it's amazing, how much of an impact, kind words can have on anybodies lives...
simple things, honest genuine thoughts spoken towards somebody that for whatever reasons, mean something to you .

I am humbled by a lot, i see images of people that live harsher lives and wonder why they cannot live as peaceful and we live everyday.

I am humbled by my patients, how much gratitude they have for everyone that cares for them..

but in a smaller scale im humbled by people that know me..,
this weekend has been one hectic one..

one of our horses had to be put down,, and on top of it, i had to get 3 big loads of hay and stack it all into my barn,
one bail at a time, remembering how a 3rd of this hay was purchased for a horse that is no longer here. . . .

I keep on pushing, my wife kept pushing,,, she kept me calm, she has a way of doing that for me..

though emotional, it was something that I feel made me stronger, Though i never mentioned it at all while throwing bails, it was something that was waring me down physically..

today i've been feeling the affects of it all weighing me down,
and outside a diner in Whitney point, learning up against the tail end of my truck,, I get a phone call..

an old friend on the other end of the line that i dont get much time to see because we both lead busy lives.
he mentions to me that he enjoys reading what i put into words and share with others..
that my wife and I are very positive,
and really i kind of took a step back . . .

God works in great ways, i've doubted him in my past life..but thats long gone, Like i stated in my last writing. . . my soul hit the reset button :)

feeling the weight of sorrow holding me down draining me, my friend words got me thinking about other things i've over looked this weekend..

I over looked a good friends birthday dinner, where I was present, and how his friends said that my wife and i were spoken of a lot and they were all so glad to have finally met us..

I over looked my cousin showing up just to go have a quick lunch with us for a couple of hours catching up with some good laughs, driving with him and melissa into Whitney point reminded me of when we all lived their together..

i over looked how there really are people in our lives that even though we never see them, we are thought of, in a positive light..

somehow we help make one another better,
somehow we help make one another smile..

theres always those people, in your life that are around..especially when you cannot see them. . .

Whether you believe or not, i truly believe that God put them in my life for a reason.. because where they all see the genuine lives we live up here on "our hill",,
I look at people like Dan, Adam, and Kyle, and see honest, true, caring people that literally are the definition of "country strong", would give the shirt of their backs for anyone, drive an hour to help them stranded at 3am.. And they dont take anything for granted in life, especially the people that mean something to them.

Melissa and I refer to "our hill" a lot, because it's safe, it's our little stationary up here away from everything and everyone.

But when these guys are around no matter if were on "our hill" or not, everything is fun, like being a kid again with no worries, just enjoying the life that surrounds us. And to me, that's something so special, and something I'll never take for granted...

This writings for you...