Many of us are well aware of what a great group of people the Treehouse is. I am not one to usually make a fuss but I simply must acknowledge the extraordinary gift I received this weekend. I lost my 15 year old son to leukemia on July 1. I have been lost in a wilderness of grief since then, but have begun to get my bearings a little with a lot of reading and the guidance of AG Crockett. I wasn't sure I could even golf again because that was something I shared with my son. I went out to the local course I golfed at with my son and shed gallons of tears, but found that being alone on a golf course is a good place to process thoughts and feelings. With the encouragement of AG I then decided to start golfing a little to get ready for the Dixie Cup so I could see my GCA friends. I knew seeing the guys would be helpful to me. I didn't expect to care about the golf matches, but found over the course of the Dixie Cup this weekend that I did care and that makes me hopeful for the future. The extraordinary gift I received came in the form of Mike Hendren who drove down 5 hours to the Dixie Cup just to give me a hug in my time of sorrow. One phrase that sticks in my memory from my reading of grief books is "The heart that speaks is heard more than the words spoken". Never was that more perfectly illustrated than by Mike this weekend.
I also want to thank Lou Duran again for putting me in touch with AG, and to thank Evan Fleisher, Mike Young, and Lou for surrounding me with care in my time of need.