Remembering Debbie Smeets

My prayers are with Debbie's birth family and her chosen community, the Servants of God's Love. I grew to know and love Debbie when I was part of the Word of God community in Ypsilanti. For a while, we commuted together. She was an awesome, joyful, energetic woman and she made her mark in this life indelibly. She will definitely make her mark in the next. Although she apparently had some brief suffering with the car accident, I'm sure (knowing her) that she took it totally in stride. She's one person whom I could see taking Death totally in stride as well. I can just see her saying, "Wow! I'm in heaven! Now I can really start my work." One thing I remember about Debbie (at least when I knew her) was that she didn't sleep much. Life offered too much fun, fruitful, exciting things to do and she was no wallflower. She got involved, she mixed it up, she made her spirited, fun, lifegiving impact on everything and everyone. It's very unsurprising that God took her suddenly (why wait?) to himself on the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. Let's bask in the joy her her wonderful life and the power of her prayers before the throne of Christ.