Friday, June 9, 2023
There are too many memories to list them all, which is a good thing. I remember sitting in the back yard with Momaw, my aunt's, my cousins, and watching and learning how to break been beans from the garden. I remember Sunday meals together as a family after church. I remember Popaw scolding Gabe and Alex after they ran the golf cart off the bank in the yard right after he told them not to. He had to go get them out of the ditch! I remember walking in the kitchen and Momaw canning veggies out of their garden. She made the absolute best vegetable soup ever! I remember her giving Dallas baths in the kitchen sink when she kept him for me. He made her chase him down the hall naked every time she got him out. He would run and climb up in the middle of their bed and think he was hid from her! I remember family holidays with so much food and everybody eating way to much! Easter egg hunts in the yard with all the littles. Popaw and his first video camera. You couldn't hide from him! I remember hearing "TOUCHDOWN ALABAMA" on my wedding video to Gabe's dad because Popaw was recording it in one hand and listening to the Iron Bowl on a little radio with the other hand! I remember giving her a housecoat for Christmas one year and she was scared to wear it because the cuffs were white and she didn't want to mess it up. I remember the house before they added on. I remember Popaw praying at a Thanksgiving after his stroke. The only words you could understand were the very last ones and he said "bless this mess"! I remember Momaw praying before we ate one time and saying how we should all be grateful for all the food we had because we could be like the little naked African kids she sees on TV that are starving. I love and will wholeheartedly miss them both! I remember everything and I will cherish these memories for the rest of my life!!
