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September 19, 2005
The Best Of Lauck
In honor of Tylor Lauck’s funeral today here is an excerpt from our forthcoming book tentatively titled “The Best Of Lauck”.
“Tylor, I know this might sound like a ridiculous question but do you think anything good has come out of you having cancer?”
“Yes.”
“Like what?”
“Like I have a lot to be thankful for.”
“Can you give me an example?”
“NASCAR racing.”
“Really?”
“No I’m kidding. Cancer made me realize that life is great. After I got sick I realized. Jeez, I should make the most every day because if you waste a day you can’t get it back. ”
Yeah. My grandfather once said, “Enjoy life, there’s plenty of time to be dead.”
“Yeah. That’s true.”
“What else?”
“I’m thankful for my family, well actually, I guess I’m thankful for everything. When you figure out that you might die or something, then you realize that there’s not much that you really need, except for time.”
“You’re so right.”
“Yeah. People forget to enjoy what they have because they are so busy looking for other stuff.”
“You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone.”
“Yeah. I figured that out after I lost my leg.”
“What else did you figure out?”
“That it’s really hard to play soccer with one leg. You can do it, but you land on your butt every time you kick the ball.”
Posted by trevor at September 19, 2005 09:30 AM
Comments
Thank you for enriching my life so hugely with your tributes to the amazing, ever-memorable Tylor. You are an inspiration to those of us who sometimes take friendship and its gifts for granted.
Posted by: Julia Connolly at September 19, 2005 10:19 AM
I had the priviledge of knowing Tylor.He was agreat kid and I will miss him a bunch.I still remember him from when we were in the fourth grade.He was running around right after he lost his leg.I loved Tylor a lot and I know that he is in a better place.
Posted by: amber shumaker at September 19, 2005 05:46 PM
I really enjoy looking at this site. I was told about this site from my grandmother when we found out about Tylor. I love the song that is played for him. I hope you keep this site up and going for as long as possible.
Posted by: Brianna at September 20, 2005 06:50 PM