The things that cross your mind after you lose someone dear to you. For the longest time we drove her everywhere. Then one day she whipped around in an old beat-up van with Little (her dog) in her lap. “Since when do you drive?” “Always.” “I hope those dents aren’t from a wounded pedestrian.” “I only use concrete as bumpers.”
We laughed until she tooted.
We celebrated her 85th birthday for 4 years. She told me she was approaching a milestone birthday so we gathered the gang and went to Panera to celebrate. When we lit the candles she had tears in her eyes, “I’ve never celebrated with my own birthday cake before.”
Two days later she looked at her driver’s license and said, “I found out I’m 81.”
So we continued celebrating 85 every year since. She was the matriarch of Isaiah’s and one of our senior support squad. She loved to drive around (with me driving) and point out where she used to live and walk the 2 miles to and from work every day.
She loved to go out and eat beans and rice, biscuits and gravy, and grilled cheese but mostly she loved to drink coffee. In Creek she was, Coffee In Hand Always. These past few months the Apple Barrel in west Tulsa was her favorite place to go. Whether it was the two of us or many of us, we always clinked our cups and said “Cheers” before we took our first sip.
Diana wanted to be remembered by her love for Jesus. The Bible says that Jesus is the way, the truth and the life and no one gets to the Father except through Him. John 14:6
There’s a lot of noise, confusion and deceit in the world today. So maybe you aren’t sure what is true about Jesus and heaven. “While Jesus hung on the cross, a criminal guilty of his crimes hung beside him and said, ‘Jesus remember me when You come into your kingdom.’ Jesus answered him, ‘I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.’ Luke 23:42-43
You don’t have to clean up your language, your mind or your actions before you get to know Jesus. Just believe and repent and as your relationship with Jesus grows then you will work together in becoming the person God created to be. “The old things pass away, behold all things are new.” 2 Corinthians 5:17 Love, Diana
We will have a service for Diana at Isaiah’s
October 24, 2025 at 2pm at 5903 E. 9th St. Tulsa OK 74112
We will celebrate her life on earth and her homecoming with Jesus.
We can do more. We can do better. Together.
LOVE GOES
