More Bama pics

Sam and Will

 

All five

 

About to feed the ducks

 

 

We have been missing our sweet SueSue. She goes to take care of my grandparents every single weekend so if we want to see her, we've got to go to her. She works all week, drives 3 1/2 hours after work on Thursdays, comes home on Sunday so she can go back to work on Monday. She tirelessly and selflessly cares for my grandparents. She has done this every weekend for over a year. She is fiercely devoted to her parents and has so much love and respect for them. It is not an easy job at all. My grandmom is bed ridden and my grand dad is starting to lose his mind a little bit. At first, it was hard for me to see my grandmom like this and I didn't like to go down there. It made me so sad and I didn't want to remember her this way, but I still have all of my special memories of her and even though I have to remind her who I am now, I still have her name and hope I can live up to it one day. She was such a strong, vibrant woman. I can still picture her skirt swishing as she walked back in forth in the kitchen and hear her laugh as she met me at the door when I got to her house. She was always laughing and always happy. I never saw her angry or sad. She was always so busy doing things for other people. She made pound cakes for anyone who was sick or needed cheering up. She always made me feel like I was the most special person in all the world when I was with her and I could talk to her about important things in my life and she gave me great advice. She loved to cook and took great pride in fixing her family a big southern meal of fried chicken, okra, and cornbread. We would all come home from church, change clothes and start helping out in the kitchen (my mom would make sure of that!) I can remember eating so much I would feel sick and then we would take a big nap, but not her. She would spend all afternoon cleaning her kitchen and I would do everything I could to get out of the cleaning part!
Okay, I just got completely off on that post. I could write a book about my grandmom and all of the wonderful memories I have of summers, Christmases, and Easters at her house. If we want to see SueSue, we go to Tuscumbia and we've gone down there a few times over the last couple of months and have thoroughly enjoyed each visit. Will and Walker love being there and as soon as I pull out of the driveway, they ask me when they can go back. Even though we haven't been to Montgomery since Christmas (and I miss my sister terribly!) my dad has been so great to come see us a bunch and we get to see my mom at Nene and Papa's and we're creating new memories for the boys and I'm so happy they have gotten to spend time with their great grandparents. Nene is almost like a child now and she has really connected with Will. Her face lit up like I haven't seen in so long when Will sang Jesus Loves the Little children to her and she sang it as loud as she could. He sat with her for hours one afternoon watching Shirley Temple and doting on her every need. I got to see a side of Will that kind of reminds me of myself when I was little. Even though my mom's life isn't normal right now, we've all found a new normal and it's great! All I need is my sister to come to Nashville. Just ditch your own kids needs and come on up! ha!!!