Missouri--Ma Betty
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been born with handicaps of some sort! I remember my cousin, Earnest, and how he walked with his right foot bent up and his arm held out with a limp hand! He was feeble in mind compared to others who did well in school and were able to learn easier....but oh what wonderful memories I have of him.....Before we bought the farm in 1942.....grandpa lived in the house and there was an old black billy goat that lived to an old age after we moved into the old farmhouse! Grandpa made Earnest a cart to ride in and Billy would pull him around in it! My cousin passed away a few years ago while in a Senior Citizen's Care Center, where he and Aunt Myrtle had lived before she died and then he was left without her! They had been together ever since he was born because of the care he needed and who also had seizures and after seeing him have one, it was a bad time for me, too! I did have him in my life as a beloved cousin and though he couldn't get around like Cliff and I, he was included in our play many times! I wrote this poem in memory of him and after my divorce while spending time with him and Aunt Myrtle in their trailer in Jeff City, MO! He was so funny at times....I remember saying that the box of cereal I was using was almost empty and they needed to get more cereal, well he reached down into one of the cabinets where there was 4 to 5 boxes of cereal and had a twinkle in his eyes! I just laughed and said, Okay!
Now I know he won't be in his immortal body until we are caught up unto Jesus whether dead or alive in Christ, so he isn't with Him as yet....but I believe he was saved and knew Who Jesus was (is) before he passed away! This poem was written to my Aunt Myrtle, who suffered terribly from clinical depression and even was hospitalized for it too many times, but she loved Earnest and took care of him, for he was with her most of his life even though it was a struggle....My cousin Virginia, her daughter, helped them as much as she could which was hard on her, too! But loved ones take care and love one another or should no matter what! Amen!
Ma
been born with handicaps of some sort! I remember my cousin, Earnest, and how he walked with his right foot bent up and his arm held out with a limp hand! He was feeble in mind compared to others who did well in school and were able to learn easier....but oh what wonderful memories I have of him.....Before we bought the farm in 1942.....grandpa lived in the house and there was an old black billy goat that lived to an old age after we moved into the old farmhouse! Grandpa made Earnest a cart to ride in and Billy would pull him around in it! My cousin passed away a few years ago while in a Senior Citizen's Care Center, where he and Aunt Myrtle had lived before she died and then he was left without her! They had been together ever since he was born because of the care he needed and who also had seizures and after seeing him have one, it was a bad time for me, too! I did have him in my life as a beloved cousin and though he couldn't get around like Cliff and I, he was included in our play many times! I wrote this poem in memory of him and after my divorce while spending time with him and Aunt Myrtle in their trailer in Jeff City, MO! He was so funny at times....I remember saying that the box of cereal I was using was almost empty and they needed to get more cereal, well he reached down into one of the cabinets where there was 4 to 5 boxes of cereal and had a twinkle in his eyes! I just laughed and said, Okay!
Now I know he won't be in his immortal body until we are caught up unto Jesus whether dead or alive in Christ, so he isn't with Him as yet....but I believe he was saved and knew Who Jesus was (is) before he passed away! This poem was written to my Aunt Myrtle, who suffered terribly from clinical depression and even was hospitalized for it too many times, but she loved Earnest and took care of him, for he was with her most of his life even though it was a struggle....My cousin Virginia, her daughter, helped them as much as she could which was hard on her, too! But loved ones take care and love one another or should no matter what! Amen!
Ma