"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

The last text in Herb's phone from Timothy was, "I'll see you in a min." Even though they died a year apart, they arrived at the same time.

Timothy came in from flying one day and seemed a little rattled. He said a pilot had broken in on the radio and said he didn’t know where...

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

While Timothy was teaching English in the public schools of Taiwan, he shared with us (through skype) that he was allowed to tell the...

Tim was such a dreamer. He was always telling me about his big hopes and plans – especially with his love for flying, and how much he...

“We just need some black shoes – for a funeral,” I told the sales clerk at the shoe store. Mother wanted me to take her to get some shoes...

We finally gathered up all of Timothy’s flight books to donate to the airport. It's sad, but it would be worse for them to gather dust, unused. They are being housed in the planning room at Davis Field Airport if anyone wants to see or borrow them (If you are wanting to start pilot’s lessons, Timothy really enjoyed his first flight instructor, Gary Stevenson. Just ask someone in the terminal how to reach him.). Before donating the books, I flipped through every single p

All of the kids piled onto the bottom bunk for our nightly prayer meeting (It was easier for me to reach them when they were all...

Timothy came in one day and enthusiastically announced: “I’m going to write a book called ‘How I Bought a Villa in France’!” This idea...

A short time before Timothy moved in with Jesus, he was standing at my kitchen bar debating with me about Bible prophecy and the last...

"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.”

Timothy’s assignment for his combined Junior and Senior English class was to write reports on all 66 books of the Bible. All. 66. When...

When God did something Really Big in scripture, He often wanted it memorialized with stones. In the book of Joshua, when God parted the...

Back when the Allisons had a houseful of little kids, bedtime occurred in “stages.” First, they lined up for vitamins, then everyone got...

Those big families on stage in Branson who pass instruments down the line and play them all – that’s what I had pictured for our family!...

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...

Tim was one of a kind! I got to work with Tim for a year when he came to live and serve in Taiwan. Tim brought so much joy to our team!...

I spoke with an “old friend” who had always been a high achieving, goal-oriented, super-confident, intelligent person! She started a...

Tim was a great friend, with a heart for others. I was so excited to tell Timothy about the missions trip our church would be taking to...