Today would have been one of my very amazing friends 27th birthday. Steve was such an amazing person in so many ways. He gave his friendship to all that he came in contact with. Steve gave his heart to his family and friends! He reached out to so many of us during tough times or even wonderful times of happiness. As I sat here trying to start the wording for this post, one of the songs they played during his funeral, began to play. Was it a sign? In my opinion, yes. I tend to think Steve looks in on his family and friends all the time.
After his funeral, I sat and looked into the sky for hours thinking about him and how I knew he would forever look down on all of us. Again, today I find myself thinking about the same thing.
So this song that will forever now make me think of Steve is playing, and all I can think about is how amazing this is.
See, today is the day that all of us usually pack up and head to Moab for Jeep Safari. Steve and I have been making reservations together at the Moab Valley Inn for four years now. We have this habit of pulling into town and going inside the motel to register and check ourselves in together. It might sound dumb, but its just something that we have done together for years now. His room would feel like it was miles away from ours, and of coarse he would get no noise complaints even with 30 people in there. But the minute that we have even 5 in ours, they were sure to let us know that we had our first warning.
Every Saturday night of Easter weekend, we would all head to the Moab Brewery for dinner and many pitchers of beer.
I have so many great memories of all of us down in Moab over Easter weekend! These are things I will never forget and things that I hold very dear to my heart.
This will be the first year in 4 years now that we will not be going to Moab. Yes, it feels very strange to not be joining some of our friends at the traditional spots we always visit in Moab.
Something just didn't feel right this year and honestly, we had mixed feelings about going. I am in a sense, sad that we wont be going to celebrate Steve's life with our friends. But, I do feel that in our own way, he knows how much we are celebrating how lucky we all are to have known him and been apart of the amazing 26 years he spent here with so many.
I would like to post the words to the song that has played during most of the time I have spent writting this. This song will forever take me back to the memories I have of Steve, and the memories of the man we all love and miss so damn much!
Love you Stevie V. You will always bring joy to our hearts and memories..
"Who You'd Be Today"
Sunny days seem to hurt the most.
I wear the pain like a heavy coat.
I feel you everywhere I go.
I see your smile, I see your face, I hear you laughin' in the rain.
I still can't believe you're gone.
It ain't fair: you died too young, Like the story that had just begun, But death tore the pages all away.
God knows how I miss you, All the hell that I've been through,Just knowin' no-one could take your place.
And sometimes I wonder, Who'd you be today?
Would you see the world? Would you chase your dreams?
Settle down with a family, I wonder what would you name your babies?
Some days the sky's so blue,I feel like I can talk to you, An' I know it might sound crazy.
It ain't fair: you died too young, Like the story that had just begun, But death tore the pages all away.
God knows how I miss you, All the hell that I've been through, Just knowin' no-one could take your place.
An' sometimes I wonder,Who you'd be today?
Today, today, today.Today, today, today.
Sunny days seem to hurt the most.I wear the pain like a heavy coat.
The only thing that gives me hope,Is I know I'll see you again some day.
Some day, some day, some day.
Some day, some day, some day.
Bronco Roll Over of 2006!
3 comments:
You made me cry.
You made me cry.
You are such a sweetheart...that gave me the chills just reading it. You were lucky to have known him so well and to have so many great memories with him.
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