Nadine’s Corner

Nadine gave me permission to do this month's article, so I thank her for that! Oh, this is Mona Brown, Nadine's alter ego. I couldn't just pass off the fact that I lost my soulmate on Aug. 2. I thank the good Lord that we had 47 years together and that 99% of them were good! We both had been married before, so we knew what Hel was like, and didn't want to go there again!

Dave and I both believed that the Lord has our days numbered, and when our time is up, we're going home! We have trusted Him these many years, and He has never failed us yet and as long as He gives me breath, He has something for me to do and I'm going to try my best to do whatever He wants me to do until it's my time to go home!

Dave loved Nadine's joke about this guy going to heaven and his wife died a few years later and went to heaven and she's walking down the streets of gold and sees her husband and runs up to give him a big hug and he holds his hands out and stops her and says, “Woah woman, that contract was just till death do us part!”

If you have lost your spouse, know that God is with you. I know He is with me. He gives us peace and comfort and wonderful memories that sustain us as we go through the loss. Tears are part of the process and I cry at Hallmark commercials so tears flow pretty readily. One thing about it, we know so many people who have gone through the same thing so reach out, talk to others and remember the good times! God's not through with us yet! Talk to Him about what He wants you to do. There's a lot of hurting people out there and we can't just sit in our chair waiting on God to take us home! Nadine says the more you complain the longer God lets you live and she tells me all the time, a kick in the butt is one step forward!

Love y'all, Mona Brown

Dave

Keith Bilbrey, Larry Black, Renae the Waitress and Nadine welcomed guests to Larry’s Country Diner in Branson, Missouri, in October.