What a sad providence! My heart is sad. I thought that I would see her one more time, on earth. I thought that I would get to tell her how she helped me in this Walker life, that I have chosen for myself. Her passing was too quick. The cancer made it into the liver, before we could blink.
We do trust that God is good, even when our hearts are broken. It does seem griefs are too frequent, the bigger the family is.
I married into this humongous family unit and my awe was aroused that I couldn't ever emalgamate. Two women held my hands and walked me through the Walker idiosyncrasies and traditions. Now they are both gone and I am the eldest, longest married Walker Woman. What does that say for marriage?
Donna was a hospitable and organized woman. She was a lifelong teacher of 4 year olds. All of my children benefited from her play with them. It was amazing how she commanded authority and was very mature and usually the voice of organization and principle, in spite of her daily socializing with preschoolers. There was positively nothing immature about her. She kept her personal individuality, inside Walkerdom and all of the Walkers respected that about her. I, most of all. She lived a useful and precious life and is gone far too soon and I am sad. I am praying for her husband, John and her Daughter, Rachel, Son, John-David and Granddaughter, Brianna.
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