{"id":303075,"date":"2014-06-10T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-10T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/a-chilling-diagnosis\/"},"modified":"2014-06-10T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-10T15:00:00","slug":"a-chilling-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/a-chilling-diagnosis\/","title":{"rendered":"A Chilling Diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the Spehns&#8217; story continues as Michael tells of Cathy, the wife he lost to cancer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":294104,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"https:\/\/web.familylifetoday.com\/fl2014-06-10.mp3","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"00:","filesize":"23.09M","filesize_raw":"24207686","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":""},"categories":[2859,2847],"tags":[4820],"podcast_series":[7845],"cwp_profile":[9250],"series":[2101],"class_list":["post-303075","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dating-and-preparing-for-marriage","category-death-and-dying","tag-cancer","podcast_series-the-color-of-rain","cwp_profile-michael-and-gina-spehn","series-familylife-today"],"acf":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2024\/09\/FLT-Podcast-Cover-2-508x508-3.jpg?w=508","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2023\/02\/image-scaled.jpg","download_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-download\/303075\/a-chilling-diagnosis","player_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-player\/303075\/a-chilling-diagnosis","audio_player":null,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"light","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/familylife-today\/id212174303?mt=2&app=podcast","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0j5UaKdQOHQCuo1bt0ebEm","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"youtube":{"key":"youtube","url":"","label":"YouTube","class":"youtube","icon":"youtube.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/feed\/podcast\/familylife-today","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"myP8PN7G8o\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/a-chilling-diagnosis\/\">A Chilling Diagnosis<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/a-chilling-diagnosis\/embed\/#?secret=myP8PN7G8o\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;A Chilling Diagnosis&#8221; &#8212; FamilyLife\u00ae - A Cru Ministry\" data-secret=\"myP8PN7G8o\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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It started out like any other winter day for Michael Spehn, but there were circumstances that took place that day that would change the course of his life forever. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>Cathy didn\u2019t come in right away; and finally, she did. She was holding her head. I said, \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong?\u201d\u00a0 And she said, \u201cI\u2019ve got a really bad headache.\u201d\u00a0 Not knowing where else to go\u2014who do you see for a headache?\u2014we just simply walked into the ER at the hospital in our town. They did a scan. They found a tumor in her brain\u2014glioblastoma multiforme\u2014which is essentially primary brain cancer. It was only 17 days after we walked into the ER that she passed away. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Tuesday, June 10<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I\u2019m Bob Lepine. Michael Spehn joins us today to tell us about the last 17 days he spent with his wife, Cathy, about the plans that God had for him after she was gone. Stay tuned. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us on the Tuesday edition. We\u2019re talking about a tough subject today. This was actually a story told a little more than a week ago on a Hallmark<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Channel movie called <em>The Color of Rain<\/em>. It\u2019s a movie based on a true story. The true story talks about the reality of death which, obviously, is hard for those of us who are left behind;\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014but in reality, it\u2019s a day of celebration for the one who knows Christ when that person takes his final breath. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It really is, and it\u2019s interesting how there can be a great love story come out of the valley of the shadow of death; but we\u2019ve got one today. Michael and Gina Spehn join us again on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Gina, Michael, welcome back to the broadcast. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>Thank you\u2014great to be here. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Gina: <\/strong>Thank you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Michael is the owner of Spehn Photography and Design in the Detroit area. You also have a bit of a foundation that you\u2019ve established; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>We do. The New Day Foundation for Families is a nonprofit in the Detroit area. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And it\u2019s designed to help families where there is a loss of a spouse due to cancer. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>Correct. Yes\u2014families with small children, who essentially have gone through exactly what our families have gone through. We\u2019re able to provide financial services for them \u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014to meet their financial needs as well as just provide fellowship from others who have gone through it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, and we\u2019ve had the chance this week, already, to hear Gina share a little bit about her own experience with the loss of her husband, Matt, when he was 36 years old\u2014went home to be with the Lord on Christmas Day. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhat our listeners haven\u2019t realized is that your experience with the valley of the shadow was going to come right on the heels of that. Both of you have shared this story in a book that you\u2019ve written called <em>The Color of Rain<\/em>, but let me back up. You didn\u2019t know Matt, although you guys were members of the same church. You just never met one another; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>Correct. I had never met Matt or Gina. I had heard of them, of course. We, as our church body, had prayed for them. Cathy, my wife\u2014we were married more than 12 years. Cathy grew up with Matt Kell. They grew up in the same town, attended the same school\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014actually, all through grammar school, high school, and college\u2014and went off to have their own families. I knew of the Kells, but I hadn\u2019t had the pleasure of meeting them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And you were aware that this tragedy was going on and that Matt was dying. It was just\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014a matter of days and everybody was praying for them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>They were. Then, Cathy, of course, attended his funeral the week after Christmas. I stayed home with our kids. Our children were still very small\u20144, 7, and 9\u2014at the time. She attended his funeral which, by the way, was an extraordinary celebration of his faith and of his life. It was not your typical funeral. She came home profoundly moved by what she experienced at Matt Kell\u2019s funeral. