Hello family! just thanking GOD for another years' journey,The storm is almost gone, i can see the sun peeping thru the clouds, i can shout yet, but we entering another, so lets just HUNKER DOWN,we are stronger this year than last year,AS for my FOURTH born,i miss you more today than yesteday,but sibb i am, great you would be real proud of me,the girls are great, so much like you.i remember our long teleohone talks, i looked so forward to,well, htey are all good memories now,I 'LL JUST KEEP HOLDING ON,BUT, WHEN WE ALL GET TO HEAVEN WHAT A DAY OF REJOICING THERE WILL BE!!! MISS YOU,  LOVE YOU MUCHES!!!
 

To my ONLY sister! From your Only sister! There is not one day that goes by that I dont MISS you soooooo much! I forgot that one day we would say "see u later" and honestly not know when later would be. But that day came much too soon! When my heart and my ears miss you and i think i cant stand it. I think of all the fun times we had. Sometimes we'd laugh so hard til we couldn't breath! Wow it has been 3 years since I had that kind of special laugh that only we shared! I still cry a lot! But Im getting so much stronger. I knew that i had made big strides when i put the family picture (we took at Big 50 party) back on the mantle!! Im hanging in there for the girls! They are sooooo much like you!!!! In two different ways...yet same! Go figure that! Save a seat for me!!! Until we see each other again! I LOVE YOU AND MISS U! 

In memory of my darling daughter,I can't beleive two and a half years have passed since we said good bye-well you are gone but, truly not forgotten, I miss you daily, I'M trying to fill in for you with the girls, they are doing great,I can hear your voice telling me what to do and not do.so i'll keep on trying.it broke my heart when God carried you home,but, I know HE knows whats best for me although my weary eyes can't see.Thank GOD for all the good memories ihave of my baby.                                            REST ON MY DARLING, till we meet again!!! 

My heart is so heavy as I write this. I can't believe you're gone. I met you many years ago when our daughters attended John R. King and cheered for the Tiger's   Team. You were so much fun to be around. At times you would have me laughing until I cried. You were so creative and such a dedicated mom. I remember an incident when our children were cheer leading. The coaches and staff were being a bit messy. I saw another side of you and began to love you even more. From that time on when things would get messy I would see that look on your face and think don't mess with Sylvia baby. LOL!

We lost touch when Morgan left John R. King, but I have thought about you so many times. I always hoped that I would run into you again. I've even tried to find you on Facebook. Today, Kelsey told me that she was friends with Morgan on Facebook and she think that something happened to you. My heart just dropped. I decided to google your name and found this page. I try to live life with no regrets, but I truly regret that I lost contact with you. I've heard many times how important it is to keep in touch with those that you care about and now I really realize why. I don't know what happened but I regret not being in your life until the end.

Thanks for your friendship, advice and laughter. We'll meet again one day. 

sylvia was a very special child,weighing in at 6lbs 5oz. she knew then just what she wanted as she grew my famous words to her was you know what you want, where you are going to get,when you are going to get it, and DOG GONE IT how you will get it. she never gave me one moment trouble,she just knew everything in the world, wasn't afraid of any thing.Rest in peace my child, mama love you.







 

I Decorated and Coordinated your Mother's Wedding all those years ago.

I remember being apprehensive about this wedding because Sylvia was before fashion status so to speak.  She said “I want something different than the traditional wedding with pastels …I want black and white!"  I almost fainted!!!  This would be the first of many weddings with the bridesmaids in black years later.  Sylvia was before the color became popular! 
 
We talked so much in the weeks to follow as I do with all my brides, but she was special, because she really listened to my advice.  She told me how one night she got stressed so she drove to Galveston by herself to walk on the beach and watch the waves to clear her head.  I made her promise not to ever do that again and I don’t believe she did… but with Sylvia…I don’t know….she might have… and just kept it to herself.  LOL.  I don’t think she had a fearful bone in her body.  God Bless.

When Mama divorced my biological father in the 80s, we lived in an apartment in Houston that had access to cable.  Every Friday, and I do mean EVERY Friday, Mama and I would watch "Purple Rain" and dance around the living room to "I Would Die 4 U."

When it was closing in on the time of my nuptials, she made mention that she'd like us to dance to the song at the reception.  She totally forgot she said that, as it was evident when the song came on July 11, 2009 that she was in absolute shock!  We danced like we used to some 20+ years ago, and she even did that lil' shimmy Prince did from the movie!

To make sure my sister and I had what we needed to be the young ladies/women she wanted us to be, she'd go to any length.  Even death.  Her passing re-established the meaning of this song.

Break it down, Mama!