Final High School Graduation To Attend for Our Family!

On June 2nd, as this is being posted to my blog, I will be sitting in Denton Texas watching Baby Sis walk across the stage to collect her diploma from high school. Yes, she graduated back in December, but she chose to come back to Denton and walk with her class. Partly because she wanted to I think, but partly because her brothers had both worn the same cap and gown and she wanted to finish off the tradition.  Guess that means a shadow box for memories is coming.

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Memorial Day and Big Bubby’s Band of Brothers, Our Extended Family

Memorial Day – what does that mean to you? Barbecues, lake trips, floating down the river, spending the day off with family? If so, please remember what the true meaning of the day is. Remember those who have served our country and continue to do so who won’t be able to be with their family so you can be with yours. Also remember the fallen ones and their families as they journey through life without their loved one who died serving their country.   

This post is for Big Bubby’s Band of Brothers and all of his close friends. Once Big Bubby made a friend, he would have given the shirt off his back to them to help them out. I have tried several times to finish this, but every time I do, tears get in the way.

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Perspectives Change, Dreams Change, Big Things Are No Longer Important!

Growing up in a small town in Oklahoma, I always had the same dream every kid has. Do better than your parents did. I wanted to be the President of a company one day. From a young age I knew I wanted to be an accountant. While other kids in high school were trying to figure out what they were going to do, I was already focusing on college courses to take when I got to college (because back in those years you couldn’t take dual credit courses).

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Krissie the Crazy Emotional Support Dog!

So in another post, I explained our reasoning for purchasing an emotional support dog due to the anxiety and depression that I am having. She has gone from puppy to perpetual two year old child in less than a month. She still knows what she has been taught in Puppy K but wow, she is so excited to see me when I get home. She sits at the window and waits for me to come home.

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Funerals, Life Insurance, Last Will and Testament, and Financial Security for Those Left Behind!

WARNING – THIS IS A RANT! I shutter to realize the number of people in this world today that don’t take into account what they need to do to really take care of their family. From the time my Big Bubby was born until the day he was taken from us, we always had life insurance on him. We also have it on our other two children, my husband and myself.

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Decision To Purchase An Emotional Support Dog

I have always been what I consider a strong person. I don’t depend on anyone to do anything for me (my husband of 22 years will confirm this if asked). After the loss of Big Bubby, my emotional and physical exhaustion has been a great burden for me to bear since I don’t depend on anyone. I don’t like asking for help at all.

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Working on Finding My Faith Again!

Faith in God, what does that word mean to you? Do you have faith in a higher power? Do you pray daily? The very definition of Faith is to believe in a higher power that no one in today’s times has seen physically. Faith is a word that tells others that you believe that someday your savior is coming for you whatever savior you may believe in.

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Live Simply, Love Generously, Care Deeply, Speak Kindly, Leave the Rest to God!

I read this somewhere not long after losing Big Bubby but couldn’t find an author to attribute it to. it is very fitting to my situation as I am/was a Type A personality. Everything had to be in its place and have order to it. After losing Big Bubby, my entire mental processing has changed.

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Today Marks The Six Month Anniversary – WOW!

I don’t typically post a blog back to back but the realization that today is the exact six month anniversary to the day. At around 9 AM, on November 10th I received the worst call a parent could ever receive. My Cowgirl was on her way to the Dallas Medical Examiners office. The answer would forever change the lives of so many people that Big Bubby loved and cared about. The answer would throw Cowgirl and I into a deep abyss of unanswered questions and planning a funeral no one ever expected to have to be in a position to do.

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