For Elsie

This morning my mother called to tell me

that during the night our family friend

had passed. Her name was Elsie.

Elsie Fox.

She had snow white hair, 

and piercing blue eyes. 

She raised a boy as her

son, who was not her son by birth.

She never minced words, 

but she wasn't cruel. 

She was smart because she 

chose to never stop learning.

She was an avid reader. 

She use to clip her fingernails

during church...it always 

made me giggle.

She lost her husband but

never grew bitter.

She use to say, "You never know

the condition of someone's heart." 

She lived to be 92 and I am 

so thankful for her life.

"How lucky I am to have known

someone who was so hard to 

say goodbye to." 

(All photos courtesy of: we heart it)