Thou Isle of Somewhere
by O.E. Landrum (my Pawpaw)

Somewhere, so far o're yonder, so far beyond and even further than man may know, there I'll be going.  My Lord will send for me and I will surely go.
Somewhere there's glory blooming, in bowers green, beyond all gloaming.  Where longings cease.. my soul contented.  I've but to wait, for soon or late He'll beckon me.
O Isle, thou isle of Somewhre, o land beyond yon dreaded river.  I look to thee, my eyes not seeing, but faith in thee hath made me see thy graciousness.
O Isle, thou isle of somewhere, O land beyond yon river.


That was one of the last songs that i got to sing with my daddy.

In my opinion, he had the best singing voice around.  I could always hear him rolling into his notes when he sang tenor. 

I remember, growing up, he would read us "bed time stories" which mostly consisted of seeing how bad he could scare us.  But my fondest memories are of him reading The Hobbit to us.  I had nightmare after nightmare of the dreaded Gollum coming to eat me.  But now, i look forward to the day i will read the same books to my boys for their bed time stories (if i can make it through them without getting scared myself).

He was the hardest working man that i've ever known.  He worked and worked and worked.  Even when he wasn't at his job he was at home working.  Fixing things, building things.
I learned a lot from him.  Just a few of the things i learned:  how to use a saw, how to build a fence, how to drive a tractor, how to drive a stick shift, how to play guitar, and how to obey God.

I remember having to DRAG him up the aisle during my wedding.  He kept trying to talk me out of it the whole way.  Not that he didn't like Larry... he just wanted me to stay with him as long as possible.

I will miss his laugh.  I will miss his jokes.  I will miss his mustache.  I will miss his VOICE.  I will miss calling him in the middle of the night when i couldn't sleep (which was usually when he we was working the night shift).


He always told each of his 3 girls that we were each his favorite... but i know that i really was.


LLSS daddy

from your MBD