Saturday, October 26, 2024
Joy held a special place in my heart. She was more than a friend; she was my heart sister. We met in January of 1978 and quickly became friends. We loved and trusted each other and shared so much throughout the years. Through good times and difficult times we leaned on each other. There were times she lived with us and times we lived with her and Tony. We always made room for each other.
We played so many games of Yahtzee and Can't Stop over the years. Sometimes others would join us, but both of these could be played with just two people.
We'd bake cookies and make meals together. Joy taught me the art of cake decorating. When her and Tony married in December of 1981 Lyman and I made their wedding cake. The layers were sitting lop-sided and I was stressing out. Lyman grabbed a couple of warm, fresh from the oven, chocolate chip cookies and built the layers up. After we finished decorating the cake you couldn't tell our layers were uneven. At the reception the cake was cut and brother, Jim Allan said, "I could have sworn I just ate a chocolate chip cookie." We all got quite a laugh from it.
Sadly, Joy received devastating news from her doctor. She suffered so much, but fought a good fight to the end. Joy wanted so badly to see her grandson, Adam, graduate from high school and she did! She hung on for four more months until she no longer had any fight left. I love you, Joy. I'm going to miss you and pray that you are resting peacefully in Heaven. Hugs, Laurie
