Mission of Love

Once upon a time there was a father who was a mighty dragon slayer.

Every day he would go out and protect the land from the many dangers that would be fall it.

He did it without question and he put his life in harms way every day.

The town's people loved and respected him for this.

They would always praise him when they saw him, but it was not for their praise that he did this.

It was for the love of a single woman, the woman of his dreams.

He did everything for her and their children.

Every day when he came home he would not brag about what he had done,

but would teach them about his mission of love.

He told them one day they would carry on this mission.

One day he was mortally injured during a battle.

His family gathered around him and told him how much they loved him.

They held him in their arms until he drew his last breathe.

His family missed him so much that their hearts ached and ached.

They were not sure how to go on without him.

And they remembered the love he had for each one of them.

They remembered how heroic he was and at that moment the flame of self sacrifice

and love grew within their hearts.

Many years later, one of his daughters married.

She remembered her father and wished he could have been with her on her special day.

Then she remembered his mission of love and how she was entrusted with that same mission.

She vowed to carry on with her father's mission.

 When she had her first child, it was a boy.

There was much rejoicing.

Many plans were made for this child.

But she had one very special plan for him.

She would entrust him with a very special mission.

The mission entrusted to her and her siblings.

The mission of love.

And she new just the name for him.

Russell

His name is Russell.