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Tucker & Tanner Mitchell

Josh Abbott

of stories. Trae was a member of LSO SWAT for 23 years
and, during his service, he received both the Officer of
the Year award and the Unsung Hero award. His 21-year-
old twin sons have followed in his footsteps of service.
Tanner joined the Navy and is currently stationed at
Newport News, VA. Tucker recently left for Wasilla,
Alaska, where he is serving as an apprentice on the
mission field.

It's hard to know where the motivation came from. It
might be nature. It might be nurture. One thing we do Trae & Marko
know is that first responders are trained to know what
to do when a crisis arises. That may explain why Trae reminiscing with each other, and we love it even
retired from the Sheriff's Department to be the “first more when friends stop by to talk “cowboy” and
responder” for his little ones: Piper (5) and Monte (3).* look at all our old stuff. We credit our peace to the
Their older brothers have already chosen to follow their Lord. He has been faithful to direct the course of
calling, which means the invisible thread has stretched our lives like a river, and now we are watching
into the fifth generation. It will be interesting to see if it Him help all the “tributaries” find their own way.
reaches Trae’s “littles.” Our favorite times are when our children and
grandchildren visit. We are so proud of all of them,
The back porch is our favorite place now. We enjoy and who knows? The invisible thread may have
watching our horses (and Lucy) watch us. We love
something to do with it.

*Piper and Monte are pictured on p. 23 in the gallery entitled Future
First Responders

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