Family Affairs and Think Big Summary and Analysis

Chapter 21

Candy wakes Ben up at 2am telling him that her contractions are minutes apart. Ben is scurrying around to get ready for the 30 minute drive to the hospital when Candy announces that the baby is coming. Ben lays her back down just in time to deliver his new son. Someone dials 911 and Candy and baby are off to the hospital. Ben realizes he is stretching himself far to thinly. He has so many demands and realizes he must budget his time and set priorities. Ben's top priorities are his family, his neurosurgery responsibilities and his pledge to be a positive role model to young people. Ben's church and church community is important to him. He teaches an adult Sunday school class and is the Church's Health Director. Ben leaves the hospital at...