Reality Check...

Tonight, it was the Oprah show. It was the episode of the "Mistaken Identity". I don't know if any of you saw it, but it was definitely a reality check for me. The show was about two girls that were in the same van. The van was hit by a truck, and killed five people. A girl survived, and was giving the wrong identity at the accident. The other family was contacted and told their daughter was dead. For five weeks the wrong family took care of whom they thought was their daughter. They found out their daughter was the one that was already buried.

The families wrote a book titled "Mistaken Identity". Oprah read an excerpt from the book... do not quote me, but it went something like this... It was a year later and the families were all to unite. The mother of the surviving daughter felt ashamed because she was the one living the fairytale ending. How could she face the other family? When that was told to family that buried their daughter, the father simply replied, "We have a fairytale ending too, we just haven't witnessed it yet." it really struck a cord in me.

It takes great courage to keep your faith in an event such as he faced. Most people would feel that their life had been ripped apart at the seams. I couldn't even imagine what they went through and what they are still going through.

Please take an extra moment today and pray for all the families that have lost their children of what we might feel as too early. Please also pray that yours, as well as my family, will keep strong faith throughout our lives.