Remembering Sam, Sixteen Years On

It's been sixteen years since we lost our son, Samuel Robert Holmes.

Jim shared this song with me a few weeks ago, Bluebonnets (Julia's Song). While we don't think about Sam all the time anymore. We do remember -- especially when we hear songs and stories like this one. Aaron Watson wrote it about his daughter Julia who died just after birth five years ago. The lyrics are beautiful -- a lovely way to remember Sam -- and to remind us that life is tender and fleeting and we need to cherish all those moments -- however brief.

The Story behind the song



In another time and place
Grandma would kiss my face
Wish I could go back there again
I'd climb up in my grandpa's lap
I'd lay down and take a nap
That old man and me were best friends
And one day I turned around
Leaves are fallin', fallin' down
Those fields were bare and brown and they were gone
Long gone like bluebonnets in the spring
We're only here for a little while
It's beautiful and bittersweet
So make the most of every mile
So pack light and love heavy
Give it all your heart and soul, so in the end
You won't regret one thing
Life is like bluebonnets in the spring.
There's so much I can't explain
Such as gravity and pain
Still I remain, blindfolded and full of faith
I kissed my angel girl goodbye
Still can't help but wonder why
But I believe I'll see her again someday
So, hold 'em tender, hold 'em tight
Pray every mornin', day, and night
That God will help you raise them right
And don't you blink, don't blink
'Cause like bluebonnets in the spring
We're only here for a little while
It's beautiful and bittersweet
So make the most of every mile
So pack light and love heavy
Give it all your heart and soul
So in the end you won't regret one thing
Life is like bluebonnets in the spring
Life can be filled full of sorrow
Time is something you can't borrow
So love like there's no tomorrow
Because today could the day
Like bluebonnets in the spring
We're only here for a little while
It's beautiful and bittersweet
So make the most of every mile
So pack light and love heavy
Give it all your heart and soul, so in the end
You won't regret one thing
Life is like bluebonnets in the spring
Life is like bluebonnets in the spring

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