there's a reason for everything . . . including fly fishing.

The Manager of our department (and ultimately, my boss) grew up an outdoors person. Bill loves to camp, fish, and general do stuff outside. But life crept up on him and you know how it gets--we gain weight and get so busy doing stuff that you miss out on a lot of your hobbies. Most of you also know that Bill lost his son in Iraq about 2 years ago. Right before Byron passed away he had written our department a letter about his plans once he returned home and among the plans was some camping and fishing with his dad. It's a BUSY time of year for us with work with lots of stressers in addition to normal life stuff. Bill has been working out with a trainer and loves to fly fish. With fly fishing he is very organized and knows of all his equipment. So Bill and his friend randomly go to this sports store yesterday for some outdoor supplies. At this store, the former owner of a now-closed angler store now works. Bill hadn't seen this guy in a long time when he says "Hey, Bill, we have a fishing rod of yours from the old store you never picked up." Bill was quite sure that was not true but the guy goes to the back of a storage room and pulls out this rod with Bill's name on it. They check it out and Bill insist that it is not his and even checks his personal inventory--not his. But the worker insist it is and that he take it. Bill believes this is Byron's way of telling him to relax and enjoy life. I agree. There IS a reason for everything; we do not know the answers and we must trust that God does have a plan. Even though we don't know what it is, there is always a reason for everything.