I sit here tonight with so many thoughts running through my head. I have worry, heartache, and anger. Why? Well, I have a friend, Betty, and today I received a phone call from a mutual friend telling me that Betty had been rushed to the hospital with a brain aneurysm. Seriously, you could have knocked me over with a feather. You see, I just had lunch with her yesterday to celebrate her birthday. Betty is still young. Too young for this to be happening to her, she still has so much more to do here on Earth! God can't be ready for her just yet. Too many people need her here. Too many people depend on her. She still has a lot left to do and see. She isn't finished being my friend! I can't help but sit here and think about all the laughs we have had and the laughs that are yet to be had. When we get together for our ladies lunches Betty makes us all laugh. Sometimes just being her silly self and other times we are laughing at some of the silly antics she has been involved in and believe me there are many. Nonetheless, she just makes us all smile. As I sit here tyring to make sense of it all, I can't help but think of the craziness. The speeding tickets, the driving school, the "Mama" skits at teacher appreciation luncheons. They all make me just smile and giggle to myself. I think the most recent laugh was on Memorial Day when my husband and I had a cookout at our home. Betty was among our many guests. We talked about many things; life after divorce, kids, and just life in general. The most hilarious moment was when another friend of mine was in the conversation and we began to discuss our "favorite person" who looks like a praying mantis riding a bicycle! Do you remember that Betty Nell? Don't forget Betty, we have a date for my birthday in September! We have to go back to The Cheesecake Factory! I am worried for her children that are having to see their mother go through this ordeal. I am heartbroken that Betty is having to fight for her life and to know that someone that is so full of life and so strong is having to go through all of this. I am angry that this is happening to my friend. Someone that is so sweet, so giving, and just an amazing caring woman. Anyone that knows me knows I am far from an extremely religious person. I am however very spiritual. I believe we all have a plan laid out for us. I believe in God and his plan for our lives. So as Betty's friend I would like to ask my other friends, even if you haven't been blessed to meet her yet, when you say your prayers tonight and for the next several nights to come please remember her and her sweet family in your prayers. I love you Betty! You are a class act in my book! You have to get better!! We have a date with the swimming pool!!
As I end this post about my friend I just want to share a passage from Psalm 31:1-5.
"In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness. 2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for a house of defense to save me. 3 For thou are my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me. 4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength. 5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth." Psalm 31: 1-5
