My sister, Amy, worked for a number of years for a Minneapolis Methodist Church they attended, as one of the church secretaries. She really enjoyed their minister, Mel.

Amy told last week that Mel died on May 17, eleven years ago - 4 p.m.

She went to say that his wife died this year - May 17 - 4 p.m.

Is it a coincidence?

Or part of God's plan?

You decide!

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Today is Merry's birthday, June 1 - born 42 years ago today! While she was killed at 26, indulge a mother as we remember and celebrate a memory.

I have kept nine of her final emails and you have read them before, but......

"When a mother saw a thunderstorm forming in mid-afternoon, she worried about her seven-year-old daughter who would be walking three blocks home from school.

"Deciding to meet her, the mother saw her walking nonchalantly along, stopping to smile every time the lightening flashed.

"Seeing her mother, the little girl ran to her, explaining happily,

"'All the way home, God's been taking my picture!'"

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