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Tell us how you met Cathy. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>Cathy and I met in Chicago. She had just graduated from Michigan State. I was living and working in the city I grew up in\u2014in Chicago. She and I met on the city\u2019s north side and married about two years later. This was back in 1993. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSoon after that\u2014both of us had grown up in the Midwest\u2014and we pretty much had had enough of the Midwest cold. So, we headed out west to Orange County, California, where we started a business and began to have children. God blessed us with three kids\u2014a daughter and two sons. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, how did you ever leave Orange County to get back to Detroit, Michigan?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>Well, can you imagine the moving vans\u2014the guy\u2019s, from the moving van, face when I said: \u201cI\u2019m leaving Newport Beach, California. I\u2019m going to Michigan.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>He said, \u201cAre you sure?!\u201d\u00a0 [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>\u201cNobody actually moves <em>into<\/em> Michigan. It\u2019s\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Oh, yes, they do. It\u2019s beautiful there!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>I said, \u201cWell, I\u2019m the guy.\u201d\u00a0 But you know, we were\u2014by then, our children were school-age or almost school-age. We had a young son who hadn\u2019t started school yet; but\u2014and at the time, also, the business that we were involved in was our own business, but it was in partnership with my father. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAlthough we had thrived for almost\u2014well, a little longer than a decade\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014we had fallen on some difficult times. Then, my dad and I actually had a bit of a falling out. We were ultimately estranged from one another\u2014didn\u2019t speak for almost three years. So, moving back to Michigan coincided with some of those broken relationships. It was really a terrible, terrible shame and just heartbreak within our own family. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Michael, there was another situation with your father\u2014that started much earlier, when you were a little boy\u2014that I just found really powerful because of the statement\u2014at least, what you were thinking, as a boy\u2014in response to some actions your father was about to take. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>Well, like so many children of the 70s, my folks were married for more than 20 years. Then, they ultimately split up; but when I was just young\u2014I was 10\/11 years old and spending a lot of time with my dad, as young boys that age do\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>He was your hero?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>He was, and frankly, still is. He was a giant of a man and a phenomenal father in so many ways. And he and I were driving\u2014just the two of us, one day. I remember it like it was yesterday. He looked over at me\u2014and I was in the front seat next to him. He said: \u201cYou know, someday your mom and I might split up. You know that; right?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>As a ten-year-old boy, you wrote in your book what you really thought about that. Do you remember what you said?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>Yes, it was\u2014first of all, \u201cAre you crazy?\u201d second of all, \u201cKeep it to yourself.\u201d\u00a0 [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>\u201cI want it to go on,\u201d\u2014you know\u2014I\u2019m a child. \u201cI don\u2019t want to be confronted with such things. I want to keep riding my bike, and playing with my friends, and essentially know that I have a normal family.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>There is another twist to this story that we\u2019re going to hear a little bit later on. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFor a man in life\u2014to be a husband and a father\u2014he needs a healthy relationship, if at all possible, with his dad. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Michael: <\/strong>He does. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And that relationship had gone sour when you were in California. Part of moving back to Michigan was just some distance and separation; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>It was. It was. At some time\u2014and I don\u2019t know if this is unique to men, but I\u2019ve only been a man. So, this is my only perspective\u2014is that sometimes, you\u2019ve got to go to your respective corners and take a break. I thought that it would be a very short break. I thought this would reconcile itself, so to speak. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>But it was a three-year period. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>It went on and on. As I said in the book\u2014there is a line in the book where I always thought that I would have time to reconcile with my father. I always thought that there would be time to repair that relationship. It\u2019s just that: \u201cIn the meantime, I had my life to lead: I was a husband. I was a father. I was a coach of a basketball team. I was in business.\u201d\u00a0 In the meantime, I had these other things to do. \u201cEventually, my relationship with my father would work itself out.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Or, at least, that\u2019s what you thought. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>What I didn\u2019t realize\u2014it was going to be a very long meantime. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes, but there was an event that precipitated the reconciliation with your dad. That happened on a day when your wife came and said, \u201cI\u2019m not feeling well.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>Yes. This was something that happened only three weeks after my wife, Cathy, attended Matt Kell\u2019s funeral\u2014her childhood friend. So, just three weeks later, she was driving the kids home from school. The kids all ran past me and went off to their play. Cathy didn\u2019t come in right away. Finally, she did. She was holding her head. I said, \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong?\u201d\u00a0 She said, \u201cI\u2019ve got a really bad headache.\u201d She had, occasionally, migraines\u2014from time to time\u2014nothing unusual. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd I tried to dismiss it as being something along those lines. She said, \u201cNo, this is different.