tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-213903502024-03-12T18:21:52.592-07:00About Mom: My early memoriesI lost Mom in 2003. She was just past her 94th. birthday.
This is a journal of my early memories of our life.
Writing this all down helped me to get through the grief.
Early life memories are here, along with pictures.There are also some poems written for my dear mom!
JunieJunieRose2005http://www.blogger.com/profile/10550860961892546101noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21390350.post-40708939630012432242012-11-29T06:37:00.000-08:002012-11-29T06:40:03.589-08:00Christmas Flowers For Mom-Nov, 2012http://juniesplace.blogspot.com/2012/11/blog-post.html<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">(the vase goes down inside the flat monument when not in use, leaving just the flat and bare plaque! It just made me sad to see that)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">Junie</span></span></div>JunieRose2005http://www.blogger.com/profile/10550860961892546101noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21390350.post-79078005593655562082012-02-10T07:20:00.000-08:002012-02-10T07:20:38.725-08:00Picking flowers for Ma-Ma(posted on Face Book-Jan 2012)<br />
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Our granddaughters (Joy's and mine) at age 2...<br />
What a fun day!!</span></span></div><div class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" style="color: #741b47; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;" tabindex="0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="hasCaption"> Ma-Ma had more little pink flowers than she knew what to do with! ;)</span></span></div><div class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" style="color: #741b47; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;" tabindex="0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></div><div class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" style="color: #741b47; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;" tabindex="0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #741b47; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Se2u_k6FxEM/TzU0q9YB_tI/AAAAAAAAViE/WTD4mk6awjI/s1600/+img329.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Se2u_k6FxEM/TzU0q9YB_tI/AAAAAAAAViE/WTD4mk6awjI/s400/+img329.jpg" width="296" /></a></span></div><div class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" style="color: #741b47; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;" tabindex="0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></div><div class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" style="color: #741b47; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;" tabindex="0"><ul class="commentList"><li class="uiUfiComment comment_1437574 ufiItem ufiItem"><div class="UIImageBlock clearfix uiUfiActorBlock"><div class="commentContent UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_SMALL_Content" data-ft="{"type":33}"><span style="font-size: large;"><a class="actorName" data-ft="{"type":35}" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1656186097" href="http://www.facebook.com/ultimuttpets">Bonnie Pinkston</a> <span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text">what a wonderful picture -- wonderful memory, Junie :)</span></span><div class="commentActions fsm fwn fcg"><span style="font-size: large;"><abbr data-utime="1327801568" title="Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 8:46pm">January 28 at 8:46pm</abbr></span></div><div class="commentActions fsm fwn fcg"><span style="font-size: large;"><abbr data-utime="1327801568" title="Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 8:46pm"> </abbr></span></div><div class="commentActions fsm fwn fcg"><span style="font-size: large;"><abbr data-utime="1327801568" title="Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 8:46pm"> </abbr> <span class="comment_like_1437574 fsm fwn fcg" data-ft="{"type":36}"></span></span></div><div class="commentActions fsm fwn fcg"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="comment_like_1437574 fsm fwn fcg" data-ft="{"type":36}"></span></span></div><div class="commentActions fsm fwn fcg"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="comment_like_1437574 fsm fwn fcg" data-ft="{"type":36}"></span></span></div><div class="commentActions fsm fwn fcg"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="comment_like_1437574 fsm fwn fcg" data-ft="{"type":36}"></span></span></div><div class="commentActions fsm fwn fcg"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="comment_like_1437574 fsm fwn fcg" data-ft="{"type":36}"><button class="stat_elem as_link cmnt_like_link" name="like_comment_id[1437574]" title="Like this comment" type="submit" value="1437574"></button></span></span></div></div></div></li>
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</span></div><div class="actorDescription actorName" data-ft="{"type":2}"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(from Face Book)</i></span></div></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}" style="color: #3d85c6; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><div style="color: #45818e; text-align: center;">January will always be a sad time for me...<br />
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My sweet Mom's birthday was on Jan. 6th and we lost her on January 27th. 9 years ago.</div><div style="color: #45818e; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-x6OJY6sDVt8/Twcy7Ft-9FI/AAAAAAAAVUw/CxVUAklfl3A/s1600/Mom-1909_+2003254.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-x6OJY6sDVt8/Twcy7Ft-9FI/AAAAAAAAVUw/CxVUAklfl3A/s400/Mom-1909_+2003254.jpg" width="284" /></a></div><div style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;">Always in my heart, Mom.</span><br style="color: #45818e;" /><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #45818e;"> </span></div><div style="color: #45818e; text-align: center;"><span class="text_exposed_show"></span></div><div style="color: #45818e; text-align: center;"><span class="text_exposed_show"></span></div><div style="color: #45818e; text-align: center;"><span class="text_exposed_show"></span></div><div style="color: #45818e; text-align: center;"><span class="text_exposed_show"><br />
