Derick and I tag-teamed with Courtney’s active AAU basketball schedule. Courtney was currently playing with three different teams, and this was actually my husband’s weekend to travel. But with his impending tour back to the Middle East in early July, our plans changed. This is how we were able to ensure that our two children had balanced lives, with a father being active duty military, and me attending nursing school for years on end.

It has always been of the utmost importance that Courtney knew that we were her biggest & most loyal fans; and that when she looked up in those stands, she saw our faces cheering her on. And like with sporting events, when it came to church, we didn’t send her…we took her! One of us was always present: from a little girl, until God called my precious angel home.

She was active in the praise dance ministries of Interdenomination of Faith, Leesville La.; Christian House of Prayer, Copperas Cove, Tx.; and Hope Aglow Empowerment Center, Woodbridge, Va. She had recently become a member of New Birth South Metropolitan Church, Morrow Ga.