See Ya Later.......

Well, today I said goodbye to my dear friend Rhonda...we're all gonna miss her. It's so hard to believe that she really did die...I mean, we all gotta go someday, but I had always told her that I would go before she would. I felt like I was in worse shape than she was...she showed very little outward appearance that she had any problems...here I am, overweight, high BP, and lung issues, mostly chronic bronchitis. She on the other hand didn't complain of many ailments..mostly a achy back and swelling feet. It wasn't until that day when she got out of her car and picked something up that something in her back gave way...and it was all downhill from there...little did she know that cancer was ravaging her body at several points..she just thought she had twisted her back...so it just goes to show, you never know.
But one thing I do know...the Lord took care of her. She had almost no pain whatsoever. Even the doctors were amazed that she wasn't in agonizing pain. They kept bringing in pain medication to give her, and she would just turn it down because she didn't need it...the Lord was so merciful to her and spared her the pain she should have been in. For that alone, her family and us were so thankful. Towards the end she did have some...but she was able to handle most of it with very little help.
Her funeral was beautiful and touching. One of our vendors that we buy material from, was there. He had drove from Tallassee, AL. an almost 4hr drive. He knew Rhonda from when she worked for us at TJ'S, then later at K & C , then she ordered from them when she worked for Michael at the Georgia plant...His name is Archie, and he thought highly of her and even made the drive to see her when she was in the hospital. He wanted to go to the cemetary, so he rode with Tony and me out there. On the way, he asked us what was the name of the song they sung as they wheeled Rhonda's casket out the door after the funeral. After I told him the name he said "I've never heard that song, but I do believe that's the prettiest singing I've ever heard"..he proceeded to tell us that he'd been to Gaither homecomings, and had been to many gospel concerts, but he had never heard singing that beautiful before, and he loved that song. He even wants us to send him a copy so his church can learn it...I wanted to tell him that the reason the singing was so good was that it was sung from the hearts of people who loved the Lord with all their hearts and that He himself let His presence be felt thru the singing, cause He was there...I hope He will come to mine when it's my turn....
Well Rhonda, I'm kinda miffed cause you get to get Roger 1st for leaving us when he did...but I think i'm still gonna take a swing at him cause if I know you, you were so happy to see him that you couldn't punch him in the nose like we agreed to do...I just wished I had thought to tell you before you left so he'd be expecting it when I get there...LOL.... And I worried about telling you goodbye...didn't know how to do it...and I didn't have to..cause after I thought about it, I didn't want to. I don't want to say good-bye...how about.."see ya later".......