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Memories of Aretta

09/08/07 Hello mom, welcome home to be with daddy and all our furchildren. I haven't placed your pictrure yet because I am still debating on which one to use. I am leaning toward the one of you the day you were married because you told me that you were so very happy that day. Mom Kat my dear friend gave me this residence for you, as a gift. I know you already know this but her Kenny is there so you can give him a big hug and tell him how much she loves and misses him. You and daddy were only parted for 8 years and 18 days after you were married 56 years so be happy mom I send you to heaven with a heavy heart but also with a smile on my face. Tell daddy his baby girl loves him more than all the stars in the sky. I will never have the words to tell you how much it means to me to have been raised by such wonderful parents but you know. My only wish now is to be half the woman you are and to have half the heart that daddy has. I love you mom, thank you for giving your whole life for your family. Take care of daddy. I left your Bible and your radio beacause I know how much you loved to listen to your gospel music, now you can hear it sung by the angels themselves. Love your baby girl. 09/13/07 Hello mom, I left you a fishing rod today at your residency, I was thinking this morning about the time you and I and daddy went fishing...remember when he kept easing into our spot because we were catching more fish than him...He was so funny he used to do that when we went fishing on the boat, he always had that smile so how could we say anything to him. Thank you both for the memories of our lives together, see you again one day. Love you Your baby girl 09/15/07 Good morning mom, today I left you some Fritos at your residency, I remember so many times with you, like the time you had to go to the Dr., your blood pressure like mine always ran very low, but that day when the Dr. took it it was sky high, which was a big alarm because of your history...then all of the sudden you began to laugh I thought you had lost your mind but then you told the Dr. hey doc I am fine I just ate Fritos this morning for breakfast before I came, so funny all that salt had made your blood pressure shoot up. Thank you mom for those moments they are what gets me thru, I miss and love you both very much. 10/02/07 As I chose this song today "Three Times A Lady" I thought of you and what a lady you were. You always taught me to do everything I did in life as if everyone was watching me, so that when I lay my head down at night I owuld never have anything to be ashamed of. You, my dear sweet mom were truely a lady, marrying the only man that ever kissed you, and not even in the mouth until you were married. LOL. I always loved to here the story from daddy about the time he was driving with his dad and you and AUnt Marie were walking on the side of the road, he told PaPaw there is the woman that I am going to marry, and yes two weeks later even though at that time you hadn't even met, you did marry and were married for 56 years now that is love at first sight. I miss u mom, alot. I always had so much fun with you, even when you were in the hospital you always made me and all the nurses smile. You are a and always will be a true lady to me. I love you, take care of daddy. 10/08/07 Hey mom I left your candle I will see you tonight at the service, sending you loves to above. Your baby girl 10/22/07 Good morning mom today I leave your candle so you and daddy can join me tonight at the candle light service. It seems as though each day I think of something that you said or did here and I smile thru my tears. I remember that you used to cry so hard at weddings more than you did at funerals. I always aske why you did that but now I think I get it, at weddings it is a beginning of life and at funerals it is the end of life here the person is passing on to a place of eternal happiness I know now. Now I get it, that I am here without you and daddy, it is hard knowing that one has to venture into their life with the loss of those we love dear, and when one dies we should not weep as they are venturing into a life of good health and happiness always, it is hard mom so hard some days are harder that others but I know that you are ok, it is harder on us here. I talked to Shawn yesterday he sounds lost without his MaMaw, he loved you so you were his mom after his mom died and I remember the promise you made her on her deathbed that you would help my brother take care of Shawn, gosh mom he was only five I can only imagine his pain over these years, I am 45 and I feel pain, God Bless his little heart. Thank God he had you, and today mom I bet Ruth is up there giving you big old hugs because you did your job well. I love you mom, I will see you tonight. 