How is it that you are turning 21, in Heaven? You made me a mother on May 21, 1999 - we had a rough start. The first 4 weeks were tumultuous, to say the least, and then, it was the two of us. We were grateful for the “cradle of

April 13, 2014  “The young man brought in from the gunshot wounds, did not survive. We lost this heart beat in the ambulance.” - Ron D Fishman, MD, Overland Park Regional Medical Center. We lost his heartbeat. Another crushing blow physically, mentally, emotionally. I was reeling. If not for the chair already holding

My older son, Reat, is watching from Heaven. Murdered by a white supremacist on April 13, 2014, only seconds after his grandfather and minutes before another woman, Reat lost his life tragically at age 14. (Lukas was 12.) Section 135, Row 13 – Seats 13, 14, and 15. I am about to

A Reminder of Loss The holiday music, from “Joy to the World”, to “Jingle Bells” and “All I Want for Christmas is You” – all trigger the brokenness in my heart to cue the sadness, in overdrive. A reminder of loss, I lost my son and father. During church on Sunday, tears