IN THE AUTUMN, TIME SEEMS SPEEDED UP.
WHAT WAS IS NOT AND NEVER AGAIN WILL BE,
WHAT IS IS CHANGE."
~EDWIN TEALE


I THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND WORDS, BEAUTIFUL
CARDS, AND THE SWEET GIFTS. THEY MEAN A LOT TO ME
MY HUSBAND AND MY MOTHER HAVE RECEIVED MUCH
JOY READING YOUR CARDS.
IT IS VERY COMFORTING TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE PRAYING
FOR YOU .

I KNOW MY DAUGHTER, AMY DAWN, IS IN THE SAFE ARMS
OF OUR JESUS AND I REJOICE....BUT FOR 33 YEARS OF MY LIFE
I HUGGED MY DAUGHTER ON THANKSGIVING DAY. I WATCHED HER FIX HER
DELICIOUS CRAB SALAD TO TAKE TO GRANNY'S HOUSE, AND I WATCHED
HER LAUGH AND TALK AND THIS YEAR...THIS THANKSGIVING.... MY HUSBAND
AND I WILL VISIT OUR DAUGHTER'S GRAVE AND TRY TO EMBRACE THE
WIND, WHERE JUST ONCE MORE WE MIGHT CATCH A FAINT SMELL OF HER.
THERE ARE NO WORDS THAT MAKE IT BETTER...THERE IS NO PAIN PILL
THAT WILL DULL THE PAIN, AND NO ANTI-ANXIETY PILL THAT WILL STOP
THE PANIC ATTACKS THAT CAUSE YOUR HEART TO HAVE PVC'S.
PRAYING TO JESUS IS HARD SOMETIMES...NOT BECAUSE I AM MAD AT
HIM....I LOVE HIM MORE THAN EVER....BUT I HAVE NO WORDS. RICHARD,
MY DH AND I PLAY A LOT OF CHRISTIAN MUSIC.
I SAW THE SOUL OF MY DAUGHTER LEAVE HER BODY AND HER BODY JUST BECAME
A WAXY SHELL......AND SEEING IT, MAKING FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS,
PURCHASING HER PLOT TO REST IN, AND THE FUNERAL....WATCHING THEM
SEAL HER VAULT...........I STILL FIND IT DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE SHE IS GONE.
WHAT IS, IS NOT.
WHAT WAS, CAN BE NO MORE...AND IT HURTS SO BAD.
LET US REMEMBER THE FOLLOWING IN PRAYER...........
PASTOR MARNEY, AUNT JEAN, ASHLEY, ANDREW, KERRIE AND BILL, IRENE,
OUR TROOPS AS THEY SERVE TO KEEP OUR COUNTRY FREE, BECCA, TAWNA,
MIKE, DORIS AND RICHARD, PAM, PATRICIA, ROY AND ELISABETH,
SALLY, CAROL, MILT, HEALING IN FORT HOOD OVER 11/05/09,
ANASTASIA, DONNA, ALL THOSE WHO ARE HURTING THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
OVER THE LOST OF A LOVED ONE
DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER,
I THANK YOU LORD FOR LOVING ME AND FOR TAKING AMY HOME, TO BE
WITH YOU WHERE SHE IS PAIN FREE...I KNOW HEAVEN IS A LITTLE
DIFFERENT SINCE SHE GOT BACK HOME BUT OUR LIFE WAS DIFFERENT
AND GLORIOUS FOR 33 YEARS. I PRAY LORD THERE WILL BE HEARTS
HEALED THIS THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY AND MAY THERE BE A REVIVAL
LORD FOR PEOPLE RUSHING BACK FOR YOUR SAVING GRACE. MAY
PEOPLE REALIZE THAT IT IS NOT ABOUT THE MATERIAL BUT TO
BE YOUR HANDS EXTENDED. I THANK YOU LORD FOR BLESSING THE
ANGELS IN MY LIFE. I PRAISE YOU JESUS BECAUSE YOU ARE WORTHY
TO BE PRAISED. PLEASE LORD, REMIND PRECIOUS AMY HOW MUCH HER
DADDY AND I LOVE AND MISS HER.
LET NOT ONE PERSON GO HUNGRY LORD.
AMEN AND AMEN
ANGEL HUGS
