March Madness

Casket made for Kamber

I love the month of March because the weather is so nice and the flowers are so beautiful. I also love "March Madness" with the college basketball games being played. My Dad attended ASU on a basketball scholarship so we were hoping one of our sons would want to excel at that sport, but instead they loved football. Even though both BYU and the U of A lost this weekend they both had really good seasons. This Sat. we attended the baptism of a friend of Rich's. She works at a Home Depot, his "home away from home", and he saw something really special in her. There have also been others who have seen the same light in her and we are happy to be a part of her conversion. I was impressed by some of the comments made at her baptism that "even though you have made this decision to be baptised it doesn't mean that you won't have many adversities along the way." After the accident that took Kamber from us, Ethan and Rich spent a week making her casket. The choices they gave them were not acceptable to the family so they decided to build something worthy enough to send her home in. Well, this weekend we got a call from a friend in the ward wanting Ethan's phone number. They had a close friend lose a son to a rare ruptured blood vessel in the brain and passed away on Sat. Ethan and Jenn have started a non profit where he is making caskets for children who pass away hoping to defray the cost, plus these are beautiful works of art. He took it to get the inside finished to be ready for the funeral on Wed. I have been racking my brain as to what we as a family can do to raise money to pay for the cost of materials for these little caskets. We are kicking around some ideas from either a garage sale or raffle off items that are donated. I know it is hard on my kids to go through the emotions while working on these caskets but I'm hoping that they will be able to provide a great service to grieving families and hopefully in turn it will help them with the healing process.