BLOG POST: this morning as I sipped on my coffee I remembered the many times that Wade would put our children on his big shoulders! They would squeal with laughter as he would raise them up! He loved it and they loved it! Sometimes he would lean back —on purpose, and they would frantically grab his hair to steady themselves, but he always had them securely on his shoulders holding both legs, there was no chance that they would fall. But they didn’t know that so they grabbed h

Inside of every broken event in our life is a choice. A choice to harden or a choice of surrender. How do you navigate disappointment, tragedy, loss? When we lost Wade that night in January, the kids and I were devastated. I will never forget the moment the police officer told me he was gone. It was like a lightning bolt went through me. Standing in the parking lot of a church, red and blue lights flashing, the cold air beating against my face and my whole world shatter