I
want to thank everyone who shared their time with us tonight to reflect
on the time they spent with Lynda throughout the years. It was a
blessing to us to see so many familiar faces and catch up on what's been
going on since we last spoke. There is one thing I know for sure and
that is no matter how long it's been since friends were together, they
can pick right up like it was yesterday.
Lynda
looked just like she was sleeping. I kept waiting for her to move her
head from side to side like she did while in ICU. I sat and looked at
her body trying to memorize every feature (as if I could forget a single
detail). You are never prepared really. Even with years of knowing
that any number of things could compromise Lynda's health, it is
overwhelming when it happens. Yet as I looked at her body and all of
the pictures of her growing up surrounding her, the fact never escaped
me that Lynda is not here. That body is just what she used while on
this earth for almost 42 years.
For the first time since I
met Lynda in 1975, I don't have to pray that Lynda will be safe,
seizure-free or anything else. Lynda is with our heavenly Father and is
perfect in every way. Can you imagine living for almost 42 years unable
to communicate for 30 of those years? Now picture a new Lynda in
heaven---speaking, communicating, laughing and having all of eternity to
do it in.
I thank God for sharing Lynda with me. Being
Lynda's mother was one of the most wonderful experiences I have ever
had. God was never far away. He promised to equip me with what I
needed andhe did over and beyond what I could imagine. Tomorrow we will
say our final farewell to Lynda as we knew her. I can't wait to see
her again in heaven. Even before she died, I looked forward to us both
being in heaven so I could talk to her and hear her sweet voice again.
I'm glad you're in heaven, Lynda. You deserve the best of the best.
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