FEBRUARY 15, 2009
DEAR JUDY,
YOU KNOW I HAVE THIS GROUP OF FRIENDS WHO ARE NOT FROM MY TOWN, AND ARE NOT EVEN IN THE SAME STATE, IN FACT THERE ARE SOME THAT LIVE IN A DIFFERENT COUNTRY. I MET THEM ON THE WELKNOTES.
WE SEND E-MAILS TO EACH OTHER, AND SOME I HAVE EVEN SPOKEN TO ON THE PHONE, BUT MOST OF THEM, I WILL NEVER MEET FACE TO FACE. HOWEVER, THERE ARE A FEW THAT I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO SHARE A REAL HUG WITH. IT DOES NOT MATTER IF WE HAVE MET OR NOT, THESE PEOPLE ARE MY FRIENDS.
I WOULD NEVER HAVE IMAGINED THAT I COULD CARE AND EVEN LOVE SOMEONE THAT I HAVE ONLY MET ONLINE.
THROUGH THE WELKNOTES I HAVE BEEN SO BLESSED TO HAVE FOUND FRIENDS FROM ALL OVER. I HAVE LEARNED THAT ALTHOUGH SOME OF US HAVE DIFFERENT BELIEFS AND WE LIVE DIFFERENTLY, WE ARE SO MUCH ALIKE, ALL LOVING LAWRENCE WELK MUSIC AND HIS LOVE OF GOD AND AMERICA.
GOD BLESS THESE FRIENDS THAT HAVE TOUCHED MY LIFE IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. THROUGH WELKNOTES I HAVE LEARNED THE TRUE MEANING OF LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP. I KNOW THAT EACH PERSON THAT I HAVE MET THROUGH WELKNOTES HAS BEEN PLACED IN MY PATH FOR A REASON.
BEING A MEMBER OF WELKNOTES HAS ENABLED ME TO ATTEND MANY LIVE CONCERTS GIVEN BY THE LAWRENCE WELK STARS.
SO I ASK GOD TO PROTECT JUDY SHAW, GUIDE HER, KEEP HER SAFE, LOVE HER AND BLESS HER THROUGHOUT HER LIFE.
SINCERELY,
ALICE HUTCHINSON
LOUISVILLE, KY.
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