I was blessed beyond words yesterday with a phone call from my dear cousin Ann's daughter Alisa! What a true gift from God Himself! To experience anew the faithful love of my dear Mother's family was, quite literally, a taste of the Heaven which is to come!
Aunt Lila, how I miss you this morning! You've always been an inspiration to so many of us...... Your continual quest for learning and experiencing the beauty in life has been passed on to generations! Your love for reading and putting down the depths of your heart in written words were such inspirations to me, personally, and actually one of the underlying foundations for my writing this blog of my soul....
I've always appreciated your gifts of hospitality and kindness (which were passed on to your daughters and grandaughters), Aunt Lila. And I have grown to truly cherish your downright determination and indomitable spirit more and more during the last few years....These, too have been inspirations to me to "keep on" when I've wanted so much to cave in to others or run away from life, instead of embracing the life and the people God puts on my path, day to day....
I know how much you loved "your twin"....and this means so much to her daughter! Your special bond was beautiful to see, Yaya. Your hearts beat as one, and I know you shared many of your hearts' joys and sorrows without the necessity of the spoken word. The bond was strong and enduring....... and full of laughter and joy, despite the deep valleys endured by you both,.....and full of shared wisdom because of those valleys. I know that you and your dear Fred were guardian angels over Mother during the early days of your marriage....and just maybe Fred is allowing Mother to share in guarding over you, as a returned grace, these days....
How special it will be some day in the distant future, to be able to visit all of you in your next door mansions throughout a beautiful eternity to come! I know you will both have many, many visitors from children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren. You see, all of our lives have been deeply touched and shaped and molded by the love and lives of the Stokes Twins!
I love you very much! May your 90th be a very special day!
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