Friday, May 30, 2014
Monday, May 26, 2014
Memorial Day West Virginia 2014
Sherry and I have spent the last week and a half at home in WV. There was plenty to do around the house. It looks like an impossible task but Sherry's perseverance and drive pushes on and we complete the tasks at hand. I jokingly referred to her as a "trifling hefer" which she found not so funny but laughed anyway because she knew I was kidding. I do have to admit it looks good. Angel and PinPin love the big back yard and the shade trees to rest under when the sun is hot and the breeze is cool.
The highlight of our visit was Angies graduation from Bluefield State College with a Bachelor's degree in Humanities. She worked very hard to get that degree and it paid off for her. Sh e has to decide which way to go now. Jobs are tight and hard to come by in WV. I hope she makes the right choices, but I am not worried because I know she will.
No Memorial Day is complete without a cookout and the one we attended at Janet's was excellent. I made my famous red beans and rice. There was hot dogs, hamburgers with all the fixin's and cake for desert. The laughter of the kids running and playing brought back memories of the days when I was a boy and did the same when we had family get-togethers. Sherry had the chance to catch up with her sister's Violet, and Kathy. She got to see her brother John and talk a while with him too.
She and I visited the family cemetery to place flowers on the graves of her daughter, Chastity, husband Rex, her Mom and Dad and her brother in law Mike. I looked at those gravestones of veterans and thought about their service and how they must have had to endure those dark days of WWII. Mike was a Marine, I took a moment to spend at his grave and give a silent prayer and salute to him. Rex, he was Army, like me and served in the !st Armored Div maybe while I served in the 2nd Armored Div. I always felt like I had met him before. Lots of faces and memories come back to me during these days of remembrance. I remember my Dad who served. I remember neighbors and Uncles, other family members and ancestors who heeded the call to arms.
We head back to NC soon. I'll miss being here. Till next time. Good bye my West Virginia Home
The highlight of our visit was Angies graduation from Bluefield State College with a Bachelor's degree in Humanities. She worked very hard to get that degree and it paid off for her. Sh e has to decide which way to go now. Jobs are tight and hard to come by in WV. I hope she makes the right choices, but I am not worried because I know she will.
No Memorial Day is complete without a cookout and the one we attended at Janet's was excellent. I made my famous red beans and rice. There was hot dogs, hamburgers with all the fixin's and cake for desert. The laughter of the kids running and playing brought back memories of the days when I was a boy and did the same when we had family get-togethers. Sherry had the chance to catch up with her sister's Violet, and Kathy. She got to see her brother John and talk a while with him too.
She and I visited the family cemetery to place flowers on the graves of her daughter, Chastity, husband Rex, her Mom and Dad and her brother in law Mike. I looked at those gravestones of veterans and thought about their service and how they must have had to endure those dark days of WWII. Mike was a Marine, I took a moment to spend at his grave and give a silent prayer and salute to him. Rex, he was Army, like me and served in the !st Armored Div maybe while I served in the 2nd Armored Div. I always felt like I had met him before. Lots of faces and memories come back to me during these days of remembrance. I remember my Dad who served. I remember neighbors and Uncles, other family members and ancestors who heeded the call to arms.
We head back to NC soon. I'll miss being here. Till next time. Good bye my West Virginia Home
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