Riley and Grandma Rubye

This is picture of Riley and my grandmother, his great-grandmother. This is such a sweet picture of the two of them. The picture was taken at the funeral of my uncle, Bill Fisher. As Grandma was sitting, Riley came up next to her and put his arm around her. We were then led in a prayer and Riley rested his head on her shoulder during the prayer.

Both of my boys love going to Memphis to see Grandma. It is such a blessing for them to get to spend time with her every so often. I love my memories of my grandparents and great grandparents growing up. I hope my boys are gathering memories now for their adulthood.

Perspective

Today is a day I do not want to work. I am here now and just struggling being here. I want to be at home hugging my boys. I am counting my blessings.

I have some close and dear friends that delivered their baby girl this morning. Their have been complications with this pregnancy and their baby girl died about 45 minutes after she was born. This was something they had been preparing for. I am amazed at how they have handled this. They have rested in the arms of God and He has provided.

Pray for my friends. Prayer is what will help them through this.

Hug your kids today.

Freshmen Follies and Abilene

We made a quick trip to Abilene this weekend. We went to watch Freshmen Follies. Our nephew was Co-chair for the show as well as being in two different acts. The show was incredible. Just like my Freshmen Follies in 1988, the students still rag on the rules at ACU and the price of tuition. The technology from 1988 to 2006 is quite different. Our show was pretty simple. The excitement of a group of young kids has not changed. They looked like they had fun just like we did. They just look a lot younger now.

Driving around Abilene always proves to be fun for us. Eating at Harold's, seeing where we used to live, running into former roommates all prove to put smiles on our faces. I even took my boys up to room 207 in Mabee dorm to show them where I used to live. The door was open so I got to see the room and talk with the guys that live there now. They thought I was really old. The rooms seemed much bigger in 1988.

Oh, the memories.