Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Two of A Kind

My little girl Addison is named after great friends of both of our families. They were a husband / wife team who evangelized for years and years and eventually semi-retired in our little country hole in the world. Their last name was Addis.....hence Addison's name. I considered them to be very influential people around the United States, but they were very influential in my life as well. She was a very UNIQUE personality, and frankly, we considered her to be one of a kind. For years before we married, she thought Jeremy should be the man I married. She was VERY fond of him.....as was my mom!

Anyway, they were my honorary grandparents at our wedding and truly were a big part of our life. Sis. Addis died before Addison was born therefore it gave me even more motivation to let her memory live on. Sometimes, when Addison gets a little stubborn, I'll call her Phyllis - Sis. Addis' first name because she was a very set in her ways individual.

I went on that little verbal ramage to lead to this next part of my post. Several years ago, maybe 5 years ago, I encountered another lady who was so like Sis. Addis, I cried and laughed the first time I saw her. I was able to witness an interview with this couple called the Urshans and she was so like Sis. Addis, I was absolutely shocked out of my brain.

It's complicated as to how I discovered them, so I won't even attempt to explain....I'll only leave it at the fact that Priscilla McGruder was involved. The rest is too many details.

So, now it stands that instead of being one of a kind as Sis. Addis was, now there are two of a kind with Sis. Urshan. As they say, the proof is in the pudding.....and I have the proof. You can check out my proof and see what you think.

And by the way, Addison absolutely loves this. I've shown it to her on many occasions to let her have a peek into what she missed by not knowing Sis. Addis until she's able to understand. Therefore, I think she would have been intrigued by her namesake.

And if you're wondering about why this came up today, talking about campmeeting earlier got me feeling all nostalgic again and I just had to talk about it.

Here's my proof.......


1 comment:

Tim said...

Sis. Addis was a great woman. I have so many memories of them and several cassette tapes of her singing. The Urshans are good people as well and yes Sis Urshan is a lot like Sis Addis. Thanks for posting!