Uncle Hutson

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Uncle Hutson was a favorite uncle. I've got stories.
Hutson and Hazel lived on Beaver Lake and had a high powered ski boat. Hutson was always coming up with some ski trick so he could show off when we came to visit. A favorite involved a dry dock take-off. He would stand on the dock in a single ski, dressed in street clothes. The boat would start close enough to the dock for there to be several loops of slack rope between him and the boat. Hutson would light a cigarette and then signal for the boat to take off. When the rope slack ran out he would jump out from the dock and take off skiing in his street clothes, smoking a cigarette. He would take a quick loop around the lake and then crossing the wake he would propel himself back toward the dock and wind up sitting down on the side, still smoking his cigarette.
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When they were little, my dad asked Hutson one time,
"When you finish that apple, can I have the core?"
Hutson answered, "When I finish this apple there ain't gonna be no core".
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That . . .
Hutson was not a Christian, but he was nice about it. My dad would witness to him, and he would just grin and say,
"Well I'll keep that in mind."
Eventually he wound up with cancer, in the hospital on his death bed.
My dad was strongly urging his brother to accept Christ. Hutson felt it just wouldn't be right to live a life without God and then get on the train at the very last minute, at the very last stop. My dad told him, "It doesn't really matter who you go to the dance with, but it is very important who you go home with".
Hudson said he would think about that.
My sister, Jeanette, wrote a very powerful letter to Hutson, telling him that God was very merciful, very kind, full of love and longing for Hutson to come home with him. Hutson spent his last days clutching that letter on his chest. At last he prayed with my dad (his brother) to receive Christ as his saviour.
It will be good to see Hutson again, and be together with him for eternity.
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This is That . . .
I found this website on a link of a link of a friend. It is totally encouraging, inspiring, entertaining . . . in a word, great.
I couldn't figure out how to get a direct link, but this address will take you to the blogsite where the video is. It is under a post entitled "ressurection".
Get a cup of coffee, get comfy, and enjoy.
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www.raretune.com
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