The Family That Left the Porch Light On
In 2014, the Showalter family of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, received the call every parent dreads. Their seventeen-year-old son Marcus had disappeared — walked out after an...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19.
In 2014, the Showalter family of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, received the call every parent dreads. Their seventeen-year-old son Marcus had disappeared — walked out after an argument, leaving only a scribbled note that read, "Don't look for me." For eleven months, Jim and Carolyn Showalter kept Marcus's bedroom exactly as he left it. They left the porch light on every single night.…
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