This is a very hard post for me, I have had to meditate and pray about it all day. However, I think the most sincere thing for me to do, is post exactly what I wrote to what I consider "My Guys". From the youngest to the oldest...I feel as if they are mine. I couldn't do this post here..until now. RacersReunion knows me better than some of my own family. You know my heart...and my intent. And, you know how much I depend on yall for support...we lost our newest Driver yesterday...his name was Ricky Watts. I will not go into a whole lot about this, as I am sure Bobby Williamson will talk about it tonight. I have cried off and on all day...some of sadness, but some of joy..because God allowed me to meet Ricky and see the joy and love of racing that he had. He was so looking forward to this Season. So...with me, just like he a Rookie this year with Bell & Bell...I think he would want me to honor the guys...with the post I made this morning....God Speed...Ricky...
What a wonderful feeling it is to know that someone wants to follow in your footsteps, or be a part of what you do...when they REALLY want it. That feeling comes seldom if ever in our lives. I know that I am new to you guys, and I know that I get emotional sometimes, but I only know how to speak from my Heart.
I and Cameron...wanted to be a part of you. Ricky, wanted that too...so badly. I can't speak for either of them, but I know without a doubt, that I need YOU...each and every one of you...have a piece of my Heart. Ricky's piece is broken this morning...and I can't help but cry. But, you know what...be proud of yourselves..in knowing just how much we think of you....and how proudly we will all wear that Bell & Bell name.
Every time, I read a post or see a "like" from you it makes my Heart swell with pride....because...we are family. I have said it before, and will say it again...I can be loyal to a fault, but that is one thing you have, is my loyalty. I say...I love you...easily, and a lot...but when I say it..I mean it. I know I am in the right place....I can feel it, just as sure as I am sitting here. We have had a set back this morning.....but will it make us "sit back"?
Oh, no....for we can remember and carry on at the same time. I knew the joy and happiness that Ricky was feeling when I met him, for I have the same in my Heart for yall. Live life..enjoy life...one day at the time. I have made some major changes in my life..since finally realizing that is how life is meant to be lived. I went to battle for yall yesterday....and then God showed me, there was no battle at all. He had given me everything I needed .... right here..at home, just use it. Pick and choose those battles carefully...do not gain any unnecessary scars.
So, with that being said...
Mr. W.C. Bell, Bobby Williamson, Harold Floyd, Sherman Garris, Joey Babson, Jay Royal, Dean Cumbee, LaMar Pankey, Jeremy Cumbee , Cameron Norris III, Bill Tripp, Jim Wilmore, Pete Corey and Louie Hill, Thank you, for allowing me to be a part of you...and your lives...for we never know what the next second will hold for us. I love yall....
updated by @patsy-thompkins-keisler: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM
