A Small Tribute to a Yearly Visitor

Since we moved in here 14 years ago an elderly woman would stop by for a visit. She was a Jehovah's Witness doing the door to door thing they do.

Over the years I have gotten rid of the JWs in various ways but this woman was special, she really was. I didn't immediately  just try and get rid of her, and I have come up with many ways to do that. She was really friendly and just made me want to talk to her. I always enjoyed it.

A few months ago I realized she had not come by and started wondering about her, a little concerned something had happened to her. I even voiced my concern to a few close friends. I did not recall her name. She surely told me the first time she came but the next year or two I saw an elderly lady with The Watchtower and the Bible in her hand I knew it was the same woman and later I knew her by sight, didn't need to see The Watchtower in her hand. I don't know if she ever told me her name again.

Today, Sunday, I had a visit from a couple, a woman and her husband, someone else was in the back seat of the car but the dog scared them and they didn't come out. I realized they were JWs and asked about the woman that used to come here every year. The woman told me that as she pulled in the drive she realized that she had been here a couple time with a an elderly woman named Frances and that must be who I was talking about, I agree, I did not remember this woman but that doesn't matter, visiting just a couple times in 14 years… nah, don't recall her, but now I know the name of the elderly woman that did come every year. Frances passed away last year. I am saddened by her passing even though I traditionally do not care for JW visits I kind of looked forward to her coming by.

Before leaving they asked if they could stop by again, I told them sure, they could, I don't follow the same path but had gotten to like looking over the The Watchtower and the newer one, called Awake! Maybe next year we will get into a real conversation like Frances and I did.

A very neat thing they showed me was an ap for tablet and smartphones, I don't have either but kind of wish I did just for this ap. I mentioned that I had a few different versions of the Bible and liked to compare and even often go online and compare verses of the Bible in other versions that I don't have. The husband then showed me this ap that www.jw.org has as a free download that you can click on any verse in the online Bible and it shows you the different Bible versions of that same verse. Oh I love it! I wish I could use it; how perfect for someone like me who loves to compare them. Oh well, maybe it will be available at some point to a regular computer user only.

I have and will continue to miss Frances, may she enjoy her afterlife.

Good Bye Frances. You really were the first JW I didn't mind having visits from and congratulations for not being scared away the first time. I really respected you.