Heart-full

The past six days have been a 'whelming' experience for Michael, for me. I feel very humble, very encouraged and very grateful. A wonderful, close friend died last Friday and we spent three days with his Sara...his wife who is just as close...like a sister to me. Tears and more tears; I am shedding tears recalling Larry and the events of this past week.

So many said they hoped they would be as well thought of as Larry; I'm one of those and all of us were 'his best friend'. He was a multitude of things, rather like a 'man of all seasons' and successful in every aspect of life. He would say, "Oh no! Let's move on, okay?"

If you know me well, you know that I love encouraging others...I absolutely love that. Don't really know why; perhaps it's because I sort of felt lost moving so much when I was growing up. Perhaps it's because I always needed encouragement myself. I'm smiling because I've changed so very much since my 'prince' came along and took me on. He, the self-assured, focused and most handsome one has totally transformed me w/God's directions...into a most contented, totally happy child of God.

Sara will be lost without her Larry, just as I would be lost without my Michael.

Dear Father, please comfort Sara and strengthen her...hold her hand...she needs you. As for me, I thank you with every breath that I take for giving me such a gift as Michael to care for this short time on earth...and for him to care for me...I need him..we need each other. You have blest me so greatly; I thank you. Please bless our children in their marriages so that they may experience the joys M and I have had...how wonderful. In Your Son's Name, Amen.