My Favorite Part of The Day

lately, with going through so much there is not so much to look forward to, and the one thing that always puts a smile on my face (besides my kids loving me of course), is going to Chris's Marching Band practices a half hour before they are done, and watching them do run throughs of this years program, and seeing them do the cadence.... I still get chills watching Chris play on the drumline...

I guess no one would understand unless they were me when Chris was 8, 9 and 10 years old.... I would take Chris to the Dover marching band show EVERY year.. it was our thing. We would go in the 0 degree weather with 2 jackets on, hats and gloves and sit there and watch them compete.. we would literly freeze our butt on the concrete stairs, but Chris would sit there and watch the whole thing and his words were always "someday I want to be on the Drumline" and he said that every year we went.... I made sure to make that dream come true!

When we moved to GA he had to finish 8th grade, and sure enough at the end of the year the notice went out to all 8th graders to come to a marching band show and see what the marching band is like for their freshman year.. WOW those words couldn't come quick enough for Chris.

Going into Freshman Year we went to orientation for the Woodstock High School, and Chris took a B-LINE to the marching band director Bob Loehr.. "How and when can I join the marching band?" ... he went to try-outs his freshman year he was accepted onto the DRUMLINE 3rd Bass.. that doesn't happen often to freshmans, usually freshmans are put in PIT their first year. HOW PROUD was I? During the freshman year at every football game when he marched out with the drumline my eyes watered every time.. because I remember those feet dangling over the edge of the stairs at the age of 9 watching the drumline in Dover NH and him saying "Someday I am going to be on the Drumline" ...

Here we are 11th grade and Chris is still on the bassline and he is LEADERSHIP.. so it goes to show NEVER GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS! I still get chills watching him.. because I know that time between him and I was special.. a dream we both made happen together!

So This is my favorite part of the day... it doesn't seem like much, but it's alot to me!

My Favorite Marching Photo of Chris... he's not smiling, but then he is!