Posts Tagged ‘death’
Five years ago, I rushed from Delaware to New York to be late and miss my cousin’s funeral and burial – it was done on purpose…I didn’t want to see her…I didn’t want to say, “goodbye”.
She didn’t fight long but she fought hard!
Damn It – I HATE CANCER
I MISS YOU CUZ – REST IN HEAVEN UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN!
In memory of Debra, I participated in the annual Making Strides to end breast cancer, 3K walk in Wilmington, DE sponsored by the American Cancer Society. I was invited by a friend who is a big supporter of Breast Cancer Awareness and our group’s name was the “Crafty Walkers”. My heart and mind was full and I truly felt Debra’s presence as we walked on a gorgeous Sunday – thank you God. The sea of pink, of men and women; toddlers and teenagers; young and old; black and white; able and disabled all walking, strolling or running for the same cause was a beautiful thing.
Rest in heaven my beautiful Angel.
Linking up this month with BLMGirlsGoPink – hop on over and meet some great bloggers – read inspirational stories as well as breast health tips.
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Last Friday Tayair and I went to Spence’s Bazaar to walk around as well as to see a friend of mine who has a small shop inside one of the buildings. I didn’t buy anything except a few rings and bracelets but it was fun walking around, seeing odd items including a juke box and a wooden sled.
It was a beautiful end-of-summer day made more so because it was spent with my oldest son
I hadn’t seen a juke box since the last time watching an episode of “Happy Days“
After we left the Flea Market I took Tayair to see where I had lived during high school and my first apartment during my college years, both places were vacant!
Our day ended at Papa Johns, Tayair’s favorite food is pizza. You can tell by looking at him that he had just as much fun with his mom as I did with my son. It was truly a great day for the both of us, despite it being the anniversary of my sister’s death.
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20 Years Ago today was the worse day of my life
the lowest point – the day I cursed God!
20 Years Ago today was the worse day of my life,
my son lay in NICU, a mere 3 lbs, living in an incubator with tubes and wires attached to his tiny body
20 Years Ago today was the worse day of my life
all hell broke loose in Wilmington, DE and hundreds of miles away in Maryland
20 Years Ago today was the worse day of my life
83 days of going back and forth to the hospital to pray with and over our son
him having an aunt, me having a sister
20 Years Ago today was the worse day of my life
souls of these two departed this earthly world
20 Years Ago today was the worse day of my life
around 7:00 in the evening the soul of my lil sis was departing her body
she sat trapped in a burning car, wedged underneath the body of a tractor trailer
being dragged to her untimely death….burning tears filling her eyes as they do mine with the thought of 20 Years Ago today
20 Years Ago today was the worse day of my life
around 7:00 in the evening the soul of my lil son was departing his body
heart rate dropped, breathing stopped, monitors beeping uncontrollably
20 Years Ago today was the worse day of my life
The souls passed, one guided back to the body while the other ascended into heaven
the soul of the child returned, heart beating strongly, breathing stabilized, his life restored
20 Years Ago today was the worse day of my life
My mother’s baby daughter and her twin brother, both gone too soon
sis and uncle traveled together for the last time passing through the Pearly Gates
20 Years Ago today was the worse and best day of my life
Rest In Heaven
Gloria Cross, Jr.
4/10/63 ~ 9/14/92
And
Ernest Midget
7/17/42 ~ 9/14/92
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REST IN HEAVEN “BIG MAN”
PRAYERS AND CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS AND FIANCE – GOD HAS A NEW ANGEL!
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This post was written on the 7th of June
My sons were blessed to have had their great grandmother living with them since birth. My maternal grandmother who raised me, had lived with us for 16 years until she passed at the age of 98 on May 1, 2009. My sons enjoyed being with her just as much as she enjoyed being with them. When they were toddlers she read to them and played a lot of games with them. Even when she could no longer get down on the floor she still played and BEAT them in checkers.. Yes, she beat the babies – hey they had to learn defeat at some point in their lives!
She transitioned about an hour before they got home from school so they were able see her, say goodbye and shed their tears before the mortician came to get her body. To this day, they believe that Nana is watching over them and oftentimes talk about the good times and how much they still miss her. A week ago I got a call from the school because Malik was crying uncontrollably, he later admitted that he was thinking about Nana and all his emotions came pouring out. So it’s no wonder that he got mad at me when I tried to sell a jewelry box that once belonged to her at last weekend’s flea market. It was marked $3.00 but no one bought it – I guess there was a reason, so I told him that if he really wanted it he could keep it, we changed it to fit his bedroom decor (lol).