\u201d\u00a0 And it went away ultimately. It came back the next day \/ went away. We did that for about a week-and-a-half; and it came back and it stayed. And not knowing where else to go\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014who do you see for a headache?\u2014we just simply walked into the ER at the hospital in our town. They did a scan. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThey found a tumor in her brain. They transferred her, by ambulance, to a specializing hospital\u2014a hospital that could handle something like this in the middle of the night. She never came home. They tried to figure out protocols to treat it: First was to formally diagnosis with a biopsy, which was a couple of days later; but at the same time, her left side of her body began to lose motion and feeling\u2014part of the growing of the tumor was affecting her motion. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, here is a woman who\u201437 years old, wife and mother, prime of her life and outwardly the picture of health\u2014walks into an ER on a Friday evening; by Sunday, she has been diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer and can\u2019t move the left side of her body. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And here you are, as a husband and a father, processing your own grief\u2014trying to care for your wife, in the midst of this. You\u2019ve got three kids at home that you\u2019ve got to figure out: \u201cHow do I explain to them what\u2019s going on with Mom?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>Yes. For those 17 days, we really anticipated bringing her home. I mean, we even had begun sort of remodeling our bedroom upstairs so she could receive treatment and just not leave that room because we anticipated buying her some time. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You were thinking three months \/ six months. What were\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>We were thinking, \u201cWell\u201d\u2014we were hoping for six months \/ a year. All the statistics had said brain cancer\u2014your average prognosis is 14 months. We knew this was in a bad place, and it was very fast moving; but we thought that we\u2019d bring her home from the hospital. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, anytime I was dealing with our children, it was \u201cMom\u2019s very sick.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThey would ask, \u201cIs she going to die?\u201d\u00a0 The truth was I didn\u2019t know. I tried to use very precise language with the children\u2014that was truthful\u2014because I didn\u2019t know if she was going to die or if she was going to receive some miracle from God. I didn\u2019t know if I would\u2014I don\u2019t know when the next bus coming around the corner is going to take me home. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Michael: <\/strong>So, the truth was, for my children: \u201cI don\u2019t know if Mom\u2019s going to die. I do know that it\u2019s bad; and she\u2019s very, very sick. The doctors are working very hard to help her.\u201d\u00a0 So, we used language like that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>How long from when you were making these plans to bring her home until the day you said, \u201cShe\u2019s not going to be able to come home\u201d?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>It was the day she died\u2014was very unexpected. In fact, I arrived at the hospital at 9 am to\u2014we had a rehab session scheduled to help her with some occupational stuff\u2014how to brush your teeth, how to get in and out of a car. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut she developed a bleed\u2014a hemorrhage\u2014which is very common with tumors in the brain. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tEventually, they grow to the point where they nick an artery or some sort of blood vessel. And that\u2019s what happened in the early morning hours of February 27<sup>th<\/sup>, the day she died. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, you had been planning for an extended goodbye\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014that she didn\u2019t get. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>Exactly. Finally, that day\u2014and it\u2019s described in detail in the book\u2014that final day\u2014sort of hour-by-hour account of what occurred. In the final hours, we were saying\u2014we realized that her time was short now\u2014that this was going to be her last day. So, the two of us were essentially saying the things that husbands and wives do in those hours. And this was a pain-racked struggle of a day for her. She really hadn\u2019t opened her eyes in hours. So, we were just talking through that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOut of nowhere, she grabbed my hand and said, \u201cMichael, call Gina Kell.\u201d\u00a0 That was startling to me.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Now, again, Gina Kell was the widow\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014of the funeral that she had attended\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014some weeks prior. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>Six weeks earlier. I had never met the Kells. I knew who they were. I knew of them, and I really tried to dismiss that out of hand: \u201cWe\u2019re not talking about things like that right now, Cath. Don\u2019t worry about things like that.\u201d\u00a0 She opened her eyes for the first time in hours. She grasped my hand just a little tighter; and she said, \u201cMichael, call Gina Kell. She\u2019ll help you.\u201d\u00a0 For a moment, I don\u2019t imagine that she had any of this in mind\u2014that Gina and I would fall in love, and become married, and all the rest of it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut I do believe that her faith\u2014and just her nature was such that\u2014she knew that there was power in connection. She knew that there was God in relationship. She also knew that I was a stubborn Chicagoan,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014who\u2019d likely hunker down and try to ride this storm out all by myself\u2014which is a very typical response of men. And she was encouraging me\u2014I mean, among the last things she told me to do was to call Gina. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Seventeen days before she died, when you got the diagnosis, where did you turn for help?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>My faith-walk was a shaky one at best, outwardly, anyway. So, I realized\u2014there was a moment of tearful clarity as I was headed to the hospital one day. I\u2014instead of turning left, I turned right and literally drove in circles. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI realized that I needed to reach out to my father\u2014had not spoken to him in three years. There was a distance there that was shattering to\u2014not only my whole family\u2014but to my soul. And now, literally, at this darkest moment of my life,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014I needed my father. As I wrote in the book, I needed my father\u2014both of them. I realized that I needed my father. All I needed to do was tell him, and he would be there. And I literally\u2014I reached out to him, and he was on the next plane. And in so many ways, that was the beginning of the reconciliation of me and my dad and me and my Heavenly Father. