Our family

Although, I am not a big fan of this picture of "me" it is a decent one of everyone else.

Something that I have not talked about a great deal or is not total public knowledge is that Loren and I now have custody of Aubrey, Connor, and Taylor. For those that do not know, I will explain what has happened.

Our daughter Danielle (27 years old), has been missing since June 5, 2009. She drove to Utah after she was missing with the children for a week, dropped the children off with her sister Laura, and then left. She disappeared and except for four phone calls to my father in June and one to me on July 14th, she has not been heard from since.

My mom and dad were in Colorado visiting in June, when my mom and I drove to Utah to pick the children up. To start court proceedings to have some sort of custody of the children.

Our life changed on a dime, not only are we raising three incredible children, but our daughter is missing. The children have been an enormous blessing in our life, first they are so loving and pure. They have given Loren and I such love, I can only express how blessed we feel. I cannot imagine my house being quiet again; I do not ever want to imagine that, for these three children have brought life and joy into a very dull home.

Although, there are days that I have a difficult time dealing with the fact that my daughter is missing, most days I try to focus on the children and be the best I can for them. I won't say that I haven't have days when I have broke down and fallen apart, to say that would be a lie. I feel like I have fought for Danielle's life since the day she was born. She was not breathing when she was born and the first few minutes of her life were frightening. On several occasions, I have fought to help her and get her help. Danielle has a knack for making poor choices. I pray that one day she will come home and get the help she needs. I pray that I will have an opportunity to tell my beautiful daughter that I love her again. I most especially pray that it is not too late.