Today was an emotional day as I spent time on the phone with my son Trooper Cope and listened to his thoughts and expressions of love Trooper Ellsworth who passed away last night from his injuries for the accident five days ago when he was struck by a car while on duty.  And also listened to him express his love for all his brothers of the law enforcement.  KC loves his job, he loves being a trooper and working for the state of Utah.  It has been and will be a very emotional next few days and weeks for our UHP troopers as they honor Trooper Ellsworth.

May we join our prayers for his family, for the young 16 year old girl and her family and all our law enforcement families.  May we embrace our Savior's love and feel of his comfort as we each seek for his healing power in all our lives.  I want to pay a tribute to my son for his amazing service -- not only as a trooper, but as a volunteer fire fighter, a teacher at high schools for drivers education, a honor guard for UHP, a patrol officer at the U of U football games, and always ready to serve with his medical background.  Can I just say that I am sooo proud of him and pray for him and Megan in this time of sorrow.

The picture of us as taken at Uncle Bob's funeral last year while I was at the MTC.