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I Can’t Get to You from Here
As I was driving through the Texas Hill Country earlier this afternoon, my mind was overwhelmed with melancholy thoughts. Driving though such beautiful pastoral scenery does not normally produce that type of mood, but today is the tenth anniversary of my brother Richard’s untimely death at the age of forty. Michael Johnson sums up my disposition thusly:
I last saw Richard at his home in Yakima, Washington less than a month before he passed away. On the day I left, I promised him that I would go back to graduate school and earn my Ph.D. And on the day he died, I made another promise: from that point forward I would forever take up his fallen banner as a fan of the Seattle Seahawks.
Seven years later, I earned my Ph.D. That same year, the Seahawks won the Super Bowl.
God is good all of the time. And all of the time, God is good.
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Thank you for sharing, Mike. Another sad, and yet wonderful story. Yes. God is good all the time. Thanks for the reminder; I needed it today.
I am so sorry, Mike.
God bless, Mike.
Wow. Your brother would love this.
Losing a brother or sister is a special kind of agony. I’m sorry you have gone through this.
Blessings Mike. Thanks for sharing.
Blessed be God forever.
Lovely bit of melancholia, Mike.
Lovely, Mike. Thanks for sharing with us. Even after all these years, sorry for your loss.
You’re good people Mike. I count you as one of my very best friends on Ricochet.
Memory can be so merciless and so sweet at the same time. Sharing both with you.
It sounded like he has been your inspiration and he would want you to have the best life – be at peace knowing our earthly home is a temporary stop to a better place, where you and your brother will unite again someday. God bless you both Mike.
Okay. I’m not listening to the song because then I will cry, and I’ve got a meeting to go to.
But God bless the La Roche boys.
Oh Mike, I understand the melancholy that dimmed the beauty around you. I’m so sorry for your pain. I didn’t get very far into that song . .
From now forward – I’m a Seahawks fan.
I’m thinking about the Seattle Seahawks right now, MLR. (You know why.)
Go Hawks!
Way to go Mike, your brother would be proud.
Thanks for all the kind comments, everyone!
Sorry I haven’t commented, but as I was about too, my computer service went out.
I’m so sorry about your brother, but so glad you have some comfort in memories.