Still here. Still healing.

I’m Becky. I’m Steve’s wife. I’m Emily, Mason, and Josh’s mom. I’m also a widow and lost my husband and my sons in a fatal car accident in October, 2020.

I write here to encourage and inspire others through my journey since the accident. Some stories are heavy, some are ridiculous, all are raw and honest. Some stories may be uncomfortable, some may touch your heart, all tell of how God shows up in experiences.

The best legacy I can leave and the best way to celebrate my guys isn’t through a commemorative park bench or a memorial brick at a ballpark. The legacy is in the stories and the opportunity my experiences might give me to offer you a safe place to receive compassion, love, companionship, and community.

Grief and healing are hard. They hurt. They confuse. They take us to dark valleys and show glimpses of clear skies and beautiful hope sometimes all in a moment. They isolate. They teach. The hardest part is the continued losses that emerge as time passes and the repeated realization that my guys are still not coming home. The best part is sitting in God’s classroom with my desk right next to the Teacher where He shows me how to navigate putting one foot in front of the other, always reminding with assurance and gentleness that my guys aren’t coming home because THEY ARE HOME, and I am still here.

I’m not a counselor, and I don’t have this figured out. If you are walking the loss or some hard times in life or even if my stories are a curiosity to you now, I’m glad you found this place. Your arrival has been prayed over for the past six years. Welcome.

Steve, Becky, Josh, Emily, and Mason standing together in 2018
2018: Steve, Becky, Josh, Emily, Mason

Family photos

The family at Fenway Park in Boston in 2018: Mason and Steve in back, Becky, Josh, and Emily in front
2018, Fenway Park, Boston, MA
Back: Mason, Steve
Front: Becky, Josh, Emily
Steve and Becky smiling together
Steve and Becky
Josh, Steve, and Mason at Huntington Beach, California, in December 2019
December, 2019 Huntington Beach, CA
Josh, Steve, Mason
Josh on his 16th birthday, March 2020
March, 2020, Josh’s 16th birthday
Mason smiling on his 21st birthday, September 2020
September, 2020, Mason’s 21st birthday

Celebration of life

Postal tribute to Steve

A procession of postal trucks in honor of Steve’s years with the Postal Service.