Ruth_Ann_Party

This is very importaint. This is a letter from Ruth and has asked me to send on to all of you for her at this time. I do not know of
anything else to say other then please read the letter. Thanks, Heidi.

i asked many of u 2 give me one word 2 discribe me... i never recieved the same word twice. alluring, nice, faithfull, unique, great,
wonderfull, sweet, couragious, sexy, increadable, thoughtfull, mischivious n kindly were the words i recieved. I believe everyone
is all of these n more... no one can b sumed up in one word.

There is one way i can sum up who i am. A poem i wrote discribing my name some time ago n what it means 2 me n why.

I Am the Moon
by Ruth A. P.

I am the one who silently watches over everyone
and keeps a light in their life in the dark
when they r the most frightened.
I do not judge 4 i love all i see.
I am unique, one of a kind.
I may change how u see me,
but I will never truly change.
If u look close enough u will see the true me.
U will see my faults and u will see my glory.
U can block me out, but i will always b there
waiting for u 2 reopen the curtains and let my light in.
I am the Moon.

For answers we all search to lifes most painful questions. But to no avail we only find sorrow and pain. We search and search all we
get is more lost, n we cannot find the answer 2 one single question. 2 me, the hardest of all these life questions is the one that hits
us the most.
" How 2 say good bye?"

There is something that had touched my heart n helped me get through my hardships. I would like 4 u all 2 print it n read it n try 2
understand we are all here 4 a reason.

God's Needle Work

When I was a little girl, my mother used to embroider a great deal.
I would sit at her knee and look up from the floor and ask what she was doing.
She informed me that she was embroidering. I told her that it looked like a mess
from where I was. As from the underside I watched her work from within the
boundaries of the little round hoop that she held in her hand,
I complained to her that it sure looked messy from where I sat.
She would smile at me, look down and gently say, "My daughter,
you go about your playing for awhile and when I am finished embroidering,
I will put you on my knee and let you see it from my side."

I would wonder why she was using some dark threads along with the bright ones
and why they seemed so jumbled from my view. Time would pass and then I would hear
Mother's voice say, "Daughter, come sit on my knee."
This I did only to be surprised and thrilled to see a beautiful flower or sunset.
The darker threads highlighted and formed frames around the brightly colored threads.
I could not believe it, because from the underneath it looked so messy.
Then mother would say to me, "My daughter, from underneath it did look messy
and jumbled, but you did not realize that there was a pre-drawn plan on the top.
It was a design. I was only following it. Now look at it from my side, and you will
see what I was doing."

Many times through the years I have looked up to my Heavenly Father
and said, "Father, what are you doing?" He has answered, "I am embroidering your life.
" I say, "But it looks like a mess to me. It seems so jumbled. The threads seem so dark.
Why can't they all be bright?" The Father seems to tell me,
"My child, you go about your business of doing My business and one day
I will bring you up to Heaven and put you on my knee and you will see the plan from My side."

~*~ Author Unknown ~*~

Still the question stands: "How 2 say godbye?" i dont believe u can ever say goodbye. 4 every one lives in your heart or thoughts.
All i can do is b eturnaly thankfull 4 being introduced 2 all i have met. Good or bad i have grown from the experiances.

i have asked Hedi 2 pass this on 2 u all 4 me, i know its long, but then when have i not sat n rambled on?! Remember 2 smile 4 it
makes people wonder what uve been up 2. There is only one thing left i wanted 2 say, n i saw it as i child on a favorite tv show. i will
quote it n end this letter. It sums up all i wish 2 say.

from Littlehouse on the Prarie

4 all of u loved ones and friends alike... "Remember me with smiles and laughter, for that is how I'll remember you all. If you can
only remember me with tears, then don't remember me at all".

Huge Huggers
Ruth Anne Party
2/16/72 - 3/20/06