I truly love my son because his heart is pure.
BEFORE
AFTER
Rest In Heaven Mama!!
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This post was written on the 7th of June
My sons were blessed to have had their great grandmother living with them since birth. My maternal grandmother who raised me, had lived with us for 16 years until she passed at the age of 98 on May 1, 2009. My sons enjoyed being with her just as much as she enjoyed being with them. When they were toddlers she read to them and played a lot of games with them. Even when she could no longer get down on the floor she still played and BEAT them in checkers.. Yes, she beat the babies – hey they had to learn defeat at some point in their lives!
She transitioned about an hour before they got home from school so they were able see her, say goodbye and shed their tears before the mortician came to get her body. To this day, they believe that Nana is watching over them and oftentimes talk about the good times and how much they still miss her. A week ago I got a call from the school because Malik was crying uncontrollably, he later admitted that he was thinking about Nana and all his emotions came pouring out. So it’s no wonder that he got mad at me when I tried to sell a jewelry box that once belonged to her at last weekend’s flea market. It was marked $3.00 but no one bought it – I guess there was a reason, so I told him that if he really wanted it he could keep it, we changed it to fit his bedroom decor (lol).
I truly love my son because his heart is pure.
BEFORE
AFTER
Rest In Heaven Mama!!
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My father, Talvage Cross, Jr., made me but didn’t raise me, I did love and respect him and he even walked me down the aisle on my wedding day in 1990. He’s dead and buried in Cincinnati, Ohio and there are times that I think about him but not usually on Father’s Day. The only time my sons saw him, he was in the casket and they were too young to remember the flight to Ohio let alone his funeral. I do regret that my sons never got a chance to meet either grandfathers, both of which are deceased.
My sons will never know the 2nd generation granddaddy love but they will always know their
father’s love.
My husband has an awesome relationship with them and for that Father’s Day will always be special for them but more importantly special to me!
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My father, Talvage Cross, Jr., made me but didn’t raise me, I did love and respect him and he even walked me down the aisle on my wedding day in 1990. He’s dead and buried in Cincinnati, Ohio and there are times that I think about him but not usually on Father’s Day. The only time my sons saw him, he was in the casket and they were too young to remember the flight to Ohio let alone his funeral. I do regret that my sons never got a chance to meet either grandfathers, both of which are deceased.
My sons will never know the 2nd generation granddaddy love but they will always know their
father’s love.
My husband has an awesome relationship with them and for that Father’s Day will always be special for them but more importantly special to me!
Share your thoughts
REPOSTING FROM 2012
Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
- today at 50, I’ve been a mother for almost 20 years
- my grandmother was 50 when I was born, she took me & my sis under her wing at the age of 57 and lived to be 98
- Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
- the parent of a 3 month preemie weighed a mere 2.5 lbs, not sure if he would live or die
- my God is Awesome
- i look in the mirror and see my mother
- bore but did not raise me
- died before I really got to know her
- feared I would have to care for her in her old age
- grandmother said in order to live a long life you have to treat everybody right and pray
- Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
- not a friend but a fierce protector and provider
- mother never saw her grandsons
- a mother of 2 black males – RIP Trayvon
- in the store – keep your hands out of your pockets or they think you are stealing
- don’t lower your eyes
- know your history – never forget where you came from
- work hard
- no fear
- believe and achieve
- no drinking drugs or wild and crazy women
- pray
- bless your food
- be grateful
- study hard
- eat your food
- don’t eat too much candy
- Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
- don’t curse, fight, drink or do drugs
- wash and dry your clothes, sew cook and clean – I am raising some woman’s husband
- slow down you are driving too fast
- look in your rear view mirror
- keep your eyes straight ahead
- at 98 I held her hand as she transitioned, my guardian angel, my protector, teacher, minister and enforcer
- Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
- you got an “F”!
- stop crying
- open up
- you’ll feel better
- didn’t i tell you
- now why did you do that?
- wait for your brother
- are you listening to me?
- what did you say!
- I love you
- here, try this
- be nice
- save your money
- get a job
- go outside and play
- you have to work hard
- leave him alone
- say cheese
- come here
- sit down
- are you crazy
- what did you do?
