A few hours ago my step-dad's younger brother, Sam, passed away. He was 40 years old, and had cancer. Sam was the 9th of 10 siblings in his family, and had 2 young children of his own. If you don't know the Murphy family, they are some of the most loving people I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. They could all use your prayers through this ( Read more... )

Just in case you aren't on Facebook or MySpace...

I'm engaged!!!

He did it on Wednesday evening... :) I'll post the details later...

In case you aren't on Facebook, here's the link to some pics of the new brother... :)

http://bsu.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2159416&l=4f384&id=20701336

If I ever doubted my belief in God, recent events have caused me to realize that there has to be something out there that is greater than us. If you hadn't heard, my mentor - Joy Edwards - was recently killed in a horrific car accident. And in trying to make sense of it I have realized that she must have been placed in my life for a reason ( Read more... )

Crash claims life of anti-smoking leaderEdwards killed, 5 injured after being hit by wrong-way driver ( Read more... )

Rest In Peace Dorothy "Joy" Edwards... you were my mentor, you changed my life, and you will never be forgotten...

Love,
Melissa

( Two Die in Early Easter Morning Crash )

Lena Lucille Thomas, 76, Marshalltown, Iowa, formerly of Peru, passed away at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 16, 2006. Her death came peacefully with her family at her side ( Read more... )

I'm sick of this... I guess I'm going Friends-Only... so if you are one of my non-LJ friends you'll have to figure out some other way to read up on my life...