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By Rebecca Yauger
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I’m only a witness to this grief. I stand-by, helpless. I can almost feel the memories take over the house. You see, six years ago today, the life of a very special woman was lost in a car accident. Her name was Denise.
I am the woman who came next. I married Denise’s husband, and am now the mother to the children she left behind. I have never been happier. I’m crazy about my husband and love my children dearly.
But now, six years later, on this black day, I can almost feel her presence here. Looking into my step-daughter’s eyes, I see Denise. I see the guilt of a 10-year-old child who only wanted to ask her Mom not to get into the car that day. My step-son was a 15-year-old sullen teenager, stuck at home babysitting his little sister that day, regretting the fight he had with his mother before she left. That angry young man grew up in a hurry.
I will never understand God’s plan. Why he would call Denise home, leaving behind this precious family? And why does my happiness come because she lost her life?
I know God is blessing my marriage and I know he has a purpose, a reason why I am raising Denise’s children now. I didn’t give birth to them, but they are no less mine.
So when this day is done, and this anniversary has passed, this family will be mine once again.
But for today, I can only stand-by, powerless, as grief creeps in.
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