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My father passed away without even making it to our first wedding anniversary.

After Dad passed away, my family went through some not-so-abnormal changes. We pulled away from each other a little, disagreed a lot, and dealt with our grief in very different ways.

For me, the situation only got worse when my mother-in-law died 5 months later.

Two years later, my husband’s grandmother, who had been living with us, passed away.

It was then, we received a call from a very nice member of Tecumseh United Methodist Church. She was just checking on us, seeing if we needed anything, offering her support. We talked for a few minutes, and she asked if she could call me back in a few weeks, just to see how we were doing. I said “Sure.� True to her word, Gail Wilson called us back, and we talked some more. Two simple phone calls were all it took to feel “invited.� Shortly thereafter, we began to “visit� church on a semi-regular basis.

jak