A Day With Debbie

My dear friend, Jewells husband, John passed away yesterday after a long couragious battle with cancer...I was with Jewell all day yesterday as we sat by his bedside watching him struggle for each breath...he passed around 6 yesterday evening.

Cam was offered 3 jobs all in the same day, Extraco, AeroMart, and McLanes---he decided upon McLanes because of the benefits and pay---he starts Monday. Congrats and welcome home!

Haven't blogged in a few weeks---been so busy!
Kaitlyn was here for a week with me, she stayed some with Lindsay and the girls....we went bowling with the Saxon boys, Kaitlyn got the highest score, 88, then Jack came in second with a 77...we played putt-putt one night...everyone got a hole in one and Cam actually got 4!
Swam a lot with the girls....shopped for her trip next week to Cancun....

Kaitlyn got to come and stay a few days last week, she went to Lindsays and swam with the girls, spent the night and had pizza....On Friday, Mike & I took her to see "Cars", was so good! Her favorite character was "Mator"....We took her to Valley Mills for her baseball game, they lost but had fun...She will come back a few days this week and stay again.
For Fathers Day, she painted Mike 2 pretty pictures of coconut trees and a landscape of the ocean...priceless!

I miss my dad---I miss that he is not part of my childrens and grand-daughers lifes...I know he looks down from heaven and watches over all of us, I miss our little talks, him calling me "Deb"... I miss going to Kerrville and driving up and him sitting outside on the patio with Molly and drinking his tea...I miss Thanksgiving and him being so proud of his turkey and dressing...I miss Christmas and him saying "hohoho" to every person there as he passed the presents out...I miss him teasing the grandkids...being proud of his garden, his peach trees, sitting in his chair watching his tv ...
There are things I wished I had talked more to him about, the war, his heritage, his relationship with mama, how he felt when his children were born...his smile...
When we would leave, he was always on the back porch and would watch till we were out of site...
The memories of him coming home after a week trip in his Coke truck, mama always cooking a good dinner for him complete with a coconut pie...church on Sundays and usually Furrs afterwards for lunch, going to the Bakers or Renfros for tuna fish sandwiches after church on Sunday night, being so excited about an upcoming hunting trip and calling me and fibbing about a big deer he had got----going on trips in his RV---- Red Lobster----refusing to eat chinese food, calling it gook. Bringing our babies a chocolate bar cause he wanted too, taking Cam on fishing trips.
He loved his family very much...I am very proud of my dad, he had a hard life, had suffered in bad health for a long time. He endured a lot. But he never complained! I miss that smile!
Happy Fathers Day Daddy, I love you!

Little Wyatt was accidently shot on Friday night by his older brother...he died instantly, Wyatt was 6 yrs old, loved baseball and drawing pictures and coloring.
His stepmom, Amanda is one of Ambers best friends, she did all our hair for Ambers wedding...she had left the boys alone for just a little while as this happened,
A sweet funeral for a sweet little boy, as the minister said, they were needing a good shortstop in heaven.
As we watched his mommy and daddy say their last farewells, Wyatts daddy took his cowboy hat and Wyatts mommy took his baseball cap. They hugged each other in front of their little son laying so gently in his casket. At the gravesite Amber said a small butterfly flew over his casket and sat upon it as to say everything will be fine as "I'll Fly Away" was singing in the background.
Night is now upon us, peace to all the families involved as their son was laid to rest today.

Mama took Cynthia out to McDonalds on Tuesday night for dinner to celebrate her Birthday...someone reported to the Kerrville Police Dept that a green Ford Explorer was driving suspiciously...well, after eating, mama pulled out of the parking lot onto the main road and the police stopped her, had her get out of her car,made her take a eye test then breathalizer, it came back 0-0-0...wrong Ford Explorer perhaps?
Mama is 70 yrs old now, has been stopped 1 time in her life for not making a stop complete...I wonder if it is time that she not drive so much but how do you take that away from her when she loves to go and shop....

Sunday was Madalyns 2nd Dance Recital---both dances were just precious, Fluffy Powder Puff and Ellie the Elf....G-daddy, Ma, and Bubba were there as well as her Peepaw and MeeMaw.... afterwards we all came back to our house, grilled steaks with all the fixins and then had banana splits...

Cam got laid off from L3 on Friday morning, very unexpected---just company cutting back issues...he loved his job there, was making friends, going to PrestonCrest, enjoying the singles class there....so now, he is looking for another job, hoping something comes up soon...he has several good friends from college that have called him and are gonna forward his resume.
All his friends from work have called, they are all in shock too.
He is here in Waco this weekend, we are trying to cheer him up some, he has not slept much, been so upset---hopefully, a person he had sent a resume to here in Waco who wanted to give him a job when he accepted the job in Greenville will call him Monday morning and maybe interview him and get a job back here in Waco and come back home.

Just a moment of silence today at 3PM to remember all who fought for our country...

Today was Kaitlyns last day of 4th grade, a sumer full of fun then hello my big 5th grader!
This week-end they are camping at Lake Whitney, with lots of cookouts and swimming.
I am so proud of you, I can't believe how time time has flown and you are almost in Middle School now! Before I blink an eye, it will be time for graduation....

