DAYS THAT CHANGE EVERYTHING

On August 11th, 2004, this world lost two precious lives. I lost my husband and my twin daughter that day, but so often overlooked were all the heroes that were on the scene and behind the scenes to save my other two daughters.

My friends ... last year, I had the distinct honor of meeting one of the firefighters that saved my surviving daughters Amber and McKayla’s lives. It was a meeting that took me by utter surprise, and one I still struggle to talk about without breaking down.

A Fort Collins teacher was telling his neighbor about my Dare You To Move program, and describing the story behind it. For some reason, the firefighter was interested in knowing where and when the accident occurred. After talking a bit, he realized that he was one of the firefighters responding to my family’s crash that day. The teacher quickly realized how this was all connected, and reached back out to me to see if I wanted to meet the hero that saved McKayla and Amber's lives 13 years ago.

Quite honestly, I was nowhere near prepared for that meeting.