Loss and legacy
On Aug. 11, my wife Beth’s grandfather, Robert Cecil Ray, passed away just weeks shy of his 95th birthday.
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On Aug. 11, my wife Beth’s grandfather, Robert Cecil Ray, passed away just weeks shy of his 95th birthday.
How is it even possible this day is already here!? Seems like just yesterday I was waking in the middle of the night with pains 12 weeks early. Terrified and nowhere near prepared to be a mom, ready or not you arrived. You were absolutely perfect so tiny and purposed to change the lives of those around you. Your life has not been easy. In just 18 short years you've survived a near-drowning, the death of a sister, an aunt, your Gigi, Pepaw, Papaw Ray, parents divorcing, moving schools several times, and a roller coaster of other situations. And you handled it all with a maturity far ...