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Candy Covered Peanuts
By Curtis Johnson

She was laid to rest a few days ago after a bout with cancer.
Her body grew quickly weaker and soon succumbed;                                       But she stood without fear, and her spirit ascended;                                      but before her spirit departed, the timid cancer ran                                       and raced rapidly throughout  her body, invading and                                    destroying everything in its path.

She feared neither cancer nor the sting of death.
Joellen was the winner, and cowardly cancer, the loser.

I do not know how she discovered that I was a nut about nuts.
But in her dying days, she gave to me a can of candy covered peanuts.
I shall forever treasure the peanut gift from such a divinely treasured one.

She believed in me and always gave to me far more than I deserved.
She was caring, loving, and sincere, never ceasing to build and lift.
Unpretentious, vulnerable, transparent, an opened book, freely given.

Known by my wife and me for a few short years, but she gave so much,            and so often.  I speak not of things material, but matters of far superior          substance.  Joellen, a  friend beloved and priceless, clearly she loved us so dearly.  Surely a gift from heaven, and she shall forever be in our memories.
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