Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Looking at this picture and remembering all the coffee we shared at the table, chatting, laughing and marveling at how you could not only remember jokes, but tell them! I remember one though that you could only remember the punch line...and worked so hard to remember. When you did, you laughed all the way through it, and I laughed myself sick, but really couldn't understand. Your laugh and giggles were infectious! You brought me so much joy. You cared for me and my children and saved me from the back yard one fateful June! Love, faith and hard work on a daily basis for everyone you came in contact with compiled with worry and a bit of music merriment were your life. You once said that there were things done you weren't proud of, but those pale in comparison to the plethora of things you accomplished that you could be proud of. Problem is, your humble nature made light of them! Now you can finally bask in them and know how much you were loved. We never know the impact we make on people and we tend to make light of each unique day God gives us. I hope that we all take a step back, analyze our daily lives and profit from your examples. To Ann's family, not a day will go by that you will listen to a song, watch a show on tv, eat a certain food, look in a Dog's eye and not remember her. She and Ted watched Leana, showed her how yummy green onions were and taught her songs. What a God send she was. Krystal, remembering Lisa and Laura playing in your room while I shared your mom seem like yesterday. I will look for some pictures and share when they surface.....not as organized as your mm! Geeze, she was always cleaning! So sorry we were not visiting as much of late, guilt that I will carry with me. Wish I'd known she had been ill, though my own fault for not asking. We'd see each other once in a blue moon at a store in Caro, should have known it'd been too long. My prayers are with Ann and all her family. Loved her.
