AN OPEN LETTER

It's been one month since you were taken from this world. Your entire families' lives were shattered. Still not understating the reasoning as to why the Lord saw it fit to call you home. Yet, who are we to question the will of Our Lord? Man Joe, if we could only just sit down for a moment, If I could just hear you laugh again. Such a sense of humor like your momma. I'm sure you two are in heaven enjoying laughs again. It's the little things such as this you remember about someone you've lost.

Why does it have to hurt so much? I feel actual pain in my heart. I place my hand over my heart to try to relieve the pain, but I know it won't. The Lord is my comforter. I continue to remind myself how much more Jesus Loves you. You're his son. You belong to him.  

Joe I searched and searched for a picture of us. I couldn't find a single photo that we were in together with something not in front of my face, or your face, or we are far away from each other. I cried to Bill. I knew there were pictures of us, but I couldn't find them! 

Finally, I asked Tia Channa to look on her old phone. She called me that night and said, "Net, I got them, they are on there." I cried. Finally a recent picture of us, one that I could keep close to me. 

God put it on my heart a few days after you passed, to not let your legacy be forgotten. It's not secret you were a fantastic daddy to your children. So what the enemy meant for bad, GOD will use for good. 

He put it on my heart to start a Scholarship in your name. It would be awarded to a young adult, heading to college, that has lost a parent, or parents to acts of violence. We will prayerfully be able to do this every year, and every year, the legacy of the type of father you were will be remembered, as we bless another family. 

I decided to write an open letter to you, perhaps there are family members who feel like I do. I didn't want to hide it or hold it inside any longer. I simply could not write anything else because my heart and thoughts always came back to you. I truly feel a sense of relief sharing my heart. It's always good to get things out in the open, things that hurt you, or cause you pain, this way you can begin your journey to healing.  

I miss you Joe, I love you. Enjoy the presence of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 

Love you always and forever,

Net.