Thursday, June 14, 2018
I remember the first day we met, like it was just yesterday. It was January 15th 2004. Amber’s 19th birthday.
Amber had invited me over to help you all celebrate her big day and to meet her family.
When being introduced for the first time, I had no idea what your last name was. I had only heard Amber say it one time. So both you and Dad were known to me as Mom and Dad from that very first day so many years ago.
Looking back on those years we had the best of times. Great memories will forever fill my heart when thinking of you. Our Sunday dinners when everyone would come over— Dan and Dougie with their friends, Dawn and Kayla, April, Scotty and Brandon, and soon after- Isaac and Deja. Everyone was always welcomed.
We always had the best family times- kick ball in the back yard. Or water balloon fights. You never complained about how many dishes were left or that we’d have to all run in at different times to go to the bathroom or get a drink. Or the countless towels that would be used when we had that little above ground pool in the back yard. You loved entertaining and being what we are now known as some, 15 years later family. As Amber and I grew into a stronger relationship our family ties got stronger.
Because of you I have been blessed into knowing some of the best people that I have ever known.
Grandmeal & Popeye- some of the most loving grandparents ever. They not only took me in as theirs, but my sisters and little ones as well.
Aunt Julie, Aaron and Mally, they are my family. We have all gotten so close and I hate to say it, but soon after the family gatherings stopped, so did some of the contact with each other— we all moved away.
Uncle Harry, Aunt Ellen, Cousin’s Sayward, Mary Frances, Danny and Camille. They also accepted me as family. Uncle Harry is so hilarious.
Your whole side of the family are some of the best people I have come to know, love and call family.
Because of you I have met some great family friends too, Mrs Kelly, dawhbie, mary Ann, Bucky, Mikey, Aunt Dena, Aunt Jeanne, the list could go on.
I have been introduced to some of your early family memories of the river. Where we will continue to carry on family traditions, although it won’t be the same without you. You always made sure we had everything we needed when we were in the water, whether it be food, drinks or a dry towel— you were always there.
We love you Ma’ and not a day will go by where we don’t think of you. #flyhighmom we love you to the moon and back.
Rest easy,
Your loving daughter- Jo
