Jeanni, never get tired of reading the story of your mama and daddy meeting. Such a shame he had to die so early. I think they truly had a love story there. I know when I met my husband it was love at first site. this cute sailor boy. Of course he has changed over the years as I have also. But our love is still there which makes it a little easier because of his memory not being to great any more. I do get very angry some times but keep it to my self or try to. I just vent it in other places. I just hope it doesn't get worse, as I would never be able to care for him on my own if he couldn't physically care for himself. Oh well, sunny today going to be 100 maybe, Not looking forward to that. But I think your mom and dads story is just so great. Louise in Ca. ----- Original Message ----- From: <askgranny@juno.com> To: <askgranny@juno.com>; <MEMORY-LANE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 9:50 PM Subject: [ML] Happy Fathers Day, Y'all ! > If y'all have read this before or don't want to read more about the olden > days...just delete...Thought there might be some 'newbies' out there who > haven't seen it...I love to read old time stuff....Jeannie T > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > My Daddy was a handsome blue eyed man who delighted in his growing > family, and loved being a farmer . He always planted a big old vegetable > garden for Mama to can hundreds of jars of food for the winter...but put > off 'working it out' just a long as he could...That ornery old mule > delighted in stepping on the largest tomato plant...the finest green > cabbage...Yep, my Pop lost his religion on garden tilling days ! > > Daddy met Mama when his cousin Raymond brought him along on a blind date > for my Aunt Zula....My parents took one look at each other and fell in > love for the rest of their lives...making Raymond and Aunt Zula very > unhappy, I was told...Mom was separated from her first husband...Drinking > and womanizing seemed like good enough excuses to her for a divorce, but > the Baptist church didn't , and 'Churched ' her...I am sure Daddy thought > it was a big joke, and I know Mama didn't let it bother her...She was > saving money to pay for her divorce, Daddy didn't want to wait ,so helped > pay the $15.00 legal fees... > > We were tenant farmers/share croppers , and Dad worked his way up from > farm to farm, always bettering himself......Meanwhile he and Mom were > saving money to buy their own place...Little kids went to the field to > pick and hoe cotton and gather corn when they were 5 or 6 , doing what we > could..Our cotton sack wasn't the long heavy canvas ones our parents > used, but a tow sack with a strap made of an old belt or rag...Child > welfare workers never came around....Guess everyone was in the same boat > back in the early 40's...I don't think it hurt us to work hard...Good > bone and muscle builders... > > I can assure you they didn't have to beg us to eat like parents do > now...just put the delicious home grown food on the table and we ate > it..fast but mannerly. I never heard a single child complain because they > didn't like the food....Mama was a good cook, and we made a habit of > eating whatever she felt like cooking ... Custard pies for dessert made > everyone happy, or a blackberry cobbler made from those berries Mama and > I picked down in the edge of the new ground... > > The life of my fun loving Daddy was cut short by Leukemia , just days > before my 10th birthday...He was only 34 years old, and most of his > siblings lived on into their 80's....We all know theres no justice in > this....Mama kept him very much alive in our minds and I think that was a > wonderful thing for her to do...It may have helped her bear the terrible > loss...She lived on for many years, but seemed to be just marking time > until she could once again be with her Douglas...She always said his name > in such a loving way....Jeannie T > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Groupon™ Official Site > 1 ridiculously huge coupon a day. Get 50-90% off your city's best! > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4dfed1cfb2b251f210m06duc > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message