This post is dedicated to Josie Gray, A.K.A. Foofy. After a life-long battle with Cystic Fibrosis, she is now happy & healthy with Jesus. I feel as if I've known Josie, indirectly at least, most of her life: my mother taught Josie in nursery school, my brother-in-law has worked with her Dad and most recently, our babysitter is her Aunt Haley. If you ever met her, you would have immediately been smitten. Her unbreakable spirit was contagious and the wisdom in her young eyes told you she wasn't your average, silly 14-year-old. She came over with Haley several times during Christmas and even our reluctant Coco quickly became a fan. Coco dubbed Josie with the nickname "Foofy" in a 2-year old attempt to mimic Haley saying she was goofy. The name stuck and Josie liked it. Just after learning that Josie wasn't doing very well, we sang the song "Untitled Hymn" by Chris Rice in church. The lyrics are particularly well-suited to Josie's journey here on earth. Josie came to Jesus, sang for Jesus, fell on Jesus, cried to Jesus, danced for Jesus, kissed this world goodbye and flew to Jesus!
Josie touched our family forever and we are blessed to have known her.
We love you Foofy!
Haley & Josie: Summer 2008
P.S. This picture was on Josie's blog and I showed it to Coco several weeks ago. Now, every time she sees me at the computer, she asks to see Haley & Foofy. She wanted to look at it so often, I finally printed a copy out for her to hang in her room.
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