A Ray of Light. An Angel Among Us.
Last Saturday Rob and I had the privilege of attending the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Man and Woman of the Year gala. It was a beautiful evening in which my mother-in-law, Nancy Minton, was honored as a Woman of the Year Candidate. She had one goal throughout her campaign, and that was to raise a minimum of $50,000 to have a grant named in memory of her son, and my late husband, Michael. Our team had nine reserved tables at the event and Rob and I had the privilege of being sat at the same table as a man named Ray. We had never met Ray before, but man, I'm so glad we did. Ray was a light. He was so easy to talk to and was seriously so funny. I've often heard that there are always angels among us, we just can't see them. There are two things that happened that evening in our conversations with Ray though that make me think otherwise. I saw one. And I talked to one. Being a stay-at-home mom isn't a glamorous job. It's exhausting and overwhelming and at