My love for music runs deep through my veins

I swear I've already posted this pic before, but I have to do it again. This is the background on my laptop  and has been for quite some time now. I have always loved this saying and it has always brought me so much light and hope in my life. I absolutely love it. 

Six simple words:

THE

BEST

IS

YET

TO

COME

I just can't get enough of it, especially after what I learned tonight. . .

I went to my Jones' family reunion tonight and was reminded of the love that my family has for each other.. and it all came to be because two people fell in love. Together, my great-grandmother Lynn Jones and great-grandfather Neal Jones were somethin else. They had a love that I imagine you'd find in the movies. An ideal love. A love that everyone wants and longs for.

They were beautiful people inside and out, and I am so happy to be able to call them my great-grandparents.

Anyways, tonight we stopped by the South Sevier cemetery to visit their grave. As we were leaving, we noticed that on the other side of the headstone it read, "The best is yet to come."

I got tears in my eyes right then and there! I was so surprised to see that because that saying has been so special to me for such a long time. Then to see it on my great-grandparents headstone was just simply incredible.

I always knew that my grandpa Jones played the guitar and I have a few memories of listening to him sing and play, but my mom explained to me that he always sang a song that said "the best is yet to come," and that we actually had a recording of it on a dvd that we have of his life. 

So when we got home we quickly found the dvd and watched the slideshow of pictures and listened to his cute voice sing and yodel as he played the guitar in the background.

The last song that he played was titled "The best is yet to come" and I did the research and found that it is by Del Reeves.

Anyways, the entire song is cute but I'll just share the last verse. It goes like this:

"The calendar reads the first day of June

The paper says man has walked on the Moon

Now we're sitting here just waitin alone

And we realize our lives are almost gone

So when we thanked our Lord for all he had done

He just said, children the best is yet to come."

I was overwhelmed with the spirit. I know that as we continue to live our lives, we will always be able to continually say that "the best is yet to come" because in the long run eternity is ours if we so desire and work for it, and let's be honest, it will be divine.

Love,

Kate

ps. music runs in my blood.