ONE NIGHT ADAM CALLED, VOICE TREMBLING, TO ADVISE ME HE WOULD NO LONGER BE TAKING PIANO LESSONS. HE WAS ALMOST IN TEARS. I TOLD HIM FINE, AND THAT I WAS PROUD OF HIM FOR MAKING THIS DECISION ON HIS OWN, BECAUSE THE ONE THING PARENTS ARE SUPPOSED TO DO FOR THEIR CHILDREN IS TO TEACH THEM TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THEMSELVES.
HE CAME OVER (AS ALWAYS) THAT WEEKEND, AND WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME (AS ALWAYS) WITH NATHAN, SCOTT, AND GRAHMA, THE COUSINS, AS ALWAYS.
SUNDAY, AFTER THE BOYS LEFT, I WROTE THIS:
HAD I WRITTEN NOTHING ELSE IN MY LIFE, THESE TWO WOULD HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT, AND PROBABLY RECORDED AND MEMORALIZED IN THAT FASHION. I HAVE BEEN SOMEONE - A FATHER WHO LOVED HIS SON. I HAVE BEEN A SUCCESS ON THIS EARTH; I CAN DIE WITH MY HEAD HELD HIGH; I CAN GO AND SEE MY LORD.
HE CAME OVER (AS ALWAYS) THAT WEEKEND, AND WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME (AS ALWAYS) WITH NATHAN, SCOTT, AND GRAHMA, THE COUSINS, AS ALWAYS.
SUNDAY, AFTER THE BOYS LEFT, I WROTE THIS:
THE SOUND OF YOUR LAUGHTER
LINGERS LONG AFTER
LONG, AFTER YOU'RE GONE,
SUSTAINING ME TO CARRY ON.
THE LIGHT IN YOUR EYES,
SHINES STRAIGHT THROUGH THE DARKEST NIGHT SURPRISE
AND, AND POINTS THE WAY
TO A BRIGHTER DAY.
THE SOUND OF YOUR LAUGHTER
LINGERS LONG AFTER
LONG, AFTER YOU'RE GONE,
SUSTAINING ME TO CARRY ON.
THE LIGHT IN YOUR EYES,
SHINES STRAIGHT THROUGH THE DARKEST NIGHT SURPRISE
AND, AND POINTS THE WAY
TO A BRIGHTER DAY.
HAD I WRITTEN NOTHING ELSE IN MY LIFE, THESE TWO WOULD HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT, AND PROBABLY RECORDED AND MEMORALIZED IN THAT FASHION. I HAVE BEEN SOMEONE - A FATHER WHO LOVED HIS SON. I HAVE BEEN A SUCCESS ON THIS EARTH; I CAN DIE WITH MY HEAD HELD HIGH; I CAN GO AND SEE MY LORD.
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