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Lexie’s Legacy: The Journey Continues
As is sit here at my often snail-like computer I often given the opportunity to gaze and contemplate upon certain things well into the wee hours of the morning. There are few things in the world more eye-opening than turning away from a computer with thoughts of peaceful slumber and realizing that the sun has already started to rise over your own part of the world again. All of a sudden definite decisions of sleep turn into unsure decisions of whether to end one day or just say the hell with it and go ahead and start a new one. This has been my regular schedule for the past four months now.
When confronted with the idea of throwing yourself into your work to handle intense situations one rarely thinks about the possible consequenses. Sure it’s healthy to sometimes deal head on with reality but for myself, and I’m sure many others, a slow pace of one day at a time seems to be the most comfortable. But even so, although unsure about many things these days, I am 100% positive that I would be in a much worse place without the opportunity to work on the particulars of the Lexie’s Legacy Scholarship Fund. Being able to be a part of something that I personally believe is beyond special has in some ways allowed a little warmth into an otherwise half-empty heart. Don’t get me wrong, not a minute goes by that I don’t think about Alexis and not a second goes by that I don’t miss her like crazy, I just feel blessed to be able to feel like I’m honoring her love and beauty on a daily basis by working on this scholarship and everything associated with it.
I know it sounds cliche, but it has made me appreciate things around me so much more.
Most of all I think that unexpected situations have an after effect that sometimes flows out and sprinkles a trail of peaceful vibes over the people it touches. I know that I have personally seen people, previously with walls between them, all of a sudden standing a lot more on the same side of the fence. On an even more personal level I can say that I have felt myself realize the smallness of many dissagreements and become closer to people around me, especially on the Augusta music scene. I don’t have to name names, they know who they are and I’m glad to be in a better place, at least when it comes to them. Many of these people I swore I would never gain a closeness to. Alexis is surely looking down mocking me with some sort of laughter akin to that obnoxious kid on The Simpsons that always says “HA HA”.
On August 15th, the culmination of four months of sweat and tears will come to pass. Many friends and family will gather at Sky City on Broad Street for their own musical remembrance of one of God’s special angels. Surely we are all special in God’s eyes, but for many of us this angel stands out just a little more and flies a good bit higher. The music community will come together as it has done countless times over and not offer our farewells, but say hello to a special angel who will remain with us forever. The sounds of the G-City Rockers, Dew Hickies, 48VOLT, Veara, 420 Outback and Jemani will ring out across downtown as we move one-step closer to achieving endowment status for the Lexie’s Legacy Scholarship. We will laugh, hug, sing-along, toast and as Alexis would say “rock out” in unison.
We will share yet another thing that made Augusta a special place to be.
May God Bless You All and we’ll see you on August 15th at Sky City,
Stoney aka Alexis’ Daddy
The first Annual Lexie’s Legacy Scholarship Fund Memorial Concert
August 15th 8PM at Sky City 1157 Broad Street
Cover $5
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