Stephanie Chrz Knox

I was so happy and loving my life.
I had graduated from Angelo State and was teaching Kindergarten when I met and married Greg. He was a wonderful person and we had two boys, had bought 12 acres and built a home. Life was perfect! Then we lost our son Wade on a 4 wheeler accident and it all changed. Grieving the loss of a child was the hardest thing we'd ever done, but we were doing it together and helping each other. Family, friends and prayer were the only things saving us. We stayed busy with our older son Alan and tried to concentrate on honoring Wade's memory the best ways we knew how. We decided to have another baby for cuddle therapy and a new purpose. I lost my husband Greg to pnuemonia when I was 5 months pregnant. It was a staph infection pnuemonia and it all happened within 5 days. He was a big, strong, healthy man, but it just over powered him. It is also called the MRSA "Super Bug" and it was unstoppable! By the grace of God, our son Adam was born healthy, just 3 weeks early and small due to the stress and my high blood pressure after a week of waiting in the I.C.U. Now, I am a 38 year old widow with a 12 year old and a 3 month old. I love them with all of my heart, but visiting with other people and going to the reunion is something I just cannot do without Greg. He was absolutely precious to me and I am just trying to get through each day without losing my mind. Two funerals in 9 months is a lot to deal with and even though I have great memories from Jim Ned and loved every minute of it, I can't post good memories or fill out the questionnaire... my heart is just not up to it. I will miss seeing all of you at the reunion and I wish things were different...I will be in Minnesota visiting my 81 year old Grandmother, but Daniel is coming a few days early, before the reunion, so I will get to see him again. Daniel and I have kept in touch over the years and I even went to Sweden to spend a whole summer with his family in 1990. It is one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. He's been a great friend, even with all of the miles between us. Colette, Eddy, Marc, April and Cristi have been prayer warriors for me when my faith was shaken...Thank you from the bottom of my heart! I am sure there were others praying for us that we weren't even aware of...Take care and God Bless!
Love, Stephanie

P.S.I included an ATV website with our son Wade's story. Please check it out and if you know anyone that owns a 4 wheeler, please pass it along to them too. I will never be an activist and lobby in Washington like the creators of that site, but I hope to tell my son's story often enough to maybe help someone else. There are so many families on that website that are hurting just like us, all of them thinking that it could not happen to them, just like I did.