Another example of always thinking of others before herself: When I hiked Volcanoes National Park in Hawaii with my daughters, 10 acres of new volcanic shelf fell into the ocean before our eyes causing a massive mushroom cloud, and we had to evacuate immediately.

My wife Laura, who had stayed behind, saw the cloud and grabbed water before beginning to run our way. We had run out of water shortly after beginning our 7 mile hike to the lava flow, and were showing signs of heat distress on our hike back in the 90 degree heat. I was having serious thoughts of calling for rescue when over the horizon an angel appeared carrying the 3 water bottles that may have saved our life.

A mother, an angel, and so very loved !