Emotions are running high today on the Hill. A blowout victory pumped everyone up for a match against LSU on Friday, and then the news that rocked the Arkansas campus today- One of our own, a TE Garret Uekman, died unexpectedly. I know nothing more than what I've read, so you all can follow that part yourself, but I can't believe while he was getting transported out of the Quads, I was in there eating lunch at the very same time. How different things were just a few feet away.
Around this Thanksgiving time I have a hard time just because over the past two years I lost my Grandma and my Grandpa right after Thanksgiving. And now this, one of the men who I supported on the field is gone. Even though I didn't know him, nor had I ever heard of him until today (I'm ashamed to say), my heart still aches for those who lost someone they loved and respected. I know the feeling of someone being taken from you without any warning and it's unbelievable that just an hour earlier he was just sitting playing games. God's plan is infinitely greater than ours and through this I pray people discover that in life, there are no guarantees. God does what he does for a purpose, and so I pray that his purpose will be shown through all this. That people will turn to support each other and to God in this, that they will feel surrounded by his peace and his love. My heart breaks with the realization that his family won't have him around anymore, to laugh with and celebrate life. It's hard to say that God's plan is good when things like this happen but I believe that it's through hardships we become who we are, being refined in fire.
These are just some random thoughts- I just ramble when there are things bouncing around my head. Keep the Uekman family in your prayers and the Razorback nation, as we band together in this time. There's a candlelight vigil for Garrett Monday at 8 at Bud Walton Arena.
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