Levi Says Bye to Vance

 Tonight I watched Levi say goodbye to one of his best buddies.  In fact, I may even be so bold to say he said goodbye to his BEST friend (not counting his daddy, who is of course his number one).  Molly and Vance Morris have played a huge role in Levi's short little life.  Other than me and his daddy, I can't think of anyone else that Levi has spent more time with.  Molly has been watching Levi since his was only 3 months old.  Just the other day we were talking about how Levi was younger than Lexi when she started watching him.  Vance has been there with them since the beginning, and Levi has really bonded with him (Molly and I have often joked about how he likes his Dad and Vance more than both of us. LOL!)  They quickly became best buddies, and even at the young age of 22 months, it's very obvious to us that Levi loves and cares for Vance deeply.
This week Vance will be leaving us and heading overseas with the Army for a nine month deployment.  And after his deployment he will be moving back home to Arkansas.  So today, on a day when we celebrate and honor veteran's, we said goodbye to one of Levi's favorite soldiers.  Levi is of course too young to understand that when he told Vance "SEEEEE YAAAA!" it meant for a very, very long time.  I cried, of course... that's just kind of what I do these days... but I was at least strong enough to hold it until we got to the car.  We pray this goodbye won't be for too long, and that God will bring us all back around again soon.  Now, when Molly leaves us next month, I'm not sure I'll be able to be that strong.  But fortunately we get another month with her before we have to find out.

Vance - We want to thank you for loving our son.  We thank you for caring for him and for being a positive, Christian male influence in his life.  You have blessed our family more than you know.  We prayed for you tonight at bedtime and we will continue to pray for you while you are away fighting for our country.  Thanks for everything, and God Bless!