{"id":303155,"date":"2014-08-13T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/a-terrible-loss\/"},"modified":"2014-08-13T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-08-13T15:00:00","slug":"a-terrible-loss","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/a-terrible-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"A Terrible Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill and Evelyn Thompson join us to share more about their losses, and their second chance at love<\/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\/fl2014-08-13.mp3","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"00:","filesize":"24.72M","filesize_raw":"25915795","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":""},"categories":[2859,2894],"tags":[4820,5395,5394,2732,5276,4282],"podcast_series":[8031],"cwp_profile":[9351,3300],"series":[2101],"class_list":["post-303155","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dating-and-preparing-for-marriage","category-stepfamily-living","tag-cancer","tag-loss-of-spouse","tag-nasa","tag-remarriage","tag-stepfamilies","tag-widow","podcast_series-the-realities-of-remarriage","cwp_profile-bill-and-evelyn-thompson","cwp_profile-ron-deal","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\/303155\/a-terrible-loss","player_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-player\/303155\/a-terrible-loss","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=\"PG6PAhgZDX\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/a-terrible-loss\/\">A Terrible Loss<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/a-terrible-loss\/embed\/#?secret=PG6PAhgZDX\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;A Terrible Loss&#8221; &#8212; FamilyLife\u00ae - A Cru Ministry\" data-secret=\"PG6PAhgZDX\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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So, I wasn\u2019t thinking five years\u2014\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>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI wasn\u2019t even necessarily considering five minutes\u2014but my hugest concern was my kids and just how to walk them through. We went back into crew quarters. We all three lay on Rick\u2019s bed that he had slept in just a few days before. His stuff was still in the gym bag on the floor next to us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI noticed that my children\u2014Matthew was very quiet. Matthew was seven years old. But Laura really started thinking. She asked me\u2014still in crew quarters\u2014we\u2019re not even back to Houston: \u201cWho\u2019s going to walk me down the aisle?\u201d\u00a0 \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 Wednesday, August 13<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I\u2019m Bob Lepine. Evelyn Thompson joins us today, along with her husband, Bill. We\u2019ll reflect on that tragic day in February of 2003. 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 Wednesday edition. \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\tYou know, in the times that we have talked about blended families and remarriages, I don\u2019t know if we\u2019ve ever spent much time talking about the fact that most blended marriages begin with some kind of loss as a part of the experience of either the husband, or the wife, or both. I mean, whatever are the circumstances, there is often some kind of profound grieving and loss that\u2019s a part of the background. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>No doubt about it. And let\u2019s just get a comment from Ron Deal, who heads up FamilyLife\u2019s Blended Family Initiative. Would you agree with that statement?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron: <\/strong>It\u2019s true. Stop and think about this for a minute. When a young couple\u2014getting married for the first time\u2014gets married, it\u2019s the beginning of the story. When a blended family couple gets married, it\u2019s the middle of the story. There is always something else that preceded it for, at least, one or both of those partners. \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\tSo, the middle of the story carries with it the loss, or the sadness, or the sorrow, and the outcome\u2014the impact\u2014of the beginning of the story. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And if a relationship is beginning with loss as a part of the story, that has an impact on the new relationship that\u2019s forming; doesn\u2019t it?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron: <\/strong>It does on the adults and the children. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I hadn\u2019t really thought about it; but when Barbara and I dated, it was as you just said. It was all ahead of us. It was a true beginning; but indeed, for the couple who joins us today on the broadcast, Bill and Evelyn Thompson, it was a chapter a bit later in the book. Bill \/ Evelyn\u2014welcome to our broadcast. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill: <\/strong>Thank you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Evelyn: <\/strong>Thank you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You two have been married since January of 2008. You have, between you, four children\u2014two on each side of the equation here. And you have a story of, not only how you lost your spouses, but also an interesting story that we are going to get Ron\u2019s feedback on as we go forward.\u00a0\u00a0 \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\tI\u2019m going to start with you, Bill. Let\u2019s just talk about your first marriage, and about your wife, and how you lost her. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill: <\/strong>Well, I met my wife in 1975 at Texas A&amp;M. We got married in \u201977. We lived an incredible life, not knowing that it might be coming to a close\u2014as you guys mentioned, early in the broadcast\u2014about coming into a loss situation. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You mentioned the fact that your marriage was kind of the traditional healthy, happy marriage without much distress until\u2014well, what year was the diagnosis?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill: <\/strong>The diagnosis came, I believe, in \u201890\u2014I want to say \u201992\/\u201993 timeframe. We were kind of pulled off guard, big time. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Tell our listeners what happened. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill: <\/strong>Margie had gone in and had had like a cyst\u2014had quickly grown. The doctors did a biopsy. \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\tWhen they went in for the operation and did a mastectomy\u2014I think, on one of the final cross-sections\u2014that\u2019s when they found the actual three different types of cancer that were there. One of them was inflammatory breast cancer, which, at the time, was considered to be the beast. It just had a rapid growth rate and wanted to jump from one organ or structure in the body to another. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe didn\u2019t know if we had days, months, or weeks. That really threw us into kind of a tizzy; but at the same time, what it kind of hammered us into was learning how to live life one day at a time. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>How many years had you been married, at that point?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill: <\/strong>Twelve\/fifteen\u2014in that area. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>So, your children were younger?