The Broken Chain

This is such a wonderful poem for those who have lost someone they cared for. I hope it touches yall the way that it has me

The Broken Chain.

We little knew that day,
God was going to call your name.
In life we loved you dearly,
In death, we do the same.

It broke our hearts to lose you.
You did not go alone.
For part of us went with you,
The day God called you home.

You left us beautiful memories,
Your love is still our guide.
And although we cannot see you,
You are always at our side.

Our friendship chain is broken,
And nothing seems the same,
But as God calls us one by one,
The chain will link again.

Why I Relay!

Despite my four years of participating in the Relay for Lfe there is always the question of why I partcipate in the Relay every year. Well over the next week or so (you know how it gets sometimes) I'm going to be posting pictures and the purpose as to why I relay every year. This is the first reason why I relay. One of the best friends I could have ever asked God to have brought into my life. Christopher Newsome was one of my best friends and I always looked up to him.

It didn't mater if the group was hanging out on Saturdays playing Dungeons & Dragons or if our strange group of friends were stuck on the side of the road on the night of Junior Prom waiting for a car that functions since the one they had tore up, Chris always made all his friends feel welcome in his home, and never made any of us feel as though we didn't belong.

Chris had bone cancer and was misdiagnosed I don't know how many times before the cancer broke through the bone in his arm. It was a shock to all of us who loved him and hard to understand. Chris was supposed to be the best man in my wedding but was unable to even attend the ceremony because of the cancer treatment. We lost a gret friend in April of 2005 andMay 2005 was my very first Relay for Life and I have had a team every year since. I guess it's my way of keeping the memories of those I love alive and a way of trying to help out.