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October 10, 2007
A chilly rainy day
and I'm off to work this morning, but my heart is heavy. I received a phone call last night from another co-worker and she didn't have very good news. An old friend of ours, mentor, boss and a terrific lady in general is on her death bed in a hospital a couple of hours from here. We visited her last year during her 50th wedding anniversary get together. She's been fighting cancer for 7 years and it has finally gotten the best of her. Her husband called us because she has asked to see us one more time and say goodbye.
So, after work this afternoon Judy and I will travel down to say goodbye to her. This is a little strange for me as I've never been summoned to someone's death bed before, but leave it to her to ask that of me! She always knew how to keep me on my toes! The neat thing is, I've been praying a lot for her lately. I know how much she has suffered and knew the time wouldn't be much longer and I've prayed for her to have peace and comfort in her final days and now she has asked to see me one last time...so I really feel my prayers have been answered, not because she wants to see me, but because I knew somehow she needed prayer even though it has been over a year since I've seen her.
God does work in mysterious ways.
Posted by tracey at October 10, 2007 07:42 AM