Valleys So Low, Mountains So High

It has been several months since I have been here. Last time was to talk about my beloved husbands death. Now I need to talk about the death of yet another child, my beloved Amy Marie. She died in her sleep on May 6, 2011 and left us with her husband and three sons.

I can truly say that I have been to the depths of sorrow, but the Lord keeps lifting me up to praise him. Amy was my gentle daughter, the one who had the Holly Hobby room, the doll collection, lace and ribbons. She loved to scrap book and was kind to all. She would cry at the smallest injustice that she saw for others and didn't understand the evil in the world. Her world was love, pure and simple. She suffered from Lupus for the last 15 years and was in constant pain, so her death was a release from that. BUT, coming just 7 months after the death of her father, and 10 years after the death of her brother it was very hard to take.

I have had people tell me "you have had such a tragic life", they are wrong. I have known great love and joy from the people in my life, and that overrides any pain I feel. We are not promised forever in this world, but are promised eternity in the next. I will see them again, and right now they are experiencing a life filled with love, laughter and peace, with no more pain. How can I be sad about that?

I am a Christian, not a mindless one as some seem to think, but one who truly believes in the promises made to us by God. I can talk the talk, or walk the walk-I chose the latter. I walk daily with my Savior, knowing full well that during those times when I stumble, He holds me up.

My life is now down to one child from three, but I have 5 wonderful grandchildren, and am experienceing the love of another person. LIfe goes on, and I hope all who read this know that nothing ever truly ends, it is all just a new beginning. Walk with God, experience the wholeness and beauty of the world we live in, goodness does prevail.