‘I heard 3 things when he was finally out: ‘He’s here, he’s breathing, and he has a TON of hair!’ What a joyful moment. I say moment – because the joy only lasted that long.’

“We had waited 10 weeks to see our beautiful baby on the ultrasound screen again. Do to an insurance issue preventing us from getting any scans between 20 and 30 weeks, naturally my anxiety was overwhelmingly high that morning of our 30-week scan, the morning our...
Kimberly (Kimi) Nichols

Kimberly (Kimi) Nichols

Kimi Nichols lived for only 6 years but her impact on my life and thousands of others has lived for more than 5 decades. She inspired the Kimi Nichols Center in New Hampshire and was with me every day for more than 25 years as director of UCP of Central Indiana. I am...
Marilyn Manthey

Marilyn Manthey

We had Marilyn for 29 years. She was our fourth child and a very important part of our family, especially to our other children. This poem was written by her closest in age sibling for her memorial service and shares how important her life was to us all....
Jared Miller

Jared Miller

Bossy, laughing, demanding, curious, maddening, funny…Jared was all of these things and many more. For 38 years, we had this gift from God living with us. Some days, we thought life couldn’t get worse, some day, we soared through the air with joy! Our life...