SteeleStrong

I stole this photo from Rachel's blog.

I am sure she won't mind.

This is her at the hospital, surrounded by her volleyball team.

Rachel rocks on the volleyball court.

Orange is the color of support

is a cool article about her team's love for her

from

usavolleyball.org.

For a few years, while living in Utah,

we felt adopted into an amazing family.

We lived right next to the UVU campus in Grandma's old house.

That is Grandma Steele's old house.

LeGrand and I talk about the good memories of that time often.

We loved the people we went to church with,

we loved being close to campus,

and we loved the Steele's.

We loved the peacocks, the dogs, the annie over games on our roof,

the little cousins who at times just walked in our door,

the occasional loose cow, the family resourcefulness,

the winning Pinewood Derby cars,

the music coming from Frost and Marie's,

the garden out back, the annual easter egg hunt,

the Halloween pizza,

and just about everything.

One of our favorite things to do

was sneak out into the group of lawn chairs on Sunday nights.

They always spontaneously gathered at

Grandma Lucille's and Grandpa Q's who lived next door.

Under the big tree.

It's like they were wired.

And after living there for a bit,

we did not want to be left out.

We were made to feel like family.

One time LG got a piece of mail that read:

Mr. LeGrand Q. Gold.

On that day, we knew it was official,

we were IN the family.

You see, LG really doesn't have a middle name,

and there are countless Steele's who have the middle initial Q,

after their beloved Grandpa.

Well, lately, I've been keeping up with Rachel.

You see, she started her own blog.

It's one way she stays connected to the world,

during her long stays at Primary Children's.

She was recently diagnosed with leukemia.

As far as we can tell, she is doing great.

We pray for her full recovery.

She is such a sweetie pie.

I remember one time she made Abigail

draw a picture of Abigail and cousin Joseph getting married.

Rachel also has an amazingly positive attitude

that is contagious.

I love reading her blog.

She is fun and funny.

Well, today I stumbled upon a video made for Rachel.

It is beautiful.

I wanted to share it.

Without words,

it screams,

SteeleStrong.

There is nothing better than family.

Unless of course,

your family has close to 100 people.

Then you can handle most anything.

Even adopting a couple of more

young married students,

and their kids,

who are far away from home.

And we hope they are hearing us

all the way in Utah.

"We love you too Rachel."

We wear UT Vol Orange all the time,

so I guess we have been supporting you all along.