A TRIBUTE TO MY BABY SISTER

Miss her so much each day I miss her more.. She was so sweet, she loved kids especially homeless kids or kids that was less fortunate . They would feed kids in their neighborhood, if they started grilling anything here they come they knew there would be food for them. They was not even called. If my sister was not well she would hand them a box of ceral or pop tarts out the door and tell them. She is reaping her reward today with her Jesus.

Sisters are so special. Love my brothers also but you can't talk to them with secret things like a sister. I have two left and will love them more now than ever before. Family is so important, I wish everyone felt like that there would not be so many split families.

My sister seen I was struggling with a quilt top with stars, she said I can do that and she did. Jeanette told Sue I did not like to work with points, in which I really don't,she did a beautiful job. She loved quilting after she got started. I had a small fire at my house and my sewing machine was damaged, the door of my sewing cabinet got some damage and insurance bought me a new one so I gave her mine, not knowing at the time she had no where to leave her machine up all time. She was so proud of it, she cried and called everyone and told them I gave it to her. So glad I did. I think it was the best thing I ever did for her.

God Bless all

NO MORE TEARS

Songs like "TEARS WILL NEVER STAIN THE STREETS OF THAT CITY ", " NO TEARS IN HEAVEN . We have all cried a bushel of tears this week and it seem they will never end. God understands our tears and some day they will be all wiped away.

Here I am sitting here shedding more tears. My baby sister birthday will be tomorrow, she would have been 60 and now my brother is with her and they are rejoicing to gether and "HEAVEN IS GETTING SWEETER ALL THE TIME". We have a brother in heaven but sisters are so special, didn't realize it until we lost Jeanette. She was so special to me and I loved her so much. Can't believe it has almost been a year, seems like yesterday.

Spent the day with my sister Rosette yesterday, met her at the cemetary, " she was with her son Kevin" where her dear husband's body was laid to rest, when we got there she told us when she walked up there she was looking down and he spoke to her and said " why are you looking down, I am up here. We carried her home and spent the afternoon with her. Cleaned out the refrigerator and put food in smaller containers so it would be easier to warm., washed what few dishes there was and fixed some lunch. She was going back to the cemetary and the Hospital, one of their DIL was hospitalized yesterday, dehydration and pneumonis. Her son Damon came to do that and we came home.

We had some long talks, will be doing that often. She is having a real hard time and it does her good to just talk.

I have had a lot of thoughts of all the singers who have gone on before oh what a choir he has joined. I'm sure he is shouting and singing to the top of his voice and what a voice he had. Vestel Goodman, Larry Rudkins, he use to sing in their Quarted, the Mid South Boys, George Younce, Kenny Henson, and many more. I hope Jeanette has joined that choir and they are singing together. The last reunion we had Rosette, Jeanette, Sue, Roy played guitar and sand, Myself, it was such a joyous time, more now than then. we can never do that again. Oh what memories we have.

NO TOMORROW

We are not promised tomorrow because tomorrow never comes, there is not always a tomorrow. When God calls there is not a tomorrow for who ever he chooses. So we should live every minute as if it was our last.

When Jesus calls we better be ready, sometimes we have time to repent sometime we don't it seems, but I believe God gives us all a chance to repent. I want to live for him and be ready in season and out.

I have not done a very good job lately, too angry about some things, I try not to get angry but I do, too often. God is good.

I love the Serenity Prayer.

GOD GRANT ME THE SERNITY

TO ACCEPT THE THINGS

I CANNOT CHANGE

THE COURAGE TO CHANGE

THE THINGS I CAN

AND THE WISDOM

TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE

Hope I can live by this, I worry about things I cannot change, just need to learn to leave them in the hands of the one who can. Lord help me to live as if this was my last day.

GOD BLESS ALL

NEW BEGINNING

My sister Rosette will be facing a new beginning in her life tomorrow, not one she would have chose for herself or one Rodney would have chose for her. It was in God Plan for her life. God will give her the strength to carry on, but like the preacher said today she will have to let him as we all will. It was a wonderful service today and many good tributes to Rodney's life.

He was a wonderful person, firm in his belief, firm with his kids and a loving husband. He left 3 wonderful christian boys and their wives. Rosie has 3 wonderful DIL to help her through this terrible trial. Kevin made the remark 2 months ago we was ready to face this but not 3 days ago. He seem to be doing well. He said they thought it would be their mother long before their dad. God gave him and Rosie 3 more weeks to be together and at each others side to remminease, settle a lot of decisions about their life together and make plans for the future,and just being together, not knowing God had other plans.

What a legacy he left.

He is rejoicing in Heaven with my sister, whom we lost just a year ago. He is laughing and hearing her laugh again. She was a very funny person. Miss her so much, but would not call her back to pain and suffering in this life.

God knows best He needed more flowers for his bouquet.

What will she choose, to go on or give up. She has too many love ones to just give up. Her health is not too good but better than it was 2 yers ago. She has to make it.

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TRIALS

God has sent our family another trial, another tear, well really bushels of tears. I as many others have had so many trials lately, I really don't want or need another one in my way of thinking, not God way.

Trials are supose to make us strong but I seem awfully weak. In my distress He will make me strong.

As I set there today and listen to my sister tell how much she loved Rodney, it just broke my heart. She told me the thoughts of her heart. I wish I could say something to make her feel better, but there is no words to say. So I just listen to her, it is good for her to just talk and express how she felt. She said I am so angry and he said he would not do this to me. It was not her's or his decision to make. I told her when things settle down I will be up and we will spend time together and just talk. I am so worried about her, but I have to leave her in God's hands.

