Happy 17th birthday to my Forever 9 year old. Still trying to figure out how to live life without him. One horrific morning that changed our lives forever. Every birthday is the marking of another year without Carter. Grief doesn’t go away. It becomes a part of you. It’s a constant balance of grief in one hand and a happy life in the other.

We rise up with God. We allow Him to carry us through and believe in something greater than our own understanding. We will hold fast to faith because we know that He is good in all things....in joy and sorrow.

Remember to speak his name to us. We want to hear it. We want to remember with you.

“The hardest thing I ever had to hear was that my child died. The hardest thing I’ll ever have to do is to live everyday since that moment”

For we live by faith, not by sight. 2 Corinthians 5:7