05/28/2024
Melissa () and I met online through our shared love/business of homecoming mums and quickly bonded over how we basically are living very parallel lives, but she’s in Houston and is attending dance competitions with her 4 daughters while I’m in Fort Worth with my crew and all the sports. One of the biggest things in common being our husbands, who do it all from kids to laundry and baking, are the glue to our family and huge supporters of our business.
With her husband’s encouragement, she was quick to pack a bag and come stay with me for 5 days in the middle of homecoming season to help me fill my orders after getting Covid during my busiest week. The next week I then was able to turn around and spend a few days with her family, helping tackle her orders - all while our husbands held down the forts, tending to kids and making sure we were fed. We finally had to stop saying “Omg, me too” because it was getting a little creepy how similar and easy it was to go into someone else’s complete chaos of homecoming season (if you know, you know) and feel at home. You quickly get to know someone when you’re stressed and working together around the clock without sleep for days at a time.
We just spent another 5 days together earlier this month full of business planning, goal setting, catching up on how amazing our kids are, how supportive our husbands are and dreaming of what comes next.
Never did I imagine I would receive a text from her yesterday morning that her husband had just passed unexpectedly while on a walk with their 12 year old daughter.
I didn’t know Marshall long but I do know he was one of a kind, with the most contagious laugh and charismatic personality. He served and loved his family, friends and community the way the Lord calls us to. He was his wife’s biggest cheerleader, the ultimate girl dad, leader in their church and so much more. To say this is a huge loss for their family and friends is a gross understatement.
**Please pray for my dear friend and their daughters. Caroline 6, Rose 10, Olivia 12 and oldest Kate who will turn 15 this week.***
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