Love you ,</span></div><div style="color: #45818e; text-align: center;"><span class="text_exposed_show">Junie</span></div></span></span></h6>JunieRose2005http://www.blogger.com/profile/10550860961892546101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21390350.post-25987889534325193852011-12-10T18:22:00.000-08:002011-12-10T18:22:33.230-08:00<h2 class="date-header">Saturday, December 10, 2011</h2><a href="" name="6849238681185447844"></a> <h3 class="post-title"> Mom's Christmas flowers-2011 </h3><br />
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<h2 class="date-header">Monday, July 25, 2011</h2><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=21390350&postID=7920864881825341655" name="1146448024800757865"></a> <br />
<h3 class="post-title">Mellow Yellow Monday ~Yellow flowers for Mom~ </h3><div class="post-body"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://mellowyellowmonday.blogspot.com/2011/07/mellow-yellow-monday-131.html"><i style="color: #bf9000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">~go here to find other MYM posts~</span></span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #7f6000; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You can see on the marker that she's been gone now for a long time, but Joy and I agree that some days it still seems so recent...that day in January, 2003 when she had to leave us!</span></div><div style="color: #7f6000; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="color: #7f6000; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I can close my eyes and let my 'Mom' memories come and it's almost like having her here with me again!</span></div><div style="color: #7f6000; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I'm glad I can still feel her here with me!</span></div><div style="color: #7f6000; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> I hope it never ends.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Recently I posted this picture of my sister and me on FB as my profile picture! :) </span></div><div style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I like to change my pictures there often and it's usually without a predetermined idea or plan... I just go looking in my family pictures! I'm often drawn to the Way Back times of our lives. It was that way with this picture change.</span></div><div style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Seeing the picture again brought back memories of those little dresses we were wearing! We didn't have a lot in those times so I suppose that's why I remember this so vividly! They were both of a cotton material. </span></div><div style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">(Cotton Pi cay???...</span></div><div style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I know that's not the correct spelling...:( )</span></div><div style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> My dress was a combination of white and aqua and my sister's was, mostly, baby blue. Mom always managed somehow to get pretty things for us - bless her!</span></div><div style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">OK-Remembering our dresses of this time brought back memories of our mom selling dresses for a company called "Fashion Frocks." It was one of those deals where you could sell merchandise to family and neighbors and friends from your home! You would be supplied with catalogs and sample swatches of the clothing materials to show your customers. It seems like Mom was into this for quite some time and I remember her being involved in this from the mid 40's....when I was very young. I liked looking through those books and being able to feel the material of the dresses pictured. Mom would sometimes use some of the money she made with the sales to buy herself a new dress.</span></div><div style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I'm not sure if this company carried childrens clothing, though; so I'm not sure where Mom bought these dresses for my sister and me!</span></div><div style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I looked up <i>Fashion Frocks</i> online and found a lot of info is out there about this company that came wandering back into my memories today! <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/collectoratorone/sets/72157616156059683/"><i style="color: #cc0000;">Check out the link!</i></a></span></div><div style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Notice the size of the women's waists-and the lengths of their legs in these illustrations! LOL</span></div><div style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">To this day I have never been able to reach the status that would qualify me as <i>some folks idea</i> of what a woman is supposed to look like! Have you? ;) - OK-In my youth I DID have a small waist....but everything else was small too ....so I guess that didn't count for much! :) At my tallest I was barely over 5 ft tall! :)</span></div><div style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mom, too, was a little lady...but always beautiful! </span></div><div style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> This month on the 27th will be 8 years since she left us.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Charles and I went out for a few minutes yesterday. The flowers that my daughter and I had taken early in Dec were still nice... so I just added some holly.</span></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">Today my daughter, Tina, and I took flowers for our Ma-Ma. It's always a bittersweet event-bringing Mom flowers but I always will-as long as I'm able.</span></div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Joy, my sister, was unable to come with us because of a medical appointment with her husband. </span></div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/TJ-EEtIqptI/AAAAAAAAS3s/EysYIpJ6A9U/s1600/DSC00438.