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill: <\/strong>I think Corey was a freshman in high school. Cassi was, I think, around the fifth grade of elementary\u2014fifth or sixth grade of elementary school. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>She not only surprised the doctors\u2014\u2014she surprised you with how many years she lived from that point. \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<br><strong>Bill: <\/strong>Yes. We originally\u2014we just started asking God for: \u201cCould we see them graduate high school?\u201d\u2014for their mom to be there. Then, when that happened, we, of course, asked for: \u201cCould we see them both graduate from college?\u201d\u00a0 That was incredible; and finally, \u201cLord, would it be possible for them to\u2014for her to be there for their marriages?\u201d\u00a0 And Cassi was married May 5<sup>th<\/sup> of 2007, and Margie died on June 6<sup>th<\/sup> of 2007. So, she lived just roughly a month and a day after the marriage. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe were very blessed\u2014but very difficult, I think, to look at that and realize: \u201cThis is going to come to an end.\u201d\u00a0 About a year-and-a-half before she passed, she had a seizure that just said: \u201cWow!\u201d\u00a0 We started kind of getting a heads-up warning on our displays that: \u201cThis is going to happen.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron: <\/strong>Bill, do I remember correctly that Margie was a hospice nurse?\u00a0 \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>Bill: <\/strong>She was actually a hospice psychotherapist. She was a social worker and ended up becoming Director for VNA Hospice in Houston, which I think later was acquired by Methodist. It was her passion. It was her lifelong dream, I think, to\u2014that\u2019s how she connected with other people. She got to be with them in their most harsh times\u2014hardest times of their lives, towards the end\u2014trying to make a wrapping up of one\u2019s life, if you will\u2014putting your life in order. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron: <\/strong>And here she was going through that very experience and walking through it with you and her two children. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bill: <\/strong>Yes, and she would explain to us each day what to expect\u2014even to the point of, at the end, she told me kind of how it was going to work out\u2014how family members\u2014\u201cBill, you\u2019re going to need to step back a little bit and give some folks some space to be able to push into that.\u201d\u00a0 I found that, at times, difficult; but at the same time, I knew that was just part of the order. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron: <\/strong>And what a giving spirit in her\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill: <\/strong>Oh, yes. \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>Ron: <\/strong>\u2014that she was thinking of you guys, even at that point. Did she do anything to prepare you or the kids?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill: <\/strong>She did. She talked to us, one on one. Sometimes, she would catch us all together. I think one of the interesting times was about two months before she passed\u2014we were back in a bedroom. We were just shy of our 30<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary. She looks at me\u2014like all fine women or wives would probably say to their husbands\u2014I say that kind of humorously, in a way: \u201cBill, you\u2019re young. You\u2019ll probably want to get remarried. Wait a week or two after I\u2019m gone.\u201d\u00a0 [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd I just kind of turned\u2014couldn\u2019t get out the door quite fast enough before something that we hold very personal \/ very close to the chest. She said, \u201cBill, I have someone special for you.\u201d\u00a0 I look back at her; and she said, \u201cEvelyn Husband.\u201d\u00a0 \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>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI said, \u201cThat is the most preposterous thing I\u2019ve ever heard in my life.\u201d\u00a0 I said, \u201cEvelyn is the wife of an American hero\u2014an astronaut.\u201d\u00a0 I said: \u201cI am an industrial salesman. That just doesn\u2019t fit.\u201d\u00a0 <br>\u00a0\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAs I turned to walk away from our bedroom, she said, \u201cJust think about it.\u201d\u00a0 And not until later did I find that Evelyn\u2019s name was in one of her prayer journals. She had a list of people that she prayed for constantly. Even though she was going through this herself, there were still people that needed her help through prayer and through counseling of things that were going on, or families, or situations that just needed her help\u2014her encouraging words on. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Bill, you had a long goodbye with your wife\u2014a long season of anticipating the end, and then walking up to it, and being coached up to it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tEvelyn, you had exactly the opposite experience with your husband. \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\tAnd many of our listeners will remember because we shared in the experience with you when, all over the news one morning, we were hearing about the accident. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Evelyn: <\/strong>February 1, 2003, I was in Florida and was very excited to see my husband, Rick, who had commanded the space shuttle, <em>Columbia<\/em>, on a very successful mission\u201416 days in space. I was there with my two children\u2014waiting at the runway for them to land. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You know, I\u2019m going to stop you, at that point. Go back and tell us how you met Rick\u2014just to kind of set the stage a bit for your marriage and your relationship. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Evelyn: <\/strong>We both grew up in Amarillo, Texas. We went to high school together. He was a year ahead of me in school. I always thought he was cute; but it did not become a relationship, or a friendship, or even an acquaintance until we went off to college. We both attended and graduated from Texas Tech University. \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>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, one evening, I went to a basketball game and saw him sitting in front of me\u2014the row in front of me\u2014and said hello to him. He, thankfully, figured out what my name was, and called, and asked me out on a date. So, that was January 28, 1977\u2014was our first date. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>How long did you date before he proposed?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Evelyn: <\/strong>We dated for five very long years. [Laughter] We dated all through college. We also felt that it was probably not the best idea to marry right as he began his career in the military. So, he served his first year through pilot training, and I worked in Dallas. We married after that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And you did know\u2014marrying a pilot\u2014you were marrying somebody who had a little higher risk occupation than the average guy; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Evelyn: <\/strong>I did. But the very first date that we went on, the entire conversation\u2014because my mother told me to do this\u2014was to act like I was extremely interested in what he had to say, even if I wasn\u2019t. [Laughter] So, I was very focused on everything he was telling me, and very interested in it; and it was interesting!