I have just lost a very important person in my life - I ask for prayer for the family

BUBBA

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I was just informed that my best friends mother has passed, the following is something that I only started writing a few weeks ago, and I was just talking to him (My friend of 40+ yrs) after a long absence.

Sorry if it seems like a long read, but she lived a long life and is worth remembering.

Thank you Org.
Bubba

At three or four I remember the first time I met Andrew, my best friend for over 40 yrs. I was playing in the sand near a natural plum tree that grew next to the small lake we lived around. He and his mother (who at the time looked strikingly like Lucy Ball) were walking around the lake and were coming down the dirt road in front of my house. We met and played in the sand for a while and were set for life.

Andrew’s mother needs to be acknowledged here, she is someone that I have more respect and love for than any other person outside my own family. Sheila Jones has CP and it was very much in the early stages when we first met. As time passed it became more apparent and I hardly remember the days that she could actually walk on her own. She is a pillar of strength and fortitude that I often tap into. Her misfortune and the way she handle it was the personification of determination and gumption that is only rivaled by people like Brain Piccolo, or Christopher Reeve. She was always happy and never, AND I MUST SAY AGAIN – NEVER one to blame anything on her disease. She often laughed about the symptoms and I recall many occasions where she would have an accident with the curling iron and burn her forehead or cheek and would come to visit us with a huge burn mark and comment “I was curling my hair to come over and look what I didâ€￾ laughing the whole time. But she was a proper woman and would never visit without fixing herself up. She is what I have always referred to as my second mother, as I spent more time with the Jones’ than I did with my own family.
Sheila is also a very intelligent person who was once an editor for the New York Times newspaper. She taught me much about laughing at yourself and knowing your own limitations and excepting them. Many times are the memories of helping her walk from the car into the house and setting her in her “Wheelie Chairâ€￾ as we called it. This was not a wheelchair that you may be thinking about, this was a much worn chair that looked similar to a directors chair, but with 6 inch wheels on all four legs. She would scoot herself around the entire house on this and never asked for the carpeting or the thresholds to be replaced, many times she would struggle to get from the kitchen tile floor to the carpet, and never said a word to anyone about it. Reflecting now, I see how selfish we were and how altruistic she was. I love her for this lesson she had given to us that went so unnoticed from everyone except me. I always knew her attitude was of strength and design, and hope her children have given her kudos over the years. She is the strength that keeps me in check whenever I believe that life is dealing me a bad hand.
She taught me to laugh at myself and never feel as if I was defeated by outer circumstances, but rather driven by the inner ones. I love her as dearly as my own mother, and her son as my own brother.



The above was written with a loving and happy heart as she would have wanted it.

But today I am selfishly sad as I type these words.

Thank you Org.
Bubba
 
Re: I have just lost a very important person in my life - I ask for prayer for the fa

Sorry for your loss, sound like she was a great woman.
 
Re: I have just lost a very important person in my life - I ask for prayer for the fa

Sorry to hear about this Bubba. :down:

Sheila sounded like a jovial spirit who always looked to find the positive in things, even when the negative was bold & staring her in the face. She's in a good place now.

R.I.P.
 
Re: I have just lost a very important person in my life - I ask for prayer for the fa

God looked around his Garden and found an empty place.
He then looked down upon his earth and saw your loving face.

He put his arms around you and lifted you to rest.
His Garden must be beautiful, he always takes the best.
He saw your path was difficult, he closed your eyes,
He whispered to you "Peace be Thine" and gave you wings to fly.
When we saw you sleeping so calm and free of pain,
We would not wish you back to earth to suffer once again.
You've left us precious memories, your love will be our guide,
You live on through your children, who are always by your side.
It broke our hearts to lose you, but you did not go alone.
For part of us went with you on the day God called you home

Author Unknown...
 
Re: I have just lost a very important person in my life - I ask for prayer for the fa

Nothing selfish about grieving for a lost loved one Sir.
It sounds like she was an admirable, dignified woman in spite of the disease she battled. She has had a profound effect on your life, and thus her legacy will remain, even though her body has passed on.
My thoughts are with you and the rest of her (your) family in your time of grief. May she rest in peace.
 
Re: I have just lost a very important person in my life - I ask for prayer for the fa

Sorry for your loss. You family is in my thoughts.
 
Re: I have just lost a very important person in my life - I ask for prayer for the fa

Sorry for your loss God bless
 
Re: I have just lost a very important person in my life - I ask for prayer for the fa

Sorry for your and their loss.

+1 on Dr E's post as it says more than I can at this moment.
 
Re: I have just lost a very important person in my life - I ask for prayer for the fa

In my thoughts for you, Bubba.
 
Re: I have just lost a very important person in my life - I ask for prayer for the fa

Condolences and best wishes to all involved.
She sounds like a wonderful person, very special.
Prayers sent.
 
Re: I have just lost a very important person in my life - I ask for prayer for the fa

(((hugs))) Prayers for you and your family!!!
God places treasures in our lives. So glad you found this one early!
 
Re: I have just lost a very important person in my life - I ask for prayer for the fa

Prayers sent for you and your family.
 
Re: I have just lost a very important person in my life - I ask for prayer for the fa

You and your family will be in our prayers, just remember she is
in a better place away from pain, God Bless You.
 
Re: I have just lost a very important person in my life - I ask for prayer for the fa

I'm very sorry for your loss Bubba. Prayers to you and your friends family.
 
Re: I have just lost a very important person in my life - I ask for prayer for the fa

sorry for your loss prayers sent to family
 
Re: I have just lost a very important person in my life - I ask for prayer for the fa

Bubba, sorry to hear of your loss. You were lucky to have known this woman. Her legacy lives on in you and the others that she touched. Sending prayers for Sheila, You, and All that knew this lovely woman.
 
Re: I have just lost a very important person in my life - I ask for prayer for the fa

My condolences to you and your friends' family for the loss. Always tough when that happens.
 
Re: I have just lost a very important person in my life - I ask for prayer for the fa

I am very sorry to hear this. My thoughts and prayers go to you and your extended family.
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Re: I have just lost a very important person in my life - I ask for prayer for the fa

Sorry to hear about this loss Bubba. She sounded like an incredible woman.
RIP Sheila
:please:
 
Re: I have just lost a very important person in my life - I ask for prayer for the fa

sorry to hear this bubba...your and the family are in our thoughts and prayers
 
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