On June 4th in Eastern Tennessee, Kara gathered a small group of immediate family members to pay respect and hold a moment of silence for Marcia Smith Sergent. Sara had commissioned a Viking Warrior ship as a symbol of her warrior spirit (yes, we know Marcia didn’t like open water and wasn’t Scandinavian). Dan managed all things safety and nautical as the ship burned and danced around us, turning, twisting, mesmerizing all present. We fell silent, absorbing the long-overdue chance to gather and celebrate the beautiful spirit we new as mom, wife, grandmother, friend…she would have loved it.