This past Friday, Kyle and I had the privilege of traveling to our family's Christmas tree farm in Munford, Alabama to help cut and load trees. My mom kept Caroline so we got to enjoy a beautiful day outside with my family. We had such a great time and I wanted to share a post about Matt and share my family's story.
On March 28th, 2011, tragedy struck our family when we lost our cousin Matt Embry in a car accident. My Uncle Harry, Aunt Lyn, and cousin Greg were grief-stricken and we were all deeply saddened, and we still miss him daily. Through this great loss Harry, Lyn, and Greg started a beautiful thing- they took over Matt's Christmas tree farm that he had and contributed the money towards scholarships in his name. Several of the family have went down to help over the past couple of years and it is nothing but pure joy to watch families pick out trees for their home. Especially knowing the vision that Matt had for his farm and seeing his parents and brother work so hard to preserve it.
This is my cousin Matt- a genuine, wonderful person who accomplished so much in his short life. We are so proud of the person he was on his time on Earth.
And here are some past and present pictures of the tree farm and our family.
Remembering Matt Embry- Cannot wait to see you again in Heaven..it can't come soon enough!
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