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To Pastor Brian,
The way you loved Pam and I through this is unspeakable. Your words still bring life to me. Thank you for saying Ben’s name over and over again in your message. Thank you for loving our son.
To everyone reading this,
Please read this slowly, it’s just amazing… and full of hope. [Read more…] about 016 The Funeral: Pastor Brian Rice
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Dad,
I love you so much. I can’t imagine that at one point in time you held me in your arms like I held Ben. I had NO idea of the kind of love that you have for me until that moment. It’s amazing. You have been an amazing father. Live is worth living.
To everyone reading this Blog,
Dad’s words are heavy here. My dad wrote this a couple days before the funeral and let me read it. As you read this, you can begin to understand how this service was literally from God. [Read more…] about 016 The Funeral: My Dad
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I want to explain as much as I can about the actual service that we held for Ben. It was, beyond a doubt, one of the most beautiful, powerful, and painful experiences of my life. For those of you who weren’t there, I hope this gives you a taste of what it was like. For those of you who were there, I hope this post helps you to recapture or to see what Pam and I were thinking and feeling. [Read more…] about 017 How the Funeral Changed Me
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After Ben’s service we put everything in his little casket that we wanted to bury with him: letters from Pam and I, a laminated picture of us with a note from us, a copy of The Lion, The Which, and The Wardrobe, a stuffed animal Lion we named Aslan, and my sister put in a copy of her poem.
Pam said the picture of us represented us burying a piece of ourselves as well. I see our picture as his GPS to us when Jesus raises his body from the dead. That will be the happiest day in the world. [Read more…] about 018 Always One More Thing
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Hello Hello! I haven’t posted in some time now and wanted to give everyone an update. The update is that there are lots of updates! This coming weekend I’m going to be posting a lot. There is so much that is happening in our story that we want to share with all of you. At the same time, I have a list of chapters in the story of Ben that I don’t want to loose or forget. I will be posting all of them this weekend. My goal is to get all of you up to date on our lives and what God is doing. [Read more…] about 019 U2 in Boston