Today’s post isn’t about this son of Maplesville.
It’s the story of a life, though, that I want to share with you.
Right about this time a couple years back, I shared on social media this piece “Bedtime Stories for Catherine,” written by Wright Thompson of ESPN.com’s E-Ticket.
I first learned about Matthew nearly ten years ago listening to Reg’s Coffee House while driving home one Sunday afternoon after going to visit Daddy.
One of the most poignant and haunting songs that, to this day, I have ever heard came up in Reg’s playlist…”Dress Blues” by Jason Isbell, another son of Green Hill.
He wrote the song as a tribute to his schoolmate.
Both are the story of a life ended much, much too soon.