Friday, December 23, 2022
I'm so saddened to learn about Catherine-but this God loving woman, a long time friend from our Kateri Tekakwitha days has, I just learned, gone on to be with George and her other family members. We spoke via the telephone over the years and she was always sending rosaries to our school children through me. I always told her she is the best candidate for Ancestry.com-she remembered things from the past like noone I ever knew. Her belief in God and her Catholic faith sustained her thru the many problems we often spoke about. Although I am just finding out about her passing now, let me tell you how she worked this in Heaven so that I knew she has left her earthly world: For the past 2 days, I realized I had not rec'd my annual Christmas card with all the updated news since our last phone call a couple of months ago, I found it strange that I had not rec'd it or rec;d a phone call from her, it just was not like her to miss me one way or another. This morning, I decided to call her to see if she was okay and for whatever reason, something told me to check for an online obituary, which I immediately did, while I was praying NOT to find it! I knew she was having some health problems but I never dreamed that I would find that I will never hear her voice again. Bless her heart, she used her powers that God gave her and lead me to find out she passed away. I love you Catherine, I will miss our hours long phone calls and now, after my shock and tears, I can hear you telling me "I was ready to go and live with Jesus this year" I'm so sad, but there will never be a true to the end friendship like she and I had...