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And in those 17 days\u2014all of the past disagreements, the hurts, the disappointments, the unmet expectations\u2014perhaps, some anger and bitterness, I\u2019m sure\u2014were brought into proper perspective as you came near death. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>It was in a moment he arrived at the hospital. He flew out from California. We opened the hospital door. Two men\u2014who for three years could not let their egos get out of the way\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014suddenly, put all of that down, and simply hugged each other, and told each other that they were there for one another. Everything that came before that moment no longer mattered. The only thing that mattered was now and what was next. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And did you ever double back and unpack that damage or was it like: \u201cThat doesn\u2019t need to be\u2026\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>Never!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>It\u2019s just\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>It was squandered past. It was unnecessary baggage that found its way to the curb, and was picked up by the emotional garbage men of the world, and was never revisited again, and didn\u2019t need to. It was <em>not <\/em>important. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And with regard to your relationship with your Heavenly Father\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014the reconciliation that took place in those days\u2014a lot of guys facing what you were facing would have gone the other direction. They\u2019d have gone left instead of right\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014away from God instead of toward Him. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>And I wish that I had a nice literal explanation for all of that, but I do remember a couple of moments. It was\u2014one, a neighbor, who was a very close friend of my wife\u2019s\u2014and she was very angry with God. She asked me, \u201cHow can you not be mad at God?\u201d\u00a0 I said, without thinking\u2014I said: \u201cHow can I be mad at Him?\u00a0 This is when I need Him the most.\u201d\u00a0 And it just was true. It just was plainly true\u2014that, suddenly, my faith made sense to me. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd I don\u2019t believe, for a second, that it was the death of my wife that was responsible for that. It was really her life. It was as if\u2014now that she was no longer in the room with me and was left in my heart and in my soul\u2014that her life made sense to me. Her life of love and of faith rang clear to me, and that helped me understand the Word of God. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And the final moments of Cathy\u2019s life\u2014how did that happen?\u00a0 How did she slip into eternity?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>That was not quite the same experience that Gina had with Matt. Cathy was racked with pain. It was a torturous experience that last day\u2014some of which is described in our book; but then, finally, she relinquished and said, \u201cI want to stop fighting.\u201d\u00a0 We said goodbye to each other, and they were able to take her out of pain. It was about six hours later that she finally took her last breath, and she was surrounded by my\u2014her parents, of course\u2014myself, and my brother, who had arrived from Chicago to be with me, and my dad at her side. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>As I\u2019m listening to, really, both of your stories\u2014I\u2019ll show you. I\u2019ll open my Bible here. These are funeral programs. There\u2019s my mom\u2019s. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere are a couple of friends that I knew. There is a 12-year-old little girl. And the reason I keep those in my Bible\u2014I think I\u2019ve shared this with our listening audience before\u2014Ecclesiastes, Chapter 7\u2014I\u2019ll just read it. It says: \u201cA good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death better than the day of birth. It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for this is the end of all mankind, and the living will take it to heart.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne of the reasons Bob and I were so honored to be able to share your story with our listeners is because, I think, all of us\u2014in the midst of the blitz of busy days, and busy lives, and things whirling and buzzing by us\u2014need to pause and be reminded of the value of the people God\u2019s called us to love. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe really do need to pause, as you two have reminded us, and just say: \u201cYou\u2019re a gift. This day is a gift, and our God has given us both. Let\u2019s seize the moment. Let\u2019s <em>not<\/em> just stay busy; but let\u2019s encounter God, the Father, and let\u2019s also love one another well.\u201d\u00a0 And you guys have done a great job of sharing that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, and of course, the story doesn\u2019t end there too. We still have to hear how God brought the two of you together. I guess the people who saw the movie on the Hallmark Channel already know the story\u2014or folks who have a copy of your book, <em>The Color of Rain<\/em> already know the story. If you don\u2019t already know the story, we\u2019ll get to that; or you can get a copy of the book, <em>The Color of Rain<\/em>. We\u2019ve got it in our <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> Resource Center. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGo online, at FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the link in the upper left-hand corner that says, \u201cGo Deeper.\u201d\u00a0 It\u2019ll take you right to where you need to go to get a copy of <em>The Color of Rain <\/em>by Michael and Gina Spehn. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>\u00a0<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAgain, the website: FamilyLifeToday.com; or call 1-800- \u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d You can order the book from us over the phone if you\u2019d like. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhile you are on the website, let me also draw your attention to the special offer that our team has put together for those of you who are interested in getting together with a group of guys this summer\u2014maybe fathers and teenage sons\u2014and going through the <em>Stepping Up<\/em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup> video series. Our team has agreed that, if you will buy the DVDs, we\u2019ll buy the workbooks for five of the guys who are coming to your group. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGet the details about the special offer for the <em>Stepping Up<\/em> video series and think about taking a group of guys through it this summer\u2014or fathers and sons getting together and going through it. Go to FamilyLifeToday.com. Again, click the link at the top of the page that says, \u201cGo Deeper.