Jeanni Markiewicz:  

Life In 1989, my mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer. She was only 53. I was living with her at the time and we were very close. Six months later she died. It changed my life forever. I began to look at life differently and quit taking so many things for granted. The experience brought my siblings and I closer as we reconnected as adults. A year later, I met a wonderful man (my now husband, Rick) who had experienced a similar life changing experience around the same time with the loss of his only brother. We met playing in a co-ed softball league. He was very competitive and a strong athlete. I was a terrible player and asked only to be the catcher because I knew the pitcher could cover home plate for any "big play". That pitcher was Rick. But on this particular day, the play at home p...Expand for more