"I felt the tug on my sleeve and looked down to find him standing motionless. His mouth was moving but I couldn’t make out his words. His quiet body in the noisy room caught me off guard. I bent down to find his voice."
"Tears-pouring-down-my-face, couldn't-talk-couldn't-breathe kind of laughing. Screaming laughing. So hard that I was sobbing because I couldn't get it together."
Kimberli Lira is a mom of two and a recent widow after her husband's courageous 2-year battle with cancer. She blogs about their fight & faith in God at Peace In the Midst of the Storm. Learn more about her family's journey on their Facebook page, Prayers for Mel.
"At 7:24 the doctors declared him dead. And as I lay next to my children at night listening to my daughter sob uncontrollably because she misses her dad so much, I am not thinking about the trendiness of a church."