Guys, if you don't follow me on Facebook then you probably don't even know this; this past week has been the toughest of my life. As you know I lost my mom last Thursday after a long, grueling illness. I decided to get out of the house on Saturday and take in a scrimmage and went to watch Lexington and Dorman; I chose that game because my son is coaching at Lexington. It was good to be back at a football field.
However, Sunday morning came, the day of my mother's funeral. As I awoke to write the Eulogy, which I was to deliver at her service, I received a message that my 24 year old nephew had taken his life three hours earlier. This was a young man that was raised in my home with my boys until he was school age. In addition to preparing for my mother's funeral I also had to be the one to drive to Dylan's father's home (no one could reach him) and be the bearer of the news.
Regardless of how long you think you have to prepare for the loss of a loved one, dealing with my mom's death was difficult. But piling the death of a young one taken too early on top of that and you can imagine that I've not even had time to grieve properly for my own mother.
During the memorial service today for Dylan, I decided that I was going to get back to the football field. I know it sounds odd to insert myself back into the chaos of football season at a time like this but to be honest with you I need the normalcy in my life. It's familiar to me and takes my mind off of the terrible events of the previous 8 days.
I will do some write ups on the jamborees from this weekend and I will get the 3A,2A, and 1A predictions up, as well. If all goes as planned in my head, we'll start game previews and the normal content this coming week, starting with the Top Ten Polls on Monday.
I appreciate the kind words and understanding from those I've heard from. Lets play some football now!
If you are a praying man or woman, please keep the family in your prayers. Dylan Rabon was my nephew's name and his brother and sisters and my sons are going to struggle for some peace and understanding with this because, quite frankly, there are no answers I can give them.
However, Sunday morning came, the day of my mother's funeral. As I awoke to write the Eulogy, which I was to deliver at her service, I received a message that my 24 year old nephew had taken his life three hours earlier. This was a young man that was raised in my home with my boys until he was school age. In addition to preparing for my mother's funeral I also had to be the one to drive to Dylan's father's home (no one could reach him) and be the bearer of the news.
Regardless of how long you think you have to prepare for the loss of a loved one, dealing with my mom's death was difficult. But piling the death of a young one taken too early on top of that and you can imagine that I've not even had time to grieve properly for my own mother.
During the memorial service today for Dylan, I decided that I was going to get back to the football field. I know it sounds odd to insert myself back into the chaos of football season at a time like this but to be honest with you I need the normalcy in my life. It's familiar to me and takes my mind off of the terrible events of the previous 8 days.
I will do some write ups on the jamborees from this weekend and I will get the 3A,2A, and 1A predictions up, as well. If all goes as planned in my head, we'll start game previews and the normal content this coming week, starting with the Top Ten Polls on Monday.
I appreciate the kind words and understanding from those I've heard from. Lets play some football now!
If you are a praying man or woman, please keep the family in your prayers. Dylan Rabon was my nephew's name and his brother and sisters and my sons are going to struggle for some peace and understanding with this because, quite frankly, there are no answers I can give them.