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/TJ-EEtIqptI/AAAAAAAAS3s/EysYIpJ6A9U/s320/DSC00438.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Today Charles and I took some silk fall flowers and colorful leaves for Mom. I hadn't changed her flowers since my sister and I were out in the spring...</span></div><div style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">(Somehow summer slipped away) </span></div><div style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Someone had added a bunch of beautiful Hibiscus flowers since we were there and since they still looked fresh and pretty I just added the fall colors to them!</span></div><div style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> (Mom would love them together anyway )</span></div><div style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: right;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/TJ-BdnvIlzI/AAAAAAAAS3Y/hGxfsoP2A1c/s1600/DSC00431_2.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/TJ-BdnvIlzI/AAAAAAAAS3Y/hGxfsoP2A1c/s200/DSC00431_2.JPG" width="149" /></a></div><div style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">In January it will be 8 years since Mom left us and I can honestly say she has been in my thoughts every single day of all those years. </span></div><div style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</a></div><div style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/TJ-IR5YIvvI/AAAAAAAAS3w/_dY0Iwp8G5Y/s1600/DSC00435.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/TJ-IR5YIvvI/AAAAAAAAS3w/_dY0Iwp8G5Y/s200/DSC00435.JPG" width="149" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">In case any of you have doubts of who the greatest love is, in your life, take a lesson from me...You'll have no greater love than your mom.</span></div><div style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> (at least not in this mortal world)</span></div><div style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Don't wait until it's too late to say those words to her and to show your love in your actions!</span></div><div style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I hope I expressed my love in words and deeds to my</span></div><div style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> dear mom....</span></div><div style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">What I would not give to have a hug from my mom one more time-and to see her sweet smile!</span></div><div style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This statue stands near Mom's place. It's a comfort for me to see this when I go out there.</span></div><div style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/TJ-DSX2cbTI/AAAAAAAAS3k/01X_nqTr8K4/s1600/DSC00436.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/TJ-DSX2cbTI/AAAAAAAAS3k/01X_nqTr8K4/s640/DSC00436.JPG" width="468" /></a></div><div style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> This picture</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">(below)shows the spot where my nephew and grand niece lie...so near to Mom.</span></div><div style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> ( "Ma-Ma" -Paul's grandmother and Brenda's great-grandmother)</span></div><div style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> They died together in a motorcycle accident after Mom passed away.</span></div><div style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> (Thankfully-in this mortal life- Mom was spared the heartache of losing those loved ones and also, Phil - Paul's brother)</span></div><div style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So much sadness, visiting out there...Well... but really- there is no escaping it, anyway! </span></div><div style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I guess the only way NOT to hurt is Not to love at all- and I wouldn't want that!</span></div><div style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
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</h2>JunieRose2005http://www.blogger.com/profile/10550860961892546101noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21390350.post-38553368433410626922010-09-08T07:07:00.000-07:002010-09-08T07:17:34.797-07:00Sepia Scenes ~9-8-'10~ Doves<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> visit<a href="http://sepiascenes.blogspot.com/2010/09/sepia-scenes-99.html"><i><b>*Mary/Teach*</b></i></a></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><i><b>This pair of Doves is a part of Mom's Memory Garden.</b></i></span></span><br />
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</b></i></span></span></div>JunieRose2005http://www.blogger.com/profile/10550860961892546101noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21390350.post-71421175300501843342010-09-04T21:38:00.000-07:002010-09-05T05:20:33.505-07:00Thinking of my mom and my dad<div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">~~~</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">This is in the little garden spot I have made for Mom in my back yard. The rose bush I have planted there is blooming!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Isn't it strange how the sorrow never leaves you after losing a loved one ~ your mother or father ~ a child ~ a lover? Losing anyone close to you, no doubt is hard!</span></div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I have only experienced losing my mom and dad of the ones closest to me.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> (Oh-many others who I loved dearly I have lost also... and it always hurts)</span></div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> We lost Dad at a much too young age (59)and at a time when I was a young wife and mother and immersed in that all consuming role. Of course it hurt terribly, just the same...and through the years I've felt a sadness that he never knew some of his grand kids; only one of my three kids were old enough to remember him.(Chis was 4-Tammy was 1 and Tina came 2 months after Dad's passing!)