\u00a0\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\tI mean, I\u2019d never met anybody before that said they wanted to be an astronaut. He went through a very brief period of time\u2014he wanted to be a Dallas Cowboy\u2014but he got over that. [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, he really pursued\u2014probably in everyone\u2019s best interests\u2014his career at NASA. But he shared with me that that was his lifelong dream. So, I knew that\u2019s the direction that he was headed. Everything he was doing was very single-minded in achieving that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>As a pilot\u2019s wife, or an astronaut\u2019s wife, did you worry every time he stepped out the door to go buckle up his seatbelt?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Evelyn: <\/strong>In varying degrees. It depended on what he was going to be doing. There were several times that he had to fly overseas in a fighter. I found that a little overwhelming because that\u2019s a very long journey. You go hours upon hours without knowing if they\u2019ve landed safely. So, I found that a little bit tough. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe went on several missions that it was much longer than anticipated on how long before I would hear that he was okay. So, that was nerve-wrecking. But day to day, I didn\u2019t worry about it. \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\tHe absolutely loved what he was doing, and there\u2019s so much satisfaction to be married to someone who is extremely happy with their job. He had huge job satisfaction. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Now, take us to February of 2003. At this point, you are a mom of two little kids; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Evelyn: <\/strong>I am. Our two children\u2014Laura was 12 years old, and Matthew was 7. We highly anticipated his landing. He had made devotional tapes for Laura and Matthew\u2014that they watched throughout his mission in space because every day he would have a devotional with them before they went to bed\u2014so, he decided to make these tapes for them. We were presented those tapes on launch day. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd Laura\/ Matthew each watched their video tape every day\u2014about five minutes-worth from their dad. He would tell them how much he loved them, and that he was really excited to be home soon. That morning, before Rick landed on the space shuttle, we watched those tapes. He said in those: \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\u201cWe\u2019ll be together in just a few hours, and I\u2019m really excited to see you.\u201d\u00a0 That day, obviously, turned out nightmarishly different than what we expected. I had absolutely no foreshadowing, or foreboding, or ominous feeling that something tragic was going to happen. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br>We could hear Rick\u2019s voice, standing out on the runway, waiting for the shuttle to land and had absolutely no fear, until just a few moments before we knew something was wrong. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And when did you start to have that fear?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Evelyn: <\/strong>I remember about two minutes out, before the space shuttle was supposed to land, asking one of the astronauts that we were with\u2014what direction the shuttle would be landing from and when we were supposed to hear the sonic boom. I remember the expression on his face was one of preoccupation because he was very worried and concerned. I knew that that was not a normal reaction. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tImmediately, I became aware of a lot of NASA folks and my astronaut friend, all on their cell phones. \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\tEverybody was on their phones, and there was clearly something wrong. As we watched the countdown on the clock, there at Kennedy Space Center\u2014watched it count down to zero, it was very quiet. I remember Matthew grabbing my arm; and Laura looking at me and just saying, \u201cIs Daddy okay?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne of the most challenging moments of my whole life was to look in both of their eyes and say, \u201cI don\u2019t think so, but we\u2019re going to have to wait until someone tells us what\u2019s happening.\u201d\u00a0 But it was devastating. I remember looking at the sky and just thinking\u2014it was so surreal and so hard to wrap my mind around. I just thought: \u201cIs this real?\u00a0 Is Rick\u2019s life over with?\u201d\u00a0 I just couldn\u2019t fathom what was happening. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tInitially, in that moment, I just didn\u2019t know if I could take another step. I wasn\u2019t thinking five years\u2014I wasn\u2019t even necessarily considering five minutes. But my hugest concern was my kids and just how to walk them through. We went back into crew quarters. We all three lay on Rick\u2019s bed that he had slept in just a few days before. \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\tHis stuff was still in the gym bag on the floor next to us. I noticed that\u2014I looked through the bag. His stinky gym shorts were in there. Nobody had laundered them, and I\u2019ve often said that was one of the sweetest smells I\u2019d ever had. It was one of the last memories of him, but it was just devastating. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMy children\u2014Matthew was very quiet. Matthew was seven years old. He\u2019s just trying to take this all in. I noticed that he was really watching me, just to see what my reaction was to everything; but Laura really started thinking. She asked me\u2014still in crew quarters\u2014we\u2019re not even back to Houston: \u201cWho\u2019s going to walk me down the aisle?\u00a0 Who\u2019s going to help me with math?\u00a0 Are you going to have to get a job?\u201d\u2014which kind of makes me smile because I was a very active stay-at-home mom. But she was worried that I might have to leave that and go into the workforce. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>All of this within minutes?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Evelyn: <\/strong>It was. It was while we were still there\u2014waiting for them to figure out what to do with us and how to get us home. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And for listeners who don\u2019t remember what happened, tell us what happened that day. \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>Evelyn: <\/strong>So, the space shuttle\u2014in its reentry, unbeknownst to all of us, had had damage to the wing that would make it impossible for it to land safely. It occurred during the launch, back January 16, 2003. A huge piece of foam broke off the external tank and smacked into the left wing of the space shuttle and made a huge hole. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAt that time, NASA did not know to do a wonderful check around the whole vehicle to make sure that it was okay after launch because this had never happened. They were unaware of it. They would have had the capability even to do a spacewalk or examine it closely or repair it, but they never had that opportunity because they didn\u2019t know it was a problem. