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Infants on Thrones

Ep 263 – Tribute to a Dear Friend

Infants on Thrones

Infants on Thrones

Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2016

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Glenn pays tribute to Kevin, his childhood friend. The guy who was in a private plane crash when he was 5 years old and lost all feeling in his legs; the guy who saw his wheelchair as a mark of his worthiness, or lack their of, and tragically took his own life at the young age of 31. Glenn was asked to speak at Kevin’s funeral back in November 2002, and recently found the audio of that speech, as well as some journal entries where he struggles with the doctrinal implications of Kevin’s death.

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And if I said I really knew you well, what would your answer be?

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If you were here today,

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here today, knowing you. Knowing you probably

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probably laugh and say that we were worlds apart

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if you were here today. This is infants on Thrones, the philosophies of men beingled with humans.

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We are the core. The core.

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We're

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Welcome back to Infants on Thrones.

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I'm Glenn O'Sland

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and I've just returned home from a bright, warm, sunshine filled four days in Arizona,

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spending time with wonderful family and amazing friends and taking many long emotional strolls down memory lane.

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Who was it that said that you can never go home again?

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Well, I just did, because I grew up in that area,

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and it kind of imprinted me on ways that I think I had forgotten until I was back there.

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And of course it's all intertwined with my Mormon upbringing and

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then floating to the top of all that's milk that I was raised on

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and then floating to the top of all that swirling

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nostalgic memory soup were the memories of Kevin Sparks, my best friend growing up.

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The guy who was in a private plane crash when he was five years old and lost all feeling in his legs. The guy who President Spencer W

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Kimball laid his hands on and blessed that he would run and play again like other

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kids, the guy who excitedly and expectantly spent his entire youth waiting for that blessing to be fulfilled,

2:07.0

the guy who started to feel that he must be doing something wrong in the eyes of the Lord when it never did, who saw his wheelchair

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