I'm probably more attuned to this sort of thing than most people as a result of my profession,
but last week a family here in Utah suffered a devastating blow when the mother of three boys was killed in a snowstorm car accident.
Unfortunately, those three boys had lost their father to cancer just a few months earlier. When the father died, the mother was left alone to care for her three boys (12, 14, and 16 years old) and undoubtedly was doing the best she could under the circumstances. In fact, the reason she was out in the snowstorm over Thanksgiving weekend was to provide for her family as an in-home health care nurse.
While the extended family of these three boys will be pulling together to do what they can to help, there exists quite a bit of uncertainty as to where the boys will go, and how the family will be able to help support the extra expense that will undoubtedly come as a result of taking these boys in.
It's true. I did have lunch with Gov. Herbert today. It's also true that about 50 other people had lunch with him. He spoke today at the Lehi Area Chamber of Commerce monthly luncheon on the economic development of Utah. I've been a member of the Chamber for about a year now and I am very excited about the growth that is coming to the State of Utah, and specifically, the growth that is coming to North Utah County. Gov. Herbert recited a litany of encouraging statistics and rankings all supporting the idea that Utah is truly one of the most economically promising states in the nation.
It's hard to believe that another school year is ending already, and for some of you, that means your child is graduating from high school and maybe even going away to college.
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