ANITA

It always anazes me that my God will put me in a place where he knows I will be needed,even if I don't even know it!
When my long time friend,Lois died,I was so grief stricken,that I had to go through a period of grieving, because I didn't know what it felt like.This made it possible for me to identify with more folks in the same situation!
My latest episode found David and me going over to Hilton Head to have supper with Allen and Theresa.Allen's youngest sister,Anita died a few days ago,so we went over to be with them,before they left for the funeral in Georgia.Having lost my own sister,I knew exactly how painful the loss of a sibling can be,so my words to him really helped. I remembered how much it hurt Kelly when her brother David died,because when my Mother lost Betty Ann, I remember telling Mother,"but Mother,Betty Ann was my sister,she was just your daughter!".......Guess who ate her own words 5 years later?I remembered that horrible pain though,when Allen lost Anita, and knew how it was grieving him too.In the same way,I was also able to minister to his Mother,Catherine,because of losing a child.
We have both given a child back to God, and right now her pain is unbearable.
Isn't God awesome,how He places someone in just the right place,at just the right time?(and He even gives you the words to say too!)
We'll spend a week with them up in Cherokee,NC,next week, and that will help....
I'm glad He's Allen's God too!
Becky