Funeral for a 10-year-old
Last weekend, my wife and two oldest children, Angel (11) and Tony (10) attended the funeral of 10-year-old Caleb Schwab. I've known Caleb's father Kansas Representative Scott Schwab since I was a teenager in Clint Sprague's Youth Group (where Scott volunteered), and my wife was friends with Scott's wife (Caleb's mom) for years while we attended the same church. Caleb died instantly in a waterslide accident. It's the kind of tragedy that no family could prepare for or anticipate. Tens of thousands of people have ridden the same slide without issue. We grieve for the loss of Caleb's life and for the years of pain this will cause his parents and three brothers. The funeral was beautiful. Caleb's uncle spoke of life as a vapor, here one moment, gone the next. We don't compare the length of one vapor with another because all of them are fleeting. So it is with our lives. Caleb lived his 10 years with honor and put his love for Jesus on displa
