I thought about an old friend last night. Just kind of hit me out of the blue. I was wondering where he was at and what he is up to.
I know he has a family with a lovely wife but I couldn't remember the names of his kids, or how many he has. I wonder if he has caught up with me and maybe passed me in that department.
He was what I would call my best friend in the world growing up in Paola, KS. He came out to our farm a lot and we built forts and played in the barn and stuff. I remember that he dared me to do a lot of things and I always seemed to be willing to do the stupidest, craziest things. I remember playing a lot of whiffle ball in his back yard or the back yard of the neighbors that lived close.
I took voice and piano lessons from his mom after school for several years. I wish I would have continued with those but I talked my mom into letting me quit. We were in a few school groups together and we traveled in the Lions Band for three summers. He used to be a pretty good on his alto sax. I think he used to have a Mark IV. I really can't remember.
We grew up and got married. He was the best man at my wedding almost 25 years ago. I named my first born son after him. I wonder if he really knows that? And then we just got busy with life and really never kept in touch. I've seen him a few times over the years, but not really very often. It's been a lot of years since I have seen or even talked to him. I usually think of him on his birthday the last part of January. He's just a few months older than I am.
I know that he became a Pastor in the church denomination that we both grew up in. He married a girl he met in college and I married my high school sweetheart. I remember wondering if he would ever get out of college. His mom told me that he went to Florida for awhile and then moved back to Missouri to take a church of his own.
Our mothers used to be close friends when they were younger and I heard from my mom that his dad was not doing so well the last few years. I remember that his dad was the one who taught me how to keep a steady tempo through a song.
So I'm wondering if God has placed him on my heart for some personal need that he may have or if I'm just remembering?
