My name is Monica Wicky. I have been attending First United Methodist Church of Great Mind my whole life and Amy Wicky was more than just my mom. She was my confidant and my best friend. My name is Brent

Wiki and my mom was my best friend as well. I was four years old when my mom was

diagnosed with brain cancer and I was very young. I just knew my mom was

sick. I didn't know how severe it was. She told me that like she wasn't afraid to die and that's a very scary thing to hear as a child from your mom

but it's so beautiful because she was so

at peace with everything.

Brant and Monica Wiki are members of Great Vine United Methodist Church in Great Vine Texas. Their mother, Amy Wiki, had a huge influence on her children and ultimately inspired a chain of

events that is bringing the hope and peace that Amy found to countless others in the community

of Grapevine and Beyond.

Cindy Ryan, Associate Pastor at Grapevine UMC,

recalls how it all began.

Amy Wicki has been a member of our church since I got here and I knew her as a vibrant, happy, athletic, competitive

woman in our church who had two little kids and a husband and

One Sunday right after we opened our new sanctuary

She had a seizure in worship and it turned out that that was caused by a brain tumor.

And what unfolded after that was that she had surgery and then different kinds of treatment and she fought

that brain tumor for 12 years.

I was eight when she was diagnosed and being young I didn't really have a true grasp with what was really happening.

It wasn't until later that I began to have a clear picture with what my mom's diagnosis was.

I drew a lot of my strength from my mom.

She was very resilient.

She refused to let her diagnosis define her and that was very evident in the way that she lived.

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