Blake Memories

On Friday night, Mom, Isaac, Chelsea, Barb(Blake's mom)Dakota, and Keegan (his brothers) came over for pizza. It was a fun night. Barb had brought Blake's Alligator Hunt movie that he had went on down in Florida last summer. The people that made the movie did an amazing job of putting awesome songs on it and really capturing great takes of Blake. It showed him just loving life as they traveled by a small fishing boat, taking in creation, and the great capture. He looked so healthy and joyful. His dad was with him on the hunt and a couple side shots of the two of them, Blake is a spitting image. He was just starting to get that look of a young maturing man and I had the thought: God, it's so unfair that You had to take him so young. And then later, holding Ellie and watching the kids play, I had to think, but ya know, we do want our kids to go back to Heaven on God's timing not ours....because if we would plan our children's lives out by how we wanted it to go, it wouldn't be as near as beautiful of a life for them as what God has.

Today, after church, I went out to his grave for a little bit. People have started putting flowers, wind chimes, memory stones, etc and it looks neat. I guess I just hate the look of black soil, no grass growing yet....it looks too bare. They have a cool solar light out there too. Barb came out as I was leaving and she said, "Donald said, you know what Blake would say to all this stuff sitting here? He would be shaking his finger at you." Barb just laughed and said, He can shake his finger all he wants. It was so good to hear her laugh...and just so amazing to me when I see her smile. A mother that can smile thru losing her first born son...this is truly from God. Blake would be so proud of her. For those of you reading this, I just ask that you would take time to keep this family in your prayers. Pray for Barb's mother heart, for Don's father heart, and for the siblings: Shelby, Skyler,Dakota, and Keegan....pray that God's arms of Love would continue to hold them close and that His peace that passes all understanding would continue to comfort them in the hard days.

This was one of the songs on the his alligator movie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6Zfx5qra_g

Love n Hugs...Laura