10/29/07 Good morning mom I left your candle for the service tonight. Today I was rememberingy our "book" how you used to write everything down the first snow, the first frost etc..we had our first frost today. I miss you mom yesterday was a hard day, but I wouldn't bring you back for I know that you are not suffering now, and that you can listen to the angels sing the music that you listened to on tape here. I love you mom. 11/03/07 Good morning Mom I just wanted to stop in this morning to ask you to watch over us as I take another baby to it's forever home, it makes me feel so happy mom to know that another baby has been saved. I love you and miss you lots, by the way mom this baby is going to Tennessee, remember when we would go to visit Lee when he lived there, daddy would never stop so you would always say you better "pee" or it will be running down your leg you know your daddy won't stop for nothing. It is those little memories that I think of that and the summer I decided I wanted to be on my own and moved there. You packed my car with cokes, snacks and all kinds of things. I will never forget you and daddy standing in the driveway as I left, daddy crying and you saying I would be back , well you were right as usual 6 months and I was back. Thank you for letting me grow up but always being there to catch me when I fell or needed a shoulder. I love you forever and ever. Deb 11/05/07 Hello mom I left your candle I will see you and daddy and Princess at the service tonight. The rescue hourney is done and Baby Girl has a great home, of course you know that already don't you. Mom I saw a picture of Sissy's mom yesterday and this morning as I write to you I just know you and her are sitting up there in heaven drinking your coffee saying, "look at those girls down there they are something for us to be proud of", I love you and miss you, it is different on this side now. Sometimes I feel so alone even though I have alot of love going on. Hugs to heaven Debbie 11/06/07 Good morning mom I wanted to stop in today to wish you and daddy Happy Anniversary in heaven 61 years today, I left you a cake to help you celebrate, you are together now mom forever and ever, I wish you both a beautiful day sitting by the cool streams watching all the furbabies run around and the angels as they fly over head to watch over everyone there. I love and miss you both so very much. Life just isn't the same down here. 11/20/07 Good morning mom today I was thinking how beautiful this time of the year is and how pretty all the fall colors are but I still miss you so much and it takes some of the beauty away for me this year. I try so hard to be strong, but I just can't help it sometimes. I miss you I pick up the phone everyday to call you and then I realize that you aren't there. I lvoe you mom Deb 11/23/07 Good morning mom well yesterday was just how I thought it would be, I was sooooo lonely. Not a word from either of my brothers, that is ok. I am soooo sad mom, I have never felt so alone in my life without you and daddy. Today is Princess's 23 month marker also and that doesn't help my sadness either. No one understands unless they knew the love that you and daddy gacve they can't. Because unless you have felt it you don't know what you are missing. I am not feeling sorry for myself mom, just missing you alot. Yesterday I called one of my oldest friends which was so short and hurried on the phone, people just don't get it. What is important, it is love and family. Everyone in this world is so busy and short tempered why? I just want to say to them..one day you will realize what life is and I hope it isn't too late. I am so thankful no matter how hard it is that you and daddy taught me the way that life should be lived. It is those simple things that I remember the most, those memories the kindness you showed to even strangers that may have needed a hand. I am honored to have known such love, I just wish it didn't have to go away. It snowed here today, so I changed your residency to winter here. I miss you mom I pick up the phone a million times to call you then I realize you are not there that is the hardest for me. I love you so much I am trying God I am trying, Love you Deb 11/27/07 Good morning mom today I was thinking about you and your driving,a nd had to smile...Remember when you ran that ambulance upon the side of the bridge birm and it wrecked. Then you told that police man that it wasn;t your fault it was that, (and I quote) dummy that can't drive that ambulance that caused the wreck. Thank God the sherriff knew daddy and called me laughing telling me that I better get there or he was going to arrest my mom for calling the ambulance driver and him a dummy, he laughed and said, she said "if you beleive him you as big of a dummy as he is" that would be my mom...do you reckon that is where I learned my strong minded will from LOL...Thank goodness you used to give the sheriff coffee when he would come sit on the front porch with daddy, he too was one of the zillions who would come to our house just for coffee and fellowship. God I miss those days. I love you mom, that story just came to me this morning and I wanted to share it. Hugs all the way up to heaven Debbie 12/17/07 Hello mom I left your candle for the service tonight I lov eyou so, John's mom has been in the hospital for two weeks so she and I have been talking alot ...I have been able to share alot of stories with her about our lives , it has helped me so to cope with this first Christmas without you here. I love you and I thank you for helping me become the person I am today. 12/31/07 Good morning Mom another year has almost come and gone and what a year it has been. A hard one in so many ways, I had to watch the strongest woman I know take her last breath, but even with that there was the joy in my heart knowing that you weren't suffering anymore and that you were with daddy never again to spend a New Year without him. I love you mom and I thank you so much for the strength you gave to me , I was and am so blessed, to have had two wonderful parents like you and daddy, daddy to teach me the humble spirit and the love of God's creatures and you ... to teach me to be a strong woman. I love you mom and I wish you and daddy and Princess a beautiful New Year in heaven. Love Deb 1/14/08 Good morning mom I had to erase for the second time today, I just wanted you to know that I love and miss you alot I left your candle for the service tonight