We have always been Gator fans. We truly bleed orange and blue. When Steven was just a toddler, we brought him out on the field on a Sunday afternoon to let him play football on the field. Steven does not remember life without Gator football. He went to his first Gator game when he was just a few months old and has been going to games every season since. But on this day, Jared was on the field throwing the football to Steven and Steven would catch it and run. And eventually Steven got so tired he just laid down in the end zone with his football and didn't get back up. His daddy had worn him out playing football. But the sweetest thing was when Jared took Steven over to the tunnel and said this is where the Gators come out. Steven said Go Gators and took off running. The picture below captures Steven and Jared posing in front of the tunnel and then my sweet boy in the endzone resting after his daddy wore him out. And even though Jared is no longer with us or able to go to the Gator games with us, we continue to go and build more memories and honor him. I'm certain that as we watch Gator football on Saturdays, Jared is yelling and cheering in heaven. And he is proud of his little boy who still loves to run on that field, catch that football, run into the end zone and yell Go Gators.
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