It has been one year since my father in law Carl went home to heaven.  If you at all followed Marcus' blog during that time, you must read his latest post dedicated to his dad.

I just read his post for the third time and find myself so thankful for all that God allows in our lives and reveling in His provision to carry on.  Without being broken we would miss mercy entirely. Without suffering, life would lack its sweetness.  Without risk our faith would become flabby...

Forgive my tendency to wax on! Please, just go check out his blog!  :)