My dearest friends, rather, family—Our love and prayers are with each of you.

Ma Sheets cherished family and made me feel apart of yours. I fondly remember how welcomed and cared for both Sally and Paul made me feel while visiting their home during college. No longer just Stevan’s college buddy, I was their son that weekend. Every meal, Ma Sheets presented a homemade feast! And the table was always filled with laughter. If memory serves me, Stevan and I took an impromptu “morning stroll” up their little, backyard mountain. No water. No cell phones. That unplanned hike lasted well into the afternoon. Ma Sheets graciously drove to the backside of the mountain (near Canada I believe) to pick up the weathered hikers. She shared genuine concern for the safety of her sons and well-fed us again that night.

Ma Sheets, each encounter we shared was marked by your warm smile and kind words. You spent your life curating encouragement all around. Thank you for caring for me as a son, as you have done for so many other “extended family”. In this you have shown me Christ.

Much love to all the Sheet’s family.