Today marks the seventh anniversary of Scott’s death. I don’t celebrate this day or commemorate it in a formal way, but every year on this day, I do write about it in one way or another. His passing is, after all, the reason for this blog’s name and the thing that has defined me for the last seven years.

I am Scott’s Widow.

In the past I have written about being a widow, my life after Scott, what has happened in our family since then, and on and on. Today I want to remember Scott.

I knew him from church, where his wife and ex, Robin, was a dear friend. We were in the same Sunday School class, our children grew up together, and he and I sang in the choir and served on committees together for years.

He had a beautiful tenor voice, honed in the choirs of Park Cities Baptist Church and Thomas Jefferson High School. We loved singing together and did it often. This is an early solo performance (1993) at the Highlands Christian Church Sweetheart Banquet. Seems appropriate as Valentine’s is Saturday. It is the only video I have of Scott singing, so while it’s over 30 years old and really bad quality, it is precious to me, and I hope it will be for the kids to hear.

Scott was a deejay in his college years and after, and had a beautiful speaking voice as well. He narrated many videos through the years. I pressed him into service on one of my book trailers. This is from 2009. I love to hear his “radio voice.”

Video was in his blood, and I have a zillion of them to prove it. I came across this one, which I actually took at his birthday party in 2001. I have lost touch with most of these men; one of them passed away years ago, but they loved Scott and had known him since high school. A couple were in choir with him, as you will hear.

Scott was a man of many talents, who loved his family, his friends, his church, his music, and his work. He especially loved his kids and grandkids–all of them.

It’s hard to stop this walk down memory lane, but I have been pretty self-indulgent already.

As the years go on, and they will, I will share more of life with Scott and life without him. He died too soon and left a big hole in our family and in my heart. But I have photos, and videos, and recordings, and he will never be completely gone as long as I can hit play.

Don’t take friends and family for granted. Tomorrow comes too quickly.

Love to you all.