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| A FRIEND LOVES AT ALL TIMES..... from Proverbs 17:17; Holly has never let me down! |
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| Holly is truly the ''Holder of my Heart'', as I am also ''The Holder of her heart". We have cried and laughed so much through the years; we have a very special bond, when one is hurting, the other is too. I would like to thank Holly for her faithfulness to love me even during the many times that it broke her heart as she beared the burden of holding my broken heart. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The moment I finished with the phone call with my sister the day she told me that Sarah had died, I desperatly needed to call my Holly. She lived in Arizona and I in Texas. Neither one of us had long distance on our phone so I had to drive in shock to the nearest store and buy a phone card. I called her and she was as devestated as I was; she knew what Sarah ment to me. She knew my heart was broken for Patty, she shed many tears for Patty too. During that first week we wrote letters and when I returned from California and the funeral, I sat down and talked into a tape and shared it all with her. I then color copied the pictures of Sarah that I had copied from my sister and mailed it all to Holly. She in turn responed on tape. We would send tapes often as it was a way to hear each others voice. Holly was such a blessing as I would be strong for my sister on the phone and then could 'fall apart'' with Holly in my letters to her. It has been three years and Holly never tells me to ''get over it'', she allows me to talk about Sarah whenever I need to. I thank God for my beloved Holly, The Holder of My Heart. |
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| THE FOLLOWING ARE LINES FROM LETTERS HOLLY WROTE ME DURING THE HARDEST TIME OF MY LIFE. HER COMPASSION IS AMAZING, YOU SEE SHE ONLY MET PATTY AND SARAH ONCE AND YET HER LOVE IS STRONG AS SHE LOVES ME SO THEREFORE SHE LOVES MY SISTER TOO. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The first letter.......9-4-97 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| My Mary, I no sooner dry the tears and they begin again, as I fervantly pray for every one of you. As I go through the hours with the normalcy of my unbroken family, my heart continures to break for you & Patty & and every life that was touched by our Sarah. There are no words to comfort the broken hearts so I pray in the spirit since He is truely the only comfort that can begin to...I don't know Mary..is there anything that c oud ever begin to comfort the broken heart of a mother & those that loved her dearly? All that I can truely say is prayers. I must go and find some words to write Patty....Oh so hard - I feel so helpless, no words are any comfort at this time. Mary know I'm praying! I do know that even tho I feel it's all I can do, it is truely the most I can do. Please show us God. Soon. Forever! Holly "We love you Sarah & truely our only comfort is knowing the angels hold you until we can. |
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| 9-4-97.....Hi Doll! I've got to start you a daily chit-chat. I need to be in your life & you in mine. I'm so helpless here. As I mentioned yesturday, I'm not being cold, I long to put some normalicy in your life and wil try to make you smile. I feel helpless, gulty and grateful as I make breakfast, send my husband to work, ghet the girls off to school,ect....While thier (Patty & Mike) life is shattered and will never be the same. That when they get back to a normal life it will be a new one with the cnstant ache of a broken heart..............I just peeked in on Ausin, he finally gave in and is sprawled out sound asleep. Once again my heart broke as my first thought was our Sarah and how our Patty will never get to look in on her baby and I began to cry once again. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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