Happy Birthday Lori

June 2, 2015

Happy Birthday Lori!

You spent 46 years and 364 days here on earth and you were a blessing to so much, your legacy lives on, your smile is imprinted on the hearts of many, your love of God and of so many others will always be remembered.  You will not be forgotten.  Brandi and I will be a huge reminder to those you have influenced, affected, mentored, fellowshiped and loved.  You now rest in eternity and celebrate daily with God.  We take joy and comfort to know that you are not suffering anymore...no more pain, no more side effects, no more no more.

However, we miss you...we will not sugar coat or lie or make this a feel good to all type of thing...we miss you.  We are in grief...we are hurting, we are not okay...Yet..but we will get there...God is allowing us to walk through this, this new season..this next step...like He walked with us for the 32 months of your battle.  He never forsook us, He never left us, He never took His hand off of you, off of us.  To some of our family and friends, questions linger...why Lori? why so young?  why?  why?

I will never be able to give an answer to those who don't want to hear the answer they need to hear...but I do know that God's plans, God's will and God's way is way bigger than mines...I have seen that in my life, in your life and Brandi's life.  God orchestrated things so many times in our lives..that when we look back...I stand in awe of what God did..or what He didn't do..to ensure that we get to glorify Him in all things, that we relied on Him for all things and that we did it as a family.  You always had a sense of where God was taking us individually and as a family. You knew when choices, options or things was in God's will vs. our will.  You provided great counsel, yet you allowed me to process them out and 9 times of 10, we moved in agreement..that other 1/10 were my hugest mistakes..which God still allowed us as a family to recover from to move on from..to provide a living testimony that God's grace is never ending.

So today, I say thank you for the millionth time for loving me for who I am in Christ.  Thank you for loving me even when I did not love myself.  Thank you for birthing Brandi into our lives..thank you for being a great mom and mentor..thank you thank you....I love you and i thank God every day moving forward for the time He allowed me to have with you...approximately 9,307 days.  You blessed me in so many ways.

Happy Eternity Birthday Lori!  You finished well....you lived well.  I love you!

Sean

2 Timothy 4:7
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.  Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for His appearing.