Well it was about a year or so after I got married in Illinois of all places. A Texas boy done left home and left all my friends and family. Anyway we got to Texas and let ma know I was in town with my family and Donna Jean was living back at home and low and behold DJ got ahold of Arthur who I hadn't seen or talked to in about 3 or 4 years. And my sister and her older sister Terry and surprised me with a little welcome home party at Jean and Abbys so my wife at the time got to meet everyone that she had heard stories about and found out we were all a little crazy...lol. Jean had such a smile on her face. But she was surrounded by all her kids. She would tell ya she had 2 girls and 4 boys. And we all know who we are. I miss you Mama Jean  

I remember the first time I met her. I was going over to see her oldest daughter and as i was walkin up to the house (still a couple of houses down) she came out the front door yelling at Abby because he was riding a wheely down the street on his bike( i think it was a Harley 750 sprint)  and I thought I don't want her mad at me. Because Abby did exactly what she told him to do and that was put that damn thing away. And little did I know that day that she would become such a big part of my life. I got a tattoo of a purple rose with a white ribbon as that was her favorite flower and color and the white ribbon for the lung cancer that she had beat as a living tattoo. As most people get Memorial tattoos for loved ones that have passed I wanted to get one that she would get to see. And as most everyone knows she didn't like tattoos but I do and I wanted to show her how much she meant to me (although she knew I usually called her ma) and the day I showed it to her we were sitting at the kitchen table as we always did and I told I had something to show her. So i pulled my tank top over as it is on my upper left chest. She looked at it and said: you know I hate those damn things! And how in the hell am I supposed to water it; ...lol little did i know that just a few years later she would be gone. As time goes on I will share more stories but as a lot of people know she was my momma Jean. I miss her so much. Hard to believe it's been almost 7 years. I love ya ma❤