Saturday, October 14, 2017
Marlene, Johnny and Family,
I cannot begin to express how sorry I am for your loss. Your mother was a very dear friend, and my "adopted" mother. She took me under her wing when my own mother passed, and never for one moment did I feel that I was without a mother. She was truly a woman "extraordinaire".
If someone were to ask me to describe what a Christian is, I would describe your mother. She was kind, honest, caring, loving, giving, thoughtful, and the list of positive adjectives continue; too many to list. She always put others above herself.
I dearly loved her, and will miss her tremendously, never more to hear her call me her "adopted" daughter and tell me she loves me. To some, "I love you" are just words, but I know she truly loved me, and I her.
Her journey on this Earth is over, but her memory will live on for as long as those whose lives she touched continue to live. I for one will never forget her, but she was ready to move on to that greater realm called Heaven. She is at peace, and I am too, knowing that her new life has begun with her Lord.
My sincerest sympathy to all of you.
