Kite Jockey’s Weblog

Well it has been a few weeks since I last posted anything of substance. If anyone is visiting blog, and I know a few that are, you know that I have not said anything worth noting in the time that has passed since I first wrote about the trouble I found myself in with God and my wife. 

The last few weeks have been interesting. In some real ways things are beginning to change for the better. No the money issues have not all been fixed but I have been able to make some serious strides toward doing things better. Basically I have stopped any spending that would be considered frivolous. I have begun to sell off some of the things that I had so foolishly spend money on. This has caused a real and immediate change for the better in my marriage. No, it is not yet what I hope for it to be but I hope that will come in time. 

I have also been helping more with things around the house. Doing laundry, vacuuming, and other stuff. No, I am not yet out serving my wife, but I hope I have at least made her life a little easier and more enjoyable. One of my goals is to help Vicki see me as a helper and not a taker. I want her to see that we are in this together. I want her to see that I am serious about this relationship. So many marriages fail because some one in the relationship just does not feel loved or they feel like they are taken for granted. This is exactly what I hope to avoid with my marriage. 

Now, I know some of you will not be able to relate to this, but one of the hardest things I have done lately to try to send her a signal that I am serious about turning things around both financially and relationally, is to begin selling off some of my kite collection. I am not quite sure how one forms emotional attachments to inanimate objects but it does happen, and it happened to me. I not only collected kites I obsessed about them. A lot of times when I saw a kite I wanted I did not let anything stand in my way of getting it. It became an addiction. Now I will not claim to be cured of this obsession but I am trying to make strides toward breaking the cycle of addiction.  I believe that this is something that God is blessing. I listed some of my collection on the Gone With The Wind forum  over the last couple of days and already I have sold around $1,400 worth of kites. That in itself is amazing to me. It must be a God thing. I hope by selling these that I am not adding to someone else addiction. 

Out of this kite sale came an interesting story. One of the kites that I put up for sale is a Blue Moon Exile. But this is not just any Blue Moon Fabrication it was a special kite that I ordered from Ken McNeill to honor those that were killed at Virginia Tech last April when a pasty faced mad man entered the school and opened fire. The kite is in VT colors with a VT logo in the lower left wing tip. My plan was to fly this kite at this years Blue Ridge kite Festival. Well, this was one of the toughest kites for me to let go of. Although I did not go to VT the murders of those at VT struck a strong cord with me. I felt like I had to do something to show support for the friends and families left behind. When I made the very tough decision to not only sell this kite but also to not go to the festival this year I decided that I would only sell the kite to someone that could promise me that they would go to the festival this year and fly the kite there. I knew this might be a lot to ask of a potential buyer.

Well, sometime early during the first day that this kite was listed someone contacted  me and said that they would like to buy this kite. As it turned out this buyer was not only willing to fly it at the festival this year but he is also a VT graduate. I could not believe it. It was like it was meant to be. I could not imagine a better situation for this kite to end up in. I am so happy about this. Yes, I still wish I had this kite but I know I did the right thing. I know that for the new owner this kite will end up being a very special tribute not only to the dead but also to the school it stands for. 

Well to sum up this post God is doing some great things in my life. I can already feel that much of the burden I have placed on my family beginning to slowly lift. I know with God’s help we will get through this tough time. I want to thank those of you who are remembering us in prayer. Thank you so much and please continue to pray. 

God bless, 

Eddie Sprouse