God works in mysterious ways

Arnold M. Satterlee
August 10th 1922 - July 5th 2010




I have a friend that is a "real" friend. I call her that because she is the type of friend that I don't have to talk to on a regular basis. But when I do finally talk to her we pick up right where we left off. Well sadly her dad passed away on Monday the 5th of July 2010. I'm so sad for her and her family. But I also think that I have witnessed gods hand at work....its my own personal belief that we meet people at just the right moment we are suppose to...some are good and some are bad...but you can choose if you want the person in your life or not.





My friend Sandy I met when I was only 19 we met at work....good ol Fred Meyers. I loved that job...mostly because of the people I worked with, but also because it was very laid back. Any way we became very good friends so much so that I moved and lived with her for a whole year, when mother and I weren't getting along. She is a product of the 80's and would tell me all about it, some of it I remembered some I was too young at the time for. We would stay up late watch scary movies (she also LOVES scary movies like me) We had awesome Halloween parties, BBQ's, and my favorite Girls night out. I always enjoyed my time with her. When I moved away and lived in Vegas for the 3 short years I would talk to her off and on and started to notice that she was becoming a bit of a hermit. Her last relationship was some what hard for her to get over and she was going through a man hating faze. She also was battling a few health problems to say the least, the girl is an accident waiting to happen. When I moved back she was less on a man hating faze and more on a depression faze. And she was still battling health problems too.





I would go over spend the night, we would talk till the sun came up and then sleep in till past noon. But I did notice she didn't seem like her old self. It had been 7 long years since her last relationship. She had said a few times that she wanted to start dating and meet someone. Which to that I told her "Well your gonna have to leave the house cause he isn't going to fall through the ceiling." She would say she knew but was still a little bit of a hermit............Then things changed....She got a new job up on base, which she had been trying to get for years. Then a year ago this month she met Roseco, an old friend from the past. They had gone to High School together and were friends but that was all. Well they started dating....and every time I would call her and talk with her she sounded more and more like the old Sandy...I was happy she had found someone. The last time that I spoke with her was a couple of months ago and she was telling me how the family was doing and how her parents health was failing, but Roseco was a big help. She was taking on a lot of responsibility with them bills, Dr. appt, prescriptions, and he was right there helping every step of the way. He got to be very close with her parents and they just adored him. I'm sure it was because they could see the effect he was having on Sandy. She was so happy to find someone that loved her and showed it.





And then her dad passed away....I cant help feeling that if she were still in that hermit depression faze that she wouldn't be able to handle this as well has she is. I really feel like she was suppose to meet Rosscoe and he was suppose to help her with this part of her life...as crappy as it is. I'm so happy she has someone to lean on and someone that cares. But I also think about how different her life was only a year ago...and how much stronger she is now. And how he finally came into her life after a 7 year drought of men, almost a year to the day that she lost the most stable and caring man in her life. Which makes me think that God really does work in mysterious ways.