Mixed Emotions on this Special Day
sad update....About 6:30 this evening my dear Mother in Law went home to be with the Lord that she loved so much. I know she's out of her suffering, but I miss her so much already! Thank you for your continued prayers.
As I celebrate this day, I am counting my blessings. God sent me an incredible man. He was an answer to a very specific prayer I prayed actually only days before the day Tim asked me out the first time. Little did I know how quickly and completely that prayer would be answered.
14 years ago this day I became Mrs. Kimberley Cone! It was the happiest day of my life. It was a day I had always dreamed of, but I say if you asked me even 6 months before it happened I would have said you were crazy! I always love to share the story about our whirlwind romance. I moved to Elmira in October of 1996. I started to attend Maple Avenue Baptist Church that first Sunday I was in town. Tim was actually dating someone else at the time, but by time we were officially introduced after a church dinner in January of 1997, they had broken up.
A few months went by until March 23, 1997. I had actually told a co worker I was losing hope in finding someone special. Little did I know that Tim was talking to a man in our church about wanting to ask me out. That sunny day in March Tim walked up to me after church and said he wanted to get to know me better. That he did. We took many long walks and had deep talks. It didn't take long to know we were meant to be together. A month later we were engaged and married on September 13, 1997.
Now, you may be questioning my title for today. I want you to know I have no regrets about that wonderful day 14 years ago. Tim is a wonderful man. We've had 4 beautiful children (one of them we had to let go to heaven nearly 12 years ago.) I love my husband so much!
Where the mixed emotions come in is that I married into a very special family and they are hurting deeply right now My mother in law, Mary, is very deathly ill right now so much so that my sweet husband rushed away to be with her for the second day in a row. She's been failing fast since May. We thought we were going to lose her about a month ago, but she pulled through. Yesterday (Monday) she took a really bad turn for the worst. It tears my heart up to face the fact I am going to lose the woman who has taken me in as her daughter (she has 3 daughters. I'm one of 4 daughters in law). She's offered advice. We've had many nice talks on the phone and at her kitchen table. She has been an encourager and friend. I have been so blessed to have her in my life.
To make matters worse my sister in law Debbie lost her mom, Pat, today to lung cancer. I can't imagine what Debbie is going through emotionally right now.
I'm so thankful for the dear husband God brought me and the wonderful family I married into.
Please join in fervent prayer for these loved ones who mean the world to me. Thank you!
As I celebrate this day, I am counting my blessings. God sent me an incredible man. He was an answer to a very specific prayer I prayed actually only days before the day Tim asked me out the first time. Little did I know how quickly and completely that prayer would be answered.
14 years ago this day I became Mrs. Kimberley Cone! It was the happiest day of my life. It was a day I had always dreamed of, but I say if you asked me even 6 months before it happened I would have said you were crazy! I always love to share the story about our whirlwind romance. I moved to Elmira in October of 1996. I started to attend Maple Avenue Baptist Church that first Sunday I was in town. Tim was actually dating someone else at the time, but by time we were officially introduced after a church dinner in January of 1997, they had broken up.
A few months went by until March 23, 1997. I had actually told a co worker I was losing hope in finding someone special. Little did I know that Tim was talking to a man in our church about wanting to ask me out. That sunny day in March Tim walked up to me after church and said he wanted to get to know me better. That he did. We took many long walks and had deep talks. It didn't take long to know we were meant to be together. A month later we were engaged and married on September 13, 1997.
Now, you may be questioning my title for today. I want you to know I have no regrets about that wonderful day 14 years ago. Tim is a wonderful man. We've had 4 beautiful children (one of them we had to let go to heaven nearly 12 years ago.) I love my husband so much!
Where the mixed emotions come in is that I married into a very special family and they are hurting deeply right now My mother in law, Mary, is very deathly ill right now so much so that my sweet husband rushed away to be with her for the second day in a row. She's been failing fast since May. We thought we were going to lose her about a month ago, but she pulled through. Yesterday (Monday) she took a really bad turn for the worst. It tears my heart up to face the fact I am going to lose the woman who has taken me in as her daughter (she has 3 daughters. I'm one of 4 daughters in law). She's offered advice. We've had many nice talks on the phone and at her kitchen table. She has been an encourager and friend. I have been so blessed to have her in my life.
To make matters worse my sister in law Debbie lost her mom, Pat, today to lung cancer. I can't imagine what Debbie is going through emotionally right now.
I'm so thankful for the dear husband God brought me and the wonderful family I married into.
Please join in fervent prayer for these loved ones who mean the world to me. Thank you!
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