You’ve Gotta Have a Plan

In December of 2024, my wife and I traveled to Alaska to be with family over Christmas. We had a wonderful time making beautiful memories.

On our return trip home, we had boarded the flight out of Anchorage and shortly after my wife SanDee suffered a massive heart attack. The flight was diverted to Juneau Alaska, from there we were taken by Life Flight back to Anchorage where despite all the life saving measures my wife passed away.

After losing my wife of 60 years I was a bit lost. Going through the motions and emotions of putting together a small celebration of life I was not sure what my next steps would be. We (SanDee and I) had been living in Kentucky for many years by this time. Now, I was in Alaska and unsure if I were to sell the beautiful home SanDee and I had created together or stay here surrounded by family. There were so many decisions to be made, and I was not sure where to begin other than reaching out to God who I knew was always faithful to provide me the direction I needed. And that is just what I did.

And I heard from Him, clearly, I was to return to the home I shared with SanDee. I was also to return to the Ministry. After years of having stepped away to care for my wife God wanted me to return to helping other people in their time of grief. He gave me a clear picture of what I was to do. I was to build this Ministry in honor and remembrance of SanDee. I was to open the doors of our home as a place of healing. This was to be a garden where people who had lost loved ones would come and plant flowers in their honor, along the pathway leading to the doors where we will be holding group sessions as well as individual grief support. He gave me a plan.

This plan was confirmed to me shortly after when I decided to listen to one of my wife’s favorite Ministers one morning, he was speaking on the need to have a plan, I knew this was God reassuring me that He indeed had given me this plan and He was going to honor and grow this Ministry in remembrance of Mama SanDee.