TOO LONG!!!

We have been sooo busy here lately and I haven't had time to update so I finally am. Aubrey is such a little boy now, into everything and bothers his sister to death. Leah is good, she is growin up way too fast. We are still in Meridan.

I' ve been thinkin about this CHRISTmas and how it's gonna be so different this year. It will be my first CHRISTmas ever without my sweet Mamaw and the closer it gets the more I miss her.

We have been sooo blessed this year and for that we are thankful. Had some hard times but the Lord will never give ya more that you can bear. We are so blessed with such awesome friends and family and love you all

On the move

Well, we will be movin either this weekend or next week to Meridian Mississippi. Kendall is very excited to be closer to his family. I think it will be different cause we've never been this close to his family before.

A month ago today we laid my sweet Mamaw's body to rest and it still seems like she should be here. I miss her so much, but I know where she is and she's with my babies and all those she loves.

We are gonna be startin school a little late this year cause we finished up a little late. We asked Leah if she would like to go to school while we are in Meridian and she said NOOOO so I guess another year of homeschoolin will get started in a few weeks.

Last week

As most of you know last week was a very hard week for our family. Last Monday, the kids and I went to the hospital to be with Daddy as he had his surgery. Tuesday, I took the kids to the babysitter and went and spent the day at the hospital. Tuesday on my way home, there was this little voice that kept sayin "you need to go see Mamaw". I didn't want to go see her the way she was, her leg had been amputated and she was pretty much in a comotose state. Well, I went to see her and my sweet, sweet Mamaw was resting peacefully. She was so small, she weighed only 80 lbs, was under oxygen and was just sleeping. My Aunt Mary told me "Daisy May we are gonna go to the fmaly room and you tell her whatever you want her to know." I stood there for awhile just brushin her hair, holdin her hand and cryin. Finally I was able to tell her what I wanted to tell her, I told her that we were blessed with the most amazing Mamaw that God could have ever given us, that I knew she was tired and she needed to go and rest, to be with Papaw, Uncle David, Carol, mine & Me'Chelle's babies and her Momma & Poppa. Mamaw always wanted us to take her to see her Momma. I told her it was o.k. to go and that we would always love her and miss her but that we would see her again one day.

Wednesday morning I was rockin Aubrey back to sleep while my Mamaw was on her way to rock my other 3 babies and L.W. & Me'Chelle's babies and I truly believe that as soon as she got there they were all there to meet her and as soon as she went and fell at the feet of her Lord and Savior they all had a good time meeting each other. Her goin home service was an amazing service, the Lord was definately there with us. We did just what she wanted, she wanted a singing with a salvation message preached and it was awesome. We videoed it since Daddy wasn't able to come and he was so upset that he couldn't preach the message at the service but Bro. Ed Smith did an awesome job. My Mamaw looked like she always did she was so beautiful, she looked like the Mamaw we always knew. We played the song, "She Loved" at her funeral and that was soooo her. She loved more than anything else, she loved. We all miss her terribly but we know she is free from pain and she is with the ones she loved.

Daddy is doin good he's home from the hospital and Mamaw is perfect, free from pain and is waitin on all of us to get to Heaven.

My Hero

Sometimes when you think of a hero you think of some super hero or some big strong man. When I think of a hero I think of my dear sweet Mamaw Crain. She has been an incredible influence on so many lives that she probably won't even know how many lives she's touched till she gets to Heaven.

Some of my earliest memories are of Mamaw, I can remember sittin on her kitchen counter helpin her make cornbread when I was about 3. She had such patience and was just the most wonderful person to be around. My Mamaw was a preacher's wife and when I think of what a pastor's wife should be I think of her. She was such a servant, she had 4 kids in 4 years and had no electricity, or running water. She took care of them all and I think her hardest job was takin care of Papaw. She always had something good cooked and I always wanted to be like her. I remember her playin the piano and singing, I also remember how everything had to be just right with her, her clothes, her makeup and everything she did had to be almost perfect.

There's a song by the Hempills called I learned about Jesus in Grandmas Rockin Chair and I used to sing that song for her all the time. Ya know it's so true, all of us grandkids and great grandkids learned about Jesus from Mamaw.

It's been a couple of years since Mamaw has known who we are and has been able to carry on a conversation with us but when we go see her she knows we are somebody loves and that we love her. She is so tired and weary now and we are prayin that someday soon she's will go to sleep and wake up in Heaven where there are so many people she loves and wants to be with. Life will be hard without her but there is no doubt in my mind that when she gets to Heaven after she's seen her Lord and Savior she'll be rockin my babies. Heaven is truly soundin sweeter all the time.

Finally doin this

O.k. y'all here it is. I finally decided to start us a blog so here goes!!!!