Taking the Scenic Route

Thursday March 17, 2005

17th March 2005

Thursday March 17, 2005

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For those who don’t read the comments, I wanted to post what my mom wrote about Arnie (before hearing about Genny’s passing)



I’m so sorry, Sunshine. You and Arnie (and Genny) had such a special bond. He ALWAYS asked about you guys, and “Little Zach”. He was a good, gentle influence on you, and he loved you dearly.

I sat beside him in church on the last Sunday he was strong enough to come to church service. We hugged deeply, knowing it would probably be the last time.

Arnie and Grandma E were friends in high school. Mom says they had a class together in BHS when mom moved there to live with her aunt. She and Arnie always sat at desks near each other, since they were both ‘outcasts’. Grandma is the one who originally suggested to me that Arnie would be a good mentor for you. She was right.

He was also my bus driver at the first grade school I went to. There was a curve that went around/near a river that we drove on every day. As a first grader, it scared me every day that we might fall in. I jokingly told him that once as an adult. He felt so bad, and wished that I had told him back then. He would have slowed down so I wouldn’t have been afraid. He wasn’t taking it fast to begin with, I’m sure. He just loved kids so much.

I’ll miss him a lot. We hugged every Sunday that we were both in chruch. His ‘too sweet’ smelling aftershave stuck to me every time. I’ll miss that.

While I was driving to work the other day, I was thinking about him. How he had had hip problems pretty much all his life, and has always had a huge limp. How he and Genny adopted a beautiful little girl, only to find out she had a rare disease that ended up eating away skin all over her body, and the bone structure on her face and she had to have a nose put on, which didn’t work. She died young. The adoption agency offered to give them a different baby who was healthy. They refused, saying that God sent them this little girl to love, and beauty is skin deep. They loved her till her early death. His adopted son, who went through a very rebelious time (hes fine now). Genny getting Parkensens disease and he faithfully taking care of her. He had Leukemia. He didn’t deserve ANY of this. I was thinking how now, at long last, He is getting what he deserves!

God-speed, Dear Arnie.


I found this photo of Zane with Arnie & Genny.  It was Zane’s first overnight trip, out to my folks (when we lived 4 hours away).  He was about 6 weeks old in the photo.

 

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  1. 1 On March 18th, 2005, home.aspx?user=ladyjabez said:
       

    I am crying as I type…..that is a beautiful story – after reading it I went back a few days on your blog and read about Arnie’s & Genny’s passing – sorry for your loss…. but happy for their gain.  They are beautiful people.  Thanks for sharing this with us. 

     
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