Last weekend was a weekend that we won’t soon forget, and our favorite part was hearing from all of you. Your love and support have made this journey that Chandler is on so much more rewarding.
Life is funny sometimes and one of the things that I find most interesting right now is how our son is teaching me life lessons. I tend to like life simple, small and full of silent courage, but he has always chased the BIGGEST dreams with the loudest roar and with what seems to be the total lack of fear. Honestly, sometimes I sit back and watch and am astounded that God is using him to continue to educate me. I am so open to the lessons and am well aware that in order to live a full life there must be continued growth. This is the quote that I sent Chandler before the game last Saturday and the lesson, that ironically, I was the one to learn.
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt
ENJOY!!!
(Chandler and Devin spent several summers together during high school at different camps and go way back so this was the one picture that I was really hoping would be captured on Saturday…this journey is so full of friendships and bonds that will never be severed win or lose.)
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