So many things in life I do not understand but Our ways are not God's ways.

I told her God gave her a few weeks to just enjoy each other, most people do not get that. He should have never made it through the surgery and a ruptured bowel. He did and seem to be doing and recovering very well. He had 3 surgery's in 1 week. That is a lot for one person to endure, go home and do as well as he did.

I lost my baby sister almost 1 year ago. The 6th of Oct. I have missed her so much.

In a few short years, I lost my daughter-in-kaw in child birth, my mother 6 weeks later, my son went to prison 3 months after that. I had a premature baby and a 2 year old to raise. Had a job to go to everyday, just trying to keep a babysitter in my home was hard, they would move away or get a job,or something. It was too hard to get them up and carry them to a babysitter everyday. I had to be at work at 6 am and we lived almost 6 miles out of town, and double back and go to work 25 miles.

It was a very trying time. Had 2 or 3 surgeries in the 6 years I had them. My body took a beating.

God's love and mercy got us through them years just as he is going to carry my sister through her trial.

She has 3 amazing sons and daughter-in-laws to help her. A host of friends and Grand children that will fill her life with Joy and make up for some of the loss she has endured, but Rodney can never be replaced in her life. she will always have him in her heart.

My prayer is God keep my sister, I don't want to lose another one yet, I know it is coming but just not right now. We all have our appointed time that You will call us home to be with you.

ONE MORE VALLEY

WHEN I'M TOSSED ON LIFE'S SEA AND THE WAVES COVER ME

AND THE CLOUDS WON'T ALLOW THE SUN SHINE THRU

THEN A VOICE SEEMS TO SAY,

'CHILD THERE'LL VE A VRIGHTER DAY

DON'T ALLOW THE CLOUDS TO HIDE SWEET HEAVEN'S VIEW'

CAUSE YOU'VE GOT ONE MORE VALLEY

ONE MORE HILL, MAYBE ONE MORE TRIAL

ONE MORE TEAR, ONE MORE CURVE IN LIFE'S ROAD

MAYBE ONE MORE MILE TO GO

YOU CAN LAY DOWDN YOUR HEAVY LOAD

WHEN YOU GET HOME

DON'T LET SATAN SEE YOUR FEARS

LEARN TO SMILE TROUGH ALL YOUR TEARS

HOLD YOUR HEAD UP HIGH AND GIVE THE WORLD A SMILE

JUST BE FAITHFUL ALL THE WAY

IT'LL BE WORTH IT ALL SOME DAY

'CAUSE IT'S ALL GOING TO BE OVER AFTER WHILE

BEEN TOO LONG

I have had a problem with my blogger, hope I have got it fixed now.

We just got home from Branson, well we got home on friday, had a good relazing time, stayed in a condo, loved it. Spent a lot of time in the pool just across the street. I tried to be out there at 9 am or as soon as I could. Sometimes it is good to be a little handicapped. Special Services are rendered to you. LOL We did not eat our that much 4 times I think is all. There is too much frozen food already prepared to eat out. We just relaxed. The condo member service had a lot of things going. They had a dinner and shows one night, different theaters there had performances for us. It was very enjoyable, some shows I would never have gone to see without seeing their preview.

We went to see Noah which was a bible show. Sight and Sound theatre. Real animals and an Ark that engulfed the whole theatre, you felt like you was there with them. We also took the tour of how they create all these props which is hugh pieces that just comes together. Next is Joseph which will start April 2012. Noah leaves and goes back to PA. in Oct.

Made one trip to see Vi , it was an enjoyable day, she always remembers us and we talk about CA, We lived next door to them and our kids just loved going across the field, visiting with the cows,and oscar the pot belly pig. I think James was their favorite becausse you never knew what he was going to do. He loved to hunt and Bro Coy always talked to him about his hunting days. One day James got his dad's 30-30 and here he went across the field with the gun over his shoulder ( at least he knew how to carry it ) Bro Coy ask him does you dad and mom know you have that gun, he took it and put it up. We did not. He was only about 6 or 7 at that time.

Her eyesight is failing and her mind is getting weak, I wish I could bring her down here and take care of her, would love it and she would be with family. I don't think she sees anyone very often, her family is old also, most of her family is gone or old like her. Her nieces and nephews has farms to take care of or just busy with their own lives. Too bad that is why she came back to Arkansas, so she would be near her family. They never pick her us and take her anywhere. She is so sweet. Tough to not have kids, their little girl died at 8 mts old and they never had any more. Even sometimes when you do have kids, you are non-existant in their lives. All so busy, not a thought of their aging parents.

She sang us a song as she usually does, last time it was Rock of Ages, this time it was "Picture on the Wall " by the Carter Family. I will try to post it, beautiful song.

There's an old and faded picture on the wall

That has been a hanging there for many years

It's a picture my mother

For I know there is no other

That can take the place of mother on the wall

On the wall (on the wall) on the wall (on the wall)

How I love that dear old picture on the wall

Time is swiftly passing by

And I bow my head and cry

Cause I know I'll see my mother after all

Yes the children all have gathered all have gone

And I have a little family of my own

And I know I love them well

More than any tongue can tell

But I'll hold that dear old picture on the wall

Since I lost that dear old mother years ago

There is none to which with troubles I can go

As my guitar makes its chords

I am praying to the Lord

Let me hold that dear old picture on the wall

We have one who will always be at our side and make sure we are taken care of. She is the most caring person I have ever known whether it is a friend, relative and an unknown person always willing to help. Everyone who knows her says she is a remarkable person and she is.

God Bless gotta go so much to do.