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, as the space shuttle crossed the United States and began its final path to landing, it began to break apart. Huge pieces of the shuttle began to break off. And the vehicle only made it to East Texas, which I thought was amazing to me. It could have happened\u2014if it had had one more orbit, it could have happened in a completely different part of the world. \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>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut it actually happened very close to home. The shuttle broke apart over a huge amount of area and all of the astronauts were killed. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron: <\/strong>Evelyn, you\u2019ve told me that, after he died, it wasn\u2019t just one funeral\u2014you went to every funeral. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Evelyn: <\/strong>I did. I attended all the funerals of the crew, except for Ilan\u2019s because his was in Israel. We sat through funeral after funeral. Because Rick had been in the military for years, and because he was the commander of the mission, I felt a mandate to follow through and show up and be involved and support all of the different activities. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Had you ever had\u2014even in the back of your mind\u2014the thought, \u201cIf something were to happen to Rick, what would I do?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Evelyn: <\/strong>No, because I didn\u2019t. It\u2019s funny because, when they were at crew quarters\u2014he flew on two missions\u2014so that this was his second flight. \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>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne of the protocol items that you do during crew quarters is\u2014everyone\u2014you sign and witness each other\u2019s wills. So, Rick had a will. Everyone had a will that we all\u2014that had to be cosigned and witnessed. That\u2019s a very daunting thing. It just begs the question, \u201cWhat are you getting ready to do?\u201d\u00a0 That\u2019s not a standard procedure for most activities\u2014that everybody\u2019s witnessing the will. Yet, we would joke about it and try not to take it too seriously. If you took it too seriously, they wouldn\u2019t be able to do what they were doing. They were very much professionals about it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tRick and I\u2014we really never talked about if something happened. It was\u2014we obviously knew, in the back of our minds, that it was possible but not probable. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And you had no idea\u2014four or five years later\u2014that Margie Thompson was matchmaking you with her husband before she went home to be with the Lord. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Evelyn: <\/strong>Absolutely not. When Bill first told me this\u2014about Margie saying that\u2014I thought he was making it up. I knew he wasn\u2019t, but it just seemed like such a stretch because I\u2014Rick and I never had a conversation like they did. \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\tI was intrigued when I first met Bill\u2014the difference in the sudden loss\u2014and the long-term sickness and the conversations that they were able to have. I was a little envious of that\u2014that they were able to talk through many, many different subjects that we never got to talk about. So, when Bill shared with me that Margie actually said that, I think it\u2019s a huge testimony of her character and a huge testimony of her love for him\u2014and not to be selfish, like I probably would have been in the same circumstance. [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You know, it\u2019s interesting we\u2019re laughing out of your loss\u2014both of your losses\u2014because what God did is really something special here. It\u2019s too bad the clock is ticking. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>We\u2019re going to have the opportunity tomorrow and Friday to hear Rick and Evelyn\u2019s story; but let me let our listeners know\u2014if they are interested in resources to help people with all aspects of a blended family\u2014\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\t\u2014we have resources, here at <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>\u2014that Ron Deal has put together. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere is the new expanded and updated edition of his book, <em>The Smart Stepfamily<\/em>, that has just recently come out. That book is available from us, here at <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. There is a book for couples who are looking at remarriage. It\u2019s called <em>The Remarriage Checkup<\/em>. I guess it\u2019s not just for couples who are looking at remarrying but for couples who have already remarried and want to build a stronger marriage relationship. And then, there are additional resources for stepmoms and stepdads. <br><br>Go to FamilyLifeToday.com and click the link at the top of the page that says, \u201cGO DEEPER.\u201d There is information about the blended family resources we have at <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Again, the website: FamilyLifeToday.com. Click where it says, \u201cGO DEEPER.\u201d You\u2019ll find the information about the resources that are available there. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd, of course, coming up on Friday, October 3<sup>rd<\/sup>, in Washington, DC\u2014right before the <em>I Still Do<\/em><em><sup>\u2122<\/sup><\/em> one-day event that we are hosting for couples there\u2014Ron Deal and the FamilyLife Blended<sup>\u2122<\/sup> team are hosting an event called <em>Blended and Blessed<\/em><sup>\u2122<\/sup>.\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\tThis is an event for people who are already active in or are interested in developing ministries for blended marriages and blended families. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou can find out more about the <em>Blended and Blessed<\/em> event in Washington, DC, when you go to FamilyLifeToday.com as well. Click the link that says, \u201cGO DEEPER.\u201d\u00a0 The information about the one-day conference is available there. If you are interested, we\u2019d love to have you join us for that event. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, the conversation we\u2019ve had today and the resources we have available for blended families\u2014the event that we are hosting in October in Washington, DC\u2014all of these resources and all that we are doing to try to help blended families is really born out of our mission, which is: \u201cTo effectively develop godly marriages and families who change the world, one home at a time.\u201d\u00a0 We want to see every home become a godly home. And we want your marriage\u2014the marriage you are in right now\u2014\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\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014we want it to be strong, and healthy, and vibrant\u2014and we want it to honor and glorify God. That\u2019s why we do all that we do, here at <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd we\u2019re grateful for those of you who help make all of this possible as financial supporters of this ministry. We are approaching of the end of our fiscal year, here at FamilyLife. We close the books in August and start a new year in September. Of course, we are hoping, as we close the books this year, we\u2019ll be able to look back and say: \u201cWe\u2019re in a good place. We can move aggressively forward with all that we are hoping to accomplish in the months ahead.