I can not express the gratitude for all the calls, emails and text messages I have gotten since Momma passed away... She had been soooo sick for so long and I know, I really believe she is in a better place now... I was with her yesterday afternoon at the hospital when it happened.. I knew immediately she was gone, they tried to revive her but the aortic aneurysm apparently ruptured and there was nothing anyone could do. I lost my daddy in 01' with alzheimer's and he had been in bad shape for several years... when he passed away I hoped Mom would have a life again, able to travel and go places but her health started getting worse soon after..... Yes, anyone who knew us knew we fought like cats and dogs... but I would have... and did fight Satan everyday for the last 11 years to keep her here... I came home years ago to help with them due to the health problems they both had... having put my whole life on hold to be here for her and now I don't know what to do... She was a tough ole bird and I'm sure that is what kept her here as long as it did.. she would have been 83 in July... But she did love the horses and was my biggest supporter of the barrel races... Her old mare is still alive and kicking at 26, I have raised many and Mom would always claim the prettiest ones!!
One of the many stories I was told by her touches my heart..... when she was a young girl living outside of Marquez Tx in the 30's or 40's a couple stopped by the old home place because their car had overheated... they need water for the radiator so Mom and her older sister walked up the hill to the well and got a bucket full... when they got back the couple put water in their car and had some cool water on the porch... for payment they offered mom and her sister (Aunt Lucille) some sea shells... that had come from the coast... of course mom had never seen sea shells and was thrilled!! ( the shells are still, here belive it or not!)
before the couple left they introduced theirselves to her parents... it was Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker... ring any bells?
She was truley an amazing person and I am blessed to have been the child she chose.... The days are going to be long and hard.. I hope I am up to the challange that God has put before me..
The funeral will be in Leon County (her home place) outside of Marquez Tx.. The services will be held at the Seale-Round Prairie Community Center @ 2:00 on Saturday May 31, 2008 The graveside will be shorty after next door and the Seale-Round Prairie Cemetary. Ricks Funeral Home in Jewett Tx will be handling the services... Thanks once again for your prayers and please, please don't let be fall off the face of the earth grieving over her loss... Hope to see everyone once again in the near future at a barrel race.. Kayla