- buried my father
- never knew my paternal grandparents
- i had a brother
- my lil sis is gone
- i’ll never be an aunt
- Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
- don’t spit that out
- i said,let’s go
- stop it
- Gloria was killed
- do your homework
- turn off that tv
- dinner!
- have a good day
- God bless you
- how was school today?
- change your clothes
- clean your room
- Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
- get up!
- make your bed
- breakfast!
- take out the trash
- stop it!
- working hard until he graduates from college
- remembering the fear of his first day on the bus, bigger fear, first day driving alone
- emergency room visits
- months and months in the hospital
- surgeries, feeding tubes, iv’s, central lines, rsv, nicu, picu
- what did i do to deserve this
- God why?
- teach me how to swim
- can’t breast feed
- crying all the time
- will this ever end?
- fell off the bike
- pregnant again…fear
- water broke…uh oh
- never got a maternity leave
- slow down
- barium swallows, mri’s
- mcdonald’s ball pit
- Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
- pediasure, pedylyte, nebulizer, syringe, pulse ox, nurses
- pick that up
- put that back
- don’t play with that
- leave it alone
- boy don’t make me come and get you
- i’m an orphan-no mother
- Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
- ieps, department of disabilities, nurses and kids, special ed classes, mainstreaming
- go sit down!
- come here
- where you goin?
- i’ll put the ashes in the coffin with mama
- Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
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REPOSTING FROM 2012
Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
- today at 50, I’ve been a mother for almost 20 years
- my grandmother was 50 when I was born, she took me & my sis under her wing at the age of 57 and lived to be 98
- Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
- the parent of a 3 month preemie weighed a mere 2.5 lbs, not sure if he would live or die
- my God is Awesome
- i look in the mirror and see my mother
- bore but did not raise me
- died before I really got to know her
- feared I would have to care for her in her old age
- grandmother said in order to live a long life you have to treat everybody right and pray
- Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
- not a friend but a fierce protector and provider
- mother never saw her grandsons
- a mother of 2 black males – RIP Trayvon
- in the store – keep your hands out of your pockets or they think you are stealing
- don’t lower your eyes
- know your history – never forget where you came from
- work hard
- no fear
- believe and achieve
- no drinking drugs or wild and crazy women
- pray
- bless your food
- be grateful
- study hard
- eat your food
- don’t eat too much candy
- Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
- don’t curse, fight, drink or do drugs
- wash and dry your clothes, sew cook and clean – I am raising some woman’s husband
- slow down you are driving too fast
- look in your rear view mirror
- keep your eyes straight ahead
- at 98 I held her hand as she transitioned, my guardian angel, my protector, teacher, minister and enforcer
- Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
- you got an “F”!
- stop crying
- open up
- you’ll feel better
- didn’t i tell you
- now why did you do that?
- wait for your brother
- are you listening to me?
- what did you say!
- I love you
- here, try this
- be nice
- save your money
- get a job
- go outside and play
- you have to work hard
- leave him alone
- say cheese
- come here
- sit down
- are you crazy
- what did you do?
- buried my father
- never knew my paternal grandparents
- i had a brother
- my lil sis is gone
- i’ll never be an aunt
- Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
- don’t spit that out
- i said,let’s go
- stop it
- Gloria was killed
- do your homework
- turn off that tv
- dinner!
- have a good day
- God bless you
- how was school today?
- change your clothes
- clean your room
- Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
- get up!
- make your bed
- breakfast!
- take out the trash
- stop it!
- working hard until he graduates from college
- remembering the fear of his first day on the bus, bigger fear, first day driving alone
- emergency room visits
- months and months in the hospital
- surgeries, feeding tubes, iv’s, central lines, rsv, nicu, picu
- what did i do to deserve this
- God why?
- teach me how to swim
- can’t breast feed
- crying all the time
- will this ever end?
- fell off the bike
- pregnant again…fear
- water broke…uh oh
- never got a maternity leave
- slow down
- barium swallows, mri’s
- mcdonald’s ball pit
- Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
- pediasure, pedylyte, nebulizer, syringe, pulse ox, nurses
- pick that up
- put that back
- don’t play with that
- leave it alone
- boy don’t make me come and get you
- i’m an orphan-no mother
- Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
- ieps, department of disabilities, nurses and kids, special ed classes, mainstreaming
- go sit down!
- come here
- where you goin?
- i’ll put the ashes in the coffin with mama
- Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
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