what a day, glorious day, that will be

last night at alexandria's last home game the field at the lou scales stadium was named after the father of my fiance. unfortunately i never had the privilege of meeting him or knowing him. however, at the beginning of my happily ever after with willis his mother told me that by knowing will, todd, and scott, that i would "know" larry. if she is right and that is true, i would adore him. besides the championships and the legend he left with the community where he invested his God given talents, gifts, and abilities.... if he is anything, and i mean anything, like those three boys, i can be confident in saying that he was a man of integrity, he was an excellent father, he was a joy to be around, he had a serious side that you recognized and respected, family was of utmost importance along with his Lord and Savior, he was old fashioned, he loved and i mean he loved hard especially when it came to his lady... those are just some things and qualities that i have observed in willis and his brothers and i know that they are not perfect and larry was not either. after reading Heaven if For Real by the Burpo family i began to think beyond the glorious day when i see Jesus face to face. i began to think about the day that i will get to hug my father-in-law's neck and thank him from the bottom of my heart for raising will the way that he did. i want so badly for my 25 year old groom to be to have his daddy. i want so badly for will's mom to enjoy retirement and grandkids with the love of her life.




i couldn't go to sleep until twelve (which is late for me these days)
i blamed it on the full moon (i don't have blinds)
i woke back up at five (i blamed it on the wedding)
the wedding is 162 days away....
just like larry was not there tonight to be honored in the naming of the field...
he won't be at my wedding to stand by his son and sit next to his wife.




life isn't always fair. it's interesting how you can miss someone so so much that you have never even met. don't take for granted the big or the small. be thankful always. don't wait to be intimate with your Heavenly Father. and if you don't have a relationship with Him, don't wait another minute. not just so you can get to Heaven but so that you can also have the power of God dwelling inside of you and so that you can really know Him and so that you can know true romance and love. the author of love.


what a day that shall be
when my Jesus i shall see
and i look upon His face
the one who saved my by His grace
when He takes me by the hand
and leads me through the Promised Land


what a day


glorious day


that will be