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NOW ONTO THE REST OF THE STORY...AND THEY WERE IN THE HOSPITAL, AND YOU GOT SOME BURLAP BAGS AND YOU ROUNDED UP THEIR CATS, BECAUSE THEY WERE EVERYWHERE, THEY LOVED THEIR ANIMALS, AND EVEN TODAY I LIKE CATS TOO, AND CALLED THE DOG WAGON AT THE TIME, NOW THEY CALL THEM ANIMAL CONTROL, AND HAD THEM TO COME AND GET THEM? AND AUNT SARAH WAS SO UPSET AT YOU? THAT WAS NOT EVEN THE WORD...HAHAHA...THERE WAS CATS EVERYWHERE AND RUSTY THE GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG, I LOVED THAT DOG, AND HE PROTECTED ME AND I THINK ABOUT HIM A LOT, AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.
I THINK THAT IS WHY SHEPARDS ARE MY FAVORITE BREED OF DOGS TODAY.
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I REMEMBER GETTING READY TO FEED THE CAT LAYING ON THE WINDOW SILL, IN THE BACK OF THE HOUSE ON WEBSTER AVE, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS WENDY OR WHICH ONE IT WAS, BUT I DO KNOW THAT WENDY WAS THE ONE THAT USED THE TOILET UNTIL HER TAIL GOT PARALYZED, AND I FELL THROUGH THE CELLAR DOOR ONTO THE WOOD PILE, "OUCH" THAT HURT, AND TO THIS DAY I DO NOT WALK ON CELLAR DOORS ON THE SIDEWALKS.
AND ANOTHER TIME, GETTING MY ARM CAUGHT TO THE ELBOW IN THE WRINGER WASHER...OHHHHH GOD...TO A LITTLE GIRL THAT REALLY HURT.
AND DON'T WHATEVER YOU DO HIT AUNT SARAH WITH THE BROOM, SHE HAD TO SPIT ON IT, OR ELSE IT MEANT BAD LUCK, AND I REMEMBER HER TEACHING ME THE GOSPEL SONG, "I SHALL NOT BE MOVED" JUST LIKE A TREE, PLANTED BY THE WATER, I SHALL NOT BE MOVED.
UNCLE LEE USE TO WORK DOWN THE STREET AT THE CORNFIELD TAVERN, UNCLE LEE WOULD LET US EAT WHATEVER WE WANTED at DINNER TIME, IF WE WANTED MORE WE GOT IT, WE GOT AS MUCH AS WE WANTED, BUT WE BETTER EAT EVERYTHING ON OUR PLATE, WE WAS NEVER DENIED FOOD.
THIS ONE IS FUNNY, BUT IT SURE WASN'T FUNNY AT THE TIME, WHEN WE WAS LIVING ON ROSE STREET AND YOU WAS AT WORK, WE WAS NOT ALLOWED TO LET ANYONE IN THE HOUSE, AND WE LET THE BOY ACROSS THE STREET IN, I WILL NEVER FORGET, HIS NAME WAS EUGENE, AND YOU CAME HOME, AND CAUGHT US IN THE BED READING THE PAPER, LIKE WE COULD READ...SURPRISE, SURPRISE...HAHAHA, AND SONDRA WAS WASHING CLOTHES IN THE TIN TUB WITH THE SCRUB BOARD, I STILL HAVE ONE OF THEM...HAHAHAHAHA...THAT IS SOOOO FUNNY NOW, WE JUST KNEW THAT WE WAS PLAYING HOUSE,
YOU SENT HIM HOME, AND I CAN REMEMBER YOU TORE MY BUTT UP...HAHAHA...AND YOU CAN BET THAT I DIDN'T DO THAT AGAIN, UNTIL I WAS ALMOST GROWN AND MARRIED.
I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE GOING TO A LEO WEIL SCHOOL, AND YOU WAS WORKING AT FARMERS PRIDE CUTTING UP CHICKENS AND WE HAD TO PASS THE STORE EVERY DAY AT LUNCH TIME TO GO HOME FOR LUNCH, AND ON THE WAY BACK TO SCHOOL, YOU WOULD TAKE US IN THE BACK OF THE STORE AND WASH OUR FACES?
I KNOW THAT ALL OF THIS IS OUT OF ORDER, BUT I'M PUTTING IT DOWN AS I'M REMEMBERING IT, AND YOU KNOW MY MEMORY...HAHAHAHA..
I REMEMBER
WHEN WE WAS SMALL AND WE WOULD GET A LOT OF
SNOW IN THE WINTER, YOU USE TO GET OUTSIDE WITH US AND PLAY IN THE SNOW, AND WE WOULD THROW
SNOWBALLS AND REALLY HAVE A GOOD TIME.
THAT WAS AT A TIME WHEN WE WERE HAVING REAL BAD WINTERS, NOT LIKE WHAT WE ARE HAVING NOW.
