| Observing her watching the sun rise over the lake, watching her face radiate as she takes in every scent, sound, feel of the wind against her face, the beauty of the morning sky with the morning sun heating her skin... as I ran beside her trying to learn and take in all I can about this truly amazingly awesome woman!!! Her stories of her childhood, deep emotions of her life long ago was evident in her voice and facial expressions as she expressed every detail with me, a young 17 year old girl at the time... The love for EVERY single child was displayed with dreams she shared with me for each one of her children... This Godly woman I have known since I was 6 years old seemed to be so perfect and flawless and 10 times better than EVERYONE I observed in church. Yet, her running beside me, sharing with me her past, failures, married life, motherhood, struggles, hopes, dreams... Could it be that she is similar to every other human being with the same temptations, dreams, and goals... That we all face in life? YES, she did have dreams like the rest of us, to see her children successful, be a wonderful mother, live life to the fullest! Mrs. Wells was not ordinary though... she had a deep, deep connection with her first love Jesus Christ and it showed sooo much through every word that came out of her mouth… Joshua, Zachary, Jacob, Caleb, Grace, Mercy, Jeremiah and William were her pride and joy. Anywhere from her oldest child Josh, his wife Jill her two precious grandbabies, Zach her second child his girlfriend Karla to William and every other child and their friends was spoken a blessing every morning. Every person was named and spoken a blessing over by Mrs. Wells very FAITHFULLY EVERY morning for the 2 years I ran beside her… Those were the most amazing, edifying memorable 2 years of my life!! Never would I give up that opportunity to run beside someone as wonderful as Debbie Wells! How faithful and such a perfect, Godly example she was, yet still was human with faults I wouldn't of EVER known about her faults if she didn't share them with me… wow, I could go on and on and on about this wonderful lady! I'm sorry for all of you that didn't get to meet her! How she has changed my life and encouraged so many others!!! Why did God take her home NOW? I don't have the answers… I wish I knew!! Her children, especially her two precious daughters need their mommy… graduation, life questions, falling in love, weddings, and grandbabies… Why? I just don't understand! But Mrs. Wells if she were here would encourage me just simply trust God, He has a perfect plan and purpose for everything, no matter how hard and confusing it may be… JUST TRUST! Two words have never seemed harder to understand! To simply trust… Mrs. Wells is going to be missed greatly by MANY, MANY people... Jesus took her home to be with Him yesterday around 1:00pm. Yes I'm going to miss my running buddy, friend, wonderful Godly woman, amazing loving wife, and an awesome mother/grandmother to her children/my best friends! No I don't understand why God allows these things to happen in TIMES like THIS!!!! But He has a plan, and one day all of those who are born again will see her beautiful smiling face!! Memories of her life will never be forgotten. Those LONG, 19-miles weekend runs around Lake Hefner, with her praying for her family and every person she knew by name. Those first 8-10 miles she was constant in prayer and thankfulness to God... her smiling face, cheering us on in basketball games, all the many times she stopped to just ask how I was doing and listened with genuine interest... Sitting beside her listening to her tell stories of her life and her many experiences as a child... What a wonderful, absolutely amazing, sweet, caring, funny, beautiful woman she was.... My HERO forever!!!! I thank God for letting me be blessed by having her apart of my life these past 13 years!! Oh to be half the woman she was… her serving, joyful, encouraging, loving, hopeful, listening ear, wisdom… How much I loved and admired you Mrs. Wells!!! One day we will run the streets of Gold together! Every mile I run for the rest of my life, without you by my side :' (... will be ran in YOUR honor and memory! The last memory of Mrs. Wells was April 22nd in the OU hospital room… She was laying there in her chair, so thin but with a HUGE smile on her face and bright eyes… I sat beside her, held her hand and my dad happened to mention it was my birthday that day. Her eyes widened, her smile grew and her hand griped tighter on mine as she started speaking a blessing over me for my birthday…. She was speaking A BLESSING OVER ME!!!? No, she's the sick, dying one that I AM suppose to be encouraging and thanking her for all that she has done for ME in MY life…. Not the other way around!!!!!!! But that's what was happening… SHE was the one BLESSING ME! I couldn't have asked for a better birthday blessing than the one she spoke! That goes to show what a wonderful woman she truly was… FOREVER in my HEART, THOUGHTS and MANY MEMORIES… I LOVE you SO! SO! much Mrs. Wells!! One day we shall meet again… I hope that I run this race of life at least HALF as good as you did! Forever touched and never the same because of Debbie Wells and Jesus in her!! All my love to a very missed friend/running partner that can't wait to see her again, Adrianne Staci |
