Football In Spring!

This past weekend held an event that has been long awaited for us Bacon's! If you know me and my family, you know how we LOVE football! Especially my brother, Justin! His love for the game has been his love for his whole life! Justin went to Brevard College on a football scholarship 4 years ago, wow has it been that long ago? Being young and unsure of what the best thing to do then, he quit after his first year and came home to shock all of us. ARMY? "What are you kidding me?" Not only was the army the last thing we expected, but military period. We, as a family, have no military background at all, and not saying it's bad or wrong, it was just a huge punch to the gut. So the next year held lots of trials, with Justin moving and stepping out on a different limb. Well, it only got harder from that point on. He was called to active service in Iraq in February of 2008. The day he left was probably the third most-hard day I can recall living, the first two being the days I sent my husband to war. Justin has been my best friend all through my life! Of course we fought like brothers and sisters normally do, but if we were thrown into a cardboard box we could survive and make it our home! Trying so hard, I tried to stay as strong as I could in the duration of him being gone for a year, there were days though I will admit, I just simply lost my marbles even to something as simple as a song. Jesus getting us all though this time, this journey too now has passed. Justin has a story for a life, and he has been somewhere Jesus called him to be for that certain amount of time for a reason, we don't understand why sometimes but it's not up to us either. He served, lived, and is back home again! All that to tell you this............to watch Justin on the football field is very heart-pumping! God has been so awesome in working it all out so that he could go back to college and do his dream! He has 3 years of eligibility and got accepted at Lenior Rhyne, where he started this spring semester! They have been doing their spring practicing for about a month now, and this past weekend we got to go down for the Big Spring Game! He proudly is wearing the #32 Jersey! ! And might I add, he sure did Love playing Saturday! He now takes the game a little bit more seriously, and is a whole lot more mature now! He also weighs about 35 pounds heavier!!!! So here is to more Football, and Go Bears!!!! #32 Justin Bacon !!!! From your sis to you, I love you with all my heart, and am so proud of You !!!!