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br>You can help make that happen if you can make a donation today. Simply, go to FamilyLifeToday.com and click the link that you see at the top of the page that says, \u201cI Care.\u201d\u00a0 You can make an online donation. Or you can call 1-800-FL-TODAY to make a donation over the phone. Of course, you can send a donation to us through the mail. Our mailing address is P O Box 7111, Little Rock, AR. Our zip code is 72223. \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\tWhen you make a donation today, we\u2019d like to say, \u201cThank you,\u201d by making available seven cards designed to provide activities to help you develop your child\u2019s faith. It\u2019s our way of saying: \u201cThank you for your support of this ministry. We\u2019re grateful for your partnership, and we really do appreciate you.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, tomorrow, we\u2019re going to continue to hear more of Bill and Evelyn Thompson\u2019s story about how God brought them together and how their blended family was born. I hope you can tune in for that. \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. We will see you back tomorrow for another edition of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHelp for today. Hope for tomorrow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe are so happy to provide these transcripts to you. However, there is a cost to produce them for our website. 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Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I\u2019m Bob Lepine. Evelyn Thompson joins us today, along with her husband, Bill. We\u2019ll reflect on that tragic day in February of 2003. 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 Wednesday edition. \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\tYou know, in the times that we have talked about blended families and remarriages, I don\u2019t know if we\u2019ve ever spent much time talking about the fact that most blended marriages begin with some kind of loss as a part of the experience of either the husband, or the wife, or both. 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There is always something else that preceded it for, at least, one or both of those partners. \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\tSo, the middle of the story carries with it the loss, or the sadness, or the sorrow, and the outcome\u2014the impact\u2014of the beginning of the story. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And if a relationship is beginning with loss as a part of the story, that has an impact on the new relationship that\u2019s forming; doesn\u2019t it?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron: <\/strong>It does on the adults and the children. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I hadn\u2019t really thought about it; but when Barbara and I dated, it was as you just said. It was all ahead of us. It was a true beginning; but indeed, for the couple who joins us today on the broadcast, Bill and Evelyn Thompson, it was a chapter a bit later in the book. Bill \/ Evelyn\u2014welcome to our broadcast. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill: <\/strong>Thank you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Evelyn: <\/strong>Thank you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You two have been married since January of 2008. You have, between you, four children\u2014two on each side of the equation here. And you have a story of, not only how you lost your spouses, but also an interesting story that we are going to get Ron\u2019s feedback on as we go forward.\u00a0\u00a0 \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\tI\u2019m going to start with you, Bill. Let\u2019s just talk about your first marriage, and about your wife, and how you lost her. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill: <\/strong>Well, I met my wife in 1975 at Texas A&amp;M. We got married in \u201977. We lived an incredible life, not knowing that it might be coming to a close\u2014as you guys mentioned, early in the broadcast\u2014about coming into a loss situation. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You mentioned the fact that your marriage was kind of the traditional healthy, happy marriage without much distress until\u2014well, what year was the diagnosis?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill: <\/strong>The diagnosis came, I believe, in \u201890\u2014I want to say \u201992\/\u201993 timeframe. We were kind of pulled off guard, big time. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Tell our listeners what happened. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill: <\/strong>Margie had gone in and had had like a cyst\u2014had quickly grown. The doctors did a biopsy. \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\tWhen they went in for the operation and did a mastectomy\u2014I think, on one of the final cross-sections\u2014that\u2019s when they found the actual three different types of cancer that were there. One of them was inflammatory breast cancer, which, at the time, was considered to be the beast. It just had a rapid growth rate and wanted to jump from one organ or structure in the body to another. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe didn\u2019t know if we had days, months, or weeks. That really threw us into kind of a tizzy; but at the same time, what it kind of hammered us into was learning how to live life one day at a time. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>How many years had you been married, at that point?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill: <\/strong>Twelve\/fifteen\u2014in that area. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>So, your children were younger?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill: <\/strong>I think Corey was a freshman in high school. Cassi was, I think, around the fifth grade of elementary\u2014fifth or sixth grade of elementary school. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>She not only surprised the doctors\u2014\u2014she surprised you with how many years she lived from that point. \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<br><strong>Bill: <\/strong>Yes. We originally\u2014we just started asking God for: \u201cCould we see them graduate high school?\u201d\u2014for their mom to be there. Then, when that happened, we, of course, asked for: \u201cCould we see them both graduate from college?\u201d\u00a0 That was incredible; and finally, \u201cLord, would it be possible for them to\u2014for her to be there for their marriages?\u201d\u00a0 And Cassi was married May 5<sup>th<\/sup> of 2007, and Margie died on June 6<sup>th<\/sup> of 2007. So, she lived just roughly a month and a day after the marriage. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe were very blessed\u2014but very difficult, I think, to look at that and realize: \u201cThis is going to come to an end.\u201d\u00a0 About a year-and-a-half before she passed, she had a seizure that just said: \u201cWow!\u201d\u00a0 We started kind of getting a heads-up warning on our displays that: \u201cThis is going to happen.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron: <\/strong>Bill, do I remember correctly that Margie was a hospice nurse?