Meet the Byers

Bambi Byers, 40, said the Tim McGraw song “Live Like You Were Dying” sums up everything she could say about her husband, Marc, who passed away in March 2011.“It was my husband to a ‘T,’” she said.Marc was having trouble swallowing in June 2009, and a few months later...

A fog lifted…

This morning I woke up to a very dense fog. It was so foggy, in fact, that I could not see my next door neighbor’s house. I knew that it would not remain like that forever but it sure was gloomy and difficult to get on with the day when I couldn’t see past...

Meet the Patwas

Amy and Adam Patwa attended an Inheritance of Hope Legacy Retreat® in Orlando with their daughter, Charis, in May 2012. “The timing of it was totally perfect,” Amy said. “I can’t walk around Magic Kingdom today.” She was diagnosed with stage III breast cancer in...

Seek Him

Saturday morning my family and I awoke feeling very cold . . . our furnace was out, brrr!   We checked into having it repaired and realized it would be better to replace it entirely.  But the earliest day they could install our new furnace was 6 days out, so that...

With Open Hands: Part 2

After taking some time to process the tragic shooting at the elementary school in New Town, CT & speaking to some some IOH families over the holidays who recently lost a parent, it makes logical sense to cling to those we love even more. Yet,  I’m still...

Orlando . . . Here we come!

The January 2013 Orlando Legacy Retreat will kick off tomorrow!   This year, we have 16 families from around the country including: Arizona, North Carolina, New York, Indiana, California, Wisconsin, Colorado, Oklahoma, Florida, and Pennsylvania.  Similarly, our loving...

Joy to the World!

Joy to the world! The Lord has come: let earth receive her King! Let every heart prepare him room and heaven and nature sing. Joy to the earth!  the Savior reigns:  let men their songs employ  while fields and floods  rocks hills and plains  repeat the sounding joy....

Meet the Siscos

Jenifer Sisco, a teacher and mother of three from Midland, Michigan, was diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer in May 2011. Then came Jenifer’s first surgery after the diagnosis. “The news we got was worse than we expected,” said Michael, Jenifer’s husband. The...

Puzzled

A snowstorm left my family and I stuck at home, which gave us time to put a puzzle together.  As we sorted the pieces, I found myself wondering what we all must wonder when the puzzle is still completely fragmented . . . “How are these pieces going to fit together to...