Hey Eli...I'm still behind you!

Eli carried a picture in his wallet that I gave him before he left on his mission. It's a photo of me holding a toddler Eli on my lap. His face is one of wide-eyed,open-mouthed laughing as he's leaning into the camera while I steadied him with my hands. On the back of the photo, I wrote words explaining the picture as a metaphor that I would always be behind him, supporting him in everything that he was doing, whatever it would be. I still feel that way. When I found this picture, so many years, miles and experiences away from that sweeter and simpler time in Ohio, I remembered that beat up, old photo in his wallet...well Eli...I'm still behind you honey...