Jolly Holly

When I think of Holly Anderson, I think of

clean hair huge smile sparkling eyes adorable outfits definitely smitten with her husband always considerate of others willingly serving and loving it where others usually wouldn't inviting us over for dinner always endearing giggle making awesome cookies and awesome muffins and randomly bringing them by inviting us to a big party that we unfortunately couldn't go to but they came all the way to our house with said muffins to personally invite us up for a personal conversation anytime an awesome sister of many sisters plaid pleated skirts nursery kids love her campus operator uh hello that's like my dream job did i mention the happiest smile in the world younger sister submissive but still bold and individual purest testimony of the gospel comforting kind thoughtful remembering selfless tender softspoken complimentary forgiving loves sisters supportive of husband not afraid of trials awesome conversationalist rosy round cheeks unassuming will drop anything to help happy about everything sad about the right things smart smart smart patient with the impatient issues of this world

and also

one time holly's sister was on a triple date with two girls very dear to my heart who possess so many of the same qualities that holly does and there was an avalanche where they were snowshoeing and the next day holly was so so scared and worried about her sister but so so grateful that her sister was ok and the heartbreaking part of this story is that  because of holly's testimony i looked up the story and discovered that one of the girls so dear to my heart died in the avalanche which was so so sad and i lost it at church and even though my friend died and her sister lived holly had only tender hand pats and very sincere words and real covenant-keeping tears to shed with me while i mourned that dear friend

and that's a personal and devestating story once removed from me but my closest personal story

the one about my baby dying is one i sometimes feel like i am living alone and forgotten but when the anniversary of zoey's birth came around who was at our door with a bouquet of flowers that she obviously didn't buy that day when she remembered cus billy told her at church or something cus it was the sabbath and a plate of cookies that were obviously made beforehand but holly anderson and her selfless husband and they were there prepared to comfort us because they remembered and they are tender even though i'm pretty sure they had just barely met us when zoey died and that is why

i love holly anderson.