Aunt Bet (Betty Routliffe) is a special person to a lot of people. I can't speak for anyone else, but here are a few reasons I consider her to be an awesome person:
1. She is ALIVE!! There's really no other way to say it. She wants to experience every new day to the fullest. She is a lifelong learner, always reading, always asking questions. She watches the news and KEEPS UP with the world.
2. Aunt Bet loves God with all her heart. And she is passionate about telling others about how much He loves THEM. Her dentist, her neighbour, her paper boy, her furnace repairman ... I can guarantee they have all been told that they are precious in His sight.
3. Queen of the one-liner. Hands down - no one comes close.
4. She pulls out a rifle and shoots squirrels if they try to dig up her flowerbeds.
5. She says stuff like, "Isn't that glorious?" and "Oh heavenly days!" No one says stuff like that anymore.
6. She looks better in a bathing suit than most of us two generations younger than her. Oh, she would disagree ... she's horrified at her thinness but honestly, the woman runs up and down her beach steps twice a day each summer and swims by herself in the Great Lakes.
Aunt Bet prayed for us to find the right van ... here she is with the kids
in our "new chariot" (as she calls it)
I am so thankful that God brought this special lady into my life. She is one of a kind and has taught me more about life than anyone except my parents.
Happy Birthday Aunt Bet!!
