As I sit here and write this I think of the many blessings and hardships that I have had over the last 7 years. So much has happened I feel I have already lived a lifetime. As I stop to reflect I am overcome with emotions. I think the biggest feeling I have today is that of family. In the last 7 years I became a wife to a wonderful husband who works so hard day in and day out...and we are the proud parents of Diesel! My sister and brother-in-law who have two precious children, Alex and Mia. I come from two wonderful parents. A mother who would give anything for her daughters and grandchildren. She sacrificed so much so that Brooke and I could have everything as we grew up. Still to this day she works so hard so she can spoil us on Sundays when we have family dinners! As a mother she is an amazing example. I see her selflessness in Brooke. Brooke is a beautiful mother to Alex and Mia. I could not ask for a more perfect family. I only hope one day I become as wonderful of a mother as my sister and mom.
More than anything today I remember my father. Seven years ago today he was taken from our family to go serve the lord in another way. As much as we didn't understand what was going on I feel today it has gotten easier for me to accept he will no longer be walking on earth with us. There are a few people in my life who unfortunately have experienced this same loss. The loss of losing a father. This is something I would not wish on anyone. He was my rock, my friend, my coach, my father and mentor. He taught me so much about being kind and taught me to never settle. He was the most selfless human being I have ever met. He did not know a stranger. He was friends with everyone. There were times we went out to eat and I swear the joke between us would be guessing the number of people he knew in the restaurant! If someone needed something, help fixing a toilet, loan of a tool, coaching girls softball or driving me and all my friends around. NEVER did I hear him complain of the life he had. NEVER did it matter how much money we had or did not have. NEVER did he even complain as he struggled with the pain of his cancer.
I want to take so many examples from him. I want to be just like him. Kind, caring, giving, selfless and most of all, humble. For just as quickly as we are given blessings if we take them for granted or forget their purpose, those blessings will be taken away. I want to leave a legacy like the legacy that he has left. He was able to positively impact so many in the short amount of time he was living. I only hope one day I am as great of a coach and mentor like he was. I pray I NEVER forget what he stood for and everything my father worked for.
Today I give thanks to my family. I love and cherish all of you. I am grateful for each and everyone of you. I would be nothing without you...
I love you
More than anything today I remember my father. Seven years ago today he was taken from our family to go serve the lord in another way. As much as we didn't understand what was going on I feel today it has gotten easier for me to accept he will no longer be walking on earth with us. There are a few people in my life who unfortunately have experienced this same loss. The loss of losing a father. This is something I would not wish on anyone. He was my rock, my friend, my coach, my father and mentor. He taught me so much about being kind and taught me to never settle. He was the most selfless human being I have ever met. He did not know a stranger. He was friends with everyone. There were times we went out to eat and I swear the joke between us would be guessing the number of people he knew in the restaurant! If someone needed something, help fixing a toilet, loan of a tool, coaching girls softball or driving me and all my friends around. NEVER did I hear him complain of the life he had. NEVER did it matter how much money we had or did not have. NEVER did he even complain as he struggled with the pain of his cancer.
I want to take so many examples from him. I want to be just like him. Kind, caring, giving, selfless and most of all, humble. For just as quickly as we are given blessings if we take them for granted or forget their purpose, those blessings will be taken away. I want to leave a legacy like the legacy that he has left. He was able to positively impact so many in the short amount of time he was living. I only hope one day I am as great of a coach and mentor like he was. I pray I NEVER forget what he stood for and everything my father worked for.
Today I give thanks to my family. I love and cherish all of you. I am grateful for each and everyone of you. I would be nothing without you...
I love you
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