My Heavenly Sister

My Sister Brenda Would Have Celebrated Her 53rd Birthday Today. So Many Of Miss Her So Much.
Some Day I Will See Her Again In Heaven. What A Wonderful Reunion That Will Be. This Photo Is Brenda With Bobby Holding My Grandson Blake,(Which He Will Soon Turn 13 Years Old. To Brenda, Bobby Was The Son She Never Had. For Mandy, Bobby Was The Brother She Never Had.
I Wish I Could Say It Gets Better With Time. For Some It May. I Guess A Lot Depends On How Much Time We Are Talking. It Was First My Sister Then My Son A Few Months Later. I Can't Remember If I Wrote About The Mum Before On My Blog. If I Did And You Are Reading It For The Second Time Please Understand It's Important To Me To Repeat It. Shortly After Brenda Had Died I Attended The Woodard Reunion. I Haven't Attended That Reunion For Many Years. I Have No Idea Why I Attended But I Am Glad I Did. It May Have Been Because Bobby Saw No Sense In Missing A Good Meal Reunions Are Known For. That Reunion Brought Some Tears Because Our Family Was Presented With Potted Mums In Memory Of Brenda's Life. When We Got Home Bobby Asked Us If He Could Plant The Mum. I Told Him He Could But Not To Expect It To Return In The Spring. Mum's Are Suppose To Be Planted In The Spring. The Reason For This Is Because It Would Have The Opportunity To Root In The New Area In Which It Was Planted. If You Plant It In The Fall The Ground Would Freeze And Never Have The Opportunity To Root. Bobby Reached Into His Pocket And Brought Out Brenda's Memory Stone From The Funeral. After He Dug The Hole He Placed The Planted Mum. Before He Filled The Area With Dirt He Placed The Stone Beside The Plant. He Looked Up At Me And Said It Would Be Ok.
When The Leaves Fell And Winter Began Setting In I Smothered The Mum With Leaves To Protect It From Winter's Wrath. That Winter We Lost Bobby. Come Springtime I Removed The Leaves To Expose The Mum. The Mum Was Wilted And Appeared Dead. Within A Couple Of Days The Mum Had Blown Away And Was Resting Against The Fence. I Was Sad Because I Had Held On To The Hope It Would Survive Just Like Bobby Assured Me It Would. A Couple Weeks Later I Was Mowing Near Where The Mum Was. A Small 1/2 Inch Of Greenery Was Sticking Out Of The Ground Where The Mum Was. Could It Be? I Wasn't Sure But I Prayed To God To Let It Be. I Allowed It To Continue To Grow. As It Did It Became Evident It Was Indeed The Mum. I Nursed It All Summer And Then It Had Beautiful Purple Blooms. It Made Me So Happy I Had A Living Reminder Of My Dear Sister.
I Hope This Doesn't Come Across Selfish But I Returned To The Woodard Reunion In Hopes I Would Again Get A Mum In Memory Of Bobby. Actually I Didn't Have A Desire To Return To The Reunion Because This Reunion Was The Relatives From My Grandfather's Side Of The Family. It Was So Distant From The Family I Now Have. I Was Presented With A Mum In Bobby's Memory Which I Was Grateful. I Brought It Home And Planted It A Few Days Later. When I Dug The Hole Next To Brenda's Mum I Found The Stone Bobby Placed With It. I Planted His Mum With A Stone That Was Given Away At His Funeral. Even Though I Knew The Chances It Would Survive Was Slim To None But What Did I Have To Lose? Again I Smothered The Plants With Leaves To Protect It From The Winter. Just A Couple Months Ago It Too Was Withered And Appeared Dead. Before The Springs Wind Had The Chance To Blow It Away Like It Did Brenda's, I Inspected The Area And Yes I Found New Growth Where His Plant Was Planted. Today I Walked Out To The Mums To See How Well They Are Doing. Actually I Knew They Were Doing Good Because I Mow Around Them Every Week. I Believe It Was Brenda's Love That Made Sure Bobby's Mum Survived. Their Love For Each Other Is Evident As They Are Growing Beside Each Other And Will For Many Years To Come.
I Consider Them My Heavenly Flowers. Happy Birthday Sis. I Love You.....