Tuesday, December 22, 2009

AFRAID TO DIE?

Grandmother and I use to sit on her little porch and talk about her sisters Ann and Grace.I don't remember the others,but she'd tell me stories about what it was like growing up in Holland as a little girl.She had a dog named "Nita" and somewhere down the road,her folks owned a black Willis,for a car.She grew up in Gronigen,Holland,and Grandaddy was born in Rotterdam.I'm not sure how,or when they came to America,but my Mother was born in Harrisburg,Pennsylvania,in 1910,so they must have been there sometime before then.I know that Grandmother adored her Mother.Her love for her Mother,was how she reassured me that she was not afraid to die.She was so confident in scripture,that she was going to Heaven,that when I asked her if she was afraid to die,she said...."Why no!I'm gonna see my Lord and my Mama!"Those were mighty powerful words to a five year old girl, and still are today!
There's not much else to know about Reina Ryskamp Bouterse,except that she absolutely adored her Lord,but then,I think that about says all you need to know about her!
Becky

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