"I need to talk to you if you're his mother," the message read. "Please give me a call tomorrow." I sat on a step-ladder in the garage to make the call because the house was full of people, and I wanted to be able to hear. I had been working on Timothy's obituary around the clock, but I was glad to take a break to connect with one of his friends. I wanted to meet the people who shared Timothy's life and hear them tell their stories. I didn't know my step-ladder would become H

Herb's dream was to raise cattle, but his plans went unfulfilled when he left us last April. Would keeping the cattle keep his dream alive?

I wanted to write a Bible verse on some colored paper to tape to my mirror, so I started digging through an old pile of odd sized pieces of construction paper. (I had been trying to "minimize" for a couple of months, and wasn't making very fast progress! I could always find a reason to keep my clutter!). When I pulled out the papers, I felt a wave of sadness sweep over me. I have learned to ask myself, "Why is this making me sad?" Instantly, I remembered that Timothy would

"Passover is ruined. Easter is ruined. You will be planning another funeral." Everything looked bleak. How would we ever get through this?

"Why are you crying, *Amy?” Amy has cerebral palsy and carries her feelings on her shoulders. She cries loudly about pretty much everything, good or bad. “I don’t want to go home early!” she wailed. Her entire body was heaving with the sobs. “You aren’t going home early,” I explained. “This is the time I had planned for you to go home because I’m going caroling tonight. I knew when I invited you that we would have to leave at 5:00, so it’s not early – it’s the plan.”

For Timothy’s birthday (Jan 10, he would have been 29), we visited the crash site for the first time - in the Arkansas mountains where...

After Timothy had been gone a few months, I periodically experienced a deep, intense longing in my heart to see my son, talk to him, and...

I was driving down the highway, when out of nowhere I felt a strong urging to pray for Timothy. "Pray for his safety," I heard in my spirit