Today a great woman left this earth to join the ranks of angels above (cheesy - but so true).
Marie Jeppson was an amazing person.
I should know, she was the mom of my bestfriend, Olivia.
So of course I spent many nights sleeping over at the Jeppson house
Marie chastised us for being too loud, warning us that the noise nazi below would come up to complain
and ran in to help when Olivia's fish jumped out of their tank and neither Olivia nor I could get ourselves to pick them up in all their sliminess
Even after a stroke, or two, her caring nature continued to grow
She sent me cards to congratulate me on my achievements
she made TWO, albiet horrible tasting, lemon meringue pies for thanksgiving dinner while i showed up empty handed
This lady will most definitely be missed.
I know we can think a lot of happy thoughts. Like how much happier Marie is in heaven, how she can sing to her heart's content and has regained all her mental faculties.
But I think on days like this, you also have to acknowledge that it sucks. It sucks that Marie's health deteriorated so quickly at such a young age. It sucks that Olivia has to bury her mom before she turns 30.
That said... back to happy thoughts!
2 comments:
Thanks Heather. I really appreciated that. It brought me to tears.
And I FORGOT about those darn suicidal fish that would just not die & my mom got down on her hands and knees and saved it. Over & over again.
Thanks for being my best friend!
That's really nice, Heather. I'm glad you wrote something about Marie and I'm sure Liv really appreicated it, too.
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