A Swivel-Hipped Earth Angel Brings God's Comfort

to all of you wonderful people that have responded on my sister jackie's story i want to say thank you for the positive encouraging words,it means so much because jackie is so very special to me,not only was i blessed to have one of the best sisters ever,but a friend as well,and when i say my friend,i mean that,she is and always had been someone i could always count on,no matter what,don't ever ask her opinion unless you can take the truth,but you know isn't that really what you would want. is someone you could depend on to be honest.for me to have a sister as close as jackie and i was,it hurt to see her go through the heartache ,the despair she was feeling with the loss of her husband frenchie ,they had a love for each other that was so strong that jackie felt lost without him so much she just wanted to sleep so she wouldn't feel the hurt,she would have mostly crackers and drink soda,because at that time she didn't care the love of her life was no longer with her and shedidn't know what to do.but you know what GOD knew, that is why i believe he used me as an instrument and laid it on my heart to get jackie to go to the ELVIS impersonator concert,because he had something in store for her that night(A NEW BEGINNING)!!!JACKIE IS NOT THE SAME WOMAN AS BACK THEN THAT SUNSHINE HAS COME OVER HER SHE NOW WEARS A BEAUTIFUL SMILE AND HER EYES ARE VERY BRIGHT AND SHINY,WHO KNOWS WHATS STILL TO COME,IT CAN ONLY GET BETTER,SHE DESERVES IT!GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU AND THANKS FOR READING .GWEN

DEAREST JACKIE, THANKS FOR SHARING SUCH AN INSPIRING DAY IN YOUR LIFE. I WAS SADDENED TO LEARN OF YOUR HUSBANDS PASSING AND YOUR MANY HEALTH ISSUES, BUT BY THE TIME I ARRIVED AT THE END OF YOUR STORY, I COULD FEEL YOUR RENEWED FAITH AND STRENGTH FLOWING THROUGH MY VERY SOUL. AH, I FELT THE FIRST BIT OF SUNSHINE PEEKING THROUGH THE CLOUDS WHEN YOU SPOKE OF YOUR SISTER GWEN PRODDING YOU TO CHEER UP AND I COULD STILL FEEL YOUR RESISTANCE IN ANYTHING CHEERING YOU UP. WHO COULD BLAME YOU?... THEN WHEN YOU AND GWEN GRABBED FRONT ROW SEATS AND YOU SPOKE OF FEELING THE EXCITEMENT IN THE AIR, THE CLOUDS STARTED ROLLING AWAY BECAUSE TO ME, I COULD FEEL YOUR SPIRIT STARTING TO LIFT. BY THE TIME "ELVIS" SANG "STAND BY ME", AND YOU SAID THE TEARS STARTING STREAMING DOWN YOUR FACE, I ALSO FELT TEARS ON MY FACE. I FELT AT THAT POINT IN YOUR STORY, THE CLOUDS WERE COMPLETELY GONE AND THE WARMTH OF THE SUN'S RAYS WERE BEAMING GOD'S LOVE AND MANY BLESSINGS UPON YOU. AFTER READING WHAT I JUST WROTE, I NOTICED HOW OFTEN I USED THE WORD FELT, AND STARTED TO CHANGE SOME OF THE WORDS A BIT, BUT GUESS WHAT??? NO WAY!!!! BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOUR STORY DID, MADE ME FEEL!!! MAYBE IT WAS "A SWIVEL-HIPPED EARTH ANGEL" THAT TOUCHED YOU THAT DAY, BUT YOUR STORY TOUCHED ME ON THIS DAY. MUCH LOVE AND MANY BLESSINGS TO YOU JACKIE!!!

Oh, this really touched me as well. Love and prayers to heal your heart, Jackie. I lost my dad on July 5th of this year. He loved Elvis as well and did many wonderful portraits of him. The day Dad passed my daughter found the Elvis song "Angel" (from "Follow that Dream")to send to me, and was so surprised to discover it had been recorded by Elvis exactly 50 years before - to the day. It felt like a sign from above that everything would be okay. Dad and I had been talking about this being our favorite Elvis movie just a few weeks before he passed. I believe things do happen for reasons to comfort us and strengthen our faith! Big Hugs to you, ~h~

A lot of people do not know that Elvis's real goal in life was to be a gospel singer. After he was "discovered", he was pulled away from this goal. I think he was disappointed eventually that his life was spent so much as being just an item that others thought of and treated like an object rather than a caring human being.