Posted by IowanOgre [76.76.230.60] on Thursday, June 26, 2014 at 12:47:45 :
Life has a strange way of putting you in the lives of people for reasons that we will never understand. Take my life for example, many of you know me and some of you know me very well. So let me share a little about me.
In the past two months, I have lost my grandmother. Patty was a symbol of safety in my life. Her and my Grandfather whom passed when I was 8 years old had the most amazing farm where I learned so very much.
On the 27th day of April the hardest day of my life to this point occurred. My girlfriend Pam was home mowing the yard when Mother Nature struck. Our small acreage was hit by a tornado, I have had to accept the fact that no matter what I couldn't have saved her. She hung on for two days in the hospital while I knelt at her side praying for god to trade places with her.
Through these two events there was one person who was there with me, maybe not standing by my side. But I felt his hand on my shoulder. I could hear Gordon saying to me it will get easier. His voice calmed me, his smile and the tears in his eyes let me know I was not alone.
This past rally was one of the hardest events I have ever been a part of. All the while I was getting text messages asking how I was holding up? Have you got any Ketchup on your shirt today? And I will never forget him saying
"You are surrounded by people that love you, lean on them".
When Gordon passed away I could hardly bear the news. He and I had become so very close in the past sharing everything with each other. Our trials, our tribulations, and our "train wrecks." As he so often called the low spots in life.
As the day went on I thought about so many days we shared a coca cola, in a glass bottle not a plastic one, and not out of a can. We discussed life, the future, and what was to become of things. Gordon's legacy is one that will never stop, never slow down but continue to grow. When he asked me to take over the Advertiser when the time came, I said I would be honored. Knowing that even my size fifteen work boots would have a hard time filling those shoes on a good day.
I never expected the day to happen so soon, I would not have thought that my life would be at this point today. Nothing I could have done could change any of it, I couldn't rebuild it, I couldn't adjust or fine tune it. I just have to go with it.
So as I am currently starting a restoration on my life I will need help, I will need friendship, I will need advise. I will need my Power Wagon family and that is all of you! So feel free to contact me anytime, anyplace, anywhere. The Power Wagon Advertiser will continue, we will shift gears wipe our tears, share our stories and continue the legacy that is so amazingly beautiful !
Matthew Welcher 641-919-0663
1946wdxmatt@gmail.com
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