NANCY,That is the way it was when my kids were growing up now it's still that way with the grandkids growing up. Never know who or where you will find them sleeping.!!! I have married kids with kids of their own that STILL call me Ma Bowles or Mawmaw Bowles. It sure makes you feel good to be able to still help them out doesn't it? Dot Jo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy M. Boyd" <geniegirl@iowatelecom.net> To: <Down-Home-Chatter-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 7:47 PM Subject: [DOWN-HOME-CHATTER] my boys > When my son was in school, high school, in rural areas they run amuck > all over the place. Well he always would drag one of his friends home > and they would sleep on the couch. One never knew who was sleeping over > in our house on any given Friday or Saturday night. These boys all knew > the first question I was going to ask them, "Does your mother or > parents know where your at?" and they all would say yes, that if they > were at our house the parents knew they were safe and ok. I call them > my boys and they all called me Ma Boyd or Mom when I got on them about > something. > > Two of these boys reminded me how short and uncertain life can be. One > of the boys wife who was just 28 died of liver failure recently, brought > on by the use of over the counter diet aids. The other one had his gall > bladder out and re entered the hospital because of breathing > difficulties, they found blood clots in his lungs. Now they are deeply > concerned about his heart. He is about 33 years old. Another of my > boys home caught on fire via a short in the new fuse box installed. > Damage was pretty good , but not unrepairable. Retrieving photos and > mementos etc. until too dark to do anything else, another one of my boys > gave him a place to sleep that night. Well the neighbor, not proven > yet, but has a history of arson, lit the place on fire and it fully > engulfed the home. He could not light it on the end where the fire > earlier in the day was because of the amount of water and foam they put > on it, no he apparently laid down a line of gas out to the hay bales and > lit it that way. It's in the hands of the state fire marshall. I > cleaned out all my granddaughters too small clothes which fit just > perfect for their daughter, plus a practically new winter coat etc.and > took it over to them. > > My boys all know that Ma Boyd holds them dearly and will keep them in my > prayers. > > Nancy > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DOWN-HOME-CHATTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Yes it does make me feel good to still be there when needed or helping hand every now and then. Nancy