a reflection on last week

wow...last week was one of the most difficult weeks of my life second only to the week my mom passed away. as you probably know, josh's brother, philip, died in a fatal car accident last tuesday the 28th of august. this was a devastating blow to the gubser family even more so because it was intentional. he'd been drinking for more than 12 hours and his thoughts of failure were too strong and they took over. the three surviving brothers: zach, matt, & josh

although it was extremely devastating and still is it was also so beautiful. the way the whole family came together and was nurtured by john and marsha's (josh's parents) church community was incredible. we had more food than we knew what do to with. we had to borrow josh's grandma's fridge. (i think i regained the 5 lbs i've lost in the past 3 months). josh's mom, marsha

while healing is no where near complete but we got off on the right foot with all the love that enveloped us. thank you to all who sent prayers, cards, and flowers. God's grace has been shown to us. josh had the courage to get up and reminisce about his brother

josh's sis, chrissy