True Friendships and Concerts

Porter was just a good boy! He didn't mind serving and even did so with a smile in his heart and a spring in his step.  Just ask his grandma!
This is another tender photo of my son that a dear friend, Karla gave to me. Her daughter Sarah is in the wagon being pulled by Porter. (Thanks for sharing with me) Any new photo I receive of Porter is like a priceless treasure to me. 

Sarah was a sweet friend to Porter and has shared some of her true, raw feelings in her blog titled rememberingporter.blogspot.com.  I love that Sarah's mom, Karla, allowed only Porter, the one boy she trusted, to take her daughter to concerts.

Tonight we attended a concert that Porter would have been playing in had he still been here with us. Me, Mark, Cooper, and Brittany drove up together. We saw Keely and her friends there. Porter was teaching Keely how to play the guitar before he passed away.  Keely and her sister Karli were the sweet girls with the angelic voices that sang two musical numbers for us at Porter's funeral. We also met up with Karla and Sarah and enjoyed just being there with them and listening to the music that Porter loved playing so much. The lead singer, Sam, wrote a song just for Porter and debuted it tonight.  It's such a tender song and I pictured Porter up on stage so many times during the show playing his bass standing next to Sam.  I can't wait to get an actual recording of the song. Sam said he hopes to do that this Summer. I recorded the whole song on a very old VHS compact camcorder, so I could watch and listen but I can't download it to the computer. I will share the words as far as I can understand them and hope I got it right for now.

This photo was taken after Porter's band had already performed.  I was so engrossed with filming everything that I forgot to take photos until afterward.  So sorry, no photo of Porter's band.

Sarah and me in the courtyard of the concert venue.

Porter's Song

I can't find the right words to say

About a heart so big

That it could not stay

In one place at a time

Take me to your favorite state of mind

and lose yourself

I wonder what we'll find

This plan is perfect

Though it seems unkind

And I know it's perfect

for someday we will find

Strength in knowing this

Strength in knowing this

What we've lost along the way

Will return to us someday

But we'll be missing you

In the meantime

When we're lost we're not alone

And just know that you've gone home

And we'll be missing you

In the meantime

This plan is perfect

Though it seems unkind

I know it's perfect

For someday we will find

Strength in knowing this

Strength in knowing this

The words to this song are so beautiful and I cried as I listened to Sam sing them.  I know Heavenly Father's plan is perfect and I daily try to find strength in knowing this.  I HAVE to have faith in knowing this. I love how Sam called Porter's heart too big to stay here.  He was needed somewhere else and it does seem unkind that he was taken, yet His plan is perfect. 


I love you Porter♥