tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458465103162971589.post9086551202630594321..comments2023-05-28T21:17:11.258-05:00Comments on Look What Danny Made!: Fathers, sons, and NesquickDannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02528188612235068004noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458465103162971589.post-19950746037584210772010-11-01T22:52:30.701-05:002010-11-01T22:52:30.701-05:00Danny,
I'm so glad you shared your blog with ...Danny, <br />I'm so glad you shared your blog with me today. As Trey's cousin, I know he was an amazing guy. I'm touched to know you and Matt knew him too. I saw him last month at our Granny's funeral (for the first time in about a year) and he really was doing well. He seemed excited and calm about his recent move and his future. Just his normal old cheerful self - I'll never forget that deep laugh. He spoke at Granny's service and I'm so glad I had the chance to hear him do that - a touching tribute he whipped out amazingly in a few minutes and delivered with sincerity and heart. <br />He was on a good road finally - and it was so deserved after everything he had gone through. I am so glad his service was so powerful and really honored him. I was blown away by everyone's support and the spiritual message. I just have a hole in my heart for Bill and Debbie. Keep the prayers coming for both of them.lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13187764939390694403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458465103162971589.post-40308649617718438862010-11-01T16:38:18.904-05:002010-11-01T16:38:18.904-05:00Thank you, Matt, for sharing your memories of Trey...Thank you, Matt, for sharing your memories of Trey, too. Although it's still a sad situation all around, I want to share something with you that Bill said at Trey's service on Friday that may lighten your heart some. You may have heard that there have been some other deaths in the family this year, too: two of Trey's grandparents have passed in 2010. Bill said that when Trey travelled home for these family times, he seemed happier than he had been in years. Not, of course, about the family's time of mourning, but just with himself and his life.Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02528188612235068004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458465103162971589.post-30516015295637073972010-11-01T01:30:55.905-05:002010-11-01T01:30:55.905-05:00Appreciated reading this post today. I found out a...Appreciated reading this post today. I found out about Trey early in the week (Tuesday?) and it's really been weighing on me, too. I've also been trying to avoid the trolling-for-sympathy perception, but I think that's kept me from talking much about it, which hasn't really helped.<br /><br />I was Trey's counselor at church camp a few different times back in the day, one of which when he was in fourth grade and his first time away from home at camp and my first time as a counselor. That whole group of kids was pretty special to me: it was kind of an awesome feeling that I (only 16 at the time) was entrusted with taking care of them, and even though it's 20 years later and we're all adults now, that old feeling comes back with each new bit of information I hear about what happened last week, and part of me remembers that homesick little 11 year old, and I feel like I'm one of many who could have been able to be there for him somehow and wasn't. :-\Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00059003374249664910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458465103162971589.post-85332205976429543832010-10-30T01:44:45.457-05:002010-10-30T01:44:45.457-05:00Thank you, Roy. It's kind of late at night, a...Thank you, Roy. It's kind of late at night, and I'm still kind of riding a wave of stuff from today, so I hope I won't embarrass you with this, but your comments mean a lot. I see the amazing women your girls are growing into, and I see how they are with you and Jennifer, and you guys are just like parenting rock stars to me.<br /><br />I know that the favorite parental curse is to hope that your kids someday have kids like them, but in this case I mean it as a blessing. I hope that each of my kids grows up to have children who will buoy them with love on a hard day, who will let their parents squeeze them extra tight sometimes, even if they don't understand why.Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02528188612235068004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458465103162971589.post-57850951457539425492010-10-29T22:52:12.028-05:002010-10-29T22:52:12.028-05:00Awesome! Moving. Well said...and that's comi...Awesome! Moving. Well said...and that's coming from someone who yelled at his kids for either no reason or very little reason at least twice this week. It happens. The little boogers just keep coming back to us, huh?<br /><br />I discovered I really never had the first clue about understanding God's love until I had kids. I'm not saying I do now, but I think I'm closer. Love that is unearned and freely given. It goes both ways...even when we're yelling.<br /><br />Thanks for writing this, Danny.Roy Bassettnoreply@blogger.com