</span></div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> We had Mom another 40 years, to age 94! (Mom knew her Great-Grands and even some Great-Great Grands!) All those years and memories are added on...Somehow it makes it harder~not that my daddy wasn't loved as much as Mom...but I think my circumstances when Dad left us and the time of my life that I was in ~ my age (23) ~ sort of served as a cushion between me and my grief.</span></div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">Truth be told, though, I often dream of both my parents~(Dad having been gone almost 47 years...and Mom will be 8 years in Jan 2011!)</span></div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">And even though the memories and dreams make me sad I'm glad I have them.</span></div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">After seeing the stepping stone in the garden today Mom has been in my thoughts more than usual. Here are some of the little things of her's that I have on a shelf in my family room.</span></div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The doves were hers.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">I gave Mom this when Charles and I were first married!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/TIMU7DtPrwI/AAAAAAAASqw/Sq4MqxuCvU4/s1600/DSC00444.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/TIMU7DtPrwI/AAAAAAAASqw/Sq4MqxuCvU4/s320/DSC00444.JPG" /></a></div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Mom had this <i>fascination</i> of exotic places- especially Hawaii-not that she ever traveled to any of them. I was happy when I found this little plate for her, many,many years ago!</span></div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">She donated to this organization (Salesian missions) for a very long time and loved these little books of inspirational poems. She gave us these all through the years...I have many among my poem books but this one was in her room and it ended up here with a few of her other things.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">(Love you always, Mom and Dad)</div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Junie</span></div>JunieRose2005http://www.blogger.com/profile/10550860961892546101noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21390350.post-13595722348915530902010-08-10T12:54:00.000-07:002010-08-10T12:54:40.121-07:00Remembering Daddy again!<div style="color: #0b5394; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">~~~</span></b></div><div style="color: #0b5394; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="color: #0b5394; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">....Not that we can ever forget our dad-no matter how many years go by...</span></b></div><div style="color: #0b5394; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></b></div><div style="color: #0b5394; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">It's been almost 47 years since Daddy passed on and I still sometimes dream of him!</span></b></div><div style="color: #0b5394; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="color: #0b5394; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Always loved you Daddy-always will!</span></b></div><div style="color: #0b5394; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></b></div><div style="color: #660000; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://juniesplaceqeubf.blogspot.com/2007/06/daddy.html"><i>~related post here~</i></a></span></b></div><div style="color: #660000; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="color: #0b5394; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">This church was started by my great-grandfather (my Mom's family) </span></span></b></div><div style="color: #0b5394; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">June</span></b></div>JunieRose2005http://www.blogger.com/profile/10550860961892546101noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21390350.post-75839670308043747592010-07-14T06:49:00.000-07:002010-07-14T06:49:34.234-07:00Thinking of my mom <span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">What a beautiful song. </span><br />
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</span></div><div style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-size: large;">For you, my sweet mom!</span></div><div style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-size: large;">Love always,</span></div><div style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">June</span><br />
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<object height="364" width="445"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5vCjzJTw0ag&hl=en_US&fs=1?color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5vCjzJTw0ag&hl=en_US&fs=1?color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="364"></embed></object>JunieRose2005http://www.blogger.com/profile/10550860961892546101noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21390350.post-17737687030707482010-07-01T13:47:00.000-07:002010-07-01T13:54:47.114-07:00Yard Art ~ July 1, 2010~ (Mama's gift from Phil)<div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">~~~ </span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Time to share our Yard Art pictures!</span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Visit <a href="http://workofthepoet.blogspot.com/2010/07/yard-art-on-thursdays.html"><b><i><span style="color: #783f04;">*Mary/Teach*</span></i></b></a> for more Yard Art posts!</span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">~~~</span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This owl was a gift to my mom from a grandson. It seems to be hand carved out of a piece of hard/heavy wood. Mom kept it for years on her front porch, among her potted flowers. </span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Today it perches in the little memory garden I have for mom, next to my kitchen window!</span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This seems the perfect spot for this owl and I know Mom would be happy that he's here! </span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm reminded every time I 'm near the garden or glance out the window- of both my mom and my nephew!