“He is not here but He has risen” (Luke 24:6a). These are the words that the angel spoke to women at the tomb, including, Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and others, after the Lord Jesus had been crucified, died, and was buried. These eight words changed the course of human history. At the most basic level, our system of tracking dates is called, “AD” which is shorthand for the Latin phrase, “Anno Domini,” which means, “in the year of our Lord.” The life, death and resurrection of Christ is used to denote the time period in which we live. It is in this era of human history that Christ conquered death and rose triumphantly over the grave.

On Christmas Day of 2022, our mother took her last breath here on earth and transitioned into her eternal reward with the Lord
in His Kingdom. Anyone who has been through the death and dying phase of life with a friend or family member knows how
hard this process can be. As we watched Mom decline over the last few years, it was brutal to see her slip away a little bit
more each day.