Sunsets

     Love the Oklahoma sunsets!  My dad always loved the sunsets and sunrises.  He told me over and over again how important it was to stop and take it in.  He said, "Even if it's just for a few minutes, stop and look at the beauty because you'll only get a chance to see so many."  At times I'd think yeah, yeah, ok dad but as time goes on I realize more and more of what he was talking about.  I still think that his experience in Vietnam had a huge impact on his outlook on life.  He told me "Kid, you don't go into war and see the things war brings and not be right with God!"  I think about that often and how he was always telling me to stop and watch the sunset.  Just knowing that nothing stays the same forever and that you must enjoy the right now!  There's no guarantee of tomorrow!  When you really stop and think about how true this is, it can take your breath away!

     My dad could find the happy in the everyday tasks and even til his death, he was always finding the happy.  I love that and I want to be like that...HAPPY!  I think it takes constant effort to find the HAPPY.  It seems our society/world tends to focus on the down side of life and the negative but I refuse to let that take my HAPPY!  Sometimes I feel guilty for living life and having fun because my dad is not here but I can feel him and know that I'm making him proud.  I just keep remembering what he told me, "Just keep on living kid, keep on living!"  So I stop and look at the sunsets and take a few pics knowing that I'm making my dad proud.  I miss him more and more as time goes on but knowing he gave me all the skills to keep on living is the best gift I could've ever asked for!  Now that is what I focus on giving my boys, the ability to keep on living after I die.  I strongly believe this is the most important lesson a parent can give a child.

     Enjoy the sunset...keep on living...teach my boys the important life lessons...and KEEP ON KEEPIN' ON!

Trinity