PURGING THE GRIEF

On A Quiet Sunday Morning 16 Yearold Jacob Hughes Was Returning To A Boy Scout Campto Fifi Nish His Youth Leadership Training. Less Than 90 Minutesafter Leaving Home The Car He Was Driving Crossed The Centerlineand Crashed Head-On Into Another Sedan. ConsequentlyHe And The Other Driver Died At The Scene.Is There Anything On Earth Worse Than Witnessing Your Childsdeath? How About Living Each Day And Never Knowing Hisor Her Whereabouts? Jacobs Family Never Experienced Thelatter. However When The State Trooper Read The Deathnotice That Sunday Morning Their Lives Were Shaken Tothe Core. How Long Should Parents Grieve When The Onethey Loved Died So Tragically? His Father Wanted To Die Ratherthan Live Another Day With The Insufferable Truth.Rather Than Bear The Pain Indefifi Nitely Douglas Chose Topurge The Grief By Writing About It. In Essence Helooked At All The Themes And Events Surrounding This Tragedyand Put Them Into A Reader-Friendly Narrative. He Expandedhis Thoughts To Include Many Reflfl Ections Stories Which Areconnected Affectionately Or Historically In Some Manner.By Persevering Through The Psychological And Emotionalstorms God Gently Strengthened His Faith And Restored Unityto His Family.