</span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">(both have passed on)</span></div><div style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/TCz3mCpWm9I/AAAAAAAAR-4/Ay3ypy9fBCc/s1600/DSC00435.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/TCz3mCpWm9I/AAAAAAAAR-4/Ay3ypy9fBCc/s320/DSC00435.JPG" /></a></div><div style="color: #660000; text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #660000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Junie</span></div>JunieRose2005http://www.blogger.com/profile/10550860961892546101noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21390350.post-64167391800955852472010-01-27T06:14:00.000-08:002010-01-27T06:18:44.634-08:00<div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">***<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/S2BDR-49mRI/AAAAAAAAQbQ/5N4qpCJoHcc/s1600-h/sepiascene.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 80px; height: 15px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/S2BDR-49mRI/AAAAAAAAQbQ/5N4qpCJoHcc/s320/sepiascene.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431415126827571474" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);"><span style="font-size:130%;">Go here to see other <a href="http://sepiascenes.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">*</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Sepia Scenes</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">*</span></a> posts.<br /></span></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">***<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >My mom in 1995</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/S2BGHc7TvlI/AAAAAAAAQbY/BpQaq2rD8hE/s1600-h/Ma-Ma-1995.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/S2BGHc7TvlI/AAAAAAAAQbY/BpQaq2rD8hE/s320/Ma-Ma-1995.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431418244446797394" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);"><span style="font-size:130%;">Today I awoke thinking of Mom as I, often, still do.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Today is the 7th. anniversary of her leaving us and it still seems strange and unreal, not to have her here! The sadness will never leave us.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">This is a well remembered pose of our 'Ma-Ma' -talking on the phone to some of the family! :) She always wanted to keep in touch with those she loved!<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Remembering Ma-Ma<br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"> ~always with love~<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Junie</span></div>JunieRose2005http://www.blogger.com/profile/10550860961892546101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21390350.post-6384333453733458672009-10-13T13:38:00.000-07:002009-10-13T13:58:16.627-07:00Mom's Night Blooming Cactus<h3 class="post-title entry-title"><br /></h3><h3 style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class="post-title entry-title">This post is taken from one of my other blogs...It belongs here too, because Mom always loved these flowers!</h3><h3 style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class="post-title entry-title">~~ I remember when we were living in south Florida (Perrine) there was a big old Estate place by the water that was overgrown with these exotic flowers. The property, of course , was fenced but these flowers were growing up into the towering trees and the rock wall that enclosed the place! Mama and Daddy would go for rides late at night , just to see these flowers! It was something very special, as these well established vines bloomed abundantly in that jungle-like setting!~~</h3><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >...The main reason I want to ALWAYS have some of this plant growing...<br /></span><br />~~~<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">first posted here:</span><br /><h3 class="post-title entry-title">http://ourplace-junierose2005.blogspot.com/2009/09/night-blooms.html</h3><br /><br /><h3 class="post-title entry-title"><a href="http://ourplace-junierose2005.blogspot.com/2009/09/night-blooms.html">Night blooms</a> </h3> <div class="post-body entry-content"> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:courier new;">Late Night Blooms<br /><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Late last night I remembered I had 2 blooms that were due to be opening on my night blooming cactus plant. I always try to catch these, if possible, because they only bloom at night and are gone by early morning.I remembered to check them just before going to bed last night-past mid-night! (almost missed them)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"> There are only a few blooms on each plant each blooming season so it's a challenge for me to watch these plants closely and NOT miss the blooms! I DID miss the first 3 this year! :(</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">This was one of my mom's favorites so the blooms always bring back sweet memories of her... This is one of the things she and I enjoyed together- all through the years!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/Sr0Ye1p3qyI/AAAAAAAAPP8/qYnVtCYs130/s1600-h/DSC00353.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/Sr0Ye1p3qyI/AAAAAAAAPP8/qYnVtCYs130/s320/DSC00353.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385487647482817314" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/Sr0YevI94mI/AAAAAAAAPP0/cs6GOre5pIs/s1600-h/DSC00352.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/Sr0YevI94mI/AAAAAAAAPP0/cs6GOre5pIs/s320/DSC00352.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385487645734199906" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/Sr0YdgbVeqI/AAAAAAAAPPs/_dqh5jE0TRo/s1600-h/DSC00345.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/Sr0YdgbVeqI/AAAAAAAAPPs/_dqh5jE0TRo/s320/DSC00345.