I have tried to blog about Amanda several times and it just never comes out right. Maybe I'm just not ready yet; I do not know. Maybe death is something that should not be blogged about. Once again, I do not know. But I do know this: It is important to me that you, my reader, whoever you are, know about Amanda.
Amanda was my third cousin on my mom's side. She was eighteen years old and absolutely beautiful in every way. I wasn't very close to her, and that I regret. We should have been close, we had every right to be, but for some reason, we weren't. My best memories of her include VBS and Camp Mulberry when we were really young. The majority of my memories of her are from church: worship services, lock-ins and great sermons. My latest memories of her are mostly from checking out books when she worked at the library and facebook.
Here are a few more things I know about her: she had the most beautiful, silky, hair in the whole world, seriously. She had a sweet spirit. In every picture I have seen of her in the past few years she was smiling from ear to ear. She loved Elvis and she loved people. There were over 900 people at her visitation, many of them just people she had waited on at the restaurant or met at the library. She lived a life that exemplified Christ. Her very being was a witness of his power. She loved Jesus with all of her heart and the world could see it.
That is the greatest reassurance, that she is in the care of Jesus at this very moment. And all the things I never got to know about Amanda here, I will get to know someday when we both worship God side by side. What a glorious day.
Amanda was my third cousin on my mom's side. She was eighteen years old and absolutely beautiful in every way. I wasn't very close to her, and that I regret. We should have been close, we had every right to be, but for some reason, we weren't. My best memories of her include VBS and Camp Mulberry when we were really young. The majority of my memories of her are from church: worship services, lock-ins and great sermons. My latest memories of her are mostly from checking out books when she worked at the library and facebook.
Here are a few more things I know about her: she had the most beautiful, silky, hair in the whole world, seriously. She had a sweet spirit. In every picture I have seen of her in the past few years she was smiling from ear to ear. She loved Elvis and she loved people. There were over 900 people at her visitation, many of them just people she had waited on at the restaurant or met at the library. She lived a life that exemplified Christ. Her very being was a witness of his power. She loved Jesus with all of her heart and the world could see it.
That is the greatest reassurance, that she is in the care of Jesus at this very moment. And all the things I never got to know about Amanda here, I will get to know someday when we both worship God side by side. What a glorious day.
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