Mother’s Day 2017 A Bitter Sweet Day For several years now, ever since my mom passed away, Mother’s Day has been bittersweet for me. Oh, I have celebrated each year since her passing but it has always been different without her here. It is something that is hard to explain to someone who hasn’t lost their mom. Even though I have children of my own that celebrate me there just has been … [Read more...]
The Kelly Family Memorial Service
In the early morning hours of March 21st, 2017 there was a house fire in Lexington, South Carolina. As a result of this fire Jesus called home Mandy, Scott, Lizzie and Judah Kelly. On Monday, March 27th, 2017 a Memorial Service was held at Trinity Baptist Church in Cayce, South Carolina. There were family members and many friends that were not able to attend the service and we have decided … [Read more...]
Tragedy…
It strikes. It's quick and it's painful. Sometimes it sweeps a nation and other times it strikes an individual. But either way tragedy seems to pull us together. Whether it's a horrific terrorist attack, a shooting, or a car accident or house fire. When tragedy strikes where do we turn? We turn to each other and we turn to God. But have we ever stopped to think how many small personal tragedies we … [Read more...]
Easter Ponderings
As Easter approaches I find myself looking at things just a little more (ok maybe a lot more) differently than I have in the past. Easter will be the beginning of all the “firsts” that we will go through since the passing of Mandy, Scott, Lizzie and Judah. It will be painful as this would have also been Judah’s first Easter. Our family will carry on with the same traditions that we do each … [Read more...]
Nicholas’s Heart
**Note: Nicholas Kelly is Mandy's brother. No way. Impossible. Not them. This could never happen to me. To us. Those were the words echoing in my head as I raced towards my big sisters house that night. I kept thinking they are okay. They got out. Surely they will come out saying how God protected them. How He saved them. Then I got there. And I knew. All I remember hearing was my heart pounding … [Read more...]