A huge THANK YOU to everyone who attended and helped put together the celebration of life last weekend. It was a whirlwind trip for my family and I from Texas, but a profound weight has been lifted from me after experiencing so much love and support at the memorial service.

For those that weren't able to attend, or if, like me, everything is already becoming blurry, I'm posting some snippets from the celebration here for you to experience virtually.

You'll find scanned images of the wonderful program which has the order of the service.

Next is a link to the slideshow produced from all the pictures uploaded to the DropEvent site.

https://youtu.be/XPFauzk7wtY

Since that site is going to close down soon, the youtube video will be here for you to look back at all those photos. If you still want to share other photos, you can add directly to this site or email them to me austin@austinmccollum.com.

A son's thoughts. https://youtu.be/aztkM0nLWSQ

Mary watching Mina sing You Say: https://youtu.be/DNT_NPhSHE4

A daughter's thoughts. https://youtu.be/g2t4CRU-b-A

Dawn sings Brave: https://youtu.be/pXMHIlOYjNQ

A friend's thoughts. https://youtu.be/jLRFDwJB_uE

A husband's thoughts. https://youtu.be/eJq2VIWI154

There were so many details contributed to the celebration that meant a lot to me. Marcy's daughter made some wooden horse inserts for the flower vases I was totally geeking out about. Maia faithfully reproduced Mary's family clam dip recipe and it was delicious! What were some of your favorite things?