bren in the front, regan with the hat on, and gerrit with the glove on
this is a pic of regan that bren carries in his scriptures
Saturday, January 12, 2008
a moment to reflect
today jan 12th, marks ten years ago that brennan's 23 yr old brother regan mitchell bates and his best friend matt both died in a car accident just outside of salt lake city. this is not supposed to be a debbie downer post, but just to express myself and feelings. some people i really love have been in car accidents recently (all ok), but it still makes me reflect on how quickly life can be taken away. bren is very good at keeping a gospel perspective when it comes to the loss of a loved one. and thankfully we believe that we can be together again with those that leave before us. a quick story at what a small world this is. i was up at ricks college at the time and have a friend named ryan who introduced me to his cousin regan (bren was on his mission and i'd never met him before) we hung out and thought he was a pretty cool guy. a little while later me and my roommate were shopping in ut at the crossroads mall and we ran into regan there again and i shared my yummy cinammon roll w/ him. a couple months later i found out he had passed and met his brother brennan up at ricks! and the rest is for another time, but i always feel sooo lucky that i got to meet regan and actually kinda know who he is. we have this pic in carter's room above his changing table and carter likes to point out his daddy, uncle gerrit (bren's oldest brother) and his uncle regan. i know carter doesn't totally understand heaven yet, but we do talk about it and let him know one day we'll see uncle regan again and what a great person he is. now being a mom i honestly can't imagine the loss of a child, it ALWAYS gets me teary eyed even thinking about it. i hope i can always keep an eternal perspective though and i'm greatful for a husband who has one and is a good example to me.
bren in the front, regan with the hat on, and gerrit with the glove on
this is a pic of regan that bren carries in his scriptures
bren in the front, regan with the hat on, and gerrit with the glove on
this is a pic of regan that bren carries in his scriptures
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9 comments:
Oh life is so precious! Your cute family is amazing!
Rachael, that's such a sweet post. It's really cool that you met Regan first, I never knew that. And yes, it seems that we've been going to a lot of funerals lately. Really makes you think more about life.
Those pictures are cute. Before I read your post I glanced at the pictures and I totally thought that last one was Brennan! It was freaking me out!
I got your blog address from my sister, Erica, and have been reading about your family Brennan.
I still remembering when Danielle Clark, your cousin of a sort and my roommate at BYU-H, got the phone call about Regan. It is hard to believe that it has been that long ago but then again time flies as you get older.
Take care and I hope you are settling into Arizona and your chiropratic practice well.
Megan
Awe, that was a good memoir. Thanks for sharing some details. It will be fun to meet him one day - it sounds like he is a lot of fun, like Brennan. I love that you have that pic in Carter's room too. Really cute. 10 years...wow.
Thanks for the post. I am an old friend of the Bates family. Me and my brothers lived near Gerrit, Regan and Brennan for a while (during middle school). We all went our separate ways in high school but I still have fond memories of the family. Regan and I were never to close (though close in age). I do remember going on a ride once with my brother to get his car fixed. I asked Regan to come along. While the car was in the shop Regan and I decided to walk into the nearby shops. To make a long story short, we though my brother left us so we started walking home (we were probably only 10 years old) but it was about 8 miles. My brother called the cops to look for us and I think we got a ride home in the patrol car... Say hello to Gerrit and Brennan for me.
Mark Bardsley
What a beautiful post! Its times like this that I love blogging. I got in a fender bender the other day, and it really made me realize how blessed I am that everything was OK. Life is so precious and we cant take any of it for grannit. The good and the bad!
I was touched by this blog and think I found how to make a comment. I'm crossing my fingers. I hope your 30th was great Rachael. Love OM
Howdy, howdy... Aaron and Teresa signing in. I've been reading your blog for a few months, and decided to join in -- so here we are if you want to add us (despite the blogger link which is more just for comments) blog(dot)aaronboswell(dot)com
Okay if we add you to our roll?
p.s. Great post, Rachael.
what a wonderful post in his honor! It is never an easy thing to reflect on even with so many years behind it to help soften the blow. It is such a comfort to know that in the next life we will gladly embrace each other again!
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