My Mom and Fam

This pic below was taken a few years

ago. Thomas Jefferson AKA TJ, AKA

Brat was sitting on his cage and

he flew over to sit on my moms shoulder.

Mom sitting on her screened 

in deck.

Taken about 3 yrs ago on 

Thanksgiving.

That would be mom, me with the 

Santa hat. My daughter Amber,

next to her is my oldest grandson Caleb.

the youngest one is Braden and then DJ.

Moms great grands.

Taken the same day.

We always tried to get pics of all

of us together on Thanksgiving 

or Christmas. However....this yr

mom did not remind me and we

forgot. I hate that so much.

In this pic is moms kids, grand babes

and great grands. Only one missing

is my son cause he lives in Calif.

I love this pic and will be 

framing it.

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While mom was in the hospital in ICU 

and having a good I left early to run some

errands. I found this at Goodwill and it

was in perfect condition. Gave 3.99

for it and since mom had pulled through 

and everything was looking good I 

felt an angel was watching over

her. I got this for her. She never

saw it. I took it to her house and 

put out for her to have when she

got home.

Took a pic of a pic in mom's

annual. 

One of my besties and another friend,

had a beautiful throw sent to the 

funeral home for me to take home.

Beautiful.

When her kids were working and mom

was not she would help us

out by keeping our kids when they 

were sick.

She would put them in bed

with this bell.

That way she could go about her doings

and the child could ring the bell

when they needed something.

The day we brought mom home, her

wishes, my niece found the bell

and put it by moms hand. 

At that point she could not 

respond to things but she heard 

us. We told her the bell was there

for her.

I had 8 cousins come up from 

Georgia and my two beautiful

aunts and my uncle

(the last of mom's siblings).

My uncle, mom's brother in law.

All from Georgia. 

Two of my cousins had their

hubbies with them. 

My cousin Margaret wanted a pic

of me and my brothers. 

We clean up nicely anyway!

I have made out thank you cards to 

folks that sent flowers, throw and other

stuff that I know. Mark is doing for the 

ones he knows and the same for Ray.

I have to get the address for one woman

that sent beautiful roses, related

to mom somehow. Mom never met her

but mom shared family history with her

and she shared with mom.

The kind words, the amazing friends,

my awesome family have been the 

best support. Friends I grew up with, 

family that traveled, FB friends that never

met my mom, and my blogging friends have

have sent some great advice for getting 

through this and nice comforting words.

Thank you. 

I posted this on fb last night.

I feel lost but blessed in a lot of ways. 

People have left me with wise 

words like, "just breath 

(Lori McCall-Montgomery), "she will 

be with you" (several folks) and then

 I was handed a handkerchief 

to hold on to, ball up or run 

though my hands (Julie Tucker).

 I was held, hugged, and I even 

laughed. Friends I grew up 

with, newer friends in my life, 

and amazing family came together

 to pay respect to my mom, 

to show support to me and my family.

 I have sit here and looked at

 flowers that were delivered to the 

funeral home. A beautiful 

memory throw from Debbie Martin

 and Marie Morphis. Food

 from Bonita Shoemake Mofield and 

so many others. Moms fave songs 

were played and she 

looked so pretty. I love you all 

and I thank you all so much.

Now...my mom was

a very private person.

She never wanted to 

be talked about on FB

...oops....I only

done it cause I need an outlet

and I need to talk about you.

BUT....I have to tell you that

I was not the first to post 

about you on FB. I honored

your wishes and I did not

go there till Holly did it.

Blame HOLLY...haha...

I am trying to adjust, 

trying to function and 

trying to figure out

what to do, what I need

to heal...

Confused

Mad

Hurting...

Thanks for hanging with 

me bloggers and coming

to my blog leaving great

comments and while I 

was out with my mom.

 Pam