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9月15日 MRS WILLIAMS Yesterday i went to see my oldest friend. Man, it was a blessing to see her. i met Mrs. Williams thirty years ago at bible study and she and her husband took me in as if i was their own. At the time that they took me in she was already sixty-five. Mr. Williams was seventy-four. He died in 1985 before our first son was born and Mrs. Williams has been hanging in there ever since. Although the other kids that they "took" in called them Lois and Garland i've never ever called them any thing but Mr. or Mrs. Williams; yet with just as much affection as the rest. The two of them never had any children of their own so they would "take" every one elses kids. Those are their words. i was glad that they took me, because they came into my life at the most turbulent time of my life and gave me wisdowm, love, comfort, and a safe haven.
This September she will be ninety five years old, and for an old girl she is still pretty sassy. She has all her wits about her and she is still getting around on her own; still cooking- and she can really cook- and she still has the letter and bible that she took from me. Well the letter is one that she had written to me when i was living in Texas working on the railroad. i would call them and write to them while i was away, this one time she was a little slow in responding to my letter, so Mr. Williams got on her about answering me, and she said to get him off her back she started to write me about one o'clock in the morning. So she hurried up and wrote the letter sealed it in the envelope and mailed it to me. Well when i got the letter i couldn't help but laugh because it seemed as if she had been dozing off while writing it because the words were all over the pages and rarely in between the lines. After reading the letter i gave them a call and asked Mr. Williams whether or not he had been chasing her around the bed while she was trying to write to me, and we had a good laugh about it. Well when i came home one week end she asked me if i had the letter and i told her i did. She said that she wanted to see the letter, so i took it out and showed it to Mr. Williams and we laughed about it again. Well Mrs Williams took the letter and never gave it back to me. This was twenty- seven years ago, and she still has it!
The bible she has had for about twelve years. She reads it and she leaves it out for me to see it when i come by but she will never let me take it. Ninety- four and counting and still a joy for me and my family. She has witness the birth of JESUS in my life, and now she has seen all of my kids and their wives, and the grand kids; and as i sat there with her and phyllis and phillip yesterday, in the same house that was such a rest haven for my weary soul i couldn't help but marvel at the fact that it has been this long, and that she is still as witty, fiesty, and loving as he was the first time i met her. i pray to GOD that one day i will be able to be the same thing for some one else in my lifetime. God bless you Mrs. Williams
love,
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