Brothers

We just finished watching the movie, "Grace Card". It was actually really good. The acting isn't amazing or anything, but the message makes up for it all.
At the end of the movie they played this song.



The first song I ever heard by Toby Mac was "Made To Love" and I loved it. Everytime I hear it now I think of Josh. He had it on his mP3 player and made a CD for Emma so we could listen to his music.
When Josh, Em and I were in Fine Linen's production of "The Miracle Worker", rehearsals and piano lessons were on the same day. Josh and Emma would come pick me up and we'd head to Rolla right afterward. I always felt special because I got to go with them. They just seemed so much older than I was so anything they did was cool. But one of the things I remember most about that time was when Josh would tell me to hold my ears because he didn't want me to hear the song that was going to play next. He didn't want to corrupt my music tastes with what he listened too because he knew Dad and Mom probably wouldn't like it much. But it was always special to listen to his music with him late at night on the way home from rehearsal as he'd take extra caution on the curves, but would go through a stop sign so Em and I could feel what it was like. I don't know why, but those are some of my favorite memories with Josh. Breaking the law, listening to music my parents wouldn't approve of, and eating junk food that made my stomach hurt. But it was all so great. That was how Josh showed me he loved me and now that I'm older I realize how much he did and does love me. My brothers have a hard time telling me that they love me so instead they show it in bizarre ways. Daniel just takes me driving, buys me a Sonic sweet tea, and talks to me about whatever happens to be on his mind at the time. Stephen makes me tea and gets excited when we get to share a special desert in the afternoon. Jed tells me about how he's been taking care of Belle, and asks me if I like the song he's listening too. When I tell him that I do, he gets really excited. Sam loves it when I get excited about helping him do stuff outside and in return, he willingly finds the wheelbarrow so we can haul away weeds.
My brother Brandon will wake up extra early just so I can talk to my nephew for a few minutes before I have to go to work.
My brother Nathan takes me to Sonic late at night when we both need to get off campus. He orders cherry limeaids with extra real cherries and when we discover that we have 4 cherrys each, we're estatic.

I love my brothers. There's just something special about each of them and I know God has put each of them in my life for a reason. Each day I am amazed by how much each of them love me and try to protect me in their own little way.

I'm sitting on Stephen's bed drinking coffee my daddy made for me. My coffee is getting cold... luke warm coffee isn't very good at all.