This was wrote by a good friend of mine and fellow FLYsister Andrea Rayna. She wrote exactly how I felt and so I asked her permission to post it here. Thanks Rayna.
As many of my friends know, I am a member of the local FLYLady group. It's amazing how close you can grow to another person, just chatting and sharing stories. We are a small group, compared to some of the other FLYlady chapters, but we make up for it with enthusiasm.
Over the past few years we have shared with our friend Sharon many many victories. She worked, went to school (to become a nurse), was a Mother and a Grandmother. She did all of this WHILE remodeling her house! She recently graduated from Nursing school, and faced down a fear of the water by taking swimming lessons! It's been so much fun to read about her escapes in the water...leaning to float....sometimes she would just crack me up!
Then, just about a week ago she left on vacation, full of plans and hopes and dreams for the future. Recent troubles with her children had been weighing heavily on her heart, but she sought comfort from her faith, and I believe she had found some measure of peace through her faith.
Imagine our surprise to learn last night that she died while snorkeling on vacation. It just can't be real, it must be a sad and evil joke....but a phone call to her church this morning confirmed the worst.
Our FLYsister was gone. Why now? Why just after so much was accomplished? Why now when there was so much on the horizon, so many good things coming her way?
We don't know the answer to these questions. Perhaps the grand design of Sharon's life will remain hidden from us until such a time that The Spirit deems it is the right time to show us. Maybe we will never know.
But know this. We were blessed to call her friend.
God's Speed Dear Friend.
4 comments:
What a sad story. And I know we are not to Question God. But at times like this we are just Human and you still Wonder Why!!!! Maybe the Lord took her because of something coming up in her future.
How Ironic that she had been scared of swimming and had finally taken lessons and then was killed while snorlking. I think there are many lessons to be learned here.
Thank you so much for this beautiful remembrance of my sister, Sharon. It means more than I can say to know that there are so many others who loved her, too.
Brad Pardee
bp51414@alltel.net
Sharon was a beautiful person and is greatly missed. I am truly blessed to be able to say she was my friend.
Hi,
Since you were kind enough to remember my sister in your blog, I wanted to let you now that I had written about her in the most current issue of my e-zine. I thought you might be interested.
Blessings,
Brad Pardee
bp51414@alltel.net
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