Sweet Betty
29 September 2007 at 10:57 pm (God stuff)
On Friday, I learned that a wonderful woman, know as Sweet Betty, passed away. The news shattered my heart while filling me with joy. Sweet Betty was a darling woman I knew from our last church. She was at church week in and week out, weather and health permitting. Sweet Betty lived with her sister (one of my favorite people in the world) who has taken care of her for many years.
My memories of Betty are nothing but fond ones. She is easily the least self-centered person I have ever known. She always had a smile and a hug for me and wanted to know how the “baby” was. She would show me her newest bracelet and tell me something about her week. Not a birthday, holiday or special event day would go by without my getting a card from this dear lady. While Sweet Betty is with us no more, and we are sad with that fact, she is now present with the Lord and everything is right for her now. I wish I could have been at the funeral, but our proximity didn’t allow for it. If you think of it, please pray for her sister, Mrs. Lottie, as I know she is sick with grief from the loss.
Honey said,
30 September 2007 at 6:14 pm
Thank you for sharing this story. It makes me cry as I think of her with Jesus now. We should all have the kind of encouraging love for others that she showed you so consistently during your time there. I’ll pray for Mrs. Lottie.
I love and miss you gobs!
Your Love said,
1 October 2007 at 2:13 pm
I miss Sweet Betty, too. What a precious lady! She was so easy to love, because she was so full of love for others. Since hearing the news, I’ve thought about an afternoon that we spent on the back porch with Sweet Betty. Mrs. Lottie had given her her “mail” and she was reading it and getting all of the stickers. She gave me a special sticker for “the baby”. Oh, how she loved babies. What a jewel!