From Janet:
Here are some lovely photos of Judy's "life photos" and the nuns we visited there. Judy's family was awesome and we truly enjoyed visiting the old nuns and seeing Julie on the way home.
There were tons of people there and we heard lots of beautiful stories about Judy - nothing we didn't already know! We'll be talking to all of you soon and can give you more details. I donated $100.00 from the Balice family. Judy's family was so moved that we made the long trip from Ionia so I'm glad we did it. Of course her sisters both said "Oh yes, Dan Balice this, Dan Balice that - always talking about Dan Balice"!
The two nuns together are Sister Ann Isabelle (on the left) and Sister Olivia. Sister Ann Isabelle was (kindly) ordering us around like we were still in school and several times we found ourselves saying "yes Sister"! Gupp had Sister Ann Isabelle in 2nd grade and I had her for shorthand as a senior; Gupp and I both had Sister Olivia (Gupp was in HS and I was in junior high). The nun in the photo with me is Sister Christella - my home room and religion teacher in 11th grade - she's 94! I also saw my 11th grade English teacher, Sister Catherine Vincent (now Kathleen Schultz and a close friend of Judy's) but I forgot to get a photo of her :-( It was a long day but worth every minute!
And here is Judy's Remembering.
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Thanks for posting all of this Kirsten - I keep forgetting that I can now post things myself :-) Isn't Judy's "Remembering" beautiful? I've read it every day since it was posted on the IHM website and I have a hard time knowing that I will never see her again or hear her beautiful voice. I always looked forward to those emails from Janet that just said "Judy's coming...!" I can only imagine the excitement within the "heavenly choir" when THEY heard she was coming!
I am so glad that Janet and I made the trip to the "motherhouse" in Monroe. Visiting with Judy's siblings was a treat and the mannerisms of her two sisters reminded us very much of Judy. Seeing the nuns we had in school was so fun and seeing the renovations of the facilities was incredible. I am also very glad that we visited Judy in November at her apartment and took her to lunch at her favorite hangout. Just another reminder that we should not put off doing something because there will always be time to do it "later". The later is becoming ever so near.
I love the stories and the pictures and of course I love Judy. Thanks for posting.
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