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Wed. June 11, 2008 June 10, 2008 - Tuesday

Riverbank

Robert Arthur, Kirk Roth and I wrote Riverbank as a simple tribute to our Fathers.
At the time, both their dads had been deceased for quite a few years and mine was already fighting and slowly losing the battle of his life with Cancer and diabetes. We both knew that he didn't have long, and I went home every chance I could to spend time with him. As his bad days got worse, and his good days became fewer, we talked a lot, remembering better times.
One of the things he did a lot when I was a kid was to take me and Mama and my little brother fishing on the banks of Pearl River in Mississippi. We'd catch a string of catfish and take them home for Mama to fry for supper. Sometimes we didn't even get a nibble, but we were together and that's what really mattered.
Daddy said God would provide, and He always did.
He also said that you can't believe halfway-you either believe we all get to be together again after our life here is finished- or you don't.
After much pain and suffering, my Dad passed away in August of 2007. And even though I know he's in a better, peaceful place, I miss him every single day. Not in an entirely sad way, but in a warm, loving way that always brings a smile with a tear when I remember the Riverbank. I know I'll see him again because he told me I would. Daddy believed, and so do I.

Jeff

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