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His wife asked him to take another woman out on a date

I accidentally read this story on 9gag. I thought it's fitting to share with all the men out there on this up coming mother's day.

After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and a movie. She said, "I love you, but i know this other woman loves you and would love to spend some time with you."

The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my mother, who had been a widow for 19 years, but the demands of my work and my 3 children had made it possible to visit her only occasionally.

 That night I called to invite her to go out for dinner and a movie. "What's wrong, are you well?" she asked. "I thought that it would be pleasant to spend some time with you," I responded. "Just the two of us."

She thought about it for a moment, and then said, "I would like that very much." 

That Friday after work, as I drove over to pick her up I was a bit nervous. She had curled her hair and was wearing the dress that she had worn to celebrate her last wedding anniversary. She smiled from a face that was as radiant as an Angel's. "I told my friends that I was going to go out with my son, and they were impressed," she said, as she got into the car. "They can't wait to hear about our meeting."

We went to a restaurant that, although not elegant, was very nice and cozy. My mother took my arm as if she were the First Lady. After we sat down, I had to read the menu. Her eyes could only read large print. Half way through the entries, I lifted my eyes and saw mom sitting there staring at me. A nostalgic smile was on her lips. "it was I who used to have to read the menu when you were small," she said. "Then it's time that you relax and let me return the favor," I responded.

During the dinner, we had an agreeable conversation. Nothing extraordinary but catching up on recent events of each other's life. We talked so much that we missed the movie. As we arrived at her house later, she said, "I'll go out with you again, but only if you let me invite you." I agreed.  

"How was your dinner date?" asked my wife when I got home. "Very nice. Much more so than I could have imagined," I answered.

A few days later, my mother died of a massive heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn't have a chance to do anything for her. Some time later, I received an envelope with a copy of a restaurant receipt from the same place where mother and I had dined. An attached note said: "I paid this bill in advance. I wasn't sure that I could be there; but nevertheless I paid for two plates. One for you and the other for your wife. You will never know what that night meant for me. I love you, son."

At that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time: "I love you," and to give our loved ones the time that they deserve. Nothing in life is more important than your family.

What is Kevin3?

I started my first blog back in 2009 that ran for a couple of years. During that time it got tens of thousands of visits. It wasn’t a lot, but enough to get me some requests from people willing to pay a small fee to market their products. Then I had to take a pause from blogging because I was investing significant amount of time reading, learning, and researching about how web applications can help small businesses to be more creative and efficient. All this was on top of my full time job as a software developer. Fast forward to today, I am married, still fascinated and passionate about technology enhancing the consumer world, and shipped most of the code for my current project Threeblock.com, so I decided to pick up blogging again.

Why Kevin3.com? I would like to give a mythical explanation on how “3” is a magical number and unicorns come in teams of “3”, but the reality is, kevin.com was too expensive to buy and kevin2.com wasn’t available. Kevin3.com is short, did not pay an arm or a leg to buy. Finding a good value is all about the business of Threeblock and I’ve transcended this to my personal purchases as well. I love to learn new things, and am passionate about developing technologies to enhance people’s lives. I wish to use this as a platform to share what I have learned, and perhaps, just perhaps, a personal side of me as well. J