Oh Matt...if only more of us had the ability to put it into words like you ❤️ I can see the faces and expressions of each of you as you tell of your conversations with Uncle Mark and Uncle Steve.
This was a painful one for me to read because of my own relationships with Grandpa Leo, Grandma Mary and their children and grandchildren. Yet encouraged by your charge to each of us to move forward and finish the story. ❤️
I felt encouraged too, and it was my hope that I could spread that. I'm glad you felt it despite the pain this story might have brought up. Thank you for reading it!
I wanted to comment on this post, but have been sick. Now I'm better and wanted to say you've touched on a subject that effects everyone I know. I've searched the Bible and have not been able to find one single fully-functioning family, from God on down. The Waltons are a myth. They don't exist. Every family I know is broken in some way and I've decided that's OK. As one friend shared with me, "Don't worry about the people God removed from your life. He heard conversations you didn't, saw things you couldn't, and made moves you wouldn't." I've been doing a lot of genealogy work on my family tree(s) and there are lots of broken branches that I will never know the truth about, nor do I have any right to. It's OK to keep some things private. And it's OK to write what you want to share. I feel like you're writing your way out of a dark corner. Keep going. Keep writing. You'll get there, in the end.
Oh Matt...if only more of us had the ability to put it into words like you ❤️ I can see the faces and expressions of each of you as you tell of your conversations with Uncle Mark and Uncle Steve.
This was a painful one for me to read because of my own relationships with Grandpa Leo, Grandma Mary and their children and grandchildren. Yet encouraged by your charge to each of us to move forward and finish the story. ❤️
I felt encouraged too, and it was my hope that I could spread that. I'm glad you felt it despite the pain this story might have brought up. Thank you for reading it!
Matt, your words, your music, and your curiosity is so inspirational. Keep it up always, in whatever form you can. Cheers.
Thank you Ritu! Your encouragement means so much to me ♥️ Cheers!
I wanted to comment on this post, but have been sick. Now I'm better and wanted to say you've touched on a subject that effects everyone I know. I've searched the Bible and have not been able to find one single fully-functioning family, from God on down. The Waltons are a myth. They don't exist. Every family I know is broken in some way and I've decided that's OK. As one friend shared with me, "Don't worry about the people God removed from your life. He heard conversations you didn't, saw things you couldn't, and made moves you wouldn't." I've been doing a lot of genealogy work on my family tree(s) and there are lots of broken branches that I will never know the truth about, nor do I have any right to. It's OK to keep some things private. And it's OK to write what you want to share. I feel like you're writing your way out of a dark corner. Keep going. Keep writing. You'll get there, in the end.