These pictures are when we went to Jacksonville to hear Beth Moore. As always she kept in touch with her hubby to let him know she was doing ok and where she was. We had a great time at the conference.
After the conference that night we all went out for a late night dinner. I can tell you there was a lot of laughter that evening. We always had fun and lots of laughter with her. She was so joyfulall the time. These were the ladies that got out of the conference in time. The other half of our group got left behind and they had a long wait getting back. It got pretty scary for them in Jacksonville by the Coliseum.
Here is the whole group that went.
Last summer Anita and her mom came over with her grand-daughter Morgan for lunch and swimming. It turned out to rain that afternoon but we had a great lunch and a game of cards and Tanek and Morgan had fun. Look at the food. I told you we liked to eat....a lot.
Below are a few picutres of our Sunday night outings after church to go....EAT. I think I mentioned that we like to eat. Actually most of our activities somehow always ended up or started with food.
These were couples for our SS class. I guess maybe when you become our age eating is just one of the more fun things to do. We sure seemed to do a lot of it.
Anita and her mom stopped by one afternoon to see how I was doing with getting my Christmas decorations up. She always had time to spend with Tanek. Not a wonder she was such an important Meme to him. He loved her so much.
He loved meme and memaw. He loved it when they came by to see him.
Below are the first pictures of our first Disney trip together. This was to "A Not So Scary Mickey". We went with her sister-in-law, and neice and nephew, their children and two of Anita's grand-children Morgan and Garrett. Up til this time I really Did NOT like Disney. She showed me how happy it really is there. She loved Disney and would go anytime she could. It was just such a "happy" place and we had a great time there.
I love Disney and all their decorations. Fall is one of the best time to see Disney. The very best time is at Christmas and we were there for that too. They just do it up right.
I will always cherish the times we had together. We had promised that we would never let anything come between our friendship. We both in the past had people come and go from our lives that we thought were forever friends. Sometimes God sends people in your life for just a season and sometimes for a lifetime. We knew ours would be a lifetime friendship and it was. Wish it could have been longer but that is just my desire to keep her here with all of us that loved her so much. God had other plans and I know she is singing and dancing in heaven. She loved to sing and dance and now she can without ever getting tired. Our loss is heavens gain. I am trying to remember what my sister wrote on my fb. "Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened". That is what I am trying to do. It would have never been enough time, but I am SO thankful for the time we had and that all the memories did happen. She was loved by everyone that knew her. I will always miss her and she will always live in my heart.
Of course it rained that night. It was a warm rain, so it was ok. Everyone got soaked but it didn't put a damper on the fun. We closed Disney down that night. We were some of the very last ones to leave. We then went and spent the night with her sister-in-law Carol and stayed up quite late, talking and of course.....eating.
Below is a picture of Anita with Tanek. She gave Stephanie and Tanek a shower at her house. 
Here is the whole group that went.
Last summer Anita and her mom came over with her grand-daughter Morgan for lunch and swimming. It turned out to rain that afternoon but we had a great lunch and a game of cards and Tanek and Morgan had fun. Look at the food. I told you we liked to eat....a lot.
Below are a few picutres of our Sunday night outings after church to go....EAT. I think I mentioned that we like to eat. Actually most of our activities somehow always ended up or started with food.
These were couples for our SS class. I guess maybe when you become our age eating is just one of the more fun things to do. We sure seemed to do a lot of it.
Anita and her mom stopped by one afternoon to see how I was doing with getting my Christmas decorations up. She always had time to spend with Tanek. Not a wonder she was such an important Meme to him. He loved her so much.
He loved meme and memaw. He loved it when they came by to see him.
Below are the first pictures of our first Disney trip together. This was to "A Not So Scary Mickey". We went with her sister-in-law, and neice and nephew, their children and two of Anita's grand-children Morgan and Garrett. Up til this time I really Did NOT like Disney. She showed me how happy it really is there. She loved Disney and would go anytime she could. It was just such a "happy" place and we had a great time there.
I love Disney and all their decorations. Fall is one of the best time to see Disney. The very best time is at Christmas and we were there for that too. They just do it up right.
I will always cherish the times we had together. We had promised that we would never let anything come between our friendship. We both in the past had people come and go from our lives that we thought were forever friends. Sometimes God sends people in your life for just a season and sometimes for a lifetime. We knew ours would be a lifetime friendship and it was. Wish it could have been longer but that is just my desire to keep her here with all of us that loved her so much. God had other plans and I know she is singing and dancing in heaven. She loved to sing and dance and now she can without ever getting tired. Our loss is heavens gain. I am trying to remember what my sister wrote on my fb. "Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened". That is what I am trying to do. It would have never been enough time, but I am SO thankful for the time we had and that all the memories did happen. She was loved by everyone that knew her. I will always miss her and she will always live in my heart.
Of course it rained that night. It was a warm rain, so it was ok. Everyone got soaked but it didn't put a damper on the fun. We closed Disney down that night. We were some of the very last ones to leave. We then went and spent the night with her sister-in-law Carol and stayed up quite late, talking and of course.....eating.
Below is a picture of Anita with Tanek. She gave Stephanie and Tanek a shower at her house. She was so giving and always doing for others. How blessed we are because of her.
THANK YOU ANITA FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL MEMORIES!!!
4 comments:
this is beautiful! i know you are sad, but also blessed and happy at the same time. i wish i had a forever friend. God has richly blessed you! and He richly blessed Anita with you! i loved looking at your pictures and reading your post. i've been watching your FB album, too. praying for you! alice
Thanks Alice, We really were blessed to share such a great friendship.
It's so hard to see the pictures and think that she is really gone. But of course in a better place. She touched so many lives, I will always remember her Easter parties for the kids, and the love she showed my girls. She is a very special lady.
This is a beautiful tribute to your friendship. You were certainly blessed to have all the special memories and experiences with her. Even though she's dancing with Jesus, you must miss her every day and my prayers are with you.
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