it on the minds of the two couples to do it like that when they were finishing the university in order to help each other out. Both couples, after being married, moved into the same apartment, a two bedroom apartment. Both couples lived in that apartment until one of my daughters became pregnant and the other one got chickenpox, causing the quick separation, even though they kept on helping each other out, and loving each other, as God commands. After living 10 years in this beautiful city, they decided to move to the USA. By then one couple had 2 young daughters and the other had no children.  Eduardo and Gloria, without children, were the first in moving to the US on December. Then Carlos and Consuelo on December 1992. Now fast forwarding to the protagonists, Paul and Wesley, who have always lived close to each other; they were raised together like brothers, and they love each other and we love them. In the early years of their lives they always played together. Then their mothers got together and agreed to put them into a Presbyterian Preschool, where they did pre-k and kindergarten. The two boys were so happy at the preschool that they said: “We’re gonna bring our kids here when we grow up.” That made us laughs. However, it also amazed us to see such small children already thinking about the future. The boys did their primary in different schools, Paul in Palm Beach Gardens Elementary, and Wesley in North Palm Beach Elementary; however, they were always close to each other. These two kids have been wonderful and intelligent twins. Their parents have always taught them to love and fear God; this is why they are always very obedient, firstly to God, and also to their parents. Then when they went to middle school, Wesley ended up in Jupiter Middle School and Paul in Ducan Middle School. However they continued inseparable; they went to high school together in Jupiter, from 2009 to 2013. From then on, God continued allowing them to continue together. Their parents didn’t want to separate them; that is why they made sure that they did their higher education together in Florida State University (FSU). They shared an apartment. In this way they continued together for four years, from 2013 to 2017. They graduated together on May 6^th, 2017. Paul graduated as a systems engineer, with so much success, that without even finishing his last semester, Lock Heed Martin, a very important business in Orlando, offered him a job opportunity. Wesley, blest of God, finishes biochemistry and this same year he starts medicine at the University of Pittsburg in Pennsylvania, with much enthusiasm, because he has family ties in that area.

Do you know what motivated me to tell you this story? I have been thinking about how when these twins graduate, they might go their separate ways forever. Twins, because of all that God has allowed to happen, will be separating, not for a few days, like they did on vacation, but forever. They’re going two very different ways, and thus they won’t be able to hang out together anymore.  All that’s left for me to say, since I’m their grandma, is a few advices and compliments, which I will say wholeheartedly: Don’t be discouraged by anything, for small steps sum up rapidly. The future is in your hands; build it up, loving God, and doing everything out of love for Him. Never forget, “He who puts everything into the hands of God will see the hand of God in everything.” Remember, your grandma, will she is alive, will pray to God for you that he may guide you. Remember I will always love you.

God is the author of families; therefore, you should value and love your family.

God bless you and your family!

With love,

Maria Fanny Agudelo

4/1/2017