You will never be forgotten
Thanks for all the great time's
Every day gets a little bit longer
Every breath a little bit shorter
The sand is falling its almost out
I cant escape cause deaths about
Another hero leaving and I’m on the run
Can’t bring myself to see him before the sand is gone
Sirens ringing, the car is drove by death
Couldn’t see him before he left
The walls are screaming the pavements laughing
Death took my hero and its all too frightening
Where will you be when another hero falls
What will you do when you feel you've lost it all
When everyone watches in wonder
Every punch like a clap of thunder
My world crumbles, my hero is gone
No more life, I try to hang on
It's like superman to kryptonite
I went crazy when he lost the fight
The glass shatters, I fall apart
His whole life was like a work of art
A navy vet respected by all
I can't stand to see another hero fall
Where will you be when another hero falls
What will you do when you feel you've lost it all
Another hero dead, another chance to shine
Another time to show who you are
No more turning back, no more wasting time
Keep your head up when your life is on the line
It can't be taken and can't be ruined
Just look to the skies and you’ll get through it
When one hero falls, another always rises
One with new unexpected surprises
You can be that one if you only try
So spread your wings and believe you can fly
Where will you be when another hero falls
What you gonna do when you feel you've lost it all
Stop all the running and stop all the hiding,
Just live your life and it's very surprising
The walls you stare at will all fall
If only you have the courage to stand tall
It won't come to you, you have to go to it
Get up and let the world know you're there
Walk outside and take a breath of fresh air
You're the next hero to stand in line
They're gone and now its your time,
End all the sorrow and then you’ll see
In the mirror you're only looking at me
Joshua took his big ears from papa. One day, when the kids were running around the house playing, Josh was chasing Sam to catch him before he got to base (my bed). He was hot on his tail as they ran down the hall. Sam hit my room and slammed the door. I don't know how he did it, but Josh got his ear slammed in the door. OUCH! Very noticeably red and painful! That's papa's big ears!
I used to stand behind daddy (in this chair) and style his hair. I would tease it and part it in the middle. I have even been known to put it up in a ponytail on the top of his head. He would laugh at my antics!
Davey took this picture. Papa was visiting his family in Carrollton. One of the happy moments shared.
This is one of my favorite pictures of my daddy. I told him he could clean up real pretty!
Oh, notice the big ears. He has grandchildren that share this trait. The nose too!
When Chris was born, papa was keeping Aaron for us. It was a beautiful day, and Aaron had a lot of energy (he was just turning 2), so papa decided to take him in the back yard and let him run around. He watched him run around for a few minutes, then decided to fiddle with his lawn tractor while Aaron ran off some energy. He had his eyes turned no more than 2 min. and heard what sounded like footsteps on a tin roof. He turned around and looked, and to his horror, there was Aaron running across the roof of the storage building. Aaron had climbed up the ladder that was leaning on the side of the building. Visions ran through papa's head of having to tell his daughter that Aaron had fallen off his storage building and gotten hurt or was dead. He knew his arms weren't long enough to reach Aaron so he just (loudly and firmly) told him to sit down. Aaron did as his papa had said. Then he was able to climb up and get him without anything happening. From that day on, you would never find a ladder propped up against any building that papa had. Papa always said he lost 10 years of his life that day, in that one instant. Thank God that Aaron did as papa asked.
When Aaron was in Kindergarten, daddy stopped by one day for a visit. When the mail ran, Aaron wanted to run out to the mailbox and get the mail for us. Papa stopped him and proceeded to tell him to be careful. "You have to wait for someone to go with you. There are a lot of bad people in the world who would love to grab a little boy like you and do bad things to them.", papa said. Papa continued on, "You are young and still have a pretty face. When you get old like me, you have an ugly face and it would scare them. Nobody would want to get you then". Aaron listened very closely to everything his papa said. Then, matter-of-factly stated, "Well, papa, if someone tries to grab me when I get the mail, you just come up there and show them your ugly face and they will run away."
It took a lot of control to not bust out laughing at those words. Aaron had listened very closely and just used the same words that his papa used.
Daddy always got a laugh at that memory and we get a kick out of reminding Aaron of it.
