Lacy Mason Parker, 34 yrs young

 



My sweet friend is gone. I don't have the words right now to even begin to say what I want to say.

I love you, Lacy! Please forgive me for not realizing until today how bad it had gotten and how much you were hurting. I hope you're dancing and laughing and singing off-key in your East Texas twang. Your kids will forever be in my prayers.  I love you!!!


Oh.. And, girl, you know I'm counting on you to have something funny to tell me next time I see you!  Be thinking about it. (And your story better start with "and, girl, you know..." and have some random East Texas reference or else it's not a Lacy story.)  ;) xoxo


"What a God we have! And how fortunate we are to have Him, this Father of our Master Jesus!  Because Jesus was raised from the dead, we've been given a brand new life and have everything to live for, including a future in heaven-- and the future starts now! God is keeping careful watch over us and the future.  The day is coming when you'll have it all--life healed and whole."

1 Peter 1:3-5, The Message

Lacy

My freshmen and sophomore years I went "potluck" with my roommates at A&M.  It's not that I didn't have any friends in Aggieland; I just chose to let the university randomly select who I would share a room with for the next year of my life. 

I'm weird like that.

My freshman year wasn't so great.  But my sophomore year, when I opted to live in the dorm again instead of the Kappa house, I was placed with Lacy Parker. 

Lacy was from East Texas and you only needed about 2 words to come out of her mouth to figure that out.  Plus she said East Texas things like "buggy" instead of "shopping cart".  Strange. ;)

She also had a smile that made me instantly like her.  She's hysterical and had me constantly laughing.  Plain and simple.  We only lived together for a year; then I moved into an apartment and we lost touch.

Looking back I wonder why we lost touch.  Was I not a good friend to her?  Did we just go in different directions?  I don't remember having a falling out with her, but my mind is playing tricks on me now... because she's in the final days of her life.  And I'm trying to think if I need to clear the air with her. Do I have something to apologize for? 

But I'm gonna release that to God and choose to believe that, because I can't remember any unresolved issues, there are none.

Lacy has cancer.  She's a single mom with 2 kids.  Her family is rallying around her and by her side.  I just got this update on facebook.

I'm sad.  It's surreal how quickly it's taken over her body.

She's a beautiful person and I've enjoyed reading the posts people are leaving on her facebook timeline.  We should all be so lucky as to have as many people think so highly of us and love us as much as everyone loves her.