Smiling as I read. Thank you, Randy.

Thank you, Randy, Emily and Adrienne, Polly Culp

What a beautiful vision, and moment your family was able to share.
God’s timing of healing in your relationship, is a testament to His love and grace! Praise God for this precious gift! Thank you Randy for sharing this!

As others have said, thank you for sharing such a personal and touching story of Connie’s last hours. God seemed to be meeting her as her life waned in a way that touched on one of her greatest life struggles. I always respected how Connie didn’t hide her questions and aspects of faith and life that were hard for her. I continue to be sad that she’s left so many loved ones behind, and so abruptly, but I rejoice that she is fully at peace and with the Lord now.

My. What beauty. Thank you for sharing that story, Randy. Connie's life and her death is a testimony pointing to the Lord!

Absolutely love this testimony of God welcoming us home and comforting those left behind. Her heart has been heard and understood. Alleluia!!

Thanks, Randy, for sharing such an inspiring story. Peace be with you.

Randy, thank you for sharing that beautiful moment, a glimpse of God's heart for his precious daughter. And, such a personal moment shared between you, your daughters, and Connie. I am in awe of God's goodness to his children.

This is so beautiful. I've been thinking abt conversations I had with Connie abt employment, myself as a young woman entering academia and her as kind of a veteran, and the pain I knew she had around this. The funeral etc was so beautiful, and a testimony to the joy Connie had and shared, but I guess it's hard in a setting like that to integrate and make sense of the pain and disappointments that she also had. For me that was kind of an emotional loose end. Your story and reflection helps me bridge this aspect of Connie's reality with the joy, hope, and effusive kindness she so often manifested to others. I'm glad and speechless--yet not completely surprised--that Connie's last words were ones of hope and joy for women in the world. What a gift to her, and to you all. It reminds me of God's words in the beginning, "it is good." At the end of her earthly sojourn, God gave her the opportunity to stand back from a slice of creation she cared so much about and be able to proclaim--with Him--that it is indeed good.

Blessings and peace be with you all as you journey through this time of profound grief. Thanks so much for sharing another bit of Connie with all of us. Pam