Saturday, September 12, 2009
Sharon update
I talked with John via email today. He said her communication is getting worse and her right side of body is getting weaker. BUT she wants him to take her to the Pacific Coast for a couple of days. Apparently a spot she loves. So I believe sometime this week, they're taking off for there. A few of her high school friends have emailed her and sent old pictures. She is truly loved by all. This is a trying time for my family. We're all devastated. It doesn't seem real but we know God is with us every step of the way and there is a reason for this. As Casting Crowns sings, "And though my heart is torn, I'll praise Him in this storm."
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We may never understand but move with faith that the One that tossed the stars in the heavens holds her in His hands ~ Sharon has lived an awesome and happy life and you've done a beautiful job of helping us connect with her once more, Tracy ~ with much love and many prayers, John and Nancy
ReplyDeleteDear John and Sharon words can not express how sad I have been since receiving the terrible news from Bruce Huggins a few days ago. A flood of memories came back to me as I think of Sharon and what she meant to me as a young man. As the country song says, " I loved her first"! I will always remember some of the great times we had together as kids figuring out life in Marbury. I guess growing up Marbury seemed so big to some of us and to others, way to small. I always knew Sharon would be someone who would leave the nest of small town Alabama and break the hearts of guys like me. I remember so well after a date in the 10th grade when I dropped her off at her house, (on time for Jacks sake) got a good night kiss and promptly drove my dads car into the field next to their house. I still do not know what happened, I guess I had been mesmerised by her luscious lips! I did not total my dads Nova (many ways wish I had so we could have gotten a cooler car)Wow that was some kind of kiss! Her dad was so nice when my dad showed up, mad as can be and Sharon's dad tried to convince my dad that it was that "ole bridges" fault for being old and worn out and so narrow. Some of the great movies of the early 70's we attended together, The Sting, Jaws and Young Frankenstein, they do not make them like that anymore!
ReplyDeleteThere were all those basketball games as a senior and especially when we won a Holiday Tournament in Thorsby at Christmas time 1973. The cheerleaders rode the bus back to Marbury with the basketball team and we were all in such great moods. we had won the tournamnet, I had been named MVP and most importantly Sharon Price was sitting next to me on the return trip. The end to a perfect day! What a great memory! Graduation came in May 1974 and in many ways I was sad to be leaving so many good friends and the safety of little Marbury. However, so many of my class mates, like Sharon could not wait to start their lives and experience more of this great and beautiful world.
Often times I would think of Sharon and hope that her life was turning out the way she had wanted it to. She is such a bright person and I knew regardless of what she choose to do she would be a success. I guess I have not seen her since our 10th year renuion or about 25 years. I am very impressed from the pictures she has really aged well!
My life over the past 35 years has turned out really nice after a rough beginning. I have a great wife and three wonderful kids. My sons ages 15 (Sam) and 13 (Thomas)grow tired of hearing stories from the "old" days. But I have so many good memories and oral history is one of the great tradition we have in the South. Memories are also meant to be shared and I will for the rest of my days have such warm and supportative memories of Sharon!!
I know when I had cancer in 1995 I kept believing a miracle would happen for me or that what was happening was a bad dream. I keep praying and believing the same for Sharon. I always thought one day I would come to one of our "class reunions" and there you would be. I could meet John, that lucky guy and I could introduce you to my wife and kids. By the way my daughter Erika is now 6 years old. What a sweet heart! I guess that wish is not to be. I believe in heaven and I believe that one day I will get to make those introductions and share some laughs with you and other old friends. Old friends can never be replaced, especially in a small environment like Marbury as we all experienced so much together. Someone new in our lives would not understand what it was like in Marbury in the late 60's and 70's. What a simple time it was and oh how very fast it escaped us all.
John, I am very sad for you as I can see from the pictures and what Sharon has told me from past conversation you guys are a great couple! I hope one day to get to meet you and congratulate you on having a truly great woman and adventurer as your sole mate and your wife.
God be with you both!
With Love and admiration!
Andy Hardin