Thursday, April 13, 2017
To the Rease Family:
It was my good fortune to have met Ms. Alma L. Rease over 40 years ago. There aren’t enough positive adjectives in any language to describe this loving, strong, and remarkable woman, mother, and grandmother.
In life, she touched my heart and impacted my life with a few well-chosen words of wisdom and encouragement some 41 years ago. These same words, I have carried with me throughout my adult life and have also passed down to my own children and grandchildren.
Unfortunately, I never had to opportunity to tell her about the impact those few and simple words had on my life. Sometimes life just gets in the way of us relating to our loved ones just how much they have meant to us. But there’s season for everything and this is my season to honor a woman who made a monumental difference in my life so many years ago.
Heaven has gained a new star and angel. And I was truly blessed to have known her. She personified the essence of what and how God’s people are supposed to live and act.
Her legacy of love and light will live on so long as we hold her in hearts, thoughts, and prayers. And thank God, I am the woman, mother, and grandmother I am today because of who she once was in my yesterday.
To the Rease family…I’m praying for God’s strength, comfort, and peace to see you through this time of great sorrow. This is a devastating loss for all those who truly knew her.
Ms. Cheryl Bowden and Family
Matthew 5:4
