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Losing my father at age eleven left a large, empty hole in my heart that I wondered if anything would ever be able to fill. The family ranch became a place of solace, knowing it was Dad's favorite place. It also became a place of hope when I found my future husband on the ranch next door. Shortly after our marriage, Eric received Uncle Sam's request to join the Army; before long, he was deployed to Vietnam when our baby was eleven days old. In God's providence, we both came to faith continents apart with a prayer and a promise of making a public commitment together upon his safe return home. Released from the constraints of active duty and with the needs of three children, our family began to long for open spaces, and we decided it was time to return to the ranch. Taking a step back in time, the ranch was beyond phone and electric lines, with no running water. We began living a simpler yet more rugged life with wood stoves for heat and coal oil lamps for light. There was satisfaction and even fun in doing chores, knowing that we all had a part, and at the end of the day, we were warm and fed. Actions or inactions were in direct correlation with consequences, whether good or bad. We were humbled by God's amazing love in all circumstances and His provisions, precisely when needed, through His saints or by providing ten chukars with only two shells. Necessity was the mother of invention, and creative ideas flourished when needs arose. Being able to take a moonlight stroll after a day of homeschooling, with the stars and the sky framed by the spiring red canyon walls on both sides, was breathtaking. God's presence seemed to flow through the canyon like the river that meandered by.

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Lana Mourning was raised on a cattle and sheep ranch in Western Colorado. She loved the quiet peace of the majestic, mountains, of the upper ranch and hearing the babbling waters, of the meandering, river, beneath the spiring towers, of the red rims, at the lower ranch. The ranch became a place of solace, after her father's death when she was eleven. It also became a place of renewed hope, finding her future husband, Eric on the next ranch over.After a year and a half of dating, Eric and Lana were married on her graduation day. So began their 'Love Story'. Facing the challenges of Eric's departure for Viet Nam when their first baby, Laure was only eleven days old, to both finding faith in Jesus Christ, continents apart, while he was deployed. His homecoming and return were an answer to Lana's prayer and promise, that when he returned, they would make their public confession of faith, together. Adding two more babies, Aaron and Myra, eleven and a half months apart, after Eric's return, completed their young, busy family.Learning at a young age to sew, Lana became a seamstress. She enjoyed making a lot of her family's clothing and quilts for covers. Sewing for others, added to the income when needed. Photo quilts became a way of sharing family history. Poems and short stories were an enjoyable outlet to tell of faith's progress or to give tributes to loved ones.In June 2017, Eric and Lana celebrated fifty years of marriage reminiscing with cherished family and friends, who have touched their lives through the years. Writing 'Our Legacy of Life and Love', was Lana's wish to share life lessons in personal stories with her children and grandchildren. Now, with additions corrections and revisions, Patches and Pieces: Becoming a Legacy has become a labor of love; to share those stories with others, for such a time as this'. The world is in need of reminders, of God's provision and Sovereignty!

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