#matty t

The Cardiac Kids

“At different points of the game where we’re at — we could be down, we could be up, we could come back — I think we’ve got a great group. We’ve got a high-end skilled team, a team that works extremely hard and a team of guys that really like to play for each other. I think that’s pretty evident.

“That’s a huge component to an organization — guys that really want to play and win and lay it on the line for one another. We still have a long ways to go for our goal. We believe in each other and our team and the players in our dressing room that we can keep chugging along.”

Johnny and Lindy on Matthew’s insta story

matt thiessen gave me a shout out (on stage) to let everyone in chattanooga know that they were playing jefferson aero plane because i’d requested it the night before.

“we’re gonna play four new ones and then a really old one for our friend, anna, who’s in the crowd tonight.” *cue cheesin’ smile*

“You’re good. And I’m not just saying that. I see A LOT of stuff… you’re really good. Keep at it.”

On July 23, 2016, my favorite lyricist (and writer in general) looked me in the eye while saying those very words. My cool, calm, and collectedness left the building as tears began clinging to the corners of my eyes. Reflecting on it now, I’m still in awe. God is incessantly good to me. How many people get to hold a conversation with their inspiration, and be given such a sincere and extraordinary compliment? Why was I given this experience to cherish and not any one of my amazing friends who love the Matts as much as I do? I feel so undeserving of my life.

Because normally, I complain about working day in and day out. Typically I’m scraping by on pennies of hope and Bible verses I memorized when I was little. I’m almost always grasping an rK song, hanging on for dear life as I pray for God to keep me from sinking to the dark depths yet again. I’m apathetic, I’m complacent, I’m sad. And yet…

I know there is light. I know there is peace. I know that I am not my own, and that this life is far beyond what I have seen. He speaks to me in volumes so loud that my heart cannot ignore Him.

“I may know Someone Who knows me more than I.”