It's time for my Friday link up with A Little Bit of Everything and Momfessionals.
On Fridays I share things that made me happy from the week - a photo, a song, a quote, a beauty product, a recipe, a pair of cute shoes, etc. If it's a product, sometimes it's something I actually own and sometimes something I just saw online that gave me a smile. Sometimes it's serious and sometimes it's silly. I suppose I believe that God is in the simple details of life and yes, I can even find Him in a tube of lipstick.
Happy Friday, Friends! It's been a fun week around here especially because baseball season started with two scrimmages and lots of practices. We are so excited to have a full regular high school season after the last two years of cancellations and shortened seasons. Also, it's almost St. Patrick's Day and if you've read here long enough, you know that I LOVE St. Patrick's Day. So for Friday Favorites this week, I'm including some green things to get us ready. Let's go!
1. Revlon So Fierce Mascara
5. Life Lessons with the Guys
Kelly Corrigan recently started a series on her podcast called "Thanks for Being Here" where she reads eulogies sent in by listeners. She says she is taken by ceremonies, especially by funerals: "Sitting in a service, taking in the stories of just one life - just another ordinary person - who they loved and who loved them. In a way, eulogies are about the most succinct source of clarity and direction I can think of . . . [They help us remember that] there is a point to the pain. We have much to offer. We affect each other deeply and ordinary lives are really kind of exquisite when you look at them closely." I could not agree more.
This week my son and many of his baseball teammates and coaches came together to celebrate the life of a former coach who had passed away a few weeks ago. This gentleman had come into the boys' lives when they were seven, six - even as young as five - years old. He was a de facto grandpa for them all. He bragged on them, hugged them tight, yelled at them at times, expected excellence and above all, loved them fiercely.
We want to protect our children from heartbreak, but of course, we can't. And secondly, we shouldn't. Heartbreak only comes if the heart has felt something deeply enough to be vulnerable to cracking. Some of these boys stood in front of a crowd of people on Saturday afternoon and relayed through tears and broken voices how much one life had impacted them. It was hard to watch the confidence and cockiness of a teenage boy felled by the reality of grief and loss. But in the end, it was a blessing for the people gathered, for the family mourning, and for the boys themselves.
I've stood and cheered over the years for these young men countless times - for home runs and double plays, for hook slides and for wicked curve balls. But I have never been more proud of them than I was this past weekend. I'm well aware of the bad press that young men get these days - they're painted as entitled and hormonal and disrespectful.
Saturday reminded me of what I know to be true: they are more than the adolescent swagger they put on display to the world. I've watched them mature in front of my eyes and although they sure as heck drive us up a wall some days, they are becoming men of depth and of feeling, of character and of compassion. Again and again, I'm reminded of the goodness that has come to my family simply because I signed my kids up for a tee ball league. The Lord sure will find a way to bless you, won't He? Goodness gracious, I love these dudes.
Y'all have a blessed weekend.
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