I just know that He was awaiting her arrival with arms wide open, a big ole smile and as they embraced He whispered in her ear, “Well done Rachel. Well done.”

She fought so dang hard. She gave it everything she had. And everything she had was so dang much.

Today, Rachel received her crown.

And I think it’s safe to say that they are having a dance party in Heaven like Heaven has never seen before.

Today is so hard. All of this is so hard hard. I’m really not sure how to do life without her.

I’m struggling to find the good in this but all that I keep thinking is that if the day Jesus died was eventually called good, then maybe one day my worst day, today, will be called good too.

I met Rachel when I was 20 and I knew the moment that I laid eyes on her that no one could ever love her more than I would.

After a long hard chase, I somehow talked her into marrying me and I knew at that moment that no one could ever love her more than I would.

We had 3 precious babies, Hadley, Cooper and Macklin, and each time we became parents again I was certain that no one could ever love her more than I would.

We got diagnosed with cancer just under 2 years ago. And as each day went by and I watched her continue to fight for her life, I fell harder and harder for her. I had zero doubt that there wasn’t a person on the planet that could love her more than I would.

And right now, at this very moment, the love I have for her is unexplainable.

And as I sit here, watching her rest in such peace, with tears rolling down my face, I can’t help but smile knowing that for the first time in a very long time, Rachel has no more pain. She will cry no more tears. She will suffer no more. She doesn’t have to worry about a thing. The cancer is gone and is never coming back.

Today Rachel beat cancer for good.

And as hard as today, and the coming days will be, I take joy in the fact that at 4:34 pm, Rachel was finally in the arms of the only one that loves her so much more than I ever could. “

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