How to deal...

I know this blog is called "How to deal with the sudden death of a sibling," but I haven't done much explaining how to deal with it.

What keeps me going is knowing that I have 3 kids I will miss out on if I just wallow in grief. I know my kids drive me crazy, but without them my life would be boring.

I have Trey, who's a black belt in Taekwondo. He'll be 9 in just 2 months. Two months! It's so hard to believe that he's going to be 9 years old. He's an A-B Honor Roll student and is really smart. He's so smart that most of the time, I forget that he's only 8 and I end up expecting too much from him.

Here he is in his Uncle Steve's Falcons jersey. It will be Trey's when he's big enough to wear it.



Here's Trey doing what he does best:



Then there's Makinsey. She's a full-time job as it is...I lead her Girl Scout Brownie Troop. I just took her to get her hair chopped off today and she looks like a little teenager!



And here's Kinsey and I working on a Girl Scout activity:



And then I have Jacob. My Jakey. He's a 3-year-old mess!!! Today, he insisted on eating with chopsticks! Look how he's holding them! He's so funny.



And he insists on dressing himself...remind you of anyone?



So, that's part of how I deal.

On a side note, our friend Jamie (who was with Stephen the night he died) visited Stephen's road-side cross and sent me a picture of how beautiful the flowers have gotten.