Many family members, neighbors and friends from the church visited. She was lively and laughing most of the day almost non stop and is so grateful to all who have taken the time to come to her side! We want you to know how very much she appreciates your love and support.
Our Hospice workers (they are so amazing!) have been so impressed with her delightful attitude and her mental and emotional preparedness to go when she is called. She is such a trooper.
We would like to thank all of you who have generously brought in meals for our family. It has been a welcome relief not having to think about what food is here and take the extra time away from caring for Mom to prepare meals.
Here are a couple of pics of our day. Kim & Capri and our cousins Anne & Teresa. Also Mom with her sister Dottie. So happy to see her continuing to smile through all of this.
May the Lord Bless you, Aunt Mary Lou, Uncle Rowland and extended famiy at this time.
ReplyDeleteEven though our two families, the Hamiltons and Seagers, are not directly related (though we may came from the same nut tree), our two families have known each other since the latter half of the 1950's! We have shared many great times (and sad times) for the last 50 some odd years that have brought us all closer to one another and hopefully with many more years to come.
One of the most fondest meomories that I have of you, Aunt Mary Lou, that still comes to mind is on every Saturday night before Fast Sunday when I have a late night munchie attack.
My sister Kathy and I would spend as much time as we could get with the Hamilton family every chance we could get while we lived in Arizona for 11 yrs, even in the years after we moved away.
One of those times we got that opportunity to spend the weekend at your home. Us boys, (Keith, Kim, and myself) were just terrorizing the girls (Chris, Capri and Kathy) to no end, just as loving brothers often do. Though the girls probably got more than their share of our love at the time.
You bribed us boys with $20 to go "disapear" to give the girls a break and for some peace and quite for you. I think our Dad's were out on some drapery business at the time, or otherwise, the that evening would most definately have been played out differently and us boys wouldn't have been able to set down for week!
We hopped in the car (I think Keith just barely got his drivers license at this time) and took off to go spread some of our fun in town. Instead, we went bowling, to the movies and stopped off at McDonalds drive-in to eat a late night meal back at home. It's amazing how far $20 went back then.
As we we stood around eating our burgers and fries/shakes in the kitchen, you came in the kitchen wearing a bathrobe to check on us to make sure we were all home safe and sound.
We told you we were home safe and sound and all in one piece (you have to know Keith's driving when he was a teenager) and continued eating.
You then proceeded to tell us that it was Fast Sunday and we shouldn't be eating.
Us boys looked at one another with a sheepish "whoops" look. Then Keith, with a twinkle in his eye, turns around and walks over to the kitchen clock on the wall and turns the hour hand back by one hour to 11:30pm.
Then you proceed to tell us, "Do you honestly think, by changing the time on the kitchen clock back before midnight it makes it all okay to contiue eating"?
Us boys looked at each other then turned back to you and said in unison with pure innocence, "Yes".
You see, in a teenagers male mind, it wasn't the next day UNTILL you go to bed and THEN wake up to the new day.
You then raise your hands in frustation, look towards the heavens and said, "Lord, I try, I truly try" as you leave the kitchen for bed, and probably not wanting to get hit by lightning that was surely to come to hit the kitchen.
Us boys just laugh and continued to finish eating our late night meal. Then off to bed.
Just for the record, on the way to bed, the thought was brought up about going to scare the girls one last time. We talked about the pro's and con's of doing so. It was decided that it was in our best interests NOT to push our luck that night, and just go off to bed dreaming about scaring the girls. We slept well with smiles on our faces that night and dreamt well.
So as you can see, Aunt Mary Lou, though you tried to teach us a valuble lesson that night and thinking it just went over our heads to never sink in and take hold, it truly sunk in and took deep root that it was a pivotal point in the testimony and importance of Fast Sunday(at least for me. As for Keith and Kim, you'll have to ask them).
May the Lord Bless you, and your family, in your time of need and for setting a fine example of one who lives the Gospel for others to follow.
And Thank you for being a big part in my life.
Love You Always,
Steve Seager
Thank you so much, Steve, for the kind words and for the memories. I miss you and your family. Hopefully we'll have a chance to see each other again soon. I will take the time to read your post to her. I sure she will enjoy it.
DeleteHey Grandma, I know that I have just spent the last 4 days visiting you off and on. I know that I have told you how much I love you and how much you mean to me. I've told you I'm so grateful that you are my grandma and have thanked you for being my grandma. But there are some things I have not told you, so I thought I would write it here in hopes that you will hear it once I have left New Bern. Grandma I just want you to know how thankful and grateful I am that my dad was sent you and grandpa. I also want to tell you thank you for being my one constant. In nearly 35 years you have been the one constant in my life. You have always loved me through the good time and the bad. Your constant love and guidance has helped me through my childhood and screwed up teens years, through a very nasty divorce and so much more than I could post on here. You were there when I got married and have been a huge part of my family. You and Grandpa were the only people who ever went out of your way to come visit your long distant grand daughter and her family. You pulled me through the death of one of my very best friends, my Dad, and through what I thought was the end of my marriage and family. You helped me see who truly should be my best friend, my husband. You helped us though our battles and even took his side when all I wanted was to be mad at him. You and Dad were always good at that. Sometimes I would wonder who was truly your grandchild, not really but I'd tell Gary that. You have always been there for me and all I wanted to do was stay by your side for the rest of your life, but I couldn't, it would have been selfish. You are loved my so many, but I love you most. Grandma I have been blessed with 3 of the best friends ever, one of which has already left me and now my second one is going to meet him. Thankfully I still have Gary. Lord help him if he takes Gary too. You have been a huge part of my world and I wouldn't have it any other way. I hate that I have had to leave but I know you are in the best possible hands here on earth and the very best when you get to the other side. My Dad will be waiting for you with his arms wide open just waiting to give you a huge hug. When you see him, give him one for me. I will miss you so much but thankfully your my grandma forever. I love you Grandma more than anyone could ever know.
ReplyDeleteGrandpa, I love you sooo much. My love and so many others will surround you. I'm so glad you married this wonderful woman, and are sealed to her forever. I love you and I know she does too.
I love you,
Love Mandi
Was nice having you here. XO - Auntie Chris
ReplyDeleteThanks Aunt Chris. It was so great to see ask of you. I wish it could have been under better circumstances. I love you all so much.
ReplyDeleteLove Mandi