Friday, December 21, 2007 Dear Friends this written by Jennifer Bev.'s niece.
There is a Reason--A Tribute to Beverly
This
year there are a few less presents under our tree. There is one less
card on display. There will be one less phone call on Christmas
morning. This year Beverly celebrates Christmas with the One we celebrate. Even after over three months, it is still not real to me.
And
as hard as it will be for me without her this Christmas, I cannot even
imagine the grief that will be felt by Greg, Catherine, Adam, Jonathan,
Caleb, Joshua, and Isaac when they get up on Christmas morning and
she's not there. I'm almost thankful that I won't be there--I don't
know if my heart could handle the sorrow. Greg, Catherine, if you are
reading this, I love you all. I am praying for you especially at
Christmastime.
My mind goes back to the many Christmases past
when Catherine and I would wake up on Christmas morning and wait at the
top of the stairs for the ok to run down and dump out our stockings and
impatiently listen to the Christmas story before we all gathered around
the tree to open presents. Beverly loved giving gifts. My heart was
always touched by her gifts because they were always so tailored to
me. She knew me so well and knew just what to get me. My favorites
were the ones I had secretly wanted and would dream about without
knowing she noticed. When I would open something so me,
it would almost make me cry to know I was loved so much. To be so
noticed, so studied, so known, was the most meaningful gift she could
have given me.
But the best gifts of all...she gave me true
life. She gave me a home. She gave me an education. She gave me a
sure foundation in the knowledge of Jesus Christ. She gave me love
when no one else would. When everyone else saw the baby of teenage
parents destined to repeat the past, she saw a beautiful life with a
hope and a future. She loved me from the beginning and I will love her
forever.
Even if my father and mother should desert me, you will take care of me. Ps. 27:10
May you all have a great Christmas Love the Daffron's
