A friend called me today to give me the news. I did not know him but we prayed for his safety as we did not know for a couple of hours that he was gone. Her kids and his girls were close friends and she saw him at church every weekend. She sobbed uncontrollably when we found out. Eddie was always smiling, happy and by all accounts a great father to his girls. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Eddie's girls as well as Rachel and her family.

I'll make sure I stop for a moment of silence in the forest next week in his memory.