“I just finished the book Providing Promise. I started reading it, and it touched home so much I had to stop. See, in 2018 my oldest son Jacob was murdered on base at Fort Polk Louisiana. Something told me I had to finish this book, so I started at 7 pm yesterday evening and read it until 3 am this morning. I was on chapter 13 when I started breaks in between. I want to say thank you to Kris. Even though our losses are different—hers being her husband and mine being my son—the grieving, the anger, the sadness, the confusion, the unanswered questions, the not knowing, having no closure, no justice, my faith in God, my sadness with God, my wanting answers, my healing, my cries, my never, my firsts. This book touched on every level. I understood what Kris was saying. I could relate as if we were walking in the same shoes, just different paths. I prayed for Jacob as he went to the army. I prayed Psalms 91 all the time. I now realize that prayer wasn’t for him—it was for me and what God was getting ready to bring me through. I know it’s been 25 years for Kris, and she is at peace. It has been almost a year for me, and I still struggle, but I know I will find my peace one day. I thank Kris from the bottom of my heart and soul for writing this book—not just for herself but for all the other people in the world who are grieving whatever their last maybe. This isn’t just a ‘dead book’—it’s a book to make us alive again. ”