mom and my vick

sunday, december 6, 2009

left relatively early this morning as i have a long day on the road again.  the weather is cold.  i dont like it.  i want to be home and see my kids and the best boyfriend ever, not to mention i do have to get back to work (bleh), but after being on the road in california, the southwest, the gulf, florida…i am NOT looking forward to the cold.  no sir-ree.

today i headed west (!!) back into alabama.  to the bessmer area. to davis creek baptist church, to be exact.  its been years since i was here to visit with my mom and my sister, vickie.  they are buried there.  it was cold and wet. i smudged the ground with sage and said some prayers.  i spent a good while there, just talking about my kids, my life, vickie’s kids and grandkids.  filling them in on stuff, ya know.  not that they didnt already know.  i believe their spirits keep tabs on us and somehow guide us.  i miss them both so much.  i left them some gifts.  jolly ranchers and peacock feathers, as i stood there in the cold grey and cried for missing them just so damn much.  it was tough, yet it was good, to be there.  to be with them.

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leaving before church services were out, to avoid the traffic (this is a meant to be a joke, as davis creek is a teeny church in a very rural area and there were like 10 cars in the parking lot), i headed north and east (this will be my general direction for the next few days!!!) to lookout mountain, georgia.  brenda has a house on the mountain there which is where i will stay for a few days and visit her daughter (my niece) christina and her family who live nearby. 

christina and her husband john, and their two boys, peter – 4 and james – 2, met me at brenda’s house to turn on the gas for the hot water heater and the fire place.  it is SO good to see them!!! i havent seen them in so long that i hadnt even met james yet.  they are love bugs and very energetic young sweeties!!  they stayed a while and james kept asking “where’s grandma”.  brenda is their grandma, and we were at her house, but she is in florida, and it only makes since that if we are in grandma’s house, then she should be there too.  be patient, young james…grandma will be here next week!  you see, christina is extremely pregnant with their third baby, and brenda is coming up on the 16th to stay a while.  the baby is due on 12/31, but there is hope that it will come while brenda is here.

we visited while the house warmed up, then they left and i snagged a can of soup from the cupboard (thanks bren & lee!) and relaxed from another cold, grey, long, day on the road.  it is so peaceful here, whew!