\u00a0 \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>Bill: <\/strong>She was actually a hospice psychotherapist. She was a social worker and ended up becoming Director for VNA Hospice in Houston, which I think later was acquired by Methodist. It was her passion. It was her lifelong dream, I think, to\u2014that\u2019s how she connected with other people. She got to be with them in their most harsh times\u2014hardest times of their lives, towards the end\u2014trying to make a wrapping up of one\u2019s life, if you will\u2014putting your life in order. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron: <\/strong>And here she was going through that very experience and walking through it with you and her two children. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bill: <\/strong>Yes, and she would explain to us each day what to expect\u2014even to the point of, at the end, she told me kind of how it was going to work out\u2014how family members\u2014\u201cBill, you\u2019re going to need to step back a little bit and give some folks some space to be able to push into that.\u201d\u00a0 I found that, at times, difficult; but at the same time, I knew that was just part of the order. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron: <\/strong>And what a giving spirit in her\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill: <\/strong>Oh, yes. \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>Ron: <\/strong>\u2014that she was thinking of you guys, even at that point. Did she do anything to prepare you or the kids?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill: <\/strong>She did. She talked to us, one on one. Sometimes, she would catch us all together. I think one of the interesting times was about two months before she passed\u2014we were back in a bedroom. We were just shy of our 30<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary. She looks at me\u2014like all fine women or wives would probably say to their husbands\u2014I say that kind of humorously, in a way: \u201cBill, you\u2019re young. You\u2019ll probably want to get remarried. Wait a week or two after I\u2019m gone.\u201d\u00a0 [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd I just kind of turned\u2014couldn\u2019t get out the door quite fast enough before something that we hold very personal \/ very close to the chest. She said, \u201cBill, I have someone special for you.\u201d\u00a0 I look back at her; and she said, \u201cEvelyn Husband.\u201d\u00a0 \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>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI said, \u201cThat is the most preposterous thing I\u2019ve ever heard in my life.\u201d\u00a0 I said, \u201cEvelyn is the wife of an American hero\u2014an astronaut.\u201d\u00a0 I said: \u201cI am an industrial salesman. That just doesn\u2019t fit.\u201d\u00a0 <br>\u00a0\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAs I turned to walk away from our bedroom, she said, \u201cJust think about it.\u201d\u00a0 And not until later did I find that Evelyn\u2019s name was in one of her prayer journals. She had a list of people that she prayed for constantly. Even though she was going through this herself, there were still people that needed her help through prayer and through counseling of things that were going on, or families, or situations that just needed her help\u2014her encouraging words on. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Bill, you had a long goodbye with your wife\u2014a long season of anticipating the end, and then walking up to it, and being coached up to it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tEvelyn, you had exactly the opposite experience with your husband. \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\tAnd many of our listeners will remember because we shared in the experience with you when, all over the news one morning, we were hearing about the accident. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Evelyn: <\/strong>February 1, 2003, I was in Florida and was very excited to see my husband, Rick, who had commanded the space shuttle, <em>Columbia<\/em>, on a very successful mission\u201416 days in space. I was there with my two children\u2014waiting at the runway for them to land. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You know, I\u2019m going to stop you, at that point. Go back and tell us how you met Rick\u2014just to kind of set the stage a bit for your marriage and your relationship. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Evelyn: <\/strong>We both grew up in Amarillo, Texas. We went to high school together. He was a year ahead of me in school. I always thought he was cute; but it did not become a relationship, or a friendship, or even an acquaintance until we went off to college. We both attended and graduated from Texas Tech University. \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>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, one evening, I went to a basketball game and saw him sitting in front of me\u2014the row in front of me\u2014and said hello to him. He, thankfully, figured out what my name was, and called, and asked me out on a date. So, that was January 28, 1977\u2014was our first date. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>How long did you date before he proposed?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Evelyn: <\/strong>We dated for five very long years. [Laughter] We dated all through college. We also felt that it was probably not the best idea to marry right as he began his career in the military. So, he served his first year through pilot training, and I worked in Dallas. We married after that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And you did know\u2014marrying a pilot\u2014you were marrying somebody who had a little higher risk occupation than the average guy; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Evelyn: <\/strong>I did. But the very first date that we went on, the entire conversation\u2014because my mother told me to do this\u2014was to act like I was extremely interested in what he had to say, even if I wasn\u2019t. [Laughter] So, I was very focused on everything he was telling me, and very interested in it; and it was interesting!\u00a0\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\tI mean, I\u2019d never met anybody before that said they wanted to be an astronaut. He went through a very brief period of time\u2014he wanted to be a Dallas Cowboy\u2014but he got over that. [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, he really pursued\u2014probably in everyone\u2019s best interests\u2014his career at NASA. But he shared with me that that was his lifelong dream. So, I knew that\u2019s the direction that he was headed. Everything he was doing was very single-minded in achieving that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>As a pilot\u2019s wife, or an astronaut\u2019s wife, did you worry every time he stepped out the door to go buckle up his seatbelt?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Evelyn: <\/strong>In varying degrees. It depended on what he was going to be doing. There were several times that he had to fly overseas in a fighter. I found that a little overwhelming because that\u2019s a very long journey. You go hours upon hours without knowing if they\u2019ve landed safely. So, I found that a little bit tough. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe went on several missions that it was much longer than anticipated on how long before I would hear that he was okay. So, that was nerve-wrecking. But day to day, I didn\u2019t worry about it. \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\tHe absolutely loved what he was doing, and there\u2019s so much satisfaction to be married to someone who is extremely happy with their job. He had huge job satisfaction. