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Sometimes life takes us places we never expected to go. And in those places God writes a story we never thought would be ours. (Renee Swoope)

An Unexpected Suicide - Shortly before her death, Luanna quietly began to withdraw from people. No one was with her on that fateful morning of May 16th, 2012. I grieved that Luanna had to fight her final battle alone. But the Lord assured me,

I never left her. And I will never leave you. I was with her every step of the way!

I preached my daughter's funeral. The Lord doesn't want us to dwell on the tragic end of Luanna's life. Instead, He wants us to be remember and be thankful for all the good times that we had with her. The good far outweighs the bad!

"One bad day without meds does not define a person's life. We are not here to remember Luanna for how she died, but for how she lived."

First Christmas Without (9 Dec 2012) - I knew that the first Christmas without Luanna was going to be hard. But I didn't know it was going to be this hard! I wept at almost every church service, and lots of other times too! I told God, "Nobody cried like I did!

Nobody lost what you did!

"Family was always important to Luanna, especially at Christmas. But now she is up there without us. I don't want her to be upset or homesick because she is alone."

She's being taken care of more wonderfully than you can imagine!

"Luanna loved the joy and beauty of the Christmas season. I'm sad that she is missing out on it this year."

Do you think the Celebration is any less up there ... ?