RACHEL AND HER BROTHER DAVID AT HER WEDDING

January 31 was Rachel's birthday which is also her second daughter, Ariel's, birthday.  This photo is at Rachel's wedding.  I still can't get her dead--the bible says that God is God of the living, not the dead--we know that God is near us and that Rachel is with God--so...that means that she is not far away--right? I navigate grief every day--it seems to keep me close to her and centered on my great calling as the kid's guardian.  I receive so much amazing support.  Twenty people showed up at our recent move to a new, and bigger house--5 bedrooms near their school--a miracle in this crazy Napa, California economy.  Her children, Eva, Ariel, and Alex, are some kind of incarnation of her great spirit. There were many Facebook posts on her's and Ariel's birthday.  God is blessing my art work and the kids are growing strong in spirit and wisdom.  Don Hatfield