A True, American Hero

This is a picture of a man doing the job he loved, caring for children in Afghanistan while he is separated from his own children...

This is an article about his life.

But it is also an article about his death.

There is no picture for the grief his family is feeling.
There is no turning back the clock and changing the outcome.
There is simply putting one foot in front of the other and moving forward.

I think the Afghan people had it right when they bestowed the Pashto name Esan on him.  He WAS  generous.  I think his entire family earned the right to fall under the umbrella of the Esan name when he deployed. 

In his death, they earn the right to grieve and remember and ask lots of "Why?" questions. 

Our country has lost a hero.  Our family has lost a brother, father, brother-in-law, son, uncle.  Our world is short a person who made a difference.

Please join me in lifting up the Loftis family in prayer as they say their final goodbyes to their beloved Darin this week.  


"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.   For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ."  2 Corinthians 1:3-5