When I was very small, about the time of my first memories. Besides the ones I have already shared with ...I remember my first little friends...The family was from Alabama. My friends were twins. Looking back now, I would imagine that their Dad, Louie had been transferred to Pittsburgh. For whatever reason, they were living in the trailer park for a short time...They lived across the street from us and the girls names were Danna Sue and Donna Lu...quite southern names...Their mother, Ollie Mae, spoke with a very strong southern drawl...I remember wondering why she didn't talk like everyone else!!! I would go over to visit and we would play or just look at each other...They were my first friends of my life...they were at least my size...Our families did thing together and we had a very good relationship...Looking back now, I know these people were Christians...while everyone else in the trailer park was drinking, smoking and playing cards plus I think there was alot of husbands being unfaithful...these people never joined in...They never said they wouldn't it just seemed they didn't....nobody probably thought anything about it...Now, looking back after a visit to Alabama much later in life after I was married and had kids of my own. .I recall some of the things they did and the places we went... Ron and I took the kids, and my parents for a little trip to visit them...We drove to the little town they lived in...the kids rode their horses, they made us a real southern breakfast, with biscuits and sausage gravy..eggs,.grits...the works...all served at 6:00 am...We visited a beautiful little chapel...and we got our pictures taken at the altar...I have that picture somewhere...but right now, I will introduce you to Donna Lu and Dana Sue...We had a wonderful time...we also discovered that they were Christians...as we suspected all along. They were happy to find out we came to know Christ too. God brings people into our lives, we call them friends. ...He puts people in front of us to keep, to treasure and to share good and bad with...Good friends support you, they let you tell them your woes, and don't judge you for your mistakes...I am so happy, God allows us to make friends with others and he actually places people into our lives to make this connection..That way we can share his love with them...It is an amazing thing God does...it is up to us to continue not to let them die, through neglect...So if you have a friend, and you haven't seen them for awhile...give them a holler'...that's the way they say it in Alabama!!!
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