Dear Michelle,

I wanted to let you know that you are an inspiration.  Your children are beautiful.  And so are you.

Losing your soul mate. best friend. husband.  Only 6 months ago.  Yet you have let his zeal for life shine through you.  Loving passionately.  Laughing often.

You have taken on the physical challenges of training for the San Diego Marathon and committed to a wonderfully healthy therapy through SWEAT.

So many have joined TEAM MITCH to run in his honor, even some that never knew him.

You are on your way to starting the Mitch Steinke Scholarship Fund because he loved flying.  You supported his dreams.  And now others that dream of flying will be able to learn as well.

I love this video that Addison and her BFF Kierra made to tell you all about it:

(if you can’t see the video, click HERE)

Team Mitch is getting close to reaching it’s initial goal of $10,000.  This is so exciting to see!   Consider joining Team Mitch by contributing whatever you can to the scholarship fund.

To make a tax deductible donation, please visit
https://secure.eaa.org/development/index.html
IMPORTANT: Select other and type in Mitchel Steinke Scholarship Fund. Thank you!

Thank you Michelle for allowing me to photograph you and your beautiful babies.  And I love the quotes you put on your facebook page, so I am going to weave some of them between the photos.

In true love the smallest distance is too great, and the greatest distance can be bridged. ~Hans Nouwens

They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies. ~William Penn

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. ~Aristotle

“Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” ~Carl Jung

Don’t be afraid your life will end; be afraid that it will never begin ~Grace Hansen

“Start where you are with what you have.  Make something of it and never be satisfied. – George Washington Carver

“Take pride in your pain; you are stronger than those who have none.” ~Lois Lowry

Be bold. Be confident. Be alive. A gallery of possibilities awaits for you when you make change your friend. ~Bob Bone

We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.

Michelle, you have changed the outlook on life for so many of us!  To live in the moment.  Cherish the little things.  Live.Laugh.Love.

You told me that you never realized how much you had learned from Mitch… that has made me look a little deeper into those I love.

I am a Team Mitch cheerleader.  Your family is always in my prayers.  And I’m thankful to have gotten to meet Mitch on this Earth.

Go Body by Bacon!! (those who know Mitch, know that affectionate phrase!)

Joyfully, Erin xoxo