WHEN WE WERE GOING TO McKELVEY SCHOOL AND YOU HAD BROUGHT ME MY FIRST PAIR OF FATIGUE PANTS AND THE TEACHER MADE FUN OF ME AND, I CAME HOME AND TOLD YOU, AND YOU TOOK ME BACK UP THERE AND PITCHED A BITCH...HAHAHA...AND THAT NEVER HAPPENED AGAIN.
AUNT WIZZY WAS LIVING UPSTAIRS AT THE TIME..YOU KNOW THATS WHAT I CALLED HER, BECAUSE AS A LITTLE GIRL, I COULD NOT SAY AUNT LIZ. AND TILL THIS DAY, 58 YEARS LATER, I STILL CALL HER BY THAT NAME, SHE WAS YOUR VERY BEST FRIEND, AND SHE WANTED TO ADOPT ME, EVERYONE WANTED TO ADOPT ME.
YOU AND SHE ALWAYS TALKED IN PIG LATIN, WHEN YOU DID'NT WANT US TO KNOW WHAT YOU BOTH WAS TALKING ABOUT, YOU WAS DAMN GOOD AT IT TOO, JUST LIKE SPEAKING ENGLISH...HAHAHA...BUT I CAUGHT A FEW WORDS OF IT AND STILL KNOW A FEW WORDS OF IT, BUT CAN'T SPEAK IT LIKE YOU CAN, FIRST THING I LEARNED WAS MY NAME, AND A FEW OTHER CHOICE WORDS.
MOM I DON'T KNOW IF I WILL EVER BE FINISH MAKING THESE PAGES OR ADDING TO THEM, BECAUSE I AM ALWAYS REMEMBERING SOMETHING. IT'S ALMOST MY LIFE STORY
I REMEMBER WHEN CHERYL WAS BORN, I WAS 10 YEARS OLD AND SHE USE TO BE IN HER CRIB WITH HER BOTTLE AND I USE TO DRINK FROM IT AND SOMETIMES PINCH HER, BUT NOT VERY HARD, AND YOU NEVER KNEW IT. I REMEMBER AFTER SHE WAS BORN ONE MORNING, YOU CAME IN THE ROOM TO GET US UP FOR SCHOOL, AND MY KNEE HAD SWELLED UP SO BIG AND YOU HAD TO TAKE ME TO THE HOSPITAL, AND COME TO FIND OUT I HAD RHEUMATIC FEVER, AND I HAD TO STAY IN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, THAT WAS MY FIRST RIDE IN A CONVERTIBLE, I REMEMBER IT AS IF IT WAS YESTERDAY.
WHEN I CAME HOME, I WAS OUT OF SCHOOL FOR A YEAR AND A TUTOR WAS COMING TO THE HOUSE, AND IT LEFT ME WITH A HEART MURMUR, AND WHEN I DID GO BACK TO SCHOOL, I WAS NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE GYM, I DIDN'T LIKE GYM ANYHOW, AND WHEN CHERYL GOT BIGGER HOW I USE TO DO HER HAIR EVERYDAY, I LOVED DOING HAIR, I TRIED ALL KINDS OF STYLES ON HER, I HAD JUST LEARNED TO CORNROW, NOW THEY SAY CORN BRAID, AND SHE WOULD SIT ON THE FLOOR BETWEEN MY LEGS...HAHAHA
RIGHT NOW I'M THINKING OF MY LONG BUS RIDE TO NORTH CAROLINA TO SEE YOU THIS SEPT. TO SURPRISE YOU FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY, YOU KNOW I'M COMING AND WHEN, YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT DATE, HOPEFULLY WHEN I GET THERE YOU WILL BE SLEEP, AND WON'T KNOW I'M THERE UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING. I JUST HOPE THAT KNEE SURGERY DON'T PUT A DAMPER ON THAT.
WELL, SINCE I'VE TALKED TO YOU, I'M GLAD THAT ERIKA'S COMING TO GET YOU, SINCE I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN CONCERNING MY KNEE, AND I KNOW THAT YOU DESERVE SOME TIME AWAY FROM HOME
WELL, THIS HAS TO BE THE END OF MY TRIBUTE TO MY MOM I, I WILL NOT BE ADDING ANYMORE PAGES, SHE PASSED AWAY ON MAY 1, 2001, AND I MISS HER SO MUCH.
I AM SO SORRY THAT SHE DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO SEE THESE PAGES THAT I MADE FOR HER.
REST IN PEACE MOM
GOD HAS CALLED YOU HOME
I WILL MISS YOU
THAT YEAR I WAS NOT ABLE TO GO AND SEE MY MOM, THAT WAS 2000, SHE TOLD ME TO STAY HOME AND TAKE CARE OF MY KNEE. BE CAUSE I COULD NOT PUT TOO MUCH PRESSURE ON IT, AND THOUGHT THAT I MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE SURGERY.
SONG PLAYING
I JUST CALL TO SAY I LOVE YOU
MOM'S POEM
