Tractor Day

This past Wednesday was to our family one of the biggest days of Big Daddy's life. He was up early and had posted all over the house little pieces of paper with Tractor Day written all over them. We counted the days and then we counted the hours and then we watched the road for the blessed time.

It has been Big Daddy's dream for most of his life to own a little piece of land, a farm, and to have his very own tractor. He has spent countless hours talking about tractors, dreaming about tractors, searching out tractors, calling about tractors, and looking at tractors online. This past Sunday morning as he was driving home from work he spotted a cute little tractor. He said as he drove by he prayed, "Lord, please let me have a tractor about that size and just like that." The Lord being as awesome as he is heard that plea. Big Daddy came home and talked to Pappy about it after church and Pappy just picked up the phone and called and checked on that very tractor. They hadn't planned on selling it, but said sure they would if Big Daddy would be interested in it. Late Sunday afternoon Big Daddy, Pappy, and OB took off to go look at the tractor. Big Daddy of course fell in love with it and what makes it even better is that it was a price we could just pay for it. Ain't God Good! So after contemplating for a whole day, Big Dadddy called and told them he wanted it. They said they couldn't bring until Wednesday evening so there was a couple of restless tractor waiting days for Big Daddy. But when Wednesday rolled around he was just like a little kid waiting for his big dreams to come true.

He got so excited when the gentleman brought it down the lane he just kept saying, "My tractor is here, my tractor is here." The whole family had to go out and watch it be unloaded. As soon as the gentleman was gone he jumped on it and started it up. His eyes lit up and all the kids were anxious to take a ride on it. Of course I took lots of pictures so we would never forget the excitement in their eyes. They rode around the field for sometime. I bet Big Daddy will never forget that wonderful night.

As he was out in the field yesterday brush hogging, I just watched him and had to fight back the tears of being so happy for him. I love being able to watch his dreams be fulfilled, even if it is with a little tractor to call his very own.