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This is a way of making myself write something coherent and grammatically correct almost every day. I'm opinionated and need an outlet. I'm also prone to flights of fancy. Thanks for stopping by. |
| I've never written anything about my friend Sadie. Maybe because I was too close to her. She died about 8 or 9 years ago of cancer. I never thought I could hurt so much. I think I cried for a month. I had not realized how dependent I was on her, and in my selfishness, wondered what would become of me? Sadie was my landlady, my Bible study teacher, and confidante. Her son was my age. I actually lived in her sister's house, in a small efficiency apartment, but her sister was ill, so Sadie handled all her affairs. Sadie was well-know in the county. She was a retired nurse, had a zillion relatives in the county, and was very active in our country church. I could mention her name to a stranger on the far side of the county, and they all knew who she was immediately. "Everybody knows that woman." She was active, charitable, and visited everyone who was sick or in trouble. She bailed people out of jail in the middle of the night. She cut grass on the tractor in 100 degrees, drove people to the doctor, and taught any class the pastor gave her. I knew I wouldn't have that energy in my 70's because I didn't have it in my 40's. I went down country roads I didn't know existed, went to funerals of people I had never met, and did a lot of things that I wouldn't have done had Sadie not asked me to help her. She had that extraordinary influence on most people. And I was close at hand. She was one of the main mentors in my life and came to me in my later years. There's a part in Owen Wister's book, The Virginian that discusses the "true religious person". It's a person who makes you want to be a better person, to live on higher ideals. That was Sadie. She touched so many lives. And the truth is she gave us all a good example to follow. I knew many people who were better people because she was around them. She was a true religious person for me in that sense. |
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