Lori Stevens:  

Life Wow...this is going to be a lot different than my FIRST bio I posted! I left the ministry I was involved in and my husband of 13 years in August 2003. I basically got burned out and the camp we were the admnistrators of literally sucked the life out of me. I moved back to Battle Creek and while I was living there had yet another life-changing event occur. My baby brother, Brett, was diagnosed with Leukemia and the docs told him he needed a bone marrow transplant asap. Some of you know how close Brett and I always were. Well, he already had three kids living in Florida, so he wanted to move down here to get the BMT and be close to his kids in case something happened. So we all moved down here in Feb. 04 to start the process of getting Brett well enough to get the transplant. Unfortunately, he never got well enough to have the surgery and died in June 04. I still can't believe he's gone and it has definitely left a huge hole in my heart and in my life. I am SOOOO glad I made the move with him and got to spend the last 5 months of his life with him. No regrets at all about moving to Florida. My son, Collin, moved down here in May 04, so he was with me through everything, living with me, Brett and his wife Tracy, and their 2 daughters, age 4 and 7. What a source of strength Collin was for me! We have gotten very close (again) after being virtual...Expand for more