FW: kathleen

I AM GOING TO TYPE A LITTLE ABOUT MY DARLING SISTER, KATHLEEN, ESPECIALLY TO YOU COUSINS, AND NIECES AND NEPHEWS WHO DID NOT KNOW HER WELL.... HER CHILDREN KNEW HOW UNSELFISH  AND CARING SHE WAS AND THAT SHE IS TO THIS DAY, EVEN THOUGH SHE IS SO ILL AND MUST BE PLACED IN A NURSING HOME...I KNOW THAT IT IS A HEARTACHE TO HER SIBLINGS AND CHILDREN TO REALIZE HOW MANY AFFLICTIONS SHE ENDURES WITH PATIENCE...SHE DOESN'T DESERVE SUCH AFFLICTIONS...SHE WAS A WONDERFUL,EVEN PERFECT SISTER TO ME...WE WERE SO CLOSE , GROWING UP...WE DOUBLE DATED MANY TIMES.  I USED TO ATTRACT THE BOYS, BRING THEM HOME, AND WHEN THEY SAW KATHLEEN, THEY DUMPED ME FOR HER...I NEVER REMEMBER BEING JEALOUS, , BECAUSE  IT WASN'T HER FAULT ... SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL AND COMPLETELY UNAWARE OF IT...MANY TIMES SHE DIDN'T LIKE MY BOYFRIENDS ANYWAY, AND NEVER GAVE THEM A TUMBLE.. SHE WAS A YEAR AND A HALF YOUNGER THAN I, BUT OFTEN TREATED ME TO MOVIES, OR OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS, SIMPLY BECAUSE I WAS OUT OF MONEY... SHE LET ME WEAR HER BEST CLOTHES, W/O A  MURMUR... SHE NEVER FORGOT MY BIRTHDAY, AND SHE EVEN SENT ME FLOWERS FTD LAST JUNE 20TH WHEN I WAS 81 YEARS OLD...SHE WAS SO SICK , AND YET SHE NEVER FORGOT TO BE THOUGHTFUL OF OTHERS... SHE HAS HAD A VERY HARD LIFE...TALENTED, CREATIVE  AND BEAUTIFUL THOUGH SHE WAS...SHE WAS PATIENT AND KIND, EVEN AS A LITTLE CHILD...I SORELY MISSED HER AFTER OUR LIVES WENT IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, DUE TO THE DIVORCE OF OUR PARENTS... NOW WE ARE BOTH OLD, AND I HAVE A SICK HUSBAND WHOM I CANNOT LEAVE, BUT MY HEART GOES OUT TO HER, AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE WITH HER, GIVING HER FOOT RUBS, AND PEDICURES..AND BACK RUBS  AS I DID A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN ROSS AND I WERE ABLE TO GO TO LONGVIEW FOR  VISITS...... SHE HAD A DISPOSITION LIKE MY MOTHER, LONGSUFFERING AND PATIENT, AND NEVER CRITICAL OF HER PROGENY, NEVER YELLED AT THEM OR DISPLAYED ANGER... ...SHE HAS THE PURE LOVE OF CHRIST.