Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Feeling Melancholy

Glen and I had just gotten home from our Memorial Day trip when we received a phone call telling us his oldest brother Nyron had passed away. He was 78 years old.
Nyron Barton Thomas
Shortly after that news, we read the email Rebecca sent us of the obituary of our good friend Joyce Rankin. She was 62 and died after a second round of breast cancer.

We knew the Rankin family in Georgia. Greg was the bishop for a while. Joyce and I would drive our sons, Adam and Abe, back and forth across town so they could play with each other. Rebecca was close in age to their daughter Ashlee.

Kind of makes me want to hug everyone around me and tell all my family, friends and neighbors that I love them and appreciate them in my life.

Most of all it makes me so thankful for the plan of salvation and my sure knowledge of life after death. Jesus Christ is our Savior and made all of this possible.

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