you're one of those classic ones

you can hear something a thousand times and not even think about what's being said.

and then in the right moment with the right thought with the right emotion...

the words find their way into your soul and your heart is intertwined with every letter.

i had a thought and i didn't realize i had heard this same (at least, almost the same) thought expressed by my friend from ohio.

sitting in my car i am reminded of the fact that someone i love so, so dearly won't be there when i'm married (if God has for me to have a wife) and she will never know him while we're here. they'll never hug. they'll never laugh together, cry together, reminiscence together (likely about all our adventures as kids). never trade stories and watch their kids grow up together.

this thought is one that, without full assurance of where my brother is and where i am going, would eat me up in a way that i could not live with. i don't know how anyone could without hope. but to be told what the lyrics in a song i have listened to over and over this past week are (by my dad!).....

"i wish she knew you"

but if there is a she, i know she someday will.

♡

- william