OLD ROCKING CHAIRS

3-23-08...OLD ROCKING CHAIRS

There they sit side by side
Grandma ans Grandpas old rocking chairs.
Holding nothing but memories good and bad
lots of laughter and lots of tears.
They are old now, the paint is cracked,
Oh how they squeak when moved.
The memories they hold are a part of my life.
On the floor is the rockers grooves.
I used to sit there on Grandpa's lap
listening to the stories he told.
And in Grandma's lap I ate cookies
she'd baked in the old wood stove.
They rocked together over the years
and took life in its stride.
Then came one day one rocker grew still
and Grandpa was ever more sad.
We went each day even after we grew
with families of our own.
Then the dreaded day came both rockers were still.
My Grandma and Grandpa were gone.

Clydene Overbey 1985

AUNTIE JOY AND SHARON

3-23-09...ANTIE JOY AND SHARON

I have another Aunt who I call Auntie. She is Auntie Joy and she is my Mamas sister. She looks a lot like my Mama. Since my Mama passed away Auntie has been my Mama. She will tell me the right thing just the way my Mama did and chastise me if I goof up. Aunties daughter Sharon is one year younger that I am.
Now Sharon and Brenda are not one bit alike. Where I got Brenda in to trouble, Sharon got me lots of spankings and bested me a bunch of times while we were growing up. Her mind was quick and to the point.
I remember one day Sharon picked a bunch of flowers out of our yard. We were not supposed to pick the flowers, I knew that and Sharon knew that. We were not very old but we did know picking the flowers would get us in trouble. Well Sharon picked them and knowing that she would get caught she handed them to me. Yep, I took them and started off toward the house. I figured, Heck fire Sharon picked them I wont get in trouble. Right? Wrong! Mama saw me with the flowers and spanked me. Yep, sure did. I said "I didn't pick em' Sharon did". Well it was straightened out and Sharon got a spanking too but heck fire I got one first.
Then there was the day we each had a banana to eat. We were out under a tree munching on them bananas. Sharon ate hers fast and I still had over half of mine. Sharon said, "Clydene lets play like you ask me if I want a bite of your banana". "OK", I said. "Well ask me if I want a bite of your banana" she said. "OK, Sharon do you want a bite of my banana"? "Yep sure do" she answered. As she was answering the play like became real cause she grabbed my banana and ate it all in one bite.
My Auntie Joy and My Mama both took care of us when they were together just like Mothers do. I remember going to stay at Sharon's in the summer for a few days. It was way out in the country just like where I lived except farther out. I loved to go there and have Aunties Chocolate gravy for breakfast. Yummy! They had it every morning. Auntie would make me a chocolate cake too. Scrumpdidilicious!!! I was watching her one day and noticed her butter was white instead of yellow like ours. Right there I decided I didn't like Aunties white butter and wouldn't eat it . I waited till I got home and asked my Mama how come Aunties butter was white. She said the type of cow Auntie had made the butter white. Heck fire I didn't get that at all. Just wasn't a gonna eat that ol' white butter. Of course those good chocolate cakes she made had that white butter in them but I didn't know that.
Aunties husband Coy raised peanuts and popcorn. We could go in the barn and husk some popcorn to take inside for my Auntie to pop in a big iron skillet. Boy howdy was that popcorn good. Just knowing we had got it right off the cob ourselves. Not many kids today would understand that, If any.
Then there were the Peanuts in the barn to dry. We were not really supposed to get in to them but we did of course. We ate so many of them one day that we were both sick that night. We never told about eating the peanuts though. I kinda think they were not ready to eat.. You know, Green peanuts?
I didn't get to see my Auntie Joy and Sharon as much as I did Auntie Ethel and Brenda but we had lots of fun when I did. Auntie is still living in the same spot she lived then only in a big new house. I still love to go visit my Auntie Joy. It is like going home again almost. Sharon lives not far from Auntie but is sick and I don't see her very often. But the memories will always be there. Yep. I was blessed in my childhood with wonderful Family all around me.






Sharon and I on ol' Dixie

Auntie Joy

WHAT IS A MOTHER

Mother (MAMA)
3-23-09...WHAT IS A MOTHER

A Mother is*** The ultimate earthly love.
A Mother is *** Commissioned by God Above.
A Mother is ***Gods helper number one.
A Mother is **** What our lives become.
A Mother is *** Teacher Nurse Friend.
A Mother is **** Our protector till her end.
A Mother is*** molder of our souls.
A Mother Is *** Director of our goals.
A Mother is *** our upholder here on earth.
A Mother is *** The first to see our worth.
A Mother is **** Maker of what we are.
A Mother is *** One of Gods shining stars.
A Mother is *** The one who'll stand alone as our Guardian
Till God calls her home.
Clydene Overbey

MOTHER IS GODS HELPER
Mother is a precious word, her worth is hard to find
She's Godly and so precious, I'm always on her mind.
Her Love is un-ending, un-compromising, un-shaken
Always there when I needed her, with her I'm not forsaken.
She carried me in her womb, later in her arms.
Picked me up when I had fallen, Brushed me off and sent me on.
Mama wiped my tears and quited my fears,
and watched me as I've grown.
Kissed me good night, made everything seem right,
Mama would never leave me alone.
So I can't forget to hold her dear, after her many years on this earth.
I'll be there for her as she was for us
from the time she gave us birth.
Mother's are Gods helpers to mold us in our youth.
God gave me to her, to raise for HIM, instill in me Gods worth.
Mama raised me for God, He was her guiding hand.
I'm loaned to Mama for a little while
Mama is Gods Angel in life's plan.
Clydene Overbey