THANKFUL

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving! I have so much to be thankful for: my family, my husband, my job, my friends, my car, my apartment, my health, and many many other things. Today, Lord, I want to express how thankful I am for Tommy "Son" Brannon. He meant so much to me and my whole family. You knew how special he would be. Thank you for allowing him to be with us for as long as he was. The doctors said he wouldn't live past his teens. He surpassed that greatly and lived into his sixties. He brought so much joy, laughter, and taught us to appreciate the simplist but most meaningful things in life; time and how important family and friends are. He loved everyone he came in contact with. He made lasting, immediate friends when he first met them.

I am forever grateful that my parents aloud him to stay at our house so often as he did. That meant more to me as I was growing up. I miss everything about him. I miss his calls (voicemails), I miss him singing Amazing Grace and Happy Birthday, I miss watching Birds, I Love Lucy, Charlie's Angels, and anything else he ever wanted to watch, I miss the 4 PM Dr. Pepper and peanut butter sandwiches, I miss our late night exercises and the slumber parties, I miss his giggles, I miss playing UNO, I miss dancing, I miss going to church with him, and mostly I miss holidays with Son. He brought our whole family together.

I loved him so much. His loss was extrememly hard on me. I still cry like a baby when I think about him and how I feel his time with us was cut way too short! I get so angry when I think about how he died. I was upset with God. I know it was His timing and Son is singing Amazing Grace to the top of his lungs in Heaven and is in no pain. I just miss him so much!

My biggest regret is that he didn't get to meet David. I know they would have adored each other! I would have loved to have seen them together. I am thankful for the amount of time I was able to spend at the hospital with him. Wish I could have been there everyday, but the time I got was precious. I still remember my reaction and where I was when my mom called me to tell me Son had fallen. I will never forget hiim.

I love you Son! I will see you soon! I dedicate to you the song 'Over You' by Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton

The chorus:

But you went away
How dare you?
They say I'll be okay
But, I'm not going to ever get over you.

It really sinks in, you know, when I see it in stone.

Cause you went away,
How dare you?
I miss you
They say I'll be okay
But I'm not going to ever get over you.