May the Love of God give us all peace. My Jeff took his last breath in this life early May 8th in our home. In his last days he was surrounded by his family and many close friends who came to say goodbye. Although Jeff has lost his earthly battle to  cancer, Jesus has the final Victory- We say it every day but I don’t think most of us have really soaked this in. Life  here is really short. The only thing that counts is the positive impact we make in other people’s lives. Saying goodbye to Jeff in this life is the hardest thing I have ever done. However, what a legacy he leaves us. Our beautiful children and grandchildren. Our family is precious gold to me.

Visitation is Friday May 10th at Laughlin Funeral Home 6-8pm
The funeral service will be held 10am Sat. May 11th at Willowbrook Baptist Church with Dr. Mark McClelland officiating.


THE DASH
BY LINDA ELLIS

I read of a man who stood to speak at a funeral of a friend. 
He referred to the dates on the tombstone from the beginning…
to the end.

He noted that first came the date of birth and spoke of the following date with tears, but he said what mattered most of all was the dash between those years.

For that dash represents all the time they spent alive on earth and now only those who loved them know what that little line is worth.

For it matters not, how much we own, the cars…the house…
the cash.  What matters is how we live and love and
how we spend our dash.

So think about this long and hard; are there things you’d
like to change?  For you never know how much time is left that
still can be rearranged.

To be less quick to anger and show appreciation more and love the people in our lives like we’ve never loved before.

If we treat each other with respect and more often wear a smile…remembering that this special dash might
only last a little while.

So when your eulogy is being read, with your life’s actions to rehash… would you be proud of the things they say about how
you lived your dash?