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385487624604842658" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">~~~</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">I wrote about these flowers recently and linked to a website that tells all about these flowers, if interested.</span><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">(post link below)</span><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >http://juniesplace.blogspot.com/2009/09/todays-flowers-sept-20-2009.html<br /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Junie</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span> </div> <div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-1"> <span class="post-author vcard"><br /></span><span class="post-icons"><span class="item-control blog-admin pid-763757337"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=6487007423377004989&postID=2692357495625208108" title="Edit Post"> </a> </span> </span> </div>JunieRose2005http://www.blogger.com/profile/10550860961892546101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21390350.post-54466787239702738452009-08-06T17:32:00.000-07:002009-08-06T18:00:55.910-07:00Flowers for Daddy!<div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 153, 51);font-size:130%;" ><br />***<br />Every year we go to Alabama in early August for my husband's family reunion...<br /><br />... and I also have the time to take flowers to my dad's grave.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/Snt2njSJYVI/AAAAAAAAOg8/WckxKF3hz-w/s1600-h/DSC00563_2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/Snt2njSJYVI/AAAAAAAAOg8/WckxKF3hz-w/s320/DSC00563_2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367013802800406866" border="0" /></a><br />It's been so many years now since he left us!<br />It was much too early...<br />It seems strange to realize that I am now almost 10 years older than Dad was when he left us!<br /><br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/Snt2m5A9NyI/AAAAAAAAOg0/26V51837Ac8/s1600-h/DSC00562_2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/Snt2m5A9NyI/AAAAAAAAOg0/26V51837Ac8/s320/DSC00562_2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367013791454017314" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">Always in our hearts, Daddy...<br /><br /><br />Love,<br />June<br /></span></span></div>JunieRose2005http://www.blogger.com/profile/10550860961892546101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21390350.post-72930408082638751582009-01-27T18:49:00.000-08:002009-02-20T08:57:35.117-08:00About Ma-Ma<a href="file:///Users/charleskellum/Desktop/Thinking%20of%20Mom...--Today%20i.textClipping"></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:130%;" >Thinking of Mom...<br /><br />Today is the 6th. anniversary of Mom's leaving us. In many ways it seems much longer.I can honestly say there has never been a day I have not thought of her and missed her and wished she could still be here with us all.<br /><br />So many things have happened since she passed on...so much sadness within the family...<br /><br />This is a picture I found tonight of a happy day for all of us! I believe this was the second birthday/reunion party we had for her. It was Jan.6th, 1990, on her 81st. birthday!<br /><br />She , so, looked forward to these reunions every year and we were able to share this with her for 12 years! She loved having all the kids, grand kids, and great grand kids come-as well as other relatives and friends. Our little farm was the perfect place for a bunch of folks to get together! :)<br /><br />Here is Mom with her 5 'Kids!'<br /><br /></span><br /><a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/SX_Mhk6bYMI/AAAAAAAAMAU/HW1CZFlr8Nw/s1600-h/Ma-Ma%27s+Birthday-1990137.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 236px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/SX_Mhk6bYMI/AAAAAAAAMAU/HW1CZFlr8Nw/s400/Ma-Ma%27s+Birthday-1990137.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296176564027482306" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:130%;" >Love,<br /><br />June Bug<br />( Junie )</span>JunieRose2005http://www.blogger.com/profile/10550860961892546101noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21390350.post-87432529501715169482009-01-19T09:12:00.000-08:002009-01-19T09:53:27.884-08:00Remembering my loved ones...<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Yesterday was such a sad day in so many ways...</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">I was saying my final farewell to my beloved little dog, 'Peaches'.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/SXS9SOhG2rI/AAAAAAAALx4/hnT8ejrcSLg/s1600-h/Ginga%26PeachesB%27Day%2704.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 138px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/SXS9SOhG2rI/AAAAAAAALx4/hnT8ejrcSLg/s200/Ginga%26PeachesB%27Day%2704.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293063582899428018" border="0" /></a><br /></span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"> She would have been 13 years old in April and she brought such joy to our lives for all those years... It was so hard to realize it was over...but time will ease the sharp loss as it always does.</span><br /><br /> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">~~~</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"> January will always be a sad month for me...now more than ever...</span><br /><br /><br /> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">This picture is one my sister recently gave me of Mom and my two nephews ~ brothers, Phil (glasses) and Paul. Both boys have gone on since Mom passed away 6 years ago this month. We </span></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-size:130%;" >know</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-size:130%;" > they are there with Ma-Ma .<br /><br />Paul's time came the next year after Mom left us. Sadly, his daughter Brenda was with him on his motorcycle when a drunk driver ran a red light and hit them.<br /><br />Yesterday would have been my nephew Phil's birthday. Phil has been gone from us since Oct 2007.