Sis. Anna

I had the opportunity yesterday to attended the funeral of Anna Streeper. I have been Anna's Visiting Teacher for about a year. I loved visiting with her and listening to her stories. She was/is an amazing women, who never stopped. Sometimes it was hard to get in touch with her cause she was always going going going. As I listened to her daughter tell a story of calling her Mom to make a lunch date, I didn't feel too bad that it even took her daughter a week to schedule lunch with her Mom. Many times we would stop to visit and she would have company there with her and they would be having lunch or a snack. Anna traveled a lot with her sisters. I was always amazed how far away she would travel, but she was planning trips all the time. This last summer she was gone over 4th of July for a week. I promised to go and water her flowers around the house while she was gone. Some days when I got there, someone else had already done it. I never realized how much Anna loved gardening till I heard it talked about at her funeral. I was so thankful that I didn't kill her flowers while she was gone. For those of you who know me, know I really don't have a green thumb. In the early fall, Anna had gone to the hospital in the middle of the night with severe stomach pains. As we visited with her the next week, she was back to herself, just fine. She told us of the experience and said, " I knew nothing was going to happen to me. I kept looking for Noall (her late husband) and he wasn't there, so I knew I wasn't going anywhere. I know he will be here when its time." I have thought of that conversation many times over the months. So, I couldn't help by smile to myself when I received a phone call telling me that Anna had passed away.