A brave heart

11 years ago today Gregg lost his battle with cancer.
He had been diagnosed with metastatic melanoma & was under treatment for 7 1/2 months before he passed away.
Gregg & I were married for 5 years. During that time I graduated from nursing school, we bought a new house & a new car, he coached basketball & soccer, he taught high school & was also a youth pastor, I bought and ran a small business & we had 3 beautiful perfect little girls together.

Gregg was one of those guys who could do everything & do it well. He was an exceptional athlete playing both college basketball & running track. He & I had began our relationship by running together. He trained for marathons while I trained for the half! He had a very fun & outgoing personality. He was very smart & romantic. He loved to send me flowers. He was so creative with our time together....planning fun events for our dates & planning a wonderful honeymoon in the wine country. He loved to travel. He loved our convertible. He was loved & admired by so many. He was called "my best friend" by dozens of guys. He loved me & his precious little girls.

He was so brave while he faught that nasty disease. I truly believe that every day he faught, he believed he could beat it. He had hope no matter what the doctors told him,
11 years
sounds like a life time ago doesn't it?
Its funny
there are so many details from those days that i remember vividly~
what i was wearing while we sat across from the doctor who gave us the devestating blow.
the movie that ended just moments before he took his last breath.
there are more...
but there are so many things i don't remember.
i don't remember exactly who was in the hospital room with me as we watched him take his last breath.
i can't remember the last words we spoke to each other before he became unconscious.
11 years
Many of my friends that i have now didn't even know me back then, much less know of Gregg.
Many of the people I have contact with probably don't even know that i was a widow when i was 30 years old & all 3 of my girls were under the age of 3.
But in these 11 years I have learned many things
That the Lord saw every tear & did hear every prayer that was lifted for Gregg.
That life isn't fair but we have a savior who knows that
That i could make it, by simply getting out of bed each day & taking just one moment ( literally) at a time
That i could raise these 3 little girls who would really never know how many people loved & prayed for them
That he must be so proud as he watches Savannah, Madison & Emily from Heaven
That we will indeed see him again
Until then........