A THANK YOU TO THE QUEEN

I LOVE YOU MY LITTLE BUTTERFLY

RECENTLY I WON A GIVE AWAY FROM QUEENMOTHERMAMAW!

MY CAMERA IS ACTING UP OR I WOULD SHOW YOU THE BEAUTIFUL

GIVE AWAY. IT IS A MARIE OSMOND BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY

STITCH KIT. I CAN HARDLY WAIT TO GET STARTED ON IT.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH QUEENMOTHERMAMAW!!!!!!!!!!

WHEN MY CAMERA STOPS ACTING UP, I'LL GET A PICTURE OF IT.

YOU ARE A WOMAN OF WISDOM AND YOUR FAMILY IS BLESSED TO

HAVE YOU AS THE LEADER OF THE FAMILY...YOU HAVE TAUGHT

THEM BY EXAMPLE.

THIS IS AMY'S 32ND CHRISTMAS. SHE WILL BE CELEBRATING HER

33RD CHRISTMAS IN HEAVEN! HOW BEAUTIFUL THAT WILL BE!!!!!

HER LAST DAY OF RADIATION WAS DECEMBER 10, 2008.

SHE HAD TERRIBLE RADIATION BURNS ON HER NECK BUT SHE

STILL SMILED.

THIS WAS HER PLACE TO SET FOR UNWRAPPING PRESENTS EVERY

YEAR AT GRANNY AND POP'S HOUSE......AND EVERY YEAR SHE EXPECTED

TO UNWRAP A HOLIDAY BARBIE . SHE HAS EVERY

ONE EVER MADE, ALL THANKS TO HER GRANNY.

IT WAS A BIG THING WITH GRANNY AND AMY TO LOOK EACH ONE

OVER THAT SET ON THE SHELF. THE EYES, HAIR, DRESS AND

BOX MUST BE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. TWO OF THE BARBIES' CAME

FROM STORES IN PHOENIX WHEN MY MOTHER COULD NOT FIND ONE

IN OKLAHOMA. ( MAYBE I'LL START A BARBIE MUSEUM IN AMY'S MEMORY.)

MY MOTHER IS GOING TO PUT A SMALL CROSS ON THE WALL, THAT

AMY ALWAYS SET IN FRONT OF. IT MADE ME VERY HAPPY THAT

MY MOTHER, MY BROTHER, MY DAD, RICHIE, RICHARD, AND I WILL

ALWAYS HAVE HER SPIRIT WITH US AT NOT ONLY CHRISTMAS BUT

YEAR ROUND.

I KNOW THAT IT WILL BE A SAD BUT JOYFUL CHRISTMAS. WE WILL

CELEBRATE THE BIRTH OF JESUS AND THE LIFE OF AMY.

SOME OF YOU ALREADY KNOW BUT SATURDAY DECEMBER 5, 2009 AT

4 PM ANDERSON BURRIS HAD THEIR MEMORIAL CELEBRATION FOR

ALL THE PEOPLE THAT PASSED THIS YEAR. A PASTOR SPOKE

ABOUT THE GRIEF HE FELT WHEN HIS GRANDMOTHER DIED.

THERE WERE TWO SONGS, A POEM......AND THEN ONE BY ONE EACH LOVED

ONES' NAME WAS CALLED. I WAS SO INTENSELY HOPING THEY WOULD NOT

CALL AMY'S NAME, THAT I ACTUALLY JUMPED WHEN THEY CALLED

AMY RAGAN. I WANTED TO CRAWL UNDER THE PEW BUT I TOOK

A DEEP BREATH AND WALKED FORWARD WITH MY FAMILY TO

RECEIVE HER ORNAMENT. I THEN KISSED IT AND RICHARD AND

I PLACED THE

ORNAMENT ON THE TREE. ON THE WAY BACK TO OUR SEAT,

EACH PERSON WAS GIVEN A CANDLE. MOTHER AND MY BROTHER

ATTENDED THE SERVICE WITH RICHARD AND ME.

THE CANDLES WERE LIT, THE LIGHTS WENT OFF AND THE LIGHTED

CHRISTMAS TREE WITH OUR LOVED ONES MEMORIAL ORNAMENT, SLOWLY

ROTATED ROUND AND ROUND...THERE WAS NOT A DRY EYE IN THE PLACE.

THERE WAS MORE LOVE IN THAT ROOM THAN I HAVE EVER FELT AND

IT WAS RADIATING TO EACH ONE OF US FROM THE GLOWING

MEMORIAL TREE.

THIS SERVICE CONTAINED MORE GRIEF FOR ME THAN HER FUNERAL.

THE FUNERAL, YOU ARE NUMB AND RUSHED, AND SO MANY

THINGS TO BE DONE IMMEDIATELY.

THIS JUST REMINDED ME THAT EVEN WHEN BEAUTIFUL SPRING

COMES, AMY IS NOT "EVER" GOING TO WALK THROUGH THE

LIVING ROOM DOOR "EVER" AGAIN. MY HUSBAND AND I SOME

DAYS SEEM TO JUST EXIST AN HOUR AT A TIME.

I PRAYED OVER AND OVER AGAIN WHILE THE SERVICE WAS

GOING ON FOR GOD TO JUST LET ME HUG AMY ONE MORE TIME.

THERE WERE REFRESHMENTS AFTER THE SERVICE AND MOTHER

AND I WERE SETTING ON A BENCH IN THE HALLWAY TALKING.

A LADY, VERY NERVOUS ACTING, WALKED UP TO ME....

