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10 March 26 1998
OPINIONS
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The most vivid
memory I have of my
Grandfather Hagerty is my
fifth birthday when he gave
me a Fisher-Price farm set
equipped with a red silo
and barnyard animals. I
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loved that thing. Especially the
little trigger inside the barn that
made a mooing sound every
time I opened and closed the
door.
My mom always told me
that Grandpa was a good man
loved his sons and family. But 1
didn't understand that because
after my parents got divorced I
could count on one hand the
amount of times he reentered
my life.
So it was easy to forget
easy to love my other grandpar-
ents who came bearing gifts and
kisses for every occasion. They
love so "over-flowingly" that
they easily filled the void.
Until over Spring Break
when I learned Grandpa
Hagerty is dying.
He's been sick for a long
time and the doctors said it
could be anytime now.
I haven't known much of
death. Most of my close rela-
tives are still alive so I didn't
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Editor.. ..Christa Hagerty
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know how to act or what to say
when my step-mom told me. But
I had to know was he saved?
My grandpa was a good
man an easygoing guy who
never went to church. I knew
that of him and it haunted me.
So I called my dad and talked
him into getting a pastor to talk
to Grandpa. He did and to make
a long story short my grandfa-
ther got saved.
A week later my brother
who was on a Spring Break trip
to Chicago stopped off to visit
Grandpa and the rest of our fam-
ily. He hadn't seen Grandpa in
six years.
"How did he look?" I
asked Michael when he returned
from the trip.
"His eyes were so wide
staring at me" he said.
"You're a photo come to
life I guess" 1 replied.
My brother went on to tell
me of all the places he saw while
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No matter what there's always a plan
Spring is finally here!
It seems with just a hint
of any streak of good weather
people plan road trips. The
weather's good the sun is out
and you're finally spending
your Christmas money. At least
that's how you justify it. Some
favorites are a weekend trip to
the mountains or a refreshing
trip to the beach. Friday after-
noon comes and our minds start
to wander.
Some of the best road trips
I've been on were totally spon-
taneous. My wife and 1 would
hop in the truck and just go des-
tination unknown. Yeah we
would talk about places during
the week but when it came to
heading out we sort of decided
along the way. Those days
seemed to end up the best. We
would end up at some restau-
rant get a small dinner with
dessert and talk. The waitress
probably thought we were
crazy. We would sit there and
talk for two hours or more.
These were times I really got my
money's worth of iced tea.
Unfortunately sometimes
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our plans get interrupted. Spring
Break was a perfect example.
For months we planned to go to
the lake. We were going to fish
a little relax a lot and visit with
family. The weather was perfect
the week before but when break
time came the cold spell had hit.
The lake was cold and we only
caught a few fish. Things were
disappointing. Our plans had
failed.
We were determined to
have a good Spring Break. So
one day when we drove to town
I grabbed a book (I wanted to
read something other than an
assignment). We went to some
shops and found good deals on
things we had been wanting. It
reminded me of the trips we
used to take. The week started
to become fun. I'll admit we
went to the store to buy most of
the fish we used in our big fish
fry but I did catch a few.
By the end of the week I
looked back and felt I had a re-
ally good time. We did a lot of
things we hadn't even planned
and made the most of it. I think
if I would have let the bad
weather get me down I would
have been miserable. Things
like Julie running over the fish-
ing I ine with the boat motor and
me having to jump from a rock
while half falling in the water
and half falling into the boat
because it was floating away
could have been frustrating. But
they weren't. We totally enjoyed
our trip and kind of laughed at
how bundled up we were try-
ing to fish when it was cold. Our
"fly by the seat of our pants"
plans turned out great.
Not that we shouldn't ever
make any serious plans but God
reminds us to make the most of
the day the He gives us. We can
make plans just don't worry
about them. If our plans fail
remember God has a plan. Mat-
thew 6:34 "Therefore do not
worry about tomorrow for to-
morrow will worry about itself.
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