The Green Beret Foundation created a series of videos about “Everyday Heroes in the Special Forces Community”. The videos share the story of these heroes’ military service and their work in their communities as they come home from war.
This is Duane and Louise Cantrell’s Story –
Louise is a constant inspiration to all of us here at The Life Chest, she started the Dancing Angels Foundation to honor her beautiful daughters who had a love and passion for dance.
On March 6, 2012 a tragic fire took her family home in Hope Mills, NC. In this fire Louise lost her husband and best friend Duane and her two daughters Isabella and Nathalia.
“I had to literally figure out how to start my life again. I could not crawl into a hole and give up. I created the Dancing Angels Foundation for two reasons. As a parent who has lost her children, my biggest fear is that they will be forgotten. So this foundation will honor and perpetuate their memory. They loved to dance. Anywhere they heard music they were dancing. Secondly, I want to help a child who shares the same love and passion for dance as my girls did to continue to dance. It is the best way I know how to honor my dancing angels and help others. It is a bittersweet endeavor, but one that I need to do for myself, my daughters, and any child that has a love of dance.”
Thank you for sharing your story Louise, your foundation is changing the lives of so many young girls and you are truly an unbelievably caring and uplifting person.
Learn more about the Dancing Angels Foundation:
http://www.dancingangelsfoundation.org