Posted on 10/21/2006 9:46:37 AM PDT by patriciaruth
Edited on 05/07/2007 1:22:22 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
UPDATE: We received this from her son early this morning.
To Admin Moderator | 05/07/2007 3:21:46 AM CDT sent
I just wanted to let you, and all the wonderful people on this forum that my mother considered her friends, Kattracks, passed away yesterday afternoon. She died peacfully, with her family at her bedside. If you knew my mother, you knew how concerned she was with the welfare of others. At one point in the afternoon, we were all gathered at her bed, reminiscing about her,the good times, and all the good things she had done for others. It was as if she had waited for this moment, when she knew that her loved ones were going to be alright, that she was able to let go, and pass into the care of God. To all that knew her, be rest assured that she is waching over you from Heaven. That is just the way my mother was. She always put the welfare of others ahead of her own.
Everytime my brother, father, or I would leave the house, my mothers last words to us was Be Careful. I asked her one day why she always said this to us. She explained to me that in that one phrase was wrapped up all the prayers, concerns, and love that she had for us, but to explain it all to us as we walked out the door would take too long, so she would just say Be careful. Im glad I asked her what she meant, because from that day on, and everytime she said it since then, I understood who, and what, my mother was.
Thank you all for your prayers and support for her.
Frankie
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Original thread:
Kattracks has asked me to begin a prayer thread for her, the hardest thing I have ever been asked to do.
She has had a very frightening finding on a medical exam that is not confirmed and may be a false alarm, but which requires all of us to uplift her to Almighty God asking for His mercy to spare her life or to give her and us the strength and faith to walk the path He has chosen for her.
More information than that I am not at liberty to disclose.
Please ping everyone you know who can pray for kattracks, who was long a moderator on FR and now is the Fairy Godmother of the Merry Band of Patriots.
Ah, bummer for us. :-(
May she be dancing up in heaven.
Prayers ~P~
My sympathies to her family and friends.
Prayers for her Family.
Prayers for Kattracks, and her family and you. All the best.
Sad. Prayers for her loved ones.
Tears and prayers. God keep you Kattracks - we had a few good conversations on the old days.
Sad, sad news.
RIP, friend. RIP.
I am so very sorry to hear this. Prayers for her family in their time of need and prayers for Kattracks. May God help and comfort them.
RadioAstronomer, who can no longer post here, sent his condolences through me this evening. Kattracks was a special lady to anyone who ever had the privilege of conversing with her.
I share his sentiments. This is a huge loss.
You will be missed...
Gods Love, Prayers up...
Two of the reasons this place grew to what it's become.
Prayers for her family and friends
Lord, bring comfort to her loved ones. Give them the strength they’ll need to get through the days ahead. Remind them daily that she’s at peace, resting in You - that her life continues as You promised - and that they’ll see her again one day. Fill that void they now have with the precious memories they carry of her. Amen.
There were so many threads that I would look at because of the great effort and time it took to put them together.
I was just thinking about that FReeper because I noticed that Cinncinnatus Wife has also not been around, but I think that one might have a new name out here.
I am sad to hear the bad news, but also, I am just as certain that in the bigger picture, there is now great Light, and Glory where Kattracks abides.
Kattracks was a wonderful presence around FreeRepublic, very informative, faithfully posting untold numbers of articles, fun commentary ...
I am very sorry we have lost her, and pray the comfort of the Lord on her whole family.
A real part of this forum is lost when someone like this leaves our midst. Heaven is the richer.
RIP, dear kattracks ... FR is many watts dimmer as your electrons rise to a higher plane of a Forum.
Dittoes.
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