Living Life with Eternity in View
Lucy Malmberg
Each year, about 50,000 children die in the United States. While a profound loss for parents, what about their siblings? Doug MacGray was eleven years old when he lost his sixteen-year-old brother, Ricky. How does an eleven-year-old grieve? How is the grief journey of a sibling different than the grief journey of parents? In this sometimes emotional conversation, Doug shares with Dr. Chuck F. Betters some of the ways his brother’s death affected him and how grief for a child is different than the grief of an adult. It’s our hope that Doug’s story will help parents understand the grief of their children a little better and also encourage those who have lost siblings at a young age.
Lucy Malmberg is the co-founder, former CEO/board chair, and owner of Wedgewood Pharmacy, the largest national specialized pharmacy in veterinary compounding and a leader in the animal health industry. As an entrepreneur and pharmacist, she devotes her energy, time, and resources to initiating and supporting philanthropic efforts to enhance the pharmacy profession which includes education in pharmaceutical compounding, financial support of pharmacy students through scholarships, and advocacy efforts to protect patients' rights. In her role as founder and board chair of the George and Lucy Malmberg Foundation, she has provided funds for international and domestic humanitarian and medical relief; provided support to the homeless; and provided financial support for Christian education for K-12 schools and higher education institutions. She has personally funded and has endowed through her family foundation such organizations and institutions as Samaritan's Purse, The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Sunday Breakfast Mission, Save A Life International, Wegmans School of Pharmacy, Cedarville University School of Pharmacy, Dayspring Christian Academy and Delaware County Christian School. She has served as a board member for various institutions and organizations, such as the University of the Sciences, the International Association of Compounding Pharmacists (currently the Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding), and the American Red Cross. She currently serves as a board member for Christian Pharmacists Fellowship International, serves as an advisor on the Wegmans School of Pharmacy -Dean's Advisory Council, and is a board member of a privately held pharmaceutical company.
She shares her purpose and calling in life with everyone whom she touches and meets: "My calling in life is to reach many with Christ's love, to help those who are suffering, hurting, hopeless and in need, to help them be able to restore and rebuild their lives and to help them to flourish so they know the grace, goodness and love of God."