Living is a whole new adventure when you suddenly find yourself alone, widowed and the mother of four young boys a lot like their Dad.

Gravestone
Grant Janae Thompson Grant Janae Thompson

Gravestone

It’s time to pick a gravestone.  Yep, I know, it’s been 2 years.  It's probably past time.  I don’t live by a certain time frame for this though.  Grant doesn’t have a grave or a gravestone or any memorial to speak of right now. There are a lot of reasons for this.

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I Remember He Wasn’t There
Janae, Grant Janae Thompson Janae, Grant Janae Thompson

I Remember He Wasn’t There

Grant was in Salt Lake, the place he chose to leave.  I was in Hurricane where he had moved our family, in the beautiful red rocks of Southern Utah.  He went back for SIV training.  It’s advanced paragliding training.  It’s the kind of training that’s supposed to give him extra refined skills and time to practice those skills needed in an emergency.  The kind of skills that should save your life in an emergency.  The kind of skills that should make it so you don’t die paragliding.  He took that training 6 weeks before he died. 

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