I will see you there. Love you Debbie 1/18/08 Good morning mom I was just thinking about how I would call you everytime it was cold and snowy here to see what the weather was there, and I just realized there will never be another tomorrow for me to call you to check on you or to chat about the kids or John. Thank you for always being there for me, I love you dearly and miss you lots Debbie 1/21/08 Hello mom I left your candle for the service tonight, I love you dearly Debbie 1/28/08 Hello mom I left your candle I will see you and daddy tonight at the candle light service, I love and miss you so Debbie 2/2/08 Good mornign mom this morning I was sitting here in reflection of the last month of your life and you know that wasn't what overtook my memories .. all of the sudden I can see you how you used to "cut a fool" as you called your practical jokes we did have some fun didn't we mom, even at your worst you still lived life. Thank you for your strength, you know I always thought most of my genes were of daddy until I lost you and then I sit and reflected on how much of you lives on thru me.. Thank you so much for being the kind of mom that all should use as an example. I love you Debbie 2/04/08 Hello mom I left your candle for the service tonight I will see you there Debbie 02/11/08 Hello Mom I left your candle for the service tonight I will see you and daddy and Princess there 02/18/08 Love you mom see you at the service tonight 02/25/08 Good morning mom I will see you tonight, mom a sweet young man our friend was killed in a tragic automobile accident, he was only 22 so watch for him and hold him close as his mother would if she could....love you to the moon and back, and miss you that much too. 02/27/08 Good morning mom, I thought so much about you yesterday and how very much I miss you, ones' heart does go on a little broken but we do go on, with the hope that we will see you again one day. I have decided that I must mend the fences with my brothers, be the strong one take the higher road. I know that you and daddy would have wanted that so I will do that. I know the lessons of life that you taught me and one of the most precious is "forgiveness". I love you mom 03/03/08 Good morning mom I left your candle for the service tonight. I also left your Easter tree today, I was thinking of how when I was little you used to make my Easter dress I was always so very proud of those outfits that you made with your hands. I have some of your quilts, each square is a square of cloth from your sewing. Some from the dresses you made for me, some from yours and some from grandma's and grannys. They each are so very precious to me. I miss you alot. 03/20/08 Good morning mom Happy first day of Spring, I thought of you so much yesterday your birthday is next month, your first birthday in heaven. I love you 03/23/08 Hello mom I jsut wanted to stop in to wish you a beautiful Easter in heaven, I think so much to Easters past how you would make such a beautiful dinner for after church and we would hide Easter eggs we would color them solid no fancy stuff but you know you were never a fancy woman but the most precious woman of character that I ever knew you held us together mom, now I know you are helping the angels today fix an Easter dinner fit for the Master Himself, sending you love to heaven. Happy Easter. You may visit my daddy at : Vester Dixon's Beloved Hearts residency and my mom's granddoggy Princess at her Rainbows Bridge residency. Thank you Ginny for this precious site and the tributes you allow us to pay to our lost loved ones. 04/17/08 Happy Birthday in heaven mom I love you and I miss you more than anyone could know, although I am so glad you no longer suffer you were the best mom, a mother, a friend, a good neighbor, and a caregiver to any who needed it. A picture of perfection in my eyes. I love you 05/11/08 Happy Mothers Day in heaven mom our first apart since I was born..I will not be sad I know you are not suffering anymore and you are hand in hand with daddy. I love you so much and I thank you each day for the person I have become. 05/20/08 This mronign as I was looking at your picture I remembered you laying in your casket. How can someone that was dead look so beutiful I thought...then I realized, you were at peace. I hold onto that in my heart and in my soul...you are at peace and with daddy. I miss and love you more than you will ever know 06/09/08 Good morning mom, I have adding photos of things you have missed since your journey to heaven with daddy it is so nice to be able to share with you the kids and great grandbabies I love you so very much. Deb 07/13/08 Good morning mom, today I found this picture of daddy's Foxy..I remember so will when you had to make the decision to help her cross over to the bridge that day, I could tell in your eyes that it was just one more part of daddy that you had to let go..NOW you are all together again. I love you mom and miss you it is coming on your one year anniversary, it is so hard still. I love you 11/17/08 Hello mom, it seems so far away that time when you and I spent our last month together or that morning when you took your last breath. How can it be that you both are gone, I talked with Wendy the other day , I will make the trip soon to get the things from the house it is just so final......I love you so much and I miss you too, life isnt the same, we are doing good though, John is such a wonderful man, and takes such good care of his family, so many tears I could cry but choose to keep them in for a little while. I love you mom Please also visit Vester Dixon.

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