Death To Life....Sister's

I wrote this almost 11yrs ago when my grandmother passed away.......Hard to believe it's been that long. Time has a way of moving on but some days it's harder to live without "Mammaw". I hear her voice, I see her in the beauty that surrounds me, she is in my thoughts. My sister's and I come together to remember things that one of us has forgotten, it's putting pieces of a puzzle together. Sometimes I just forget or maybe I blocked it out or whatever the case may be they fill in the blanks..We help each other cope with a lost that almost devastated us in a way no one can understand except the 3 of us. Mammaw's death gave us a connection we never had before...don't get me wrong, we have always been close but it's different now...somehow I believe it was meant to happen that way. We go about our lives every day but we come together every now & then to remember, cry, laugh & mourn a woman who knew she was loved by everyone but most of all by 3 sister's who wanted her to stay a little while longer,....Today we are very STRONG women...Thank you Judy & Cindy for holding me up when I couldn't stand on my own...

Sleep vs No Sleep

Well I did it...made it all night for the pre party & BREAKING DAWN premiere. Will I do it again, I doubt it. I can't stay up all night without paying for it the next 2 days..It was fun to be caught up in all the hype but I just need to face the fact that staying up all night isn't for me at all...You see I was born old, I like to sleep, always have from birth till now, in fact I want to lay down right now. I slept for months after I retired, I was making up for all the years I didn't sleep...so unless it's something really important to keep me up,just let me be....

Madness

Twilight is finally here....& I must be crazy to sit up till midnight waiting like all the other Twilight fans. I can't make it to New Year's so what makes me think I can do it tonight..My daughter's think I need to live a little,excuse me but isn't that what I'm doing right now? Any way I'm going to the party before the movie & then head over with about 2000 other screaming women & girls. My hope is I can sneak in a nap this afternoon but if that doesn't happen ( I will be with the grandaughter's) then I will need a cup of strong coffee...I am looking forward to stepping out side my world & live a little as my girls put it....Will update tomorrow but if not.. it's cause I'm ASLEEP!!!

"Me & Twilight"

I don't know how this happened or when.. but I became a Twilight fan, or Twilight Mom thanks to my oldest daughter. I have read all the books, and now I'm going to what they call Twilight Tuesday leading up to the new movie (BREAKING DAWN)  that comes out on Nov.18 @ 12:01A.M. which means I will be up all night for this one, got my ticket so I'm already planning my nap for the day. How in the world did I get caught up in all this? For some reason it takes me back to a long ago time when I would rush home from school to watch Dark Shadows...anyone remember that show?  It was really creepy, so now it's a new vampire that is Hot  & now I find that I have to be on team "Edward" or team "Jacob." (he's hot too & a werewolf) I had no idea that middle age women go for this kind of stuff, really, who knew?

Elizabeth-Oct.6,2005

Six years ago this week I became a grand mother ( Oma ) for the 1st time. I can't even begin to explain what this sweet little girl has meant to me...She stole my heart from the very begining....here is just a little of what I was feeling the day she was born....Thank you God, our first grandchild. She arrived with the sunrise, the heavens are pink with your glory. Radiance streams across the world. My arms & my heart hold her up to you for blessing...Oh Lord, thank you for her & bless her, this little new life that is begining her 1st day..God Bless You Always Elizabeth, Love your Oma......for the last 6 yrs I have kept a journal for Elizabeth & I hope when she's older she will enjoy reading the story of how I felt about becoming her " Oma"  & how I hope to be the kind of grandmother that my "MAMMAW" was to me...that kind of love never fades away.
You are my heart Dear Sweet Elizabeth...Forever & Always...















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Songs

My husband found a old cd in his car this morning....I think one of the girls made it for him for Father's Day...well it had some of his favorite music from his teenage years , he was so excited that he had to share it with me..And I mean share it like in singing to me & dancing around the room....I was laughing so hard, he looked like a fish flopping around...so I'm not sure if he was being funny or if he was really serious thinking that he could really dance which by the way he can't, you'll just have to take my word on it,  I did teach him how to slow dance the way my dad taught me. He wanted to dance with our youngest daughter at her wedding a few years back..I must say he surprized a few people including his mother & sister...they were like when did he learn to dance?  So there we were last night for a moment in time, we were young with no care in the world just remembering the songs of our youth & wondering where did time go..?

Labor Day Mishaps

Last time I went out of town on Labor day, my car broke down & we slowly drove the car to airport where we rented a car to drive home..did I mention that everything was closed..did I also mention that it was a family vacation & hubby made sure to tell everyone we should all follow each other in our cars in case something should happen....well guess who didn't take his own advice...thats right...hubby..we took a different route & broke down & no one came to our rescue...anyway back to the story...we had to get a wrecker to go all the way to Dothan to get our car but we couldn't leave the rental car at the airpiort here in town...we had to drive it back....this all happened many years ago & makes me cringe when I think about it...fast forward to this past Labor Day weekend....I let hubby talk me into running away to the beach for a couple of days...only to come home in a very bad storm on Monday which knocked out our power...home 5 stinking mins when we heard a loud noise...a HUGE tree fell across our front yard..we were trapped in our drive way...oh this is great we both said at the same time....so for the next couple of hours there we were sawing away & hauling limbs in the pouring down cold rain...so much for getting away from it all to come back to it all....oh the power decided to come back on 3 days later but I was forced to clean out the refrigerator....maybe I should go to the store now but it's late...hubby will just have to settle with a PB&J sandwich again tonight!!!!!