My late husband, the Rev. Dr. Steve Eggers, was called home to be with his Lord on December 2, 2005, after a 2+ year battle with colon cancer. He was 50.
As we have a dual headstone, each side has an epitaph. His is: "Well done, good and faithful servant," something I know he heard from his Lord the moment he arrived home.
Since I am a professional writer, it wouldn't do to select some stock phrase. So I wrote my own. My epitaph is: "Trust God; live boldly, embracing each day with joy."
I hope to live that. That's how I'd like to be remembered.
Before Steve died, we discussed memorials. He wanted his beloved Hosanna-Tabor Lutheran School, the school of the church he had pastored, to receive them. I challenged him to think larger. I said, "What if we could create a scholarship in your name?" And that's what we did, thanks to our Thrivent rep, Bruce Abbott, and The Lutheran Community Foundation. It makes my heart sing to know that through the years, many, many students will benefit from the "Rev. Dr. Steve M. Eggers Scholarship Fund."
Sandra Eggers is an author and Foundation donor. In her book, Dying Body Growing Faith, Sandra captures striving to live Christian faith through the ordeal of her husband Steve's cancer.