SHE SAID, "YOU LOOK SO FAMILIAR. I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT I FEEL

I MUST GIVE YOU A HUG." I KEPT LOOKING AT HER EYES AS THEY

WERE DEEP BLUE LIKE AMY'S. SHE HUGGED ME WITH A WARMTH

I CANNOT DESCRIBE AND SHE SAID, "IT WAS YOUR DAUGHTER!"

(MEANING IT WAS YOUR DAUGHTER THAT DIED.)

SHE THEN IMMEDIATELY WALKED OVER TO MY MOTHER, HUGGED

HER AND, WHISPERED MERRY CHRISTMAS IN HER EAR. AMY ALWAYS

TOLD MOTHER MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HUGGED HER. SHE WAS

ALWAYS THANKFUL FOR HER GRANNY'S CHRISTMAS SPIRIT AND

EVEN THOUGH AMY WAS POOR....EVERY SINGLE YEAR SHE TOOK

PRIDE IN THE NEAT LITTLE GIFTS SHE WOULD FIND FOR

EVERYONE.

ANY WAY, AS THIS LADY THAT HUGGED US, WALKED AWAY,

SHE KEPT LOOKING BACK AT US.

SUNDAY EVENING AT CHURCH, PASTOR MARNEY SAID THAT HUG WAS

A HUG ORDERED FROM GOD.

WE NEVER KNOW, WHEN WE FEEL LIKE GOD IS TELLING US TO

DO SOMETHING, HOW IMPORTANT TO SOMEONE THAT GESTURE MIGHT

BE. GOD KNOWS WHY, BUT WE MAY NEVER KNOW THIS SIDE OF

HEAVEN HOW MUCH IT MEANT AND IT MADE ME FEEL EVEN

CLOSER TO JESUS WHEN THE LADY HUGGED ME. WHEN YOU

SEEK GOD WITH YOUR WHOLE HEART, HE WILL MEET YOU.

RECENTLY I DISCOVERED AN AWESOME BLOG:

http://firefliesandhummingbirds.net

THE OWNER OF THIS BLOG IS AWESOME.

HER NAME IS CHRISSY AND SHE IS A CHRISTIAN WIFE, MOM, PET-

PARENT, DAUGHTER, SISTER, AUNT, ASPIRING WRITER, AMATEUR

PHOTOGRAPHER AND AVID ANIMAL LOVER AND ANIMAL RIGHTS

SUPPORTER.

SHE SEES THE BEAUTY AND THE UGLY OF LIFE. SHE CERTAINLY

IS NOT A WOMAN WHO WEARS ROSE COLORED GLASSES AND KNOWS

ABOUT LIFE'S UPS AND DOWNS.

SHE IS BEAUTIFUL INSIDE AND OUT AND IS NOT AFRAID TO STAND

UP AND SPEAK OUT FOR JESUS...GLORY TO GOD.

IF YOU HAVE TIME, OR I SHOULD SAY, MAKE TIME PLEASE, TO

VISIT HER BLOG. YOU WILL REALLY BE BLESSED.

THANK YOU CHRISSY FOR THIS AWARD.

THESE ARE THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THIS AWESOME AWARD:

GRAB THE BUTTON

POST IT ON YOUR BLOG

MAKE SURE YOU TELL YOUR FRIENDS I GAVE YOU THE AWARD

(THIS WOULD SURELY MAKE SENSE, BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT

"FRIENDS")

MAKE SURE YOU SHARE THE AWARD WITH AT LEAST 5 OTHER

"FRIENDS"

YOU ALL DESERVE THE FRIENDSHIP AWARD...YOU ARE AWESOME

SHARE 5 THINGS YOU LIKE TO DO:

1. I LIKE/LOVE TO RUMMAGE THROUGH THRIFT STORES

2. I LIKE TO WORK WITH PLANTS...POTTING, REPOTTING

3. I LIKE/LOVE TO READ MAGAZINES...COUNTRY LIVING,

ROMANTIC HOMES, VICTORIAN BLISS, ANYTHING THAT

CONTAINS SHABBY CHIC, FLOWER GARDENS

4. I LIKE TO BLOG AND MAKE NEW FRIENDS.

5. I LIKE TO FOSTER NEW BORN KITTENS.

PLEASE REMEMBER THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE IN PRAYER INCLUDING

THE PEOPLE ON MY SIDE BAR:

GINNY'S FRIEND WHO JUST BURIED HER SECOND CHILD, CAROL WHO

HAS SUCH A GIVING HEART IS HAVING A ROUGH TIME--ALSO HER SIL

WHO HAS BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL 8 X'S THIS YEAR WITH S/A OF

DIABETES, ROBBI, JEFF, DORIS AND RICHARD, TAWNA AND MIKE,

PAM, ALEX AND GENEVIEVE, AIRMAN JAMIE BJORK IN IRAQ

AND ALL OUR MILITARY AND THEIR PRECIOUS FAMILIES,

REBECCA'S DAD AND ALL THOSE WHO HAVE A LOVED ONE

TORMENTED BY ALZHEIMERS, IRENE-MY MIL AND AJ-MY FIL,

MRS. MARNEY HAVING KNEE SURGERY ON THE 15TH, MIKE WHO

IS RECOVERING FROM SEVERE INJURIES INCLUDING BRAIN INJURIES

FROM A CAR ACCIDENT HIS FATHER DIED IN, JEANNE, PATRICIA,

AUNT JEAN, MONTE, JOHN, TOM, VERