A letter

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I was enduring the "joy" of paying bills (suppose there should be some gratitude for the fact that the money is there for us to be ABLE to pay out bills, but yeah…), and I happened across a letter from a friend written in 2007. There wasn't anything special about the letter. It was just an update on her life at the moment. I could have easily thrown away the letter back then. But yesterday it was a bittersweet treasure.

This dear one is still alive and welcomes visits whenever I can get there, but I know I will never get another letter written in that writing. And I know I may not see her again on this side of eternity.

Finding the letter brought back pleasant memories of her and her fellow widow ladies. What a sweet group of ladies they were, and she is the last one still here… when she leaves… it will be the end of a special chapter in my life…

Oh I am so thankful God gives us good memories to store in our hearts and mind and to remember, even when those memories may momentarily leave us with a sort of sadness that life must go on and change is inevitable.

But in the end. How thankful I am to have known the dear one God has allowed to pass thru my life. How blessed I am to have had these few invest their lives in me. To love me. To teach me. To share their wisdom. To have the opportunity to learn from their mistakes and regrets, so that I might not make the same choices…

So much to be thankful for. To praise God for. To smile about… even if with the smile comes a tear… from loss. From distance that can't yet be crossed, but one day…

Sometimes I'm jealous… so many of my friends have gone to heaven. That's what I get for "collecting" "old" people :). When I think about how many are gone. I can see them visiting together praising the Lord and sharing about the things God did in their lives and reminiscing about things that happened on earth… I can see them being themselves laughing and kidding with each other, I can hear their voices and the sound of their laugh… I see the twinkle in the eye of one as she hints at an "inside" joke…. Oh how I miss my ladies! My friends.

So, I carefully placed the letter back where I found it. And said a prayer asking the Lord to bless my friend, to encourage and strengthen her, and I thanked Him for all my dear ones that are with Him now… and mentioned, too how I long to see their faces again one day. Oh to see them will be wonderful! Not as amazing, awesome, glorious as it will be to see Him, but with all "my" people there, it can't help but feel like home! I can't wait!!!

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