I know I'm going to cry when I see all three of you together and in suits and at such an occasion as Jake & Sara's wedding. So be prepared. I'm fine now but I just had the thought of all three of you standing there at the front of all of us and it's going to be joyful but sad at the same time. No parent escapes it.
I love all three of you so much and am so thankful for the gift of you. It's been God's greatest mercy to allow me to see each of you grow into men who love each other, who help the weak, who want to know Truth, who we can talk to as friends, and who think deeply. I sometimes wonder what your brother Providence would have been like but I believe he lives in love truer than we can now know and that I will see him at some point, as he truly is. In some ways he will be standing there with all of you at the wedding because his very short life affected yours in many ways.
I'm thankful to have you as my sons and will love you forever. You came from eternity and are going back one day. In the meantime, I'm privileged to have been a guide and hold you close. I will celebrate if and when any of you have the same opportunity. We give life to children but they give us so much more. Thank you and thank God for the gift of yourselves to Dad and I and to the world. Love, Mom