<br /><br />So much sorrow...but life goes on and there is always some joy ahead for us.<br /><br /><br />There are a lot of good memories of my lost loved ones...<br /><br />This picture was taken at one of Mom's birthday-reunions that we had here for her every January. She was surrounded by her grandsons- Phil and Paul and most of the rest!<br /><br />Sweet times to remember!<br /><br /> She was happy! :)<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/SXS6X9uK87I/AAAAAAAALxw/ewEph1VZ9xM/s1600-h/Phil-Paul+%26+Ma-Ma093_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 285px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/SXS6X9uK87I/AAAAAAAALxw/ewEph1VZ9xM/s400/Phil-Paul+%26+Ma-Ma093_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293060382935151538" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />With Love Always,<br /><br />Junie</span>JunieRose2005http://www.blogger.com/profile/10550860961892546101noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21390350.post-65646552380821711872008-05-10T12:31:00.000-07:002008-05-10T13:34:13.922-07:00Thinking of Mom~2008<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/SCX8sWWKUII/AAAAAAAAEqI/edf0ySy2hEQ/s1600-h/June%26MaMa_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/SCX8sWWKUII/AAAAAAAAEqI/edf0ySy2hEQ/s200/June%26MaMa_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198839183712080002" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; text-align: left;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Thinking of mom ~ 2008</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 14px; text-align: left;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 14px; text-align: left;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; text-align: left;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Mom has been gone, now, more than 5 years...and I still think of her every day! And she's on my mind more than ever as this Mother's Day draws near!</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 14px; text-align: left;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; text-align: left;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">This was one Mother's Day we had together ... Mom was almost always with us on special days!</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 14px; text-align: left;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; text-align: left;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I miss you, Mom!</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 14px; text-align: left;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 14px; text-align: left;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 14px; text-align: left;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; text-align: left;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I wrote this in memory of our sweet Ma-Ma!</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; text-align: left;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">It's been posted a few times here but this is for Mom so I'm putting it here again! The roses I saved were the last ones we could give her!</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 14px; text-align: left;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; text-align: center;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span">~~~</span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; text-align: center;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; text-align: center;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; text-align: center;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span">Mom’s Last Roses</span></span></span></p><div> </div><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 14px; text-align: left;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 14px; text-align: left;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; text-align: center;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span">These are Mom’s last roses.</span></span></span></p><div> </div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span"> I kept a little part</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p face="Helvetica" size="12px" style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span">of all the roses given,</span></span></span></p><div> </div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span">from every grieving heart.</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px; font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span">I handled them so gently</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span">and dried them - as you see.</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span">I found the perfect basket-</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span">arranged them carefully.</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px; font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span">I found the sweetest ribbon,</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span">and made this fancy bow-</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span">attaching it, expertly!</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span">It had to be - just so!</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px; font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span">It had to turn out special,</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span">and easily convey…</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span">how much I do still love her</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span">and miss her every day!</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px; font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span">These are Mom’s last roses.</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span">They’ll always be a part</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span">of all my memories of her</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span">and the sorrow in my heart.