The Best Woman I never knew….

This is Jared with his Mom, at his college graduation in 1998. I never met Jared’s mom, Brenda, because she died in May of 2000, before I met Jared. However, I wear her engagement ring proudly and love her as if I’ve know her my whole life. We miss her very much and there are many things I find myself wishing I could ask her. There are times that I’m thinking about my Mom and think about how hard it would be to lose her and it’s as if I’m suddenly punched in the stomach as I realize once again that this is something Jared deals with daily. Such a hard, hard loss. Jared wrote a book, “Dance of Freedom”, about his Mom’s life and death. I read the book the first few months after I met Jared. I sobbed as I read through the book and knew by the end of it that I loved him. But, I not only knew that I loved Jared. I loved his Mom. And, I still do! One day I’ll get to ask her all of these questions that keep coming up! Thank you, Lord, that this life is only the beginning of what you have in store for us.