You can shed tears now that he is gone. Or you can smile because he lived. You can close your eyes and pray that he will come back. Or you can open your eyes and see all that he has left. Your heart can be empty because you can't see him. Or you can be full of the love that you shared, You can turn your back on tomorrow and live for yesterday, Or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday. You can remember him and only that he is gone. Or you can cherish his memory and let it live on, You can cry, close your mind, be empty, and turn your back. Or you can do what he would have wanted, smile, open your eyes, and love one another.

My papaw was a hard worker. He never complained that he had to work. If something needed to be done he made sure that it was done right. He was a self made farmer of a 72 acrea farm in Eubank Kentucky, where he raised cattle, corn and tobacco. He was also a timber cutter.  He was such a strong man in body and heart.  He was my hero.