\u201d\u00a0 And the information you need about the video series is available on our website. Of course, you can order from us online as well. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, I\u2019ve been encouraged over the last several weeks as we\u2019ve had listeners calling us, or going online, or writing to us to say: \u201cWe heard about the matching-gift funds that were made available to FamilyLife. We\u2019d been thinking about making a donation, and this was just the additional incentive we needed to get us to go ahead and write the check,\u201d or, \u201c\u2026make the call,\u201d or, \u201c\u2026go online.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019ve had matching-gift funds that have been available for the last several weeks\u2014a group that agreed to match every donation we receive, between now and Father\u2019s Day, up to a total of $410,000. It\u2019s just been encouraging to see how listeners have been responding to that. The matching-gift fund expires, as I said, on Father\u2019s Day. So, if you\u2019d like to make a donation and have your donation matched, go to FamilyLifeToday.com and click the link that says, \u201cI Care,\u201d to make an online donation. Or call 1-800-FL-TODAY. Make a donation over the phone. Or you can write a check and mail it to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> at\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014Post Office Box 7111, Little Rock, AR. And the zip code is 72223. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, tomorrow, we\u2019re going to hear the rest of the story. We\u2019re going to hear how God brought Michael and Gina Spehn together and how you guys blended your family. I guess folks who have already seen the movie know how the story ended, but I hope our listeners can join us back tomorrow to hear you guys share the details. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, and our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I\u2019m Bob Lepine. 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It started out like any other winter day for Michael Spehn, but there were circumstances that took place that day that would change the course of his life forever. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>Cathy didn\u2019t come in right away; and finally, she did. She was holding her head. I said, \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong?\u201d\u00a0 And she said, \u201cI\u2019ve got a really bad headache.\u201d\u00a0 Not knowing where else to go\u2014who do you see for a headache?\u2014we just simply walked into the ER at the hospital in our town. They did a scan. They found a tumor in her brain\u2014glioblastoma multiforme\u2014which is essentially primary brain cancer. It was only 17 days after we walked into the ER that she passed away. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Tuesday, June 10<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I\u2019m Bob Lepine. Michael Spehn joins us today to tell us about the last 17 days he spent with his wife, Cathy, about the plans that God had for him after she was gone. Stay tuned. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us on the Tuesday edition. We\u2019re talking about a tough subject today. This was actually a story told a little more than a week ago on a Hallmark<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Channel movie called <em>The Color of Rain<\/em>. It\u2019s a movie based on a true story. The true story talks about the reality of death which, obviously, is hard for those of us who are left behind;\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014but in reality, it\u2019s a day of celebration for the one who knows Christ when that person takes his final breath. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It really is, and it\u2019s interesting how there can be a great love story come out of the valley of the shadow of death; but we\u2019ve got one today. Michael and Gina Spehn join us again on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Gina, Michael, welcome back to the broadcast. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>Thank you\u2014great to be here. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Gina: <\/strong>Thank you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Michael is the owner of Spehn Photography and Design in the Detroit area. You also have a bit of a foundation that you\u2019ve established; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>We do. The New Day Foundation for Families is a nonprofit in the Detroit area. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And it\u2019s designed to help families where there is a loss of a spouse due to cancer. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>Correct. Yes\u2014families with small children, who essentially have gone through exactly what our families have gone through. We\u2019re able to provide financial services for them \u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014to meet their financial needs as well as just provide fellowship from others who have gone through it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, and we\u2019ve had the chance this week, already, to hear Gina share a little bit about her own experience with the loss of her husband, Matt, when he was 36 years old\u2014went home to be with the Lord on Christmas Day. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhat our listeners haven\u2019t realized is that your experience with the valley of the shadow was going to come right on the heels of that. Both of you have shared this story in a book that you\u2019ve written called <em>The Color of Rain<\/em>, but let me back up. You didn\u2019t know Matt, although you guys were members of the same church. 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She and I met on the city\u2019s north side and married about two years later. This was back in 1993. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSoon after that\u2014both of us had grown up in the Midwest\u2014and we pretty much had had enough of the Midwest cold. So, we headed out west to Orange County, California, where we started a business and began to have children. God blessed us with three kids\u2014a daughter and two sons. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, how did you ever leave Orange County to get back to Detroit, Michigan?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>Well, can you imagine the moving vans\u2014the guy\u2019s, from the moving van, face when I said: \u201cI\u2019m leaving Newport Beach, California. I\u2019m going to Michigan.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>He said, \u201cAre you sure?!\u201d\u00a0 [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>\u201cNobody actually moves <em>into<\/em> Michigan. It\u2019s\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Oh, yes, they do. It\u2019s beautiful there!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>I said, \u201cWell, I\u2019m the guy.\u201d\u00a0 But you know, we were\u2014by then, our children were school-age or almost school-age. We had a young son who hadn\u2019t started school yet; but\u2014and at the time, also, the business that we were involved in was our own business, but it was in partnership with my father. