Loss, Laughs, Love, and Life

The four L's many people do not say together. However this blog I hope brings you at least of one them, and the reality the other three happen...

As for loss..most of you know I lost my dad in 1983 at the young and wild age of 2. I do not remember my dad I have pictures, and a few stories that I hang on too. Not to mention the daring side of my life. Tell me to do something...I am pretty sure if it does not resolve in near death I will do it....I am not that silly...to put my life on the line...okay sometimes. Anyway, I get that from my dad. I miss my pops I really do. My birthday and Father's Day are the worst. Christmas is not that bad it is for my grandparents, but we as a family get through.

Laughs....I love to laugh. However I have a hard time thinking of memories that make me laugh. I talked to my grandma last night, and I asked I think the dreaded question "what is your favorite memory of my dad" she answered and I could hear the tears and saddness in her voice. I have many stories that make me laugh about my dad. However last night I was mourning the loss of a young child that was pretty well know on campus here at LCC, and the first people I thought of soon after Brian and Chantell were my grandparents. They lost their only son. Brian and Chantell lost a daughter I got to see many time cheering on the teams here. She gave us all the light of hope, happiness, and love.

As for the love...I do not know what it is like to be a parent. However I watch my grandparents go on eachday knowing that someday they will be right back with my dad. I do not remember my dad, but I love him more then anything. I can see the love that the Mills have for all 3 of their kids. I know that Brian, Chantell, Ryder, and Rylee cannot wait for the day the met with Regan again. However I hope they realize and I think they do there is a whole campus of people thinking the samething.

As of Life....life is in interesting thing. Something that many including me take for granted. However on April 16th, 2008 I think we were all given the reality it is often cut to short by the things it throws at us. Life is a gift from God yet something He knows that will end for each of us. The one we leave behind can only understand how it feels to Lose, Laugh, Love, and understand Life in a whole new way.

Tomorrow I will attend a funeral, I have attended many however the thing about this one....it will be for someone much younger than I, and someone who has touched my life with a family full of Loss, Laughs, Love, and Life.

May God Bless Brian, Chantell, and family.