Who would have ever thought a shiny new 1965 Mustang would start us on a journey through life? Only four years earlier she was in junior high, then God stepped in and started working his plan.

Our journey has taken us through the deepest valleys and atop the highest mountains.

A journey of joy and a journey of heartache. Our journey has taken us places where we didn't know where we were supposed to be until we got there.

I will never forget the smile on her face, the twinkle in her eyes and the giggle in her laugh when she came home from the doctor Richard, I am pregnant, we are going to have a baby She was perfect She was beautiful, I just held her and cried, then reality set it, I was a father

Calls in the middle of the night have always frightened me. When the phone rang at 4:00 a.m. on May 1, 1969, I awoke in a state of confusion and fear The call turned our whole world upside down