Tomorrow we will be making a journey to Texas that we have been dreading. Ann Kelsey died this morning. My beloved college roommate is gone---45 years of friendship. I'll never hear that incredible laughter again, but heaven is just bit more fun-loving as of today. Friends and relatives will be congregating in Longview from all over the country. Paul has asked me to say a few words at the funeral on Wednesday. O, how terribly I already miss her. It's been a wonderful ride, dear Annie. You will never be forgotten.


Here she is just a few short weeks ago with Connor, her youngest grandbaby.