Monday, May 19, 2014
MARY, DAVE AND JILL,
DEL AND jOAN CALLED ME YESTERDAY, I WAS SPEECHLESS AS THE LOSS HIT HOME. DON AND I WERE 2 OF 15 McCAY COUSINS; HE WAS MY VERY FAVORITE... HE WAS EVERYONE'S FAVORITE!
STRANGELY, I DREAMT OF HIM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. WE WERE TALKING WITH A LARGE GROUP OF FOLKS, AND HE LOOKED JUST LIKE HE DID IN HIS SENIOR PHOTO, YOUNG AND HEALTHY! ON WAKENING FRIDAY, I THOUGHT BRIEFLY, "I'LL HAVE TO CALL HIM JUST TO CHAT." INSTEAD, I GUESS, HE CAME BY TO SAY "GOODBYE" BECAUSE HE KNEW I LOVED HIM.
MARY, I KNEW DON ALL HIS LIFE, HE WAS NEVER TRULY CONTENT UNTIL HE MARRIED YOU. EVERY TIME I TALKED TO HIM, HIS PRIDE IN HIS CHILDREN WAS SO AT THE FORE OF ALL HE SPOKE OF. JILL AND DAVE, WHAT A PRIVILEDGE TO HAVE HAD A DAD LIKE DON.
WHEN MY OWN DAD, DON'S UNCLE COLVIN, WAS KILLED IN A CAR WRECK IN 1952, DON CAME OUT TO THE HOUSE WITH HIS PARENTS, AND TOOK ME OUTSIDE. WE
THREW A BASKETBALL AGAINST A WALL FOR 3 HOURS. HIS PATIENCE, WISDOM, TACT AND COMPASSION WERE THE ONLY THING THAT GOT ME THROUGH THAT TERRIBLE NIGHT. AUNT LORNA LATER TOLD ME THAT I SAID, "HE IS THE ONLY
ONE WHO KNOWS HOW TO COMFORT ME"
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OH, HOW I WISH I KNEW JUST HOW TO COMFORT YOU THREE! BUT THAT IS GOD'S AREA. LET YOUR FAITH, WHICH DON SHARED WITH HIS MOM, (MY AUNT DOROTHY) BE YOUR SURE HOPE. WHAT A REUNION THOSE TWO ARE SHARING NOW! ONE DAY, NOT TOO FAR OFF, BECAUSE OF THE FINISHED WORK OF CHRIST, WE WILL HAVE A FAMILY REUNION TO SHOUT ABOUT. AMEN
SHARING YOUR LOSS COUSIN DIANE McCAY ROCHAT
