ForeverMissed
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Her Life
October 26, 2016

As I remember mom telling me that she grew up on a farm in Culprpper, Va. She had two sisters and a brother which was the baby. After her father died, Sarah her mother left and went to Washing, D.C. for work, leaving them with there grandparents in Orange, Va. a couple counties over. Mom would tell us we had it easy growing up. She said, her older sister went to Washington, D.C. to finish school and attend nursing school, leaving her and her younger sister and brother to help out on the farm. There daily routein was to get fire wood to start the stove, draw water from the well, heat water for bathing, feed the live stock and gather eggs for breakfast, wash, eat, and a mile and a half walk to and from school. When they got home there were more chores and home work, hardly no time to play. No TV, a radio when grand-dad wanted to listen. Still life wasn't bad as she went on. They went to church on Sundays and diffrent events when they came about, the next door neighbor was 1/2 mile away, plus she realy loved daddy and mommy (grand parents). When her mother, (Big Mamma) came to visit, it was like Christmas, bringing gifts and school supplies. Mom said she would cry each Big Mamma left to go back to D.C. Her grand-father passed and things got alittle tougher, she had to quit school in the 10th grade to help more around the farm.  Later, her health began to bother her and couldn't do all the thiings she use to do. Grandma Ella hired a farm hand,older man , mom fell head over heals. Pregnancy , marriage proposals, engagement, he dies a short time later, heart attack. Not knowing what to do, she came to D.C. to live. That's the begining of me. After listening to her life story I felt that we were now living as wealthy people.

August 5, 2020
It's  been 13 years today, that GOD called you to a restful sleep, but it still feel heavy as if it was yesterday. Missing you so much, I find myself fighting the erg to call you at times . I just want to put my arms around you, kiss you on the side of your face and to whisper in your ear that I love you. I yearn to hear you laugh, complain of your pains, share your uneventful day, but most of all , to hear your voice. Thank you mom for being my mother and wish for a few more years to have been able to let you know how much you meant to us. Rest in GOD's Loving Peace until He call us all home. Your first Born.