</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px; font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px; font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span">June Kellum</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span">Sept. 2005</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/SCX88mWKUJI/AAAAAAAAEqQ/YGiICvyKR7U/s1600-h/Mom%27s+Roses_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/SCX88mWKUJI/AAAAAAAAEqQ/YGiICvyKR7U/s200/Mom%27s+Roses_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198839462884954258" border="0" /></a><br /></div></span>JunieRose2005http://www.blogger.com/profile/10550860961892546101noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21390350.post-39701144404626215532008-01-29T16:50:00.000-08:002008-01-29T17:02:10.526-08:005 Years Today<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/R5_K2jAmZPI/AAAAAAAADUA/k9h6v0rwhaE/s1600-h/Mom+%26June%2777Belleview+Fl462_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/R5_K2jAmZPI/AAAAAAAADUA/k9h6v0rwhaE/s320/Mom+%26June%2777Belleview+Fl462_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161066736449381618" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2008<br /></span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">5 Years Today<br /><br /></span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Today is the 5th anniversary of Mom's leaving us. The date had not hit me until my sister reminded me tonight!<br /><br /></span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">I never would have thought this day could slip by without me remembering but I know Mom would understand and forgive me with all this sorrow that's in my heart with the <a href="http://juniesplace.blogspot.com/2008/01/tragedy.html">recent events in our community.<br /></a><br /></span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Mom would be so hurt to know of the loss of these young men's lives....It wouldn't matter that she had not known them- just as it doesn't matter that I didn't know them!<br /><br /></span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">~~~</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /> The picture is Mom and me in 1977...31 years ago!<br /><br />...This puts Mom's age here just about a year older than I am now!<br /><br /></span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Folks say I look like my mom ~ and I say, "Thanks!" :)</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /><br /><br />Love,</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br />Junie</span> </span>JunieRose2005http://www.blogger.com/profile/10550860961892546101noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21390350.post-61879632027547445072008-01-06T08:49:00.000-08:002008-01-06T09:10:35.218-08:00Remembering Mom on her birthday<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">NOTE:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"> pictures are Ma-Ma and my 4 grandkids.<br />The one of her alone was her birthday celebration in 1995.</span></span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/R4EKSF-BO3I/AAAAAAAADLQ/umefWT5nFvk/s1600-h/Ma-MaBabyAlliDanBrian%2791357.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/R4EKSF-BO3I/AAAAAAAADLQ/umefWT5nFvk/s320/Ma-MaBabyAlliDanBrian%2791357.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152410754644786034" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/R4EJkF-BO1I/AAAAAAAADLA/5pCCrAPvjf8/s1600-h/Ma-Ma-Zach+1990363.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/R4EJkF-BO1I/AAAAAAAADLA/5pCCrAPvjf8/s320/Ma-Ma-Zach+1990363.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152409964370803538" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/R4EJkV-BO2I/AAAAAAAADLI/xDCXLsurx4E/s1600-h/Ma-Ma+1995+(Zach%27s+8th.b358.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X2MBP-3JFPY/R4EJkV-BO2I/AAAAAAAADLI/xDCXLsurx4E/s320/Ma-Ma+1995+(Zach%27s+8th.b358.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152409968665770850" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:13px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Happy Birthday to my mom</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Tomorrow (Today-Jan 6 ) would be my Mom's birthday...but later this month marks the 5th. anniversary of her leaving us. She had just had her 94th. birthday.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">This time of year is always especially sad for me...remembering Mom and how we finally had to let her go. Sad memories but happy ones too- throughout all the years we had her in our lives.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">I never have known anyone whose heart was so full of love as my Mom's! Her love for her family had no beginning and no end!</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">It was a big impact on everyone when our Ma-Ma passed away, and something that is still very hard for me- even after almost 5 years now!</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Since her passing, our family has experienced some other devastating happenings ... the death of 2 of her grandsons and a great-granddaughter! I have been thankful that Mom didn't have to endure that pain.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">~~~</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">We would have this big birthday gathering/ reunion for her every year. Most years almost every one of the family would come to be with her...sometimes even the ones in California and Oregon. She loved it and I'm so glad we were able to give her that in her later years!</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">This picture I found was from one of her last birthday parties.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Mom would have been 99 years old.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Thinking of you, Ma-Ma!</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Always with love,</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Junie</span></span></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"> </span></div></span></div>JunieRose2005http://www.blogger.com/profile/10550860961892546101noreply@blogger.com1