Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been encouraged by how many people are keeping Luke’s memory alive and how kind people are to share those efforts with our family. Last weekend, our family friend Andrea Gray met Abby Sweeney at a track meet in Kansas. Abby’s the sister of Luke’s good friend and teammate at Western-Charlie Sweeney. Andrea and Abby are both college runners in Missouri, and they connected over the Luke tributes they both sport on their uniforms. This week, a former TV colleague from our days in Nebraska, Eric, encountered the Western women’s 4x400 team at the Denver airport. They were sporting Luke Miller ribbons and he sent photos to me. I haven’t talked to Eric in years, but he was kind enough to make the connection with the team and relay the encounter back to me. Friday, one of Luke’s friends at Western, Meg, sent Kelly and I a photo of the plaque honoring Luke at Western. That night in Gunnison, runners competed in the “Luke Miller Memorial Mile” during the final home indoor track meet of the season. That afternoon, I’d gone for a run by Luke’s statue. I stopped at his statue and was telling him about our trip to New York (yes, I stop and talk to his statue—out loud) when a nice couple stopped at the statue and asked if I was looking for the geocache in the statue. We got to talking about who Luke was and that I was his father. They did not know his story or why the statue is there. They showed me the geocache website, which had photos and a bio of Luke and I helped them retrieve the geocache log. I never want Luke to be forgotten—more than a year after his death I am encouraged that his memory will survive. Thank you. #LukeLives #LiveLikeLuke #ThankYou https://www.instagram.com/p/B86wrEyH9bj/?igshid=wet2cx3cm8ts