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Now, take us to February of 2003. At this point, you are a mom of two little kids; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Evelyn: <\/strong>I am. Our two children\u2014Laura was 12 years old, and Matthew was 7. We highly anticipated his landing. He had made devotional tapes for Laura and Matthew\u2014that they watched throughout his mission in space because every day he would have a devotional with them before they went to bed\u2014so, he decided to make these tapes for them. We were presented those tapes on launch day. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd Laura\/ Matthew each watched their video tape every day\u2014about five minutes-worth from their dad. He would tell them how much he loved them, and that he was really excited to be home soon. That morning, before Rick landed on the space shuttle, we watched those tapes. He said in those: \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\u201cWe\u2019ll be together in just a few hours, and I\u2019m really excited to see you.\u201d\u00a0 That day, obviously, turned out nightmarishly different than what we expected. I had absolutely no foreshadowing, or foreboding, or ominous feeling that something tragic was going to happen. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br>We could hear Rick\u2019s voice, standing out on the runway, waiting for the shuttle to land and had absolutely no fear, until just a few moments before we knew something was wrong. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And when did you start to have that fear?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Evelyn: <\/strong>I remember about two minutes out, before the space shuttle was supposed to land, asking one of the astronauts that we were with\u2014what direction the shuttle would be landing from and when we were supposed to hear the sonic boom. I remember the expression on his face was one of preoccupation because he was very worried and concerned. I knew that that was not a normal reaction. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tImmediately, I became aware of a lot of NASA folks and my astronaut friend, all on their cell phones. \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\tEverybody was on their phones, and there was clearly something wrong. As we watched the countdown on the clock, there at Kennedy Space Center\u2014watched it count down to zero, it was very quiet. I remember Matthew grabbing my arm; and Laura looking at me and just saying, \u201cIs Daddy okay?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne of the most challenging moments of my whole life was to look in both of their eyes and say, \u201cI don\u2019t think so, but we\u2019re going to have to wait until someone tells us what\u2019s happening.\u201d\u00a0 But it was devastating. I remember looking at the sky and just thinking\u2014it was so surreal and so hard to wrap my mind around. I just thought: \u201cIs this real?\u00a0 Is Rick\u2019s life over with?\u201d\u00a0 I just couldn\u2019t fathom what was happening. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tInitially, in that moment, I just didn\u2019t know if I could take another step. I wasn\u2019t thinking five years\u2014I wasn\u2019t even necessarily considering five minutes. But my hugest concern was my kids and just how to walk them through. We went back into crew quarters. We all three lay on Rick\u2019s bed that he had slept in just a few days before. \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\tHis stuff was still in the gym bag on the floor next to us. I noticed that\u2014I looked through the bag. His stinky gym shorts were in there. Nobody had laundered them, and I\u2019ve often said that was one of the sweetest smells I\u2019d ever had. It was one of the last memories of him, but it was just devastating. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMy children\u2014Matthew was very quiet. Matthew was seven years old. He\u2019s just trying to take this all in. I noticed that he was really watching me, just to see what my reaction was to everything; but Laura really started thinking. She asked me\u2014still in crew quarters\u2014we\u2019re not even back to Houston: \u201cWho\u2019s going to walk me down the aisle?\u00a0 Who\u2019s going to help me with math?\u00a0 Are you going to have to get a job?\u201d\u2014which kind of makes me smile because I was a very active stay-at-home mom. But she was worried that I might have to leave that and go into the workforce. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>All of this within minutes?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Evelyn: <\/strong>It was. It was while we were still there\u2014waiting for them to figure out what to do with us and how to get us home. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And for listeners who don\u2019t remember what happened, tell us what happened that day. \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>Evelyn: <\/strong>So, the space shuttle\u2014in its reentry, unbeknownst to all of us, had had damage to the wing that would make it impossible for it to land safely. It occurred during the launch, back January 16, 2003. A huge piece of foam broke off the external tank and smacked into the left wing of the space shuttle and made a huge hole. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAt that time, NASA did not know to do a wonderful check around the whole vehicle to make sure that it was okay after launch because this had never happened. They were unaware of it. They would have had the capability even to do a spacewalk or examine it closely or repair it, but they never had that opportunity because they didn\u2019t know it was a problem. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, as the space shuttle crossed the United States and began its final path to landing, it began to break apart. Huge pieces of the shuttle began to break off. And the vehicle only made it to East Texas, which I thought was amazing to me. It could have happened\u2014if it had had one more orbit, it could have happened in a completely different part of the world. \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>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut it actually happened very close to home. The shuttle broke apart over a huge amount of area and all of the astronauts were killed. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron: <\/strong>Evelyn, you\u2019ve told me that, after he died, it wasn\u2019t just one funeral\u2014you went to every funeral. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Evelyn: <\/strong>I did. I attended all the funerals of the crew, except for Ilan\u2019s because his was in Israel. We sat through funeral after funeral. Because Rick had been in the military for years, and because he was the commander of the mission, I felt a mandate to follow through and show up and be involved and support all of the different activities. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Had you ever had\u2014even in the back of your mind\u2014the thought, \u201cIf something were to happen to Rick, what would I do?