When my husband Brent died suddenly at just forty-one, our family was devastated. Our thirteen-year-old son, Cooper, refused to give up on Moose, the red-and-white Hereford steer he and his father had raised together. Soon afterward, my brother-in-law Mike arrived with $900 and offered to buy Moose for his own son, claiming there was no man left to care for the animal properly. I refused because Brent had taught Cooper everything he needed to kno…Continue Reading
