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Focus
FAMILY

The
UltimateLoss,

Love
The Ultimate

by
Debra L. Taylor

up years. Though it was a
very scary time, his dad and
I encouraged Chad to live as
normal a life as possible. He
enjoyed skateboards, bicycles,
and roller skates. He had a
collection of watches, baseball
ome would say the ultimate cards, and arrowheads, and
loss imaginable is the loss of a always had pets around, too.
Schild. I can say from personal He even went through a period He especially enjoyed the times
experience this is true. I can also of wearing a red leather Michael they all had together in South
say I have felt the ultimate love of Jackson jacket, complete with Padre Island, which was a favorite
my Heavenly Father as I travel this sparkly socks and glove! He vacation spot.
journey. I see ways He prepared could even do the Moon Walk.
me to walk this path. Thankfully, that phase didn’t last Chad didn’t have siblings, but
long! As an adult, he traded that he had many friends. He was
Jesus loves me, this I know. jacket in for a Harley jacket and quietly outgoing. He had an
enjoyed good times with his “heart easy smile, calm demeanor and
Chad Alan Farner was born in brothers” riding his motorcycle. a genuine concern for others. He
Amarillo, Texas on July 17, 1976. He called it “wind therapy”. was kindhearted and thoughtful.
He was in and out of the hospital He would often go in to work
many times during his first years. Chad really blossomed when early so that he could have time to
We were young parents, and panic he got married and became a check on his grandmother, take his
was just under the surface for me dad. Cali was born in 1997, and aunt to adult daycare, or attend an
during those years. At five months Caitlyn came along in 2001. He event with his daughters.
old, Chad weighed just nine adored his girls; watching them
pounds. With help from doctors in become young ladies would bring And then, that “knowing” that
Houston, he was at a normal and tears to his eyes. Chad enjoyed God had given me years ago,
healthy weight by the time of his watching his girls compete in came true. Just before midnight,
first birthday. Then, before Chad’s basketball, track and theater arts. March 31, 2016, the phone rang.
third birthday, he was diagnosed It was my oldest
with a heart problem. He was our granddaughter,
only child, and there were times Cali. She was
I lived in fear that I would lose hysterical, telling
him. With time, that fear became me that her
a “knowing”, but I knew that God daddy had been
would be with me, no matter what. accidentally shot
So, I had to love Chad with open by his good friend
arms. and was dead. Our
world changed in
We dealt with Chad’s health issues that moment. I
most of the rest of his growing- crawled up into

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