Our mom was the best mom! She married young and had 3 children. Divorced met another man and married him. Had 3 more children. She raised children from her 20’s all the way into her 50’s. She had grandchildren and great grands. She loved all of us.
Our mom wasn’t a conformist- she taught us to question everything. She was Christian and taught us about God and Jesus. Gave us our foundation.
She always said “I love you and God Keep”
She always listened and gave advice when asked.
She breastfed all her babies even in the era of when breastfeeding was thought of as gross. She knew it was the best thing for her babies.
Mom was a synchronized swimmer when she was young. She was a model in her high school days. she also illustrated a children’s book. She made holidays special and made sure you had a cake on your Birthday.
She loved lays potato, chips, popcorn, and drank coffee all day. She smoked cigarettes. She didn’t like tattoos or body piercings. She was funny, but also had a sharp tongue sometimes.
She was born in Tennessee and lived in Norfolk, Texas, California, Kansas, Washington State, Indiana probably more. She had 2 sisters, she was the youngest.
I asked her a few years before she passed if she thought she had a good life. She responded with “I really did have a good life”
We will miss our mom, we love you mama, and God keep.
I am so grateful that you all chose Westminster and that I was able to get to know her (and family).
Coffee...always...all meals
Potato chips
And at one point only mashed potatoes..3 scoops to be exact 🩷 and if it was not 3 on the one plate, she told you it should be!
I loved sitting with her and her talking about her family & her watching the animals in the courtyard.
Praying for comfort for you all ❤️
Deb MarsanThank you Heather, I know mom loved all of you. It was fun seeing you there when we would visit! Keep doing what you do!
Jordyn Peltier19w
Jake's tribute of Grandma
When I think of grandma I think of Amber, arguably the oldest dog to ever live, CNN, hot coffee, and a Virginia slim menthol light every morning was a new crisis on the news we need to prepare for and spending the rest of the day talking conspiracy theories before conspiracy theories were cool she was a unique woman that always had time to talk about crazy off the wall stuff she will always be loved and missed
Jenni DavelThis is so true. She knew all the conspiracies before they were cool. She always smoked Marlboro lights when I was younger.
Jordyn Peltier19w
Adventure for lays chips
I was very young my grandma was babysitting me. We had spent a huge part of the day doing I spy books. Every turn of the page she would read the caption then point one out and I would find the rest. She acted like she could never find any of them till I said me either. Then she would spot it out. Either way I think we both got bored of the books so she got on the phone and called for a ride to trigs. I was soooo little I thought she had a friend coming from Indiana to pick us up for a ride. Then a TAXI showed up. I only ever saw them in movies. We got in and I remember being super annoying about it asking the driver all kinds of weird questions. LOL. Anyways we got some lays chips and I got a balloon then we went back home. BEST DAY EVER
One more time
One more hug
One more kiss
One more time talking to you
One more soft touch across my brow when I couldn’t sleep
One more laugh
One more “Happy Birthday”
One more phone call to hear your voice
One more “I love you honey”
One more “God Keep”
One more time
She was so good at telling stories. When my brother and I were little, she told us a story that continued every night. I would get so excited to hear the continuation from the night before.
I said to mom “ it’s so good to see you mom”. At the time, she wasn’t talking well. She would say two words clearly and then trail off into a mumble. She clearly responded to me “it’s so good to see you,too”. I smiled and told her how good she said that. She then smiled and said “I tried”.
Mom would always let me drive in the neighborhood when I was a kid. We’d turn down our neighborhood street and I’d scoot over next to her or on her lap and I’d take the wheel. She always made me feel so good about driving. One time she took me out to the airport so I could sit in the actual seat and do some real driving. She said " if you see a cop, stop driving". I began to creep along those roads. Then I saw him. The airport patrol I am a pretty literal person, so when I saw the patrol car, I jumped out of the car. I never pressed the break or put in park. I just jumped out and right back into the back seat. All while mom was scrambling to jump into the drivers seat. The patrol car did not see us but mom sure had some quick reflexes.
When we were little our mom worked in a health food store. She was a health nut. She would all make us kids take a swig of cod liver oil followed by a fizzy drink. Big mistake, because for the rest of the day you would burp up that yucky stuff!!
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