A day on Wheaton's campus - remembering the events of that fateful day almost 13 years ago when dad died

Recently, Lina and I had agreed that we needed to do something more intentional to spend time together, so on wednesday last week we took the kids to childcare and then asked for the day off at work (had planned ahead of time). In thinking what we should do, we decided to spend the day at Wheaton. I've been on campus with Lina, but never have spent much time talking and sharing with her about my actual memories there. And four impactful years of my life took place here and I want to have her share some of that. We went to chapel (Student Missionary Project stories of summer missions), then lunch @ Saga, then a walk around campus, Billy Graham Center Museum to see Sallman's Head of Christ paintings and then back to the Todd Beamer student center for some coffee @ the Stupe... we also strolled along Pierce chapel and I showed Lina the room where I last saw dad. He had dropped me off for World Christian Fellowship worship practice and had to leave to head back to Spain the next day or so. That was in mid-October 1994, two months before he died. I'd say maybe half of what I shared with Lina revolved around the places and events of the day dad died. We went to Buswell Library where I was studying when the Residence Director told me to go to the Counseling Center to call my family (he knew then - but didn't tell me), then I stopped by the Counseling Center, from where I called my mom. I saw the Dean of Students who I knew in other Student Life roles while in college and she gave me Chuck's contact info. Chuck was the director of the counseling center and he is who told me about my dad after the line was busy on my first call. It was quite special to have had that day to peacefully reminisce with my wife.