Where there is a Will, there is a Way. I wanted to let you know that I hope I can find a way to help ya'll out in some way next year. Will, I apologize for not getting back to you, and I found myself being out of town most of the time during cut and I really hadn't tried to cut out a notch in my schedule....that is until November 19. My wife and I were driving back from a conference in Austin on my way to take our 1 year old daughter to the Christmas in Lights across from the Motor Speedway, when I realized (as unfortunate as it is), what day it was. By the time we got onto Highway 21 I decided that today was the day we were going to see Bonfire for ourselves.
Well, that visit ended up not just being a day to see, but a day to remember. People talk about how holding such an event transcends into Not Remembering or disrespecting the 12 Aggies that were lost. I say that NOT having an event such as the one we witnessed will make you forget about those Faithful Aggies even faster.
My daughter was blanketed in a jacket in my wife's arms, because there was definitely a chill in the air that night. We even talked with a man from the Class of 52 and his wife for a couple of hours while trying to keep my daughter warm. But let me tell you what happened when Bonfire was finally lit. She bolted from the jacket and stood in my wife's lap and pointed to Bonfire and muttered a word that sounded like "See." There was enough heat to keep us all warm for those following minutes. The feelings we have for those 12 Aggies, could not be translated into a better warmth and nothing could have brought back so many memories of that A&M comraderie. We will go back to CS and see the Christmas in Lights since we still have a lot of time to do that with our daughter before Christmas. I am just thankful and priveledged to have seen something that many Aggies did not get to see or feel this year. That light that night, how ever temporary it was, was far too spectacular. Thanks Aggies for giving me a chance to show my 1 year old daughter what Bonfire was like, and thanks Will for a job well done.
Gig'em
Pete
Well, that visit ended up not just being a day to see, but a day to remember. People talk about how holding such an event transcends into Not Remembering or disrespecting the 12 Aggies that were lost. I say that NOT having an event such as the one we witnessed will make you forget about those Faithful Aggies even faster.
My daughter was blanketed in a jacket in my wife's arms, because there was definitely a chill in the air that night. We even talked with a man from the Class of 52 and his wife for a couple of hours while trying to keep my daughter warm. But let me tell you what happened when Bonfire was finally lit. She bolted from the jacket and stood in my wife's lap and pointed to Bonfire and muttered a word that sounded like "See." There was enough heat to keep us all warm for those following minutes. The feelings we have for those 12 Aggies, could not be translated into a better warmth and nothing could have brought back so many memories of that A&M comraderie. We will go back to CS and see the Christmas in Lights since we still have a lot of time to do that with our daughter before Christmas. I am just thankful and priveledged to have seen something that many Aggies did not get to see or feel this year. That light that night, how ever temporary it was, was far too spectacular. Thanks Aggies for giving me a chance to show my 1 year old daughter what Bonfire was like, and thanks Will for a job well done.
Gig'em
Pete
