Okay, I'll start with the best news:
Can you guess?
I'll bet you can't!
I was just thinking a few weeks ago how great this would be if it could really happen....
But nah! That'll never happen. It's over, done, finished.
But wait!
Oh
my
gosh...
Can it really be true?
It is!!!!
Yeah!!!!
Awesome!!!
They are back together for a reunion tour!!!!
Yes, really!!
Creed is back together!!!!
Oh my gosh! They are like my favorite rock band (after the Beattles)!! I am a HUGE Creed fan. Always have been, always will be! And no, it's not because Scott Stapp is so drop-dead gorgeous. And yes, I know he has his share of personal problems (who doesn't?) But their music is just....oh gosh, it speaks to my heart. One of the most profound spiritual experiences I have ever had was at one of their concerts! Think what you will. But they are awesome. I saw them 3 times in 2002. I could not get into Alter Bridge (Mark Tremonti, Scott Phillips and Brian Marshall's reformed group) nor could I get into Scott Stapp and the Great Divide. They have to be together! That's the magic. I cannot wait. I will SO be there if I have to sell every pint of blood in my body and a few organs. It's that important! And this time I'll probably have a little offspring with me who is also a huge Creed fan! Hey, I raise 'em right! I am so pumped!!!
Or I was....
until I found out that one of the most beloved people I have ever met has passed away. :(
Billy Jack "Handsome Bill" Holcombe, father of the late Wendy Holcombe (some of you older folks or home-grown country bumpkins like me may remember her from Hee Haw and Country Boy Eddie) has passed away.
The girls and I first met Handsome Bill in the Fall of 2006. I was covering Seniors News for the Clay News and they took a trip out there and asked us to come along. I have never met a sweeter man, nor a more hysterical one, in my life. A longtime fan of the old cowboys Roy Rogers, Matt Dillon, etc., he had built a replica cowboy town in his backyard! It was complete with a saloon, old store, church, jail, the O.K. Corral, the chuckwagon---everything. He told the funniest stories about growing up in Alabama and shared treasured memories of his daughter, Wendy, whose life and promising career as a musician and country music performer had been cut short from a heart defect in the late 80's.
My girls enjoyed him so much that we organized a field trip for Camp Fire to the Lonesome Dove a few months later. It was awesome! He really kept the kids entertained and I think he really enjoyed them being there. I know they really enjoyed meeting him and seeing his place.
My girls and I were just talking about him the other day and thinking we really need to go back and see him again. I still cannot believe he's gone. Brooke wonders what will happen to his place now. I hope, even though it will not be the same without Handsome Bill, they keep it up for visitors.
I went from being so excited to so completely heartbroken. My prayers are definitely with his family.
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