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAlthough we had thrived for almost\u2014well, a little longer than a decade\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014we had fallen on some difficult times. Then, my dad and I actually had a bit of a falling out. We were ultimately estranged from one another\u2014didn\u2019t speak for almost three years. So, moving back to Michigan coincided with some of those broken relationships. It was really a terrible, terrible shame and just heartbreak within our own family. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Michael, there was another situation with your father\u2014that started much earlier, when you were a little boy\u2014that I just found really powerful because of the statement\u2014at least, what you were thinking, as a boy\u2014in response to some actions your father was about to take. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>Well, like so many children of the 70s, my folks were married for more than 20 years. Then, they ultimately split up; but when I was just young\u2014I was 10\/11 years old and spending a lot of time with my dad, as young boys that age do\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>He was your hero?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>He was, and frankly, still is. He was a giant of a man and a phenomenal father in so many ways. And he and I were driving\u2014just the two of us, one day. I remember it like it was yesterday. He looked over at me\u2014and I was in the front seat next to him. He said: \u201cYou know, someday your mom and I might split up. You know that; right?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>As a ten-year-old boy, you wrote in your book what you really thought about that. Do you remember what you said?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>Yes, it was\u2014first of all, \u201cAre you crazy?\u201d second of all, \u201cKeep it to yourself.\u201d\u00a0 [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>\u201cI want it to go on,\u201d\u2014you know\u2014I\u2019m a child. \u201cI don\u2019t want to be confronted with such things. I want to keep riding my bike, and playing with my friends, and essentially know that I have a normal family.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>There is another twist to this story that we\u2019re going to hear a little bit later on. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFor a man in life\u2014to be a husband and a father\u2014he needs a healthy relationship, if at all possible, with his dad. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Michael: <\/strong>He does. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And that relationship had gone sour when you were in California. Part of moving back to Michigan was just some distance and separation; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>It was. It was. At some time\u2014and I don\u2019t know if this is unique to men, but I\u2019ve only been a man. So, this is my only perspective\u2014is that sometimes, you\u2019ve got to go to your respective corners and take a break. I thought that it would be a very short break. I thought this would reconcile itself, so to speak. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>But it was a three-year period. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>It went on and on. As I said in the book\u2014there is a line in the book where I always thought that I would have time to reconcile with my father. I always thought that there would be time to repair that relationship. It\u2019s just that: \u201cIn the meantime, I had my life to lead: I was a husband. I was a father. I was a coach of a basketball team. I was in business.\u201d\u00a0 In the meantime, I had these other things to do. \u201cEventually, my relationship with my father would work itself out.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Or, at least, that\u2019s what you thought. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>What I didn\u2019t realize\u2014it was going to be a very long meantime. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes, but there was an event that precipitated the reconciliation with your dad. That happened on a day when your wife came and said, \u201cI\u2019m not feeling well.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>Yes. This was something that happened only three weeks after my wife, Cathy, attended Matt Kell\u2019s funeral\u2014her childhood friend. So, just three weeks later, she was driving the kids home from school. The kids all ran past me and went off to their play. Cathy didn\u2019t come in right away. Finally, she did. She was holding her head. I said, \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong?\u201d\u00a0 She said, \u201cI\u2019ve got a really bad headache.\u201d She had, occasionally, migraines\u2014from time to time\u2014nothing unusual. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd I tried to dismiss it as being something along those lines. She said, \u201cNo, this is different.\u201d\u00a0 And it went away ultimately. It came back the next day \/ went away. We did that for about a week-and-a-half; and it came back and it stayed. And not knowing where else to go\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014who do you see for a headache?\u2014we just simply walked into the ER at the hospital in our town. They did a scan. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThey found a tumor in her brain. They transferred her, by ambulance, to a specializing hospital\u2014a hospital that could handle something like this in the middle of the night. She never came home. They tried to figure out protocols to treat it: First was to formally diagnosis with a biopsy, which was a couple of days later; but at the same time, her left side of her body began to lose motion and feeling\u2014part of the growing of the tumor was affecting her motion. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, here is a woman who\u201437 years old, wife and mother, prime of her life and outwardly the picture of health\u2014walks into an ER on a Friday evening; by Sunday, she has been diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer and can\u2019t move the left side of her body. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And here you are, as a husband and a father, processing your own grief\u2014trying to care for your wife, in the midst of this. You\u2019ve got three kids at home that you\u2019ve got to figure out: \u201cHow do I explain to them what\u2019s going on with Mom?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>Yes. For those 17 days, we really anticipated bringing her home. I mean, we even had begun sort of remodeling our bedroom upstairs so she could receive treatment and just not leave that room because we anticipated buying her some time. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You were thinking three months \/ six months. What were\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>We were thinking, \u201cWell\u201d\u2014we were hoping for six months \/ a year. All the statistics had said brain cancer\u2014your average prognosis is 14 months. We knew this was in a bad place, and it was very fast moving; but we thought that we\u2019d bring her home from the hospital. