Forever After All

A cold beer’s got twelve ounces
A good truck’s got maybe three hundred thousand
You only get so much until it’s gone
Duracells in a Maglite
A needle drop on a forty-five
Are the kinda things that only last so long
When the new wears off and they get to getting old
Sooner or later, time’s gonna take its toll

They say nothing lasts forever
But they ain’t seen us together
Or the way the moonlight dances in your eyes
Just a t-shirt in the kitchen
With no make-up and a million
Other things that I could look at my whole life…

Maybe some things last forever after all

~Luke Combs

The whirlwind weekend has begun! We’ve got a whole lot of company here, and a whole lot to do. It’s amazing, though. I love it. My Mikayla is graduating, tomorrow. After, we’ll have her party here, at our house. My sister, her husband, and my niece Pj are all here. It was so much fun, spending time with them, today.

Adam and Wyatt are outside, cutting the grass, now. We’re attempting to finish up all the last minute things we wanted done, before tomorrow arrives.

My sister, Jackie (and their boos) are all over at Poppy’s. They’re hanging out there, having fun, this evening. I told them, we just cannot possibly make it there, tonight. There’s still so much to do. Besides that, I really just want to hang out with my kids. We have to be up early, in the morning, to get ready for graduation. I’ve been sweeping, vacuuming, scrubbing, cleaning, and doing everything I can to have our house as presentable as possible, for Mikayla’s party tomorrow. I got the ice cream cakes made, this afternoon. I feel like no matter how hard I work, no matter how much I do, we’re going to miss something. I’ll forget to do something. I just so want everything to be beautiful and perfect for her. There are no “do overs”, for moments like these. This is it. It will be a day that will never again be repeated. I know Adam is feeling the same pressure as I am, to make everything wonderful. He’s been working so hard. Tomorrow is almost here. This day we’ve planned and prepared for. Our little girl is about to begin her “adult” life. Our lives are all going to change, in great big ways. It’s not necessarily bad. In fact, it’s everything we’ve hoped for. I suppose the time has crept up on us faster than we’d anticipated, is all. It’s here, though. So, here we are.