I just heard a sentence that completely wrecked me. “One day you will bury your father. On that day, you will realize that you lost the only man that wanted to see you do better than him.” My dad left me with one instruction. Take care of my mom. The love of his life. He left this world hoping he had raised enough of a man to do that. I have kept my vow to my dad, even on days that I feel I fail him. Dads are so important. I miss mine.
I recently read about man who collects pictures of hitters who had hit walk-off home runs. He said that the reason he did this is because this is how he views us entering heaven.
Look at the faces of his teammates waiting to welcome him home. Look at their excitement. They can’t wait to celebrate with him.
Look at the fans. Arms raised, big smiles, maybe even hugs for a perfect stranger.
Perhaps this is your first holiday season without someone important who is now waiting for you in heaven. Maybe it’s just another one with that big hole in your heart and an empty seat at the table. Either way, I hope you can find encouragement in this picture, what it represented to the man who collected it, and find joy this year. #heaven #hope #joy #grief
Aug 5, 1912 baseball game in Ketchikan versus Juneau, played on the tide flats. At high tide, home plate was covered by as much as 14 feet of water. Via Tongass Historical Museum & colorized at https://t.co/Lf27AzwaUI. #alaskahistory#alaska#ketchikan
The @WestANCBaseball Legion team has won the Trajan Langdon Youth Award that honors youths who demonstrated leadership, integrity and sportsmanship in the past year. West won state for its coach John Opinsky, who passed away five months later.
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