1. dear mom,
just wanted
to say
thank you

2. for the two
most important
things you
have taught
me

3. in life....
and that is
a love

4. for the
outdoors
and the
love
of reading.

5. i did
fail miserably
at
sewing,

6. especially
when
you heard me
screaming

7. because
i
sewed
my finger

8. with
your
blasted
machine.

9. so
now,

10. i staple things,
hot glue things
or
duct tape
things.

11. i
learned
to
adjust.

12. i
also failed
with
gardening,

13. but
luckily
tayla and
delaney
have a
natural
knack for that.

14. i also
want to
say
thank
you

15. for helping trinity
have a stable
beginning when we
both needed
rescuing.

16. Oh, by the way,
you and dad
were excellent
babysitters.

17. Dad would
bring trent
fishing and
you kept the
girls busy with

18. dolls and tea
parties…but I’m really
thankful you didn’t
teach them the art of
your cooking. (inside
joke.)

19. But i am still working on
the pet thing. larry
keeps
telling me if
he wasn't here i
would starve wall-e !!

20. when i
realized you
were fixing
to leave
the
earth,

21. in my
memory
photobook,

22. i could
see you
frying your
awesome
crispy chicken

23. over the stove
in that cast iron
skillet,

24. you
had
that
recipe down !!

25. i
remember
when you
turned your
head

26. I would steal
those cut
potatoes
you were
gonna fry.

27. i loved
those
things
raw.

28. And so did dad.

29. it sure
was funny
when
you realized you
hadn't cut enough

30. and
you had
to cut
more.....

31. then dad
would
come around the
corner
and grab some

32. And you would pop
him, I thought this
was funny, cuz he
hadn’t learn to
secretly swipe them.

33. like me.

34. that
fried
chicken
also gives me
awesome
memories

35. of when
aunt piggie
and
uncle skeete
would
meet us at
spanish lake

36. and they would bring
a dish and that had
all the makings of a
great sunday
picnic …..

37. After, began
a long
afternoon of
fishing.

38. I had a
blessed
life
that could
easily

39. have gone in
another
direction if you
and dad hadn't
adopted me.

40. so
thank
you
for
that.

41. thank you for
rescuing me.

42. and
as you well know
time is
understood
by its maker.
so with
this i say.......

43. see you soon.

44. CREDITS
go to

45. Cliffy Trahan
who
helped my mom
when she needed
a friend

46. and not a
nagging,
overprotecting,
domineering
daughter.

47. you
are
the
angel
of
this
story.

48. special thanks to
mrs. debbie gibson
for serving folks
and never
failing
at
that.

49. special shout out to
all the
Nurses/staff at
Eastridge Nursing
Home.

50. they made my mothers stay
easy. of course, there were
times when she would have
rather been in her brown
Recliner, in her own home,
sitting in front of the cable tv,
eating hostess twinkies....

51. p.s. hey dad - watch
over mom, cuz
shes gonna try to dig
up the trees
along the ‘river of life’
and plant in her
area...

52. don't do it
(….he carried around a shovel in his car
for years and dug up anything she saw
or wanted----and wherever…lol )

53. (this time there
might be a penalty !)
heehee

54. This is gonna be a little rough, sorta like…a missing puzzle piece. We
gonna keep putting the puzzle together for its beauty, but each time we
glance at it, we realize the picture …..
it just ain’t right.
We all loved you and want to thank you for being at every event in our
lives from chorus, band, graduations, weddings, or the many, many
church events.
Luv you.
Terri

55. Happy Mother’s Day !!