A Christmas Story

Two weeks ago on Sunday my mother in law Lynda was walking out of church and found a stray dog running in the parking lot. This was in Wichita, Kansas. She took him,Bentley to the humane society to have him scanned for a microchip because he had no tags. He was chipped! He belonged to a family in Houston Texas. The humane society was trying to figure out how they would get the dogs from Kansas to Texas. Lynda still standing there told them she would be heading to Fort Worth on Wednesday she could take Bentley that far if the Houston family could meet here there! The family, the father Thomas said that Bentley belonged to his 4 year old son Jonathan. They had been in Wyoming for Thanksgiving and stopped in Wichita over night when Bentley escaped and ran off and they could not find him. They were going to get Jonathan a new puppy for Christmas but Jonthan told them no that Bentley was coming home. Three weeks later, he was! Thomas drove to Fort Worth Christmas eve as Lynda drove there as well, we all meet at 9pm Christmas eve to return Bentley back to Jonthan for Christmas. The Wichita news interviewed, filmed and broadcasted it on the evening news. The Fort Worth news was there when we made the exchange to return Bentley and also the Houston news filmed the homecoming! It also was covered and Fox news and CNN news! Thats crazy! Just a heart warming Christmas story I wanted to share!


Wichita News Link : http://www.kwch.com/Global/story.asp?s=9578130



Fort Worth News Link: http://cbs11tv.com/pets/lost.dog.found.2.894735.html

Dallas News Link:http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/pets/stories/122508dntexlost-dog-returns-homekhou.6b7249b.html

Houston Link http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6181537.html

The Greatest Fish Story Ever

The last day that my daddy went fishing, the day he fell and broke his ribs that started the whole journey to his passing, he caught two little catfish. Not big enough for anything but he kept them and told Turner, his fishing partner that he was going to release them into the pond at the cemetary. Well, it was 3 weeks from the time he fell until he was put into the hospital, then in the hospital for a week and half. ITs been just over 7 weeks since he passed. This past week when cleaning out his truck my brother opened a cooler that was full of water and much to his surprise there were those two little catfish in that cooler and after 2 months they were still alive. Just the most amazing thing to be in that cooler all this time and still alive. So my brother and nephews followed through with what my daddy wanted to do with those fish, they took them to the cemetary pond and set them free! Maybe daddy is out there fishing for them now.

Home Again

Well here it is the saturday before Thanksgivng. I have so many mixed emotions right now about going back home to Kansas. I want to go and am excited to see Mom, my brother, sister in law and nephews! But I do not want to go either. I can not stand the fact that I will be at home and daddy will not be there! Its breaking my heart but I have to face it I know!

So Now What?

Have you ever gotten on of those emails that has about 20 or so questions about yourself, you fill it out and send it out to all your friends. I have gotten them dozens of times. One question on there was always "What is your greatest fear?" My answer has always been the same. My greatest fear is to lose my dad!
So now what!? My greatest fear has come true and I feel like I am living that fear over and over every day.

Another Funeral

My Uncle Vance passed away. Actaully I have known for a fwe days now but jut couldnt bring myself to post here. I have had a long talk on the phone with my cousin Cheryl, yet I feel so torn and feel like I am letting her down so how. The funeral is Saturday. So in all reality I could drive to Kansas after work Friday, go the funeral Saturday, then come back home on Sunday and not miss any work. But I am not. I want to be there for her and her brothers as they were for me when my dad passed. But I can't. I told Cheryl several reasons, 1)money it always tight and right now its especially tight from our 2 week stay in Kansas already. So making another trip would really hurt the pocket book. 2) Mine and Bruce's anniversary is Monday so we had some plans for this weekend(partly for the anniversary and partly he really wants to do something together and for me to have some fun because I haven't had any in a long time). and 3) I emotionally can not handle it right now. And that makes me feel like I am letting my family down, beign selfish and I feel guilty. Of course Cheryl and her brothers are all OK with me not coming home and totally understand and dont even expect me to be there. In part excuses 1 and 2 are just that, excuses to make me feel better for the real reason number 3. I can not deal with it so I am going to avoid it.

Does it Really get Easier?

I dont think so! It hurts as much today as it did Oct 5th. I talked to a lady at the gym today that I have become friends with. She lost her dad 17 years ago. She said it still hurts just as much today as it did then, the only thing that gets her through the day sometimes is knowing she will see him again, and she said the older she gets the more she looks forward to that day. That thought does bring me some comfort but the pain over loads it still. Today I was in a really good mood at work and was enjoying the kids I was working with at the time, as soon as they were gone and back to class I was sitting at my desk doing paper work and BAM! I lost it and started crying and couldnt stop! No reason, I wasn't even thinking about daddy at the time! I know people say take one day at a time, for me right now its on minute at a time!

Life and Death

So in the past weeks it has seemed to be all about death! My daddy and Uncle Vance, who for now is still alive but being transferred to hospice. Today my cousin Cheryl called with some good news! Her son Christopher is a new daddy to a baby boy! Don't have all the details as far as weight and all that, heck I don't even know his name! LOL!