Moving on looks a little like this....

Today as I realized it is the anniversary of the death of a great man of God husband and father of three Zac Smith. This just following the one year anniversaries of the deaths of Russ Church and Brent Batson dear friends of Josh and I.

I woke up this morning to read about sweet Kate who is so young and will have a MRI of her brain tumor this morning

I am surrounded by death... The thought of it rarely leaves me as I find small reminders of the struggles of those here on earth and the loss of those now gone to be with the Lord.

I try to find comfort in worldly things in a picture or the voice of a friend or family member, but I guess we are just all putting one foot in front of the other right?

Someone asked me this past week can't you just move on...

I have...

I am here right? I thought to myself...

I am moving on the best way I know how...

By trying to learn from the loss we have suffered as a family...Trying to remember to love harder, to not let the little things in life consume me, to make my life count, and to make it one worth remembering, to hug my children more and fuss at them less, to "love harder and worry less" this is what Brooke and I have been telling each other.

I really thought I would be able to move on with my life and just forget this at some point...at some point that these people I once held so dear would simply begin to fade as my life here on earth moved forward but one year later I can say the pain is still there and the memories still fresh...

So what do we do with that? How is this the new?

We stay positive....We keep our eyes open for opportunities to love others, to help others, MOST IMPORTANTLY to share the love of Christ with others...

We live life...
This weekend we did that by donating enough blood to save over 100 peoples lives!

Every now and then I do this by sending sweet Caitlin Church a card or a little gift to let her know we love her...On mother's day it is a card to a mom who no longer has her child to send one, on the alter it is a prayer begging God to save the lives of our friends who still don't know him.

Moving on comes in all kinds of packages...

Cody Michelle Wyatt 5/12/1982 - 00/00/0000
Its not the day you are born or the day that you die but the DASH in-between that counts...

What have you done with your DASH today?

ONE LOVE,
Cody