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Evelyn: <\/strong>No, because I didn\u2019t. It\u2019s funny because, when they were at crew quarters\u2014he flew on two missions\u2014so that this was his second flight. \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>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne of the protocol items that you do during crew quarters is\u2014everyone\u2014you sign and witness each other\u2019s wills. So, Rick had a will. Everyone had a will that we all\u2014that had to be cosigned and witnessed. That\u2019s a very daunting thing. It just begs the question, \u201cWhat are you getting ready to do?\u201d\u00a0 That\u2019s not a standard procedure for most activities\u2014that everybody\u2019s witnessing the will. Yet, we would joke about it and try not to take it too seriously. If you took it too seriously, they wouldn\u2019t be able to do what they were doing. They were very much professionals about it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tRick and I\u2014we really never talked about if something happened. It was\u2014we obviously knew, in the back of our minds, that it was possible but not probable. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And you had no idea\u2014four or five years later\u2014that Margie Thompson was matchmaking you with her husband before she went home to be with the Lord. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Evelyn: <\/strong>Absolutely not. When Bill first told me this\u2014about Margie saying that\u2014I thought he was making it up. I knew he wasn\u2019t, but it just seemed like such a stretch because I\u2014Rick and I never had a conversation like they did. \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\tI was intrigued when I first met Bill\u2014the difference in the sudden loss\u2014and the long-term sickness and the conversations that they were able to have. I was a little envious of that\u2014that they were able to talk through many, many different subjects that we never got to talk about. So, when Bill shared with me that Margie actually said that, I think it\u2019s a huge testimony of her character and a huge testimony of her love for him\u2014and not to be selfish, like I probably would have been in the same circumstance. [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You know, it\u2019s interesting we\u2019re laughing out of your loss\u2014both of your losses\u2014because what God did is really something special here. It\u2019s too bad the clock is ticking. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>We\u2019re going to have the opportunity tomorrow and Friday to hear Rick and Evelyn\u2019s story; but let me let our listeners know\u2014if they are interested in resources to help people with all aspects of a blended family\u2014\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\t\u2014we have resources, here at <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>\u2014that Ron Deal has put together. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere is the new expanded and updated edition of his book, <em>The Smart Stepfamily<\/em>, that has just recently come out. That book is available from us, here at <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. There is a book for couples who are looking at remarriage. It\u2019s called <em>The Remarriage Checkup<\/em>. I guess it\u2019s not just for couples who are looking at remarrying but for couples who have already remarried and want to build a stronger marriage relationship. And then, there are additional resources for stepmoms and stepdads. <br><br>Go to FamilyLifeToday.com and click the link at the top of the page that says, \u201cGO DEEPER.\u201d There is information about the blended family resources we have at <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Again, the website: FamilyLifeToday.com. Click where it says, \u201cGO DEEPER.\u201d You\u2019ll find the information about the resources that are available there. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd, of course, coming up on Friday, October 3<sup>rd<\/sup>, in Washington, DC\u2014right before the <em>I Still Do<\/em><em><sup>\u2122<\/sup><\/em> one-day event that we are hosting for couples there\u2014Ron Deal and the FamilyLife Blended<sup>\u2122<\/sup> team are hosting an event called <em>Blended and Blessed<\/em><sup>\u2122<\/sup>.\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\tThis is an event for people who are already active in or are interested in developing ministries for blended marriages and blended families. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou can find out more about the <em>Blended and Blessed<\/em> event in Washington, DC, when you go to FamilyLifeToday.com as well. Click the link that says, \u201cGO DEEPER.\u201d\u00a0 The information about the one-day conference is available there. If you are interested, we\u2019d love to have you join us for that event. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, the conversation we\u2019ve had today and the resources we have available for blended families\u2014the event that we are hosting in October in Washington, DC\u2014all of these resources and all that we are doing to try to help blended families is really born out of our mission, which is: \u201cTo effectively develop godly marriages and families who change the world, one home at a time.\u201d\u00a0 We want to see every home become a godly home. And we want your marriage\u2014the marriage you are in right now\u2014\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\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014we want it to be strong, and healthy, and vibrant\u2014and we want it to honor and glorify God. That\u2019s why we do all that we do, here at <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd we\u2019re grateful for those of you who help make all of this possible as financial supporters of this ministry. We are approaching of the end of our fiscal year, here at FamilyLife. We close the books in August and start a new year in September. Of course, we are hoping, as we close the books this year, we\u2019ll be able to look back and say: \u201cWe\u2019re in a good place. We can move aggressively forward with all that we are hoping to accomplish in the months ahead.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br>You can help make that happen if you can make a donation today. Simply, go to FamilyLifeToday.com and click the link that you see at the top of the page that says, \u201cI Care.\u201d\u00a0 You can make an online donation. Or you can call 1-800-FL-TODAY to make a donation over the phone. Of course, you can send a donation to us through the mail. Our mailing address is P O Box 7111, Little Rock, AR. Our zip code is 72223. \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\tWhen you make a donation today, we\u2019d like to say, \u201cThank you,\u201d by making available seven cards designed to provide activities to help you develop your child\u2019s faith. It\u2019s our way of saying: \u201cThank you for your support of this ministry. We\u2019re grateful for your partnership, and we really do appreciate you.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, tomorrow, we\u2019re going to continue to hear more of Bill and Evelyn Thompson\u2019s story about how God brought them together and how their blended family was born. I hope you can tune in for that. \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. We will see you back tomorrow for another edition of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHelp for today. Hope for tomorrow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe are so happy to provide these transcripts to you. However, there is a cost to produce them for our website. 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