This has been one of the hardest days for me. And I can say I’ve grown even more today than I have in the last year. I realized a lot of things. And I know Ben and Meredith will Agree with me. It was so hard to say goodbye tonight. I know I’ll see you next week, but I need to get this out. You’ve done so much for us, raising us I know was no easy task. You’ve gotten all these things together for you to finally follow your dreams. And we are all behind you, we are so happy that you have finally obtained everything you need to follow that dream that lies on the horizon. Raising us must have been hell, I remember all the crap I put you through. All the torment, the stress, and in the end when I finally pulled my ass together, I told you I was sorry, remember? I realized all the things I had done and all the stress it put on you to watch me make mistakes. The tears, the fights, the yelling. And remember what you said to me after I said sorry? “It’s okay Greg. It’s okay. We Love you” That’s all. Everything we three kids have done to grow up, all the mistakes we made- you were there with us when we messed up, even when we would blame you for it. And in the end you just- understood. You got the message, and Everything always ended up okay. You made it seem so easy! But I know it wasn’t. I realize now how much we really owe you. How indebted we are to the two people who gave us everything we have. And there is no way that we COULD EVER repay all you’ve done. Not even for a second! Think about it. We, as people, are a culmination of every decision we have ever made. Good and bad. These decisions make us who we are. But you did what so many people fail to do. Dad with his cool head, and great logic, his love for people, helping people, healing people, his love for his wife and his respect to all things in the world. You stuck out your neck over and over again for the sake of other people.you were the perfect hero You made it possible for people who otherwise would have died to walk again. You saved lives, improved lives, and made lives whole again. And taught us that when you make mistakes, it’s okay to admit them. Mom with her love for being a healer and helping children as well. All those hard times, all the pressure on yourself. You led people, helped people, cured illness, I remember learning to ride my bike. How hard it was, how bad those cuts hurt and how bad I wanted to go inside. You dusted the dirt of that big cut on my elbow with all the blood and said “Don’t worry about it, just a cut, you can do it” How stupid I thought it was that people ride crap on two wheels. You stood out with me all freaking day and finally we got it. I remember screaming “MOM IM DOING IT IM REALLY DOING IT” I rode for another 30 feet and fell. I remember DAD teaching me how to hit someone in football, TO teach my to control my rage, channel it. And excel. I went from the bench to starting noseguard. I learned how to be tough and be a man and how to yell like Braveheart from you dad. I got pushed around every day by my one life until you told me to throw the garbage bin against the gate as hard as I could. A tough and constantly trying charge, yet the biggest thing I think we all learned from you. Is the importance of choices, to choose the high road over the low one as often as you can. Even though youre easier to throw shit at while travelling the high road. The importance of living for others. That “hey, If I share this piece of candy with you- I make a friend, one that will last far longer than the flavor from that jolly rancher” Making the tough choices, and doing what NEEDS to be done NOW so you can do what you WANT to do LATER. That it’s okay to stand up in front of a world that is so cold sometimes and Take a stand, even when it wants to tell you to sit down. The importance of LEADING your life, and not being led by it. And most importantly, What it means to Love, Love people you know, people you don’t know, even people you want to hate. Even when you don’t want to. You both are great, strong, inspiring people. You taught us kids to get up on the stage of life and Lead people, be great, and Temper every action, every thought, every word, with love. In the end I think we all want the same thing, your three kids do… To make you proud. There is so much greatness in each one of your kids. Ben has taken and forged his own path, going to the University of Knoxville. And one day being the next Doctor. He’s going to follow his dreams, inspire people, make a world of difference, and be Great. Meredith is going to be an engineer, not let anything get in her way, not even a lethal wreck, she’s going to make great things that will help the human race. She’s going to make a world of difference. And be great. I’m getting my degree and Nashville bound to try and be the next country Star. I’m going to follow my dream and give every last ounce of energy to be the best there is. And change the game, change the world, and make a world of difference. And be Great. You taught us that its okay to be scared, to look before we leap, but that it can still be okay to JUMP even if we see nothing to land on. You’ve taught us throughout every thing- to Stand up, to LEAD, to do what mom says- “live well, laugh often, and love much, to FOLLOW OUR DREAMS, to BE GREAT, and we’re gonna do everything we can to change the world no matter how big the world says it is. You’ve taught us to have the courage to climb out of the crowd and be in the spotlight, to not fear the things we can accomplish And all three of us just hope that you can look at the things we will do, for the rest of our lives, no matter how big or how small, and say- “hey, that’s my kid. Up there. And I am proud of ‘em” I love yall so much. I know you’re always a phone call away. But I wanted to know, Ya’ll really did a great job. You’ve meant the world to us. And we’re gonna try to teach whoever will listen about the love you showed us. Now you get to go follow your dream, that sun is on the horizon, and now you get to chase it! So GO GET EM!
Posted on: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 01:54:02 +0000
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