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, anytime I was dealing with our children, it was \u201cMom\u2019s very sick.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThey would ask, \u201cIs she going to die?\u201d\u00a0 The truth was I didn\u2019t know. I tried to use very precise language with the children\u2014that was truthful\u2014because I didn\u2019t know if she was going to die or if she was going to receive some miracle from God. I didn\u2019t know if I would\u2014I don\u2019t know when the next bus coming around the corner is going to take me home. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Michael: <\/strong>So, the truth was, for my children: \u201cI don\u2019t know if Mom\u2019s going to die. I do know that it\u2019s bad; and she\u2019s very, very sick. The doctors are working very hard to help her.\u201d\u00a0 So, we used language like that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>How long from when you were making these plans to bring her home until the day you said, \u201cShe\u2019s not going to be able to come home\u201d?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>It was the day she died\u2014was very unexpected. In fact, I arrived at the hospital at 9 am to\u2014we had a rehab session scheduled to help her with some occupational stuff\u2014how to brush your teeth, how to get in and out of a car. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut she developed a bleed\u2014a hemorrhage\u2014which is very common with tumors in the brain. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tEventually, they grow to the point where they nick an artery or some sort of blood vessel. And that\u2019s what happened in the early morning hours of February 27<sup>th<\/sup>, the day she died. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, you had been planning for an extended goodbye\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014that she didn\u2019t get. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>Exactly. Finally, that day\u2014and it\u2019s described in detail in the book\u2014that final day\u2014sort of hour-by-hour account of what occurred. In the final hours, we were saying\u2014we realized that her time was short now\u2014that this was going to be her last day. So, the two of us were essentially saying the things that husbands and wives do in those hours. And this was a pain-racked struggle of a day for her. She really hadn\u2019t opened her eyes in hours. So, we were just talking through that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOut of nowhere, she grabbed my hand and said, \u201cMichael, call Gina Kell.\u201d\u00a0 That was startling to me.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Now, again, Gina Kell was the widow\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014of the funeral that she had attended\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014some weeks prior. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>Six weeks earlier. I had never met the Kells. I knew who they were. I knew of them, and I really tried to dismiss that out of hand: \u201cWe\u2019re not talking about things like that right now, Cath. Don\u2019t worry about things like that.\u201d\u00a0 She opened her eyes for the first time in hours. She grasped my hand just a little tighter; and she said, \u201cMichael, call Gina Kell. She\u2019ll help you.\u201d\u00a0 For a moment, I don\u2019t imagine that she had any of this in mind\u2014that Gina and I would fall in love, and become married, and all the rest of it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut I do believe that her faith\u2014and just her nature was such that\u2014she knew that there was power in connection. She knew that there was God in relationship. She also knew that I was a stubborn Chicagoan,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014who\u2019d likely hunker down and try to ride this storm out all by myself\u2014which is a very typical response of men. And she was encouraging me\u2014I mean, among the last things she told me to do was to call Gina. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Seventeen days before she died, when you got the diagnosis, where did you turn for help?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>My faith-walk was a shaky one at best, outwardly, anyway. So, I realized\u2014there was a moment of tearful clarity as I was headed to the hospital one day. I\u2014instead of turning left, I turned right and literally drove in circles. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI realized that I needed to reach out to my father\u2014had not spoken to him in three years. There was a distance there that was shattering to\u2014not only my whole family\u2014but to my soul. And now, literally, at this darkest moment of my life,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014I needed my father. As I wrote in the book, I needed my father\u2014both of them. I realized that I needed my father. All I needed to do was tell him, and he would be there. And I literally\u2014I reached out to him, and he was on the next plane. And in so many ways, that was the beginning of the reconciliation of me and my dad and me and my Heavenly Father. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And in those 17 days\u2014all of the past disagreements, the hurts, the disappointments, the unmet expectations\u2014perhaps, some anger and bitterness, I\u2019m sure\u2014were brought into proper perspective as you came near death. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>It was in a moment he arrived at the hospital. He flew out from California. We opened the hospital door. Two men\u2014who for three years could not let their egos get out of the way\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014suddenly, put all of that down, and simply hugged each other, and told each other that they were there for one another. Everything that came before that moment no longer mattered. The only thing that mattered was now and what was next. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And did you ever double back and unpack that damage or was it like: \u201cThat doesn\u2019t need to be\u2026\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>Never!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>It\u2019s just\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>It was squandered past. It was unnecessary baggage that found its way to the curb, and was picked up by the emotional garbage men of the world, and was never revisited again, and didn\u2019t need to. It was <em>not <\/em>important. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And with regard to your relationship with your Heavenly Father\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014the reconciliation that took place in those days\u2014a lot of guys facing what you were facing would have gone the other direction. They\u2019d have gone left instead of right\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014away from God instead of toward Him. