IN MEMORY OF (MY) MOTHER, HELEN FRANCIS (BOWERS) KINSEY.D.O.B :  01-18-1922- Went to her (FOREVER HOME)11-14-2011 @ 6:10 A.M. Jerseyville,Manor, ME AND MY MOMMA! TODAY'S DATE IS 08-09-12 @8:07 A.M.

Mom Went to Heaven to be with her family.MOM alway's said ,"I MISS MY MOM".!!!!!   All those who knew her, will remember her forever! Mom loved all her family get to-gethers, I am pretty sure she was at the Baptist Church dinner, after HER funeral. Mom heard everyone say how BEAUTIFUL she looked, and 20 years younger!!!  She surely did!!!!! MOM loved to go everywhere there was anything going on! She had to be up to date on all the latest news(gossip)!!  All the staff AT JERSEYVILLE, MANOR knew Mom, HER FAVORITE NURSE WAS(KIMBERLY) Mom knew everything about Kim, How many kids she had, there names! "ALTHOUGH", AT TIMES, SHE COULDN'T REMEMBER MY NAME! I ANSWERED TO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING!I I have been called, Lois, Mildred, Doris,Emma.Kimberly Sue, SOMETIME'S SHE WOULD JUST SAY (HEY YOU!!!!) I would say, YOU RANG? I believe she called me( Bill)once! A LONG TIME AGO, MOM AND AND I WERE TALKING, SHE LIVED ON VALLEY DRIVE, I SAID..(.MOM...I WILL JUST DIE WHEN YOU LEAVE,) SHE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID.....(YOU THINK YOU WILL, BUT YOU WONT).YOU WILL HAVE A FEW GRANDKIDS TO TAKE CARE OF.  I HAVE JAK THIS WEEKEND, MOM ALWAYS ASK ABOUT HIM! AT THE TIME, HE WAS ALMOST 2. SUCH A BUSY LIL GUY! I DID TAKE HIM TO SEE HER, IT LASTED ABOUT 5 MINUTES!!!!!I TURNED MY HEAD, AND HE WAS IN SOMEONE'S ROOM, TALKING TO THEM!!!!2 WEEK'S AGO I HAD JAK, WE WERE LAYING IN MY ROOM, HE SAW MOM'S PICTURE ON THE WALL, HE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID (DO YOU MISS YOUR MOMMY?) I SAID YES ...VERY MUCH...THEN HE SAID ...I MISS YOUR MOMMY TOO! IT MADE ME CRY!!!JAK SAID ...NANA ARE YOU CRYING? OF COURSE I SAID ...NO, BUT ..HE KNEW.JAK SAID, I MISS MY MOMMY TOO, JUST LIKE YOU MISS YOUR MOMMY, I LOOKED AT HIM, HE WONT BE 4 UNTIL NOV.4th, HE WAS ALL TEARED UP, I SAID JAK ARE YOU OK? HE SAID ( can we go to see GOD IN HEAVEN TONIGHT, THEN WE CAN SEE YOUR MOMMY).IT WAS SO SWEET!!!!WE TALK ABOUT MEMAW AND GOD ALL THE TIME, I HAVE TAUGHT HIM HOW TO PRAY BEFORE BREAKFAST AND SUPPER, HE GETS A LITTLE MIXED UP, SOME MORNINGS HE WILL SAY....GOD IS GOOD, GOD IS GREAT. THEN AT SUPPER HE MIGHT SAY.....NOW I LAY ME DOWN .....HE STOPS!,...... THEN HE KNOWS THAT IS THE (GOING TO BED PRAYER!!!!)HE IS SO FUNNY!!!HE IS FOR SURE A PAPA'S BOY, HE LUV'S ME, BUT SOON AS MARK GETS HOME, ITS LIKE A LIL CHIHUAHUA AT PAPA'S ANKLES! TODAY IS BRENDA'S B-DAY, I TRIED TO CALL HER....NO ANSWER. OH WELL!!!! WE WOULD JOKE AROUND WITH MOM, BEFORE SHE WENT INTO (SEVERAL)....NURSING HOMES, WE WOULD BE IN THE CAR WITH MOM, WE WOULD TELL HER....IF YA DON'T BEHAVE, WE ARE TAKING YOU TO THE NEAREST NURSING HOME!!!    SHE WOULD SAY ....ohhhhh....don't do that! I AM SO SORRY MOM WE DIDN'T KEEP YOU WITH US!!!!

 SHE WOULD SAY (BRO  -  THER  -     JOHN) HER NICK NAME WAS (HUDDEN) OH HOW I MISS SAYING THAT!!! I MISS YOU MOM AND EVERYTHING WILL BE OK DOWN HERE! YOU HAVE A GREAT TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY IN HEAVEN, AND Mark & I WILL" SEE YOU AGAIN! CHECK UP ON US FROM TIME TO TIME,OK? YOU LOVED US ALL FOR SURE! AND YOUR GRAND- KIDS, AND YOUR GREAT-GREAT-GRAND- KID'S,& ALL THE GREAT- GREAT- GREAT- GRAND KIDS, WILL HEAR STORIES ABOUT THEIR (MEMAW),I LOVE YOU MOM AND MISS YOU, I WILL PUT THAT OUT IN THE UNIVERSE!!!!(inside joke) WE WILL SEE YOU WHEN IT'S OUR TIME TO GO, BE WAITING AT THE GATE FOR US! GIVE JESUS A HUG FROM ME, (MELODY"),YOUR"( FAVORITE DAUGHTER)SORRY( I JUST HAD TO PUT THAT IN THE UNIVERSE) HAHA, SWEET DREAMS HUDDEN. I Have to Mention 1 More Thing, MOM'S FAVORITE WAITRESS'S NAME IS( STACEY) @ GINO'S, NEAR BETHALTO, ILLINOIS!!!! GOTTA GO, JAK IS UP.  BYE MOMMA, WE LOVE YOU SOOO MUCH,!!!!! WE ALL DO!!!!! I TALK TO YOU EVERYDAY, BUT, YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT..RIGHT?  XOXOXOXOXOX  I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU IN A DREAM.....JUST A LIL ONE!!!!!    LUV, MEL&JAK&MARK  XOXOXOXOXOX