(This photograph is Nick with Steve in November just weeks before Nick went Home to be with the Lord.)
As we were leaving to attend a Fourth of July cookout this evening, I received a text telling me that Steve McNair (Nick’s favorite NFL player next to Mike Furrey) had been killed in Nashville, TN, this afternoon.
Thinking of Steve’s family tonight.
Knowing his wife and four sons need our prayers.
I found it so amazing that Steve played 13 years in the NFL and Nick was 13 when he left us here.
Two great people. So glad they got to meet while on the earth.
Picturing Nick tossing a football with Steve tonight makes me smile,
In December of 2007 as our youngest son, Nick, was fighting brain cancer, I began to blog. Writing provided a way for me to release all of my questions, fears, and doubts. It also allowed me to share the ups and downs of Nick's journey with people who were praying for him all over the world. When Nick went Home in November of 2008, my blog became my way of searching for God in the midst of my deep heartache. My heart was broken and grief brought to the surface every emotion imaginable. Being able to release those emotions through my writing brought a sense of purpose to my pain. Having already walked the road of grief in 1992 when we lost our daughter to SIDS, I knew I needed a way to keep from falling into a pit of depression and despair. I had walked close to the edge of a bottomless pit when we lost our daughter,and I knew I couldn't let myself get that close to the edge again. This blog has been and continues to be my tiny corner of the world where I can share My Heart as I journey through God's Word.......thus the name........ My Heart His Words. Thank you for taking time to share life with me. If we do not meet while here on earth, I look forward to hearing all about your life when we reach our final destiny.........Heaven! Email me anytime at 
Might be my current surroundings, might be all the blogs I’ve read today, but I am tear-fulled! It’s late, but I’m going to go sit on my sons beds and pray for them…. Now! Tammy, thank you for such a wondeful heart… Tell Nick I am keeping your family in prayer.
i remember texting you this thinking you would have already had known. it made me sad that i was the 1 who told you. i know how much nick like mcnair and to bring it up saddened me. but isnt it great how both met on earth and now both meet again in a better place.