Becky Sotelo, a friend of our family, grew up with Jay Ewing, the Midland man who died of ALS and was memorialized yesterday with his friends at Calvary Assembly of God Church. I asked Becky to share some memries she had about Jay ...
Jay and I met at Alamo Junior High School . After finishing our eighth grade year, we went to separate freshman schools and lost touch with each other. Two years ago we ran into each other at Walmart. and we decided to get reacquainted and what a blessing. We spent our time together getting to know each other by sharing stories about our lives after jr high, our families and what we hoped for in the future During other visits we spent time sharing about our week, painting, cooking, sometimes reading and once we even cleaned a room! My favorite part of visiting with Jay was the prayer time we shared together and of course eating! At the end of every visit we would always tell each other we loved each other and God loved us too.
The last month we spent together I don’t think was different than any other visits We painted, talk about different projects that we wanted to complete and we even discussed the possibility of taking an on line course in Art History at Midland College. He even made a remark about learning to paint using his mouth. Jay had such great vision for painting and often spoke of his son Jason being a good artist, he was so proud of all his boys. The last day I visited with Jay we had decided to meet the Thursday after Thanksgiving. Jay had a lot of family coming in for the holidays and he wanted to spend time with them. He was very devoted to family Thursday morning came, after Thanksgiving Day, and his mom called and said that Jay didn’t feel like visiting. I asked her to call me if he wanted to visit on Friday. The next day she called and said Jay wasn’t up to visiting again so we planned to see each other the next Thursday. That night Sue called and told me that Jay was very ill and asked for our continued prayers for him. Then on Saturday she called and informed me that Jay had gone to be with our Lord Saturday seems like a life time ago. I will miss Jay but the precious visits that our Lord gave us will always be in my heart. The dear gift of his wife and family will always remain in my life.
So long, friend.
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