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Soul Sisters

Once again I write about the death of a friend. This time my dear friend Linda. How precious and short is this life we live.

Linda was only 37 years old and yet her body was much older than her mind. She had the best sense of humor. I have not had a friend since my friend Jessica who could make me laugh so hard. And however funny her stories were they were made even more funny by the great voice impersonations that she used. I would laugh so hard her stories quite often made me cry. She could also write with the most poetic sweetness. Linda had the strongest testimony of anybody I have ever known. the poems and hymns and other various things she wrote expressed the deepest feeling of my soul about our savior and yet could never express the way that she did. She loved the Lord so deeply with every inch of her being. She had such a rough life physically. She loved life and her body could not keep up with the youthfulness of her soul. It seems as I have talked with her and her mom that her health problems started at birth. How valiant she was in her fight though.

I grieve today for the lost time. I have only lost one other person that I have felt as close to as Linda. It is an interesting predicament with life and death to have the eternal perspective that gives you peace that we will see each other again, and yet grieve the time lost on this earth. I know she is in a far better place and is finally out of the pain that tormented her body daily. I selfishly grieve for me and her family not for her. I pray that I can be a daughter of God that exemplifies the qualities that I found so abundant in her. I once again say thank you. Linda you taught me so much in the short amount of time we had together. Thank you for being a shining example to me. I love you, and I can not wait for the day when we can see each other again.

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Nielson said…
You are so good at making me cry! I also loved Linda and will really miss her. You are such a great friend and you have paid such a sincere tribute. Thank you!
6/19/2008 9:15 AM
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