Ten years ago today my Aunt Joy Joy (as we called her) entered the heavenly realm. I remember it all like yesterday, except the funeral. I honestly blocked it all out because it was so painful. I am happy today rather than dwelling in sadness. I keep thinking about family dinners and her apple canisters full of flour and meal only to have mom run to kroger for dressing because they sucked at making it. I hear her Patsy Cline and Toby Keith and George Jones cds. I reflect on the strongest woman I have known in my life and I smile as tears fall. As I strolled my 2.4 miles this morning,I caught a glimpse of a red bird and two bluebirds around me and imagined her watching them, just like the birds she fed early every morning from her porchs bird bath. I saw no others which was strange to me as gray and black are the most common here. It rained on me a lot and I held my hands out to God and thanked Him for the ability to see Him today. I was walking a part of Rock Creek thats rarely traveled so I didnt worry about people thinking Im insane. I think today Ill keep smiling knowing that I shared more joy with her than some people know in a lifetime. She was funny and Im laughing outloud literally thinking of her fussing at her oldest Daniel because he half___ cleans and wouldnt vacuum right or whatever shed asked him to do. So, she loved when I did or my mom did because we did it right.I see the younger one getting picked on by his Uncles and Aunts for being a mamas boy and sleeping with her till he really couldnt fit anymore and resorting to a pallet next to her bed. I see the red Ford Tempo and me driving her when her neck wouldnt turn for a while and her getting mad when she wanted to see if cars were coming.She had so many friends in life, probably NEVER had an enemy. Well maybe as the wild one she was before RA hit her. My mom Cheryl had the best sister one could hope for because the relationship they had was something Ive always dreamed of having with one of my sisters and never had a hundredth of. I smile, because I know she is in a wonderful place. A place without that walker or wheelchair, without wounds, no joint pain, no sadness & above all with the God she chose to follow and study and love.
Posted on: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 19:01:13 +0000
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