Look at me and the big sister, C.what cute lil girls we were in that old house we lived in. We didn't know then what our near future would hold.
Not long after this was taken I was diagnosed with cancer. I was rushed off to some hospital and C began her life living between family members.
Not until I had my own children did I ever think what my illness had done to her childhood, to my whole family's lives. What C at 7 years old thought about when she was home without her Mom, Dad, and lil sister, when all the focus was about saving the little ones life. Look at her here, always smiling, that was her. She never made trouble, just accepted what was in her life. How I love her and all my brothers and sisters for the sacrifice they made for me, the rotten one!!!! I am who I am because of the love they all gave me.
Oh, you made me cry...it's so sweet of you to feel that way. I never, ever felt neglected during this time. At 7 years old I didn't understand what cancer was, but I did understand that my little sister was going to Heaven if Mom and Dad didn't stay with her. I had enough love and trust in my family that I just "went with the flow" of things knowing that they knew what was best for me; whether it was at home one night, at Nannie's the next, at Roy and Jeanette or Uncle Charles and TaTa. I also have to agree that "I am who I am because of the love they all gave me" and continue to give me.
ReplyDeleteThanks for such a special place in your heart!!
All my love,
Your sister,
C
P.S. I noticed that I'm your first FollowER...Can I have a WOOT-WOOT!!!!
:-)
LIL,
ReplyDeleteIF YOU WOULD ONLY KNOW THAT THOSE TIMES IN THE HOSPITAL WERE THE TIME WHEN WE BECAME A CLOSE FAMILY. YOU WERE RIGHT, WE, AS A FAMILY, DID WHAT WE HAD TO DO TO SAVE A LITTLE 5 YEAR OLD'S LIVE AND BECAUSE THIS LITTLE GIRL WAS OUR YOUNGER SISTER MADE IT EVEN MORE OF A CHALLANGE TO YOUR OLDER SIBLINGS. I NOT SURE IF ANY OF YOU REMEMBER BUT WHEN TIFFANY WAS BORN, YOU AND I FELL OF THE PORCH AT MOM'S HOUSE. YOUR FACE WAS ALL SCRATCHED AND I HAD A SPRUNG ANKLE. TIFFANY WAS BORN THE NEXT DAY AND 24 HOURS LATER SHE WAS IN SURGRY. I COULD NOT STAY AT THE HOSPITAL BUT GUESS WHAT MOM DID FOR 6 WEEKS AND THEN JUST WHEN I COULD STAY SHE WAS HOME. THERE IS NOT ONE DAY THAT GOES BY THAT I DON'T THANK GOD FOR THE PARENTS WE HAD. SO, YOU SEE, WE DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO SURVIVE IN THIS UNPREDICTABLE WORLD.
WHAT!!! NO SPELL CHECK!! I'M IN TROUBLE GUYS!!
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ReplyDeleteI WAS LOOKING AT THIS PIC AND JUST NOTICED HOW MUCH ANGE' LOOKS LIKE YOU, C. THAT COULD ANGE' SITTING NEXT TO LIL. OF COURSE, ALL ARE BEAUTIFUL!
ReplyDeleteLOVE,
RONNIE
Lucky Ange', I say...HAHAHAHAHA!!!
ReplyDeleteOK, GIRLIE! I'M ABOUT TO MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE CRAP FOR THE ABOVE COMMENT.
ReplyDeleteANGE' WAS HERE YESTERDAY AND I SHOWED HER THE PIC OF YOU AND LIL. I TOLD HER HOW MUCH SHE LOOKED LIKE AUNT C. IN QUOTING ANGE' "YOU REALLY THINK I LOOK LIKE AUNT C?" WHEN I TOLD HER YES, AGAIN QUOTING, ANGE' "YOU THINK I WILL LOOK LIKE HER WHEN I GROW UP?" I TOLD HER I THINK YOU WILL. QUOTE, ANGE' "OH, GRANNY, I'M SO LUCKY, I HOPE I DO LOOK LIKE AUNT C WHEN I GROW UP. YOU THINK I WILL HAVE A CARVETTE, TOO!"
HOW CHILDREN'S MIND WORK?
HAVE A "CRAPPY" AFTERNOON, C! (HA HA)
LOVE YOU'LL
NENA/RONNIE
hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!
ReplyDeleteShe is a lucky girl and maybe aunt C can will her her corvette since she'll be old to drive it when Ange' get old enough!!!
Well maybe new baby Lilly will look like me!!!!
You're never too old to drive a Corvette, Silly Lilly!!!
ReplyDeletewell if new baby lilly looks like me, she can have my,my,my TIBURON hahahahah
ReplyDeleteHey Mom!
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of car did you have when you were younger, since I look so much like you? Maybe when I grow-up I will have that kind of car? HEHE!!! Thanks Lil for giving us a place to go and talk to you and our family!
I Love you,
Tie
trying to post a comment,,,,,let's see if I'm puter literate??? HEHEHEHE....
ReplyDeleteI DID IT, I DID IT, I DID IT!!!! WHOO HOOOO....NOT AS DUMB AS I THOUGHT I WAS....LOL....LOVE THE BLOGS, AND I LOVE EACH OF YOU, MY FAMILY,
ReplyDeleteTIFF
well, tie your mom drove a, a, a,
ReplyDeleteare your ready for this?????
