|
| |
Our Family Legend Dale
One of the most influential and inspiration people I’ve ever known
Unexpectedly had his life stolen from him at 2:00 a.m as a
Random drunk driver struck him as he sat on a residential street’s curb.
Fated to die before reaching his full potential was
A young man almost finished with law school.
My remarkable red-haired stepbrother Dale was eleven and
I was eight when his father married my mother.
Little had I known of many great male role models by that point in time,
Yet after meeting Dale, I got to have a personal hero.
Loving, outgoing, smart, talented and enthusiastic was he.
Every time a friend or I needed help, he was there for us.
Gregarious too, he and I could chat for hours at the kitchen table during
Evenings that sometimes melded easily into midnight.
Never was he unkind, disrespectful or spiteful
During the twenty years I was to know him.
Dutiful to the church we attended, he served a mission because
As a believer in Christ, he wanted desperately to please the Lord.
Life put trials in his path; I believe God wanted Dale back in heaven.
Even now, I count him as the soul I hope to meet first beyond the veil.
Copyright ©
Andrea Dietrich
|
|