Lisa wasn’t there
An award ceremony, old teammates, my father’s fragile heart — and the reminder that grief is the price we pay for loving people.
Lisa wasn’t there.
Her husband, Ted; their two children, Hitch and Libby; her mom, Lynn; and brother, Blaine, stood together on the floor of Casey’s Center in Des Moines.
The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union honored my friend Lisa Brinkmeyer Van Deventer with a First Lady Award — the highest honor the association bestows.
It came during halftime of th…
