David Lanphear's oldest son, Adam, was killed in an auto accident in 1999. Five years later, his wife died unexpectedly following a heart attack, just 34 days short of their thirtieth wedding anniversary. He is an attorney, and serves as a Bible class teacher and church elder in Bowling Green, Kentucky. He writes candidly from a spiritual perspective about his personal experience with loss, and his climb from the shadows of sadness to the sunlight of joy.