To All Of My Kids: Wherever They Are
Father's Day is scheduled each year for the third Sunday in June. It tends to fall between the 15th and the 20th. My birthday is the 25th. My daughter Rachael was hit by car June 18th 2008. She was 12 years old and about about 1 month from her 13th birthday. She was in a coma for 2 weeks and died July 2, 2008. For the first about 4-5 years since then, Father's Day, my birthday, and Independence Day had little joy. But then, something happened. Her brothers and sisters, and my wife went out of their way to try and make those days (F-Day and birthday) extra special. They succeeded. This year is no exception. I have been tremendously blessed and have had some terrific days. What is more is that the new additions to our family (DIL's and SIL's) have gone out of their ways to enhance the blessings too. Yes I still miss our Rachael, and I still suffer grief at this time, but because of them, the days are no longer dark but are happy events. So this is a post, bec