Treasured life

I have been considering what I would write for weeks Pam, but there is just so much to say. Please know that I am praying for you and Brad and all of those whom you treasure and who treasure you.
There are so many days, seasons, and years of my life that are interwoven with memories of you, that I could write for days. Some of my young childhood memories are filled with time spent with your family just being together. Playing games, talking, watching movies, just BE-ing…….together. You were always my cheerleader, encourager, crown-fixer. When as a pre-teen I was trying to figure who I was and how I’d present myself to the wide world, you were there…..loving me and being in my corner and I can only hope and pray I am like that with the ones I love. As a young woman trying to figure out where life would take me next, you encouraged me to listen to the quiet whispers and take life day by day, and to be authentically who Father created me to be. That skill has served me well through many, many seasons in my life, including this current one as the wife of a lay Pastor. You always cheered me on, encouraging me with a smile, or a wink, or a pat (or pinch) on my backside. I have missed “PAM HUGS” as life has moved ahead, but my soul knows what it feels like to be encompassed in your arms!
You came alongside and loved my Mom and Dad in so many ways when you were all in the trenches of raising families, doing life together, and looking forward to the days when you could do the fun things, like travel and retire to warmer climates;) I am ETERNALLY grateful for the dear friendship you have shared with them, and the places you have visited together!
I learned to enjoy a nice cup of Earl Grey while with you and Brad, which is still part of my daily rhythm some 40 years later. It is also something I have passed on to my own 3 children.
I learned to walk side by side with others going through life seasons by watching the example set before me, and you are part of that story still continuing in my life.
I have gifts you have given through the years, and letters and cards written in your script and I treasure them still.
Thank you for seeing who I was becoming and encouraging me as I moved forward into adult life. You loved me as I was, and helped me grow into the wife, mother, and woman I am today.
I think of you always and love you deeply and wanted to make sure you know! I am so thankful for the many, many parts you have played in my life story and that I have had the joy of experiencing life with you Pam!