Greetings!

Well I've finally decided to give this blog thing a try and thanks to friends from PFOP (Pocket Full of Papers) Design team I'm finally here. I will start off telling you a little bit about myself.


My greatest accomplishment is my family. I have been married to my wonderful and supportive husband, John, for 29 years. He is my rock. We have been through so much together and his integrity and strength amazes me. We have three children, Jennifer, John, and Elizabeth. Jennifer is 25 and graduated in June 2007 from University of Cincinnati College of Pharmacy and is currently working as a Pharmacist at a Hypermarket. Elizabeth, our youngest, is 18 and graduated in June from Scott High School. She is currently in her first year of college at Northern Kentucky University. She is an Elementary Education major. The fact that she loves children and they seem to flock to her makes elementary education a perfect choice for her. We are very proud of our children and the fine young adults they have become.



You probably noticed that I went directly from Jennifer to Elizabeth and seemed to pass over our middle child and only son, John. The reason being, our son John was killed in a tragic automobile accident December 28, 2001 (almost six years ago) at the age of 17. It is still very hard to talk about. He was a very bright, energetic, christian young man who loved life. He had an infectious smile, an outgoing personality and was loved by all that knew him. It is tragic that a young man with so much potential in life had his life abruptly ended by the carelessness of another driver. When a child dies, a future dies. All of our hopes and dreams, and his as well, will go unfulfilled. The 19 year old driving the other car was eating, drinking and gawking at the road construction when she veered over into his lane and hit him head on. She escaped with only a few minor scratches and our son was killed instantly. Our lives were forever changed that day. The hardest thing beside missing him terribly is watching his peers live their lives. Watching them go to prom, graduate, start careers, get married. Our son will never do those things, he will forever be 17. Many of you may be wondering how in the world you go on living after something like this happens. The answer is I don't know. You take it one day at a time and some days are easier than others. The only peace I have is that I know where he is. As I stated earlier he was a Christian young man. He loved the Lord and had a personal relationship with him. So by the grace of God we go on and look forward to the day when we will once again be reunited with our son and other loved ones.