May 10^th, 2023

In the early hours of this morning, my beautiful, wonderful, husband, the soulmate God sent to me, the man who would do anything for me, any of our children, or someone he just met, went to be with my Jesus.  I don’t want to discuss details, please.  He had a scheduled surgery and he passed away afterwards.  

Many of you were family to us, some were part of families we created together, some of you who are very far away and some near.  Scott made family everywhere he went.  He was friendly, goofy in the most endearing way, so very lovable, and so very giving.  He changed my life from the actual day I met him.  I knew the day I met him that God had just flipped the script in my life in the most magnificent way.  He taught a very headstrong, independent woman that it’s okay to depend on someone else.  I didn’t want to “need” a man but after I met Scott I knew that I did and now, he’s gone and I still do.  I was his and he was mine from the very start.  Some of you watched this happen right on the sidelines and teased us about it unmercifully, but we stuck out our tongues and didn’t even mind.  

I keep saying that I can’t believe this is my life now.  I don’t know how I’m supposed to keep doing life without him but we have five boys and two granddaughters so I’m going to figure it out because of all of them.  I just don’t know how to yet.

If you have messaged or texted me, thank you.  I’m trying to get through them a little at a time.  I’m not ignoring you; I’m just living in some kind of fog.

There aren’t enough words for me to tell you who Scott was.  He was truly one in a million and life will never be the same.