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>And I wish that I had a nice literal explanation for all of that, but I do remember a couple of moments. It was\u2014one, a neighbor, who was a very close friend of my wife\u2019s\u2014and she was very angry with God. She asked me, \u201cHow can you not be mad at God?\u201d\u00a0 I said, without thinking\u2014I said: \u201cHow can I be mad at Him?\u00a0 This is when I need Him the most.\u201d\u00a0 And it just was true. It just was plainly true\u2014that, suddenly, my faith made sense to me. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd I don\u2019t believe, for a second, that it was the death of my wife that was responsible for that. It was really her life. It was as if\u2014now that she was no longer in the room with me and was left in my heart and in my soul\u2014that her life made sense to me. Her life of love and of faith rang clear to me, and that helped me understand the Word of God. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And the final moments of Cathy\u2019s life\u2014how did that happen?\u00a0 How did she slip into eternity?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael: <\/strong>That was not quite the same experience that Gina had with Matt. Cathy was racked with pain. It was a torturous experience that last day\u2014some of which is described in our book; but then, finally, she relinquished and said, \u201cI want to stop fighting.\u201d\u00a0 We said goodbye to each other, and they were able to take her out of pain. It was about six hours later that she finally took her last breath, and she was surrounded by my\u2014her parents, of course\u2014myself, and my brother, who had arrived from Chicago to be with me, and my dad at her side. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>As I\u2019m listening to, really, both of your stories\u2014I\u2019ll show you. I\u2019ll open my Bible here. These are funeral programs. There\u2019s my mom\u2019s. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere are a couple of friends that I knew. There is a 12-year-old little girl. And the reason I keep those in my Bible\u2014I think I\u2019ve shared this with our listening audience before\u2014Ecclesiastes, Chapter 7\u2014I\u2019ll just read it. It says: \u201cA good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death better than the day of birth. It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for this is the end of all mankind, and the living will take it to heart.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne of the reasons Bob and I were so honored to be able to share your story with our listeners is because, I think, all of us\u2014in the midst of the blitz of busy days, and busy lives, and things whirling and buzzing by us\u2014need to pause and be reminded of the value of the people God\u2019s called us to love. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe really do need to pause, as you two have reminded us, and just say: \u201cYou\u2019re a gift. This day is a gift, and our God has given us both. Let\u2019s seize the moment. Let\u2019s <em>not<\/em> just stay busy; but let\u2019s encounter God, the Father, and let\u2019s also love one another well.\u201d\u00a0 And you guys have done a great job of sharing that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, and of course, the story doesn\u2019t end there too. We still have to hear how God brought the two of you together. I guess the people who saw the movie on the Hallmark Channel already know the story\u2014or folks who have a copy of your book, <em>The Color of Rain<\/em> already know the story. If you don\u2019t already know the story, we\u2019ll get to that; or you can get a copy of the book, <em>The Color of Rain<\/em>. We\u2019ve got it in our <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> Resource Center. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGo online, at FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the link in the upper left-hand corner that says, \u201cGo Deeper.\u201d\u00a0 It\u2019ll take you right to where you need to go to get a copy of <em>The Color of Rain <\/em>by Michael and Gina Spehn. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>\u00a0<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAgain, the website: FamilyLifeToday.com; or call 1-800- \u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d You can order the book from us over the phone if you\u2019d like. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhile you are on the website, let me also draw your attention to the special offer that our team has put together for those of you who are interested in getting together with a group of guys this summer\u2014maybe fathers and teenage sons\u2014and going through the <em>Stepping Up<\/em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup> video series. Our team has agreed that, if you will buy the DVDs, we\u2019ll buy the workbooks for five of the guys who are coming to your group. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGet the details about the special offer for the <em>Stepping Up<\/em> video series and think about taking a group of guys through it this summer\u2014or fathers and sons getting together and going through it. Go to FamilyLifeToday.com. Again, click the link at the top of the page that says, \u201cGo Deeper.\u201d\u00a0 And the information you need about the video series is available on our website. Of course, you can order from us online as well. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, I\u2019ve been encouraged over the last several weeks as we\u2019ve had listeners calling us, or going online, or writing to us to say: \u201cWe heard about the matching-gift funds that were made available to FamilyLife. We\u2019d been thinking about making a donation, and this was just the additional incentive we needed to get us to go ahead and write the check,\u201d or, \u201c\u2026make the call,\u201d or, \u201c\u2026go online.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019ve had matching-gift funds that have been available for the last several weeks\u2014a group that agreed to match every donation we receive, between now and Father\u2019s Day, up to a total of $410,000. It\u2019s just been encouraging to see how listeners have been responding to that. The matching-gift fund expires, as I said, on Father\u2019s Day. So, if you\u2019d like to make a donation and have your donation matched, go to FamilyLifeToday.com and click the link that says, \u201cI Care,\u201d to make an online donation. Or call 1-800-FL-TODAY. Make a donation over the phone. Or you can write a check and mail it to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> at\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014Post Office Box 7111, Little Rock, AR. And the zip code is 72223. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, tomorrow, we\u2019re going to hear the rest of the story. We\u2019re going to hear how God brought Michael and Gina Spehn together and how you guys blended your family. I guess folks who have already seen the movie know how the story ended, but I hope our listeners can join us back tomorrow to hear you guys share the details. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, and our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I\u2019m Bob Lepine. 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