Nine Years~ but I still think of you almost every day!

Dear Bobby Carol~

It's been nine years... I can't believe it!  In so many ways it seems like yesterday.  I can't help but see you in so many things... almost daily....

KB is growing up...too fast... When she drives a car... she is a lot like you... slowwwwwww.... which is a good thing I guess.... She is still excelling in school, and I know you had a lot to do with that!  She has determination and drive to be the best, and I see you in her when she sets her head on doing something that seems impossible!


 




You would be so proud of Ben... his spunk is getting worse...all boy...  he can't keep his mouth shut at school... he picks on KB continuously... and I think of you every single time he writes with that left hand.  I'm so glad of that personality...even though it gets him in trouble!  His heart is growing so much... I think he gets that from you too.... he cares about his friends... gets his feelings hurt if he thinks they are mad at him... and he gets the giggles when he shouldn't....





I know you are smiling when you see Mark... can you believe the change in him?  He owes it all to you... he ranks up there with "Daddy of the Year" with the best of them... thanks for loving him so much when he was little... after Sunday School this week he talked about how you got him out of trouble all the time... you didn't want him to experience disappointment... he learned from that... he saw the love you had for him ... you wanted to protect him...even when he may have needed a little discipline...

I couldn't help but think of you this weekend... for the first time in my 44 years, I made a pound cake from scratch... I used the mixer that Granny gave me when I got married... never used it before... I used Boo-ma's cake pan, and I used eggs from Jim's farm.... you would have been so PROUD of me too!  I know you loved a sweet better than anything... do you mind running around up there and finding Boo-ma and Granny and letting them know I was thinking about all ya'll!  I don't get the chance to cook a lot anymore, but many times you cross my  mind because you always loved whatever I made... even when it wasn't fit to eat! 

I miss you so much... your memory is still in our hearts and our love for you is still growing stronger in these two "McKinneys" that I gave birth to... I've seen that red bird several times this week.... I even asked someone with me if it was for him... He said it must have been for me... Keep watching over us.... and... always know that you are on our minds!

Love,



Me

Brag Post or Either a Call to DFACS

I'm not really worried about the call to DFACS because they don't answer when I call for a real reason.... but... I'm so proud of my children today! 

This morning I had to leave LC at 4:45AM to go with Mama for Daddy's surgery.... I left my children at home... alone... they got up, they got dressed, they fixed their breakfast, and they got to school on time!  It's the little things... I'm so proud of their independence... I'm so proud of their ability to step up when I need them to... and I'm so proud that I can trust them to be home alone.

Thanks to Mayo for running a special bus for them... in the form of a red truck! 

It's been a great day!  I'm tired, but I'm a happy girl that Butchie is finally on the mend!  I'm going to bed now... if Sis and Boo are still up after midnight and get in trouble... I'll take this post down in the morning... besides...if they can get up and get to school by themselves... surely they get themselves ready for bed alone! 

Thank you God for answered prayers in so many ways.... it works... prayer really works!