Saturday, April 10, 2010
Jans Parents
This past week I was out doing some mowing and out of the blue sky, I started thinking about Lewis(Doodle) and Faye and the amount of trust that they had with Jan and I when we were first engaged. Doodle passed back in the 80's If I remember correctly. What I started thinking about was how trusting they were when we were engaged. This is news for everyone except Faye, because no one knows it except Jan and I. It was September 1966 and we had been engaged for my entire freshmen year and her senior year in high school. Doodle and Faye brought her to Lubbock to look for a job. She found a job and she moved to town and stayed in a small room close to campus and worked at one of the banks in town. I was busy playing football and she would take my car and go back and forth to work and I would go to school. She started living in Lubbock in September and we didn't get married until November after the season ended. I never thought about it much but they really had a lot of confidence in us to let us be together for 3 months prior to getting married and having them in another town(Wichita Falls). On this afternoon I could not stop thinking about Doodle.Doodle and Faye always expressed confidence in Jan and I. That afternoon that same feeling came over me. I know it was Doodle talking to me saying that he still had that confidence in me to do what was right and take care of his daughter. He and Faye both had that confidence. God certainly placed them on my heart. It was a great feeling to have these thoughts. It further defines my reason for being and strengthens my purpose.
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Glenda, here...I wrote the note yesterday and forgot to sign it about how handsome all the children are. So, sorry...it was from me. Wanted to pop in and say good morning to you both. Jan, how has your skin stayed so very beautiful? Good clean living I guess! You know I remember Doodle, but not Faye as much. You were lucky to have such great parents. I think 'back in our day' it wasn't so hard to trust a good many of us kids. Life seems so different know. Honestly, my 9 & 7 year olds are asking questions and saying things that I doubt I thought about til I was 15, and then I didn't even have the courage to ask. Haha....my parents thought Ronnie hung the Moon...and he might have. Since he missed his kids growing up because of work, he's not missing a beat on those grandkids. He and his wife even keep them everyday...well after school for first two and the little one. But they kept #2 when he was little too. I think those boys are as comfortable there as they are at home. They never miss a game or play of any kind. Coarse since Grace is here, I'm the same with her and go to WF as much as I can for games and stuff. Well guess, I should get back to work...but wanted to say hello and looks like you two have another beautiful day to enjoy together...and I sure hope you do! It even smells good outside. Glenda (yes, I'll get better at this)
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ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this story of the Spirit moving in your life. I still get choked up recalling the emotions shared when you told us of this event. Amazing how much God loves us as reflected in Psalms 8:
3 When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,
4 what is man that you are mindful of him,
the son of man that you care for him?