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"Love wasn’t put in our hearts to stay, 
Love isn’t love till it’s given away."

(The following letter came to me just a few hours after I finished writing this.  Eleven years ago, when Don was in Bible college in Wisconsin, my husband and I ‘adopted’ him and made our home his home away from home.  When he graduated and married he moved away and we became mentors to him and prayed for him diligently as he hit some very rough snags in his life.  This letter honored us and made us ever thankful for the family tradition that we started so very many years ago---the tradition of including other people in our lives...loving them with the parent’s part of our hearts.  This letter came in response to our son’s home going to Heaven two weeks ago.)

Dear Pete and Sharon,

A few years back you "adopted" me at Maranatha. I know I could never take Joe's place, but I admire Peter as he was my own "dad", and Sharon as my own "mom". I cant ever replace the loss, and I'm not even worthy to shine the shoes of Joe, but I can be an encouragement to you. I love you both, just like you were my "mom and dad". I know in heaven someday I'll see Joe, and be happy to call him brother. I did while he was here, and prayed for him as well.

I extend gratitude to you both, thank you for the difference you have made in my life. You have helped make a man out of me, and I appreciate it. You are like the man in Ecclesiastes 9 who saved the city by his wisdom, "yet nobody remembered that same poor man." Well, I did, and I thank you very much...if I can help you by just talking or whatever...feel free to contact me anytime......thank you again Pete and Sharon, your "son", Donnie...) 
Dan. 12:3

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