Mel, Peg's.... Amazing Daughter... Promised to call me... today.
She hadn't....
so...
tonight...
I called her.
{I..Know...What...Mel... is going through.
Been there... with my Sister, Chery...
Mom....
and...
my Beloved....
John. }
Time... Drags... On...
yet...
it Flies....
when Loved Ones...
are hurting.....
oh my...
oh my.
As I spoke... with Melissa...
{who... quit her Job... put her things in storage...in Florida... and... moved in...
with Peg and Michael... to help them... through this...}
I...Praised her.
Told her... if she wasn't there....
I...Would Be.
I'd let...Everything... Everything... Everything....
go....
to be with Our Peg... now.
I am Confident.... Peg... will make... it... through this...
It's so... Comforting, to know... Mel is there.
{I Thank God... for Her.... <3 }
I Know... she is handling... and directing... things, that Michael... can't... now.
Peg... is weak.... very...very...weak.
{Please... Keep Those Wings...Pounding! : ) }
As I sit here... tonight, I think of my 'Journey'... with Peg.
: )
When I first met her... I didn't know... I had...'met'...her.
about...20 years ago....
Daughter, Liz and I... stopped at a Sale....
I saw a cute little birdhouse....it was a little...over my budget....
so....
asked the owner... if she would consider a little less.
: )
OH... MY....
The Dagger Stare....I got... uh....
left me... STUNNED!
: )
oh dear......
: )
: )
I bought the little birdhouse... Liz and I... went on our way.
Awhile... after that...
I... had the Most....Wonderful... customer....{Friend...}
Jerri... that Loved... the Shop....
pop in....
She...didn't drive...and always brought her 'driving' friends with, to take in... the 'shop'... : )
<3
One day... she came in with a woman... who seemed so...'Familiar'... to me.
?
I...couldn't put my finger on... how... I knew her, yet... I knew, we had met.....
somewhere... sometime.
Then...It...Struck...Me.
: )
I asked the woman... if she'd had... a Plant Sale.... on Johnson Ave. : )
Yes!
oh my... : )
It was...our Little March Hare... that had her Ears...Twitching... and Buckie's...Showing....
months... prior...
: )
{we have Laughed over that... So Many...Times...}
: )
We.. became The Best... of Friends.
Jerri... was her Mother in Law... : )
Peg and I...were inseparable...after that.
She was living with Jerri....after... she and Michael... sold there Iowa Home...
and, as she and Michael... were building their Dream Home...
in Missouri...
Michael... worked all over the Country....
When he wasn't.... working... he and Peg, were in Missouri... 'Building'.
Peg and I...spent... so much time...together...then.
Then...
The Missouri Home....
was Completed...
Peg, was working here... and... retired... to her new... Home.
I... was...Lost.
oh my....
I....missed... my Friend.
We...went our separate ways....
One day... years later... Liz and I were at a Goodwill... Clothes Shopping...
and...I ran into a cart....
Peg... was on the other end.
: )
I...was... a bit... stand offish... I suppose...
Cordial....
when I saw her...
as we chatted....
I knew... I couldn't get too close....
I...had been so hurt... and Lost... when she was no longer...
'here'...
{heartbroken....}
I....missed her... so.
The funny thing was.... Peg... was missing me... too.
: )
She.... and I... became so...Close... after that...
: )
Peg... missed...Iowa....
{all of Us...}
She started coming back.... and visiting...Often.
She Busted her Butt.... helping me... down the rabbit hole....
and... we spent... The Best...of Times... {and the Worst...}
Together...
: )
Laughing... until we cried...
: )
sometimes....
just... crying....
: )
Peg...Loved John...
John...
Loved...
Peg.
: )
They made each other Laugh...
and Teased each other... Non Stop. : )
Peg...
is like a Sister... to me...
Peg... is...
My Sister.
{I have told Many Hospitals... that... the last few years...
I was Not...Lying...
Peg...
would agree.... and Vouch... for me... <3 }
Peg... has been here for me, through..the Most...Difficult Times.... of my life.
Peg's face...may have been... the last one... John saw....
{and Mark's...}
oh my...
Peg...was riding Shotgun....
as we Flew...in Jethro...
to the Hospital...
the day...
John... went 'Home'...
She stayed... by my side....
throughout........
oh my.....
She was with us....
all of the Family...
during... that... unthinkable....unimaginable...
day.
Yes...
Peg...
Is...
My...
Sister.
: )
Tonight...
I sit.
and...Pray.
: )
I have so many... Mountains....
Obligations...
yet...
I told Mel....
tonight...
if you need me...
I Am There.
No Matter.
Just...Call...
I...
Am...
There.
She told me... if Peg could be here..to Help me...
She would be here...
I said....
"She Is"....
Peg... like...John...
is...Everywhere....
They... are already... 'here'.
at Every Turn...
I see their Beautiful...
Faces.
As I... am also... with Them.
Always...
Always...
Every Moment...
my Heart... is With...
Them.
Love... to you... my Friends.
Keep Those Wings...Pounding!!!
{My Angels... : ) }
Barb C.
{below... I have posted a few... snippets... of what Peg.... and I... have shared...Together...
and...
with our... Beloved... Friends. }
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| Peg gave this to me... a couple of years ago.... ; ) Beautiful.... and Perfect. Just like... our... Peg. <3 |
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