More than 63 Million people voted on Tuesday night, more than any election for an American President---and the winner is.......................................................Taylor!
What about Clay Aiken? I did not even recognize him when he came out on stage!
Carrie Underwood was awesome.....

Talked with Leigh this morning---was calling to ask Paul to come play as this is the last 2 days Madalyn will be here before summer break, then she starts "K" in the fall----Paul has been sick the last week, fever for no reason other than a sore throat---he was treated last week at Cooks with an antibiotic, the fever is back(low grade) plus he is now complaining of his leg hurting, limping some too---woke up in the middle of the night last night hurting---all of this to say, this is how his Neuroblastoma first started, so they may looking at another relapse, he has an appointment on Tuesday at Cooks for scans---pray!
UPDATE----Paul is at Cooks this morning(Fri), they were able to get the scan moved to this morning at 11...
UPDATE----Several spots were found in upper leg/hip area, and one spot was found above right eye in his scalp line---they were not very dark in color so they were found early---more chemo the next 2 weeks before the new trial starts up in late June/early July....

And we are the proud grandparents of a new grand-dog, named Sara---of course Madalyn would have no other name...
Lindsay & Mark took the girls to the animal shelter this morning and could not leave without her...
I was talking to Lindsay on her cell and she told me to come by later after we had finished our errands, I started thinking, they got a puppy---I called Madalyn back and she confirmed it...
So now Cooper has a puppy best friend....maybe Amber & Kaitlyn can bring their puppy Cooper out and meet Sara soon!

Madalyn got home this afternoon, her baby chick she got for Easter, Sarah, had fell into a bucket of water and drowned this afternoon---Madalyn and her daddy buried it with full baby chick honors.... she was crying when she called me and told me about it....

During church this Sunday, Mike was holding my hand, whispered to me "he loves me"---what a wonderful man/husband I have and it is going on 32 years....I love you too!

I shared this day with Cam, it was his 30th birthday but he will not be here till Thursday to celebrate....
On Saturday we went out to Kopperl to watch Kaitlyns softball game, it was very hot, the girls got tired fast! But they did play hard to try to win but the other team got the best of them. After the game we went back to Amber/Roger house, Kaitlyn wanted me to open my Mothers Day gifts...she got me a very nice picture frame to match my living room, I am looking for the perfect picture to put in it now...Amber got me a LaTeeDah oil lamp, with vanilla fragrance, it smells so good!
We went to "Two Grannies" In Glen Rose for dinner---2 little grannies run this very small restaurant, hugs for all at the front door, home-made food complete with music...
Sunday, Mike & I went to church then to La Fiesta for lunch, it rained but on the way home it poured, flooding Hewitt, we could barely see the road at times...Lindsay & Mark and the girls came by for dinner, we had sandwiches and peach cobbler. Lindsay gave me a pretty cross for my front yard. It will be perfect by my Rose Of Sharon that daddy gave me years ago that was only a twig that I planted and has grown so pretty the last few years. I have re-planted it every time we have moved, could not bear to leave it behind.
We watched Desperate Housewifes then Greys Anatomy----seasons finales tonight!!!!

May14---Happy Birthday Cam, 30 yrs old this year!
Your birthday fell on Mothers Day this year, making it a little more special...
I remember the day I was in labor with you, I could not sit, stand, walk....I was misreable but climbing those stairs in the duplex we lived in did help....you were a big boy, weighing in at almost 9lbs....I remember your daddys tears when you were born---you were a baby that was sick a lot, bronchitus, in hospital with pneumonia, always having colds and differant viruses,very collicky I thought, till your papa brought me some baby cereal, then we figured out that you were just hungry!... I still have the outfit that daddy bought and painted the "C" on, we brought you home in it although it was so big on you at the time, but your daddy was so proud of you and the outfit!
You were the first grandson on both sides of the family, the only grandson that will carry on the Keller name.
You always gave us a run for the money, getting into things, trying to figure out things, tearing them apart...you and Lindsay loved to fight till you both were in your teens....you both get along really good now, and are very close...how you love those little girlies and they love their Bubba.
But you had a smile that was contagious...loved to sing....loved to eat....watch Dukes Of Hazzard...play with balls and trucks...watching football and racing with your dad. To this day, you never meet a stranger, you always have something to say to anyone who crosses your path.
I am proud of you, my only son, you have a great job now, finished school with your Bachelors Degree on your own. You work out and take care of yourself.
I hope one day your life will be complete as you find the right person to make your wife and have children that remind me of you.
Always remember how much your mom and dad love and cherish you, enjoy your life, never lose your faith, and know we will always be here for you.
I love you!

Leigh and I had planned a picnic for the kiddos today at the park...well, we got there and a kind lady told us in about 10 min 2 classes of hungry Ks would be there, they were on their way back from the zoo---about 30 boxes of pizza was delivered....then they got there...so, we hurried and ate our lunches so we could at least play a few minutes, about 5min of play to be exact---decided to go to the other park, got there, another school bus load of kids was there....so, we went to McDs and played and had ice cream...
another day perhaps, a picnic....