Tuesday, March 25, 2014
When I first moved to Red River County in 2008, I was very lonely since we didn't know anyone up here. I prayed to God for a friend, and He gave me Miss Faye. I loved her from the start and her place in my heart only grew the longer I knew her. I took her to doctor appointments and grocery shopping, to see Ronny in Arkansas, and to meet her cousins in Cleburne - or was it Corsicana? :) I carried her to the airport when she was flying out to Utah and to get her cornea transplant this past October. We went out to eat lunch with the Luncheon Ladies every month, I took her to my boys' baseball games, to the dentist and the chiropractor. We always loved the time we got to spend together. We always had lots of good laughs, too. Once I asked her, "Miss Faye, how do those people keep those rows in their gardens all brown with no grass?" And she busted out laughing. She said, "Why they get up real early every morning and get out there with a hoe!" She'd tell me how much she appreciated what I did, and she didn't know what she'd do without me, but I ALWAYS countered that "I" was the one most blessed by our friendship. Spending so much time with this precious saint of God was my honor and blessing. I thank God for letting me call her my friend. I praise Him for taking her home without a long drawn out suffering illness, too. She isn't dead, she didn't die. She's alive and having the best time with RC and Brenda, and her parents, I'm sure. She was a remarkable lady who I loved! I know her sons and daughters (including the in-loves), grandchildren and great grands, her sister and cousins, and friends will miss her and want you all to know that I'm praying for God's Holy Spirit to comfort you with the assurance that you will see her again! Hugs and blessings!
