Happy birthday this week, Dad! My dad has many admirable qualities: loyal, hard-working, kind, long-suffering, and faithful. With my mother, he supported and raised a large family of 11 amazingly good-looking children and continues to support us in different ways. He served two full-time missions for our church, one in Austria and one in Boston. He enjoys talking--especially about sports, telling stories, watching old movies, and eating good food. Lately I have been working on a history of his parents and I came across these pictures of him which have been fun to see. I especially love the picture of him on a horse with chaps bigger than he is. And who knew he was such a fisherman in his youth? I'm not sure he's gone fishing since.
This last week, my brother and his wife lost a very precious son, just 13 years old. He collapsed while running with a cross-country team and passed away before he could be revived. Everyone that knew Drew is broken-hearted at this loss. He was the happiest, most agreeable kid we knew. I remember him being at my house without anyone close to his age to hang out with, so he found our Duplo blocks and started building even though it is a toy that boys his age don't usually enjoy. He was so content. He didn't complain that I ever remember. His mother always called him the perfect child. He will leave a big hole in not only his immediate family but our extended family as well. Here is a poem my aunt shared that seems fitting: Leave Taking How I would have liked to wave goodbye and watch until you turned and smiled and disappeared on the horizon. You who taught me to dance and let me teach you, who laughed at my stories and winked at me when I was sad. I can just see you trav
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