Linda Gae Crawford (Reynolds)
Dear Shirley,
Thank you for the update for Beth. Using the new address, I will send a card immediately. At ages 81 and 82, all classmates are in my daily prayers for good health and happiness.
Some of our classmates may remember meeting my brother-in-law, Charles "Skip" Driver (Sister Karla's husband), from the Oxford luncheons. Skip went to his heavenly home on August 16, 2024. Friends and family miss him, but his health due to heart and diabetes was so bad, we know God did what was best for him. Skip did not have the childhood I was blessed with in Conyers. His family moved a lot. Some of the stories he told were scary. He said they seldom had candy, when once in a blue moon they had a treat, they dare not drop any. If they dropped some, they picked it up, dusted it, KISSED IT UP TO GOD, and ate it. Just before he passed, I looked at the still, comatose face of the man who had been the best uncle to my children. With tearful eyes I KISSED HIM UP TO HEAVEN. In my head, at that moment, I heard him laugh, a light-hearted, happy laugh, free from pain.
My husband, Ron, was joyfully released from his cancer surgeon on August 23, 2024, the following Friday after Skip's passing. So, while it may sound strange, Skip's heavenly journey, Ron's and Beth's recovery are, in their right-of-time, the grandest of blessings. I don't know why I am amazed at what Beth's daughters accomplished so quickly, after all, they learned from their amazing Mom.
LOVE TO ALL!
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