A FLOURESCENT ORANGE PINTO HANDED DOWN FROM C TO ME TO HER FROM POPPEE
HAHAHAHAH
How I wish I had a picture of that car!!!!
Hey, I loved that car!!! Believe it or not, that car was the reason that My Love, Ted, and me started talking to each other!!! When Dad first bought it for me and Lil, I was so proud to drive that thing to school and Ted, although I had seen him at school but never really talked to or hung out with him, came up to me and told me that it was his Aunt's Car. We ended meeting up at a Cajun Festival one night and I brought him home, but he FORGOT (I think he left it on purpose) it in that Orange Pinto so, of course, being the nice gal that I am, I went to his house the next day and brought it to him. I think I knew then how much I loved him because one of my first thoughts was "I bet that he'll make beautiful children one day"...and I was right!!!! Oh man, there seems to be so many awesome stories...Thanks Lil!!
ReplyDeleteLove,
C
Oh!!! I messed up my posting...He FORGOT his STETSON COWBOY HAT!!!! HAHAHAHA...and I STILL think that he left in my car on Purpose!!! HAHAHAHAHA
ReplyDeleteNO, NO, LIL, THAT PINTO WAS BOUGHT FOR YOU AND C. TIE, I WAS 17 AND ALMOST OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL BEFORE I GOT A DRIVER'S LICENSE. MY FIRST JOB WAS AT STATE BANK IN GOLDEN MEADOW AND POPPIE DROVE ME TO WORK AND CAME GET ME. THEN I MET YOUR DAD AND WHEN HE WAS AT WORK I DROVE HIS 1965 FALCON CONVERTIBLE. BOY, THERE I WAS HOT!!!!
ReplyDeleteAND THAT'S THE TRUTH!
LOVE ALL,
MOM/NENA/RONNIE
okay but she doesn't look like her dad she looks like you,
ReplyDeletethat wasn't your car that was her dad's, so what did dad drive you to state bank in?
OK, SISTA, NOW YOU ARE TESTING AN ALMOST 63 YEAR OLD MEMORY! I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT MAKE BUT IT WAS A GREEN AND WHITE STATIONWAGON. AT LEAST IT WASN'T ERODESIN ORANGE! YOU'LL CAR KEPT ME AWAKE AT NIGHT BECAUSE IT GLOWED IN THE DARK!!!
ReplyDeleteNOW JUST REMEMBER, WE HAVE NO SPELL CHECK BUT I KNOW YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN!
oh girl, you definately could have used spell check here
ReplyDeleteirridescent would be the word.
hahahaha
ERODESIN?????? COULD SHE POSSIBLY MEAN A "MISTAKE IN DESTIN????" ER (MISTAKE) O (IN) DESIN (SHE MISPELLED DESTIN!!!)HAHAHAHAHAHA
ReplyDeleteELAJ DKJU TKIAL MNCCI DLSIKEHLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteOK JOKERS, FIGURE THAT ONE OUT!
I TOLD YOU'LL IN MY FIRST ENTRY:
"WHAT NO SPELL CHECK! GUYS, I'M IN BIG TROUBLE!
REMEMBER????????????????
EINNOR
uhhhhh,,,, you remember that guy Webster, as in
ReplyDeleteDICTIONARY?!!!!!
hahahahahahaha
I FAINTLY REMEMBER HIM WHICH IS WHY I CAN'T SPELL. IF I WOULD HAVE READ HIS BOOD A LITTLE LONGER MAYBE I WOULDN'T NEEN A FREAKING SPELL CHECK.
ReplyDeleteHis Bood???? What's a Bood??? NeNa, I think you "NEEN" that "BOOD" more than you think!!!
ReplyDeleteY'all are freaking hilarious...
TALLEDAGO, TALLEDAGO HERE WE COME (You have to sing it like that song...)
I know...I know...how can you look it up in the dictionary if you don't know how to spell the word!!!! Webster, who's Webster??? I always look words up in Funk & Wagnals. anybody remember that one?? I believe it was from Laugh-In or Saturday Night Live in the 70's. Opps....telling my age again.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, getting back to the picture and original posting by Lilly, my most vivid memories around that time was at UNCLE ROY & AUNT JEANIE'S house. We would have blisters on our knees from kneeling at the foot of our bed that we would be sleeping in that night from praying with Uncle Roy to save your life Lil. People can say what they want about the Man, but I, especially at that time, really believed and still do to this day that all those nights on our knees praying really saved your life. You know, now that I think about it, he was one of the most influential (no Funk & Wagnal needed again) persons who confirmed my belief in GOD!!!! Never thought I would say this, but "GO HEAD UNCLE ROY"!!!!!
You two were little crap heads, but I must admit, ya'll were cute. Pain in the butts, but cute.
Love you all,
Rosie
PS: C, I am so excited and jealous that your going to Talledago. I've been to 3 Nascar races with Doc, but we never got a chance to go to Talledago. I'll watch the race to see if I see ya'll.
byeeeeeeeee.........
Rosie
Thanks for your message after the race, Rosie..sorry I missed you. It was an awesome experience and I hope that we get to take the boys next year..
ReplyDeleteAll my love,
C