Memphis Zoo Loss

All of us who love the zoo were excited about a new African baby elephan born on Monday. I had seen Asali last summer when it seemed like an eternity before she would deliver her baby. She was pregnant for 22 months. She delivered her baby on Monday. Zoo officials were watching her closely in case she rejected the baby. Well, she did not reject her, in fact, she was being very motherly. However, yesterday the baby stumbled and while trying to help her baby, her tusk hurt the baby. She died about an hour later.
I was so sad. All of Memphis zoo lovers are sad. The zoo then showed Asali her dead baby, so she would understand her baby had died and mourn. She might be confused otherwise, and start searching for her baby.

July 6, 1968

Today would have been #41. Yes, 41 years. Two beautiful boys and three wonderful grandchildren later, I am very glad we were.
I look at old pictures and cannot believe what we created. Life does not get any better.

Fun on the 4th

We started the day at the Joffre Neighbor Parade. People decorate bikes, strollers, lawnmowers in red, white,
and blue and march from one end of Cowden to the dead end of Joffre. The firetrucks lead the way. That's it.
Lily said this was the weirdest parade she had ever seen...At the end the firemen turn the hoses on the hot, sweaty
parade walkers.


Lily made a fan to cool her sweaty, I mean perspiring self...


Dad, my son Kevin, capturing memories...


A hot and sweaty Meme and Lily

Lily and Meemaw


Forrest needed an Adrenalin Rush...


ForFor on the bouncy thingie...he propelled like a rubber ball...


Forrest and Mama enjoying the view of fireworks from the ground...


Lily in amazement at the beauty of the fireworks...no one was saying a word.


Forrest looking at the firewords...he was in awe...



The End

Happy July 4th

Hope you all have a Happy 4th....

lazy days of summer

Trying to hang on to vacation as long as I can. Today Amy, Lily, Forrest and I went swimming. It is amazing to see how well the kids are swimming. Lily put her head in the water, did the turtle, and swam so well. Forrest is fearless, and this keeps me in heightened mode at all times. He will jump off the diving board in the deep end, and come up smiling. In fact, even when he is needing help from us, you would not know it cause he is smiling all the while...love the time spent with them at the pool...

What's With Me

During the time I was without the computer, I thought of a million things to blog about. Now I cannot think of a thing.
Do you ever think of things to write about while driving in the car, I have the whole thing in my head, but once I am in front of the computer, my mind goes blank....

I could write about vacation, nah, too much effort. I could tell you about the fresh veggies I cooked today. Fresh corn, butter beans, and stewed potatoes. They were good, but not a gourmet meal.

I did have a disgusting day today getting my car inspected so I could get my car tag. I waited 54 minutes in the long line to get my car inspected. Imagine how much gas I wasted. And it was only $3.90/gallon. There was probably 100 more cars along with me. All for a man to tell me to turn my lights on, then my brights, turn signals, wipers while he looked at the other inspector and not my lights, etc. They then checked my tailpipe....the cars...and I am not polluting the air. Now, who is to say the drivers from Mississippi, Arkansas, or even Shelby County are not doing any polluting. Makes me so angry....

Hey, I guess my memory is better than I thought. I just posted my thoughts I had in my car....Very interesting, right?

Summer in the City

Some moments of my life with my camera.....

Hello For Real

I feel like I have dropped off the face of the earth. I have been without a working computer for too long. Everything is in working order now, so I should be back for good. It is past my bedtime so I will write more later. Today was my first day back at work since my vacation, so it was hard, especially since I did not know I was supposed to work. I got a wake up call at 7:10AM, asking where I was. I should have gotten there at 6:45 AM. I made it there quickly and all the babies were fine....

I Am Still Here

I just wanted to say a quick hello, while my computer is working. It has been very temperamental lately and refuses to come on. My son Brian downloaded all my pictures during one of its on time. Hopefully, soon I will be back on a regular basis.

Happy Birthday Mama

Today would have been my Mother's 94th Birthday. This is a picture my brother took of us at Brian and Shannon's Wedding. I love it because you can see the happiness in our faces. One, because I was so happy Bri and Shan were married and I was so happy to be so close to my mother and having our picture made...to have this memory forever. I knew we were happy, but since we could not see ourselves, this is such a treasure to me.

I have mentioned my dreams in earlier posts. Last week I was having one of my dreams that was rambling. I was trying to get home from a wedding because I had to get up for work at 5am, no matter how I tried I could not get home and to bed. Finally I was in my bed, and my mother walked over to my bed and pulled the quilt over my shoulders very tenderly, like a mother does. I woke up the next day feeling she had really visited me.

She will always be with me, in my heart.

I love you, mama. I miss you still.
Beverly