Deep Thoughts from Today!

Deep Thoughts from my Meditation Tonight.....My main mindsets I live by everyday as best I can are based on this- Help others get what they want and Pay It Forward. I have lived by these principles for years, going into 2012 I had a sense that this was going to be a breakout year for me, I made some plans to change some things and all looked great. I was going to accomplish some things I have put aside and do some things with friends, New Years Day I was on a conference call with some friends from the past and we were outlining things we wanted to work on. Well, as some of you know on Jan. the 5th I lost one of my best friends, 40 days have past and I am still trying to come to grips with the fact that Steve's situation was past something I could change or help him with. Still my mind looks for the clues I missed, it searches for answers.
Steve might never have seen the movie Pay It Forward but he lived his life like that everyday, I'm not sure why this is all on my mind tonight but for some reason it is so I am passing it on to anybody who wants to read it.
For now I will continue to Pay It Forward , I hope all of you out that believe as I do will continue too! Good Night All. GWT

Check One More Off the List

Today I finished one more important thing on Steve's list, one of the last things he did that night before he passed away he came to my house and got a hospital bed pull up bar, he had told me earlier that his old neighbors that had moved to Cleveland Ga. He carried it home and put it in the front of his storage building. Today me and Sue (Steve's mother in law) carried it to them and got it setup for them. I know Steve had a lot on his mind those last hours but even then he was still doing things for his friends. It felt good to get this checked off of the list. There are many lessons I have learned from Steve, he was a giver even until the end.

This Has Been The Longest Month

One more day in January 2012, this was a challenge to try to blog everyday for a month. The day I started I had no idea where this month was gonna go and what it had in store for me and my friend Steve Leblanc. As it comes to a close tomorrow I can tell you it has been one of the toughest months that I have ever seen. This month and the events from it will surely shape the year to come and many more.

More Pictures from Steve's Memorial by the Lake

Today I worked on getting my taxes ready to give my good friend Ellen, also my CPA. I also had a great conversation about a pontoon I am going to take a look at this week. Went so Steve's and cleaned up some this afternoon. Still hard to believe we won't be going fishing anymore. We fished in his honor yesterday and it will be a day I will never forget.

Steve's Memorial at the Lake

Had a really good day, Steve's Memorial at the lake went really well. Lots of people came, everybody met other friends of Steve's, lots of us fished and lots of Bream and one Bass were caught. I will post some pics of the fish later. Hope everybody is having a great weekend.

Steven John LeBlanc

Chili Challenge Tomorrow, shaved off the beard today, left the crazy mustache though, getting the times for the memorials for Steve setup and wrote the obituary today, if the times I asked for are approved I will put the obituary in the Barrow County News Sunday. Here is what it says:

Steven John LeBlanc, age 51, passed away Thursday, January 5, 2012. He was born in Waterbury Connecticut, the son of Richard Joseph LeBlanc, Sr. and Sandra Mae LeBlanc. Steve also locally known as “Mr. Fix It” was in the construction and remodeling business. He never met a stranger and everyone he worked for loved him and gave him great referrals. He was an avid fisherman and rock collector, he loved the outdoors. Often if a lake he was fishing had rocks around it he was torn between looking for rocks and catching fish. Steve was preceded in death by his mother and his brother Timothy J. Leblanc. He is survived by his father, his brother Richard J. LeBlanc, Jr., his in-laws Billy J. and Sue Wall of Winder, his wife Sheryl Wall of Jefferson, and many friends. A Memorial for Steve will be held at Lawson Funeral Home on January 24, 2012 at 7:00 pm and there will also be one at the First Baptist Church of Winder on January 26, 2012, at 5:00 pm