From the
moment I was born my mom was already a single working mom. She worked hard and although we never had a lot,
we didn’t know any better. Six years
later, I got a baby brother and for a while things were easier, but once again
my mom found herself a single working mother, now with two children.
One weekend she decided to go back home to
visit her sisters and they took her out dancing. She met and fell in love with a dairy farmer
from Aline, Oklahoma and our lives were never the same.
Mom went from 2 children to 6, we went from
living in the City to Aline, Ok. It was
quite a trip but it was the best trip of our lives. My mom was thrown right in
to making homemade pies for FFA auctions to helping me with sewing skirts for
4-H. She had to make 3 meals a day for
double the people she was used to. During
this time she came back to Jesus and started really searching and studying the
bible. When my husband Dennis had his
motorcycle accident on 2006, I was living in Houston while my husband was in
rehab. I was scared and didn’t know how
I was going to make it. Without hesitation
my mom sold her house and our friends added on to mine so mom and dad could
move in and help me.
She never wavered
in that decision and Dennis and I couldn’t have lived the next 11 years as
smoothly as we did if it wasn’t for her.
She took care of Dennis every day plus worked from home at the car
dealership she had worked at for 21 years.
The 11 years that Dennis and my mom spent together were such a blessing
to Dennis. They had breakfast and bible
study every morning and they grew very close.
My mom was one of the most selfless people I have ever known, and I will
strive to be like her in every way possible.
On Jan 28, 2018 she was in Sunday school, she laid her head on the
shoulder of a class mate and went to be with her family and Jesus. She is with all the people she loves and her
Lord and Savior but, we here on earth are missing a bigger than life person
that can never be replaced and leaves us with a void that can’t be filled. So, until we see each other in Glory, bye Mom,
we will miss you every day.
This is our tour and we are trying to cram as much in as we can. So I will have lots photos to post, which brings me to saying this. It amazes me every time I get on my blog and see how many people still check in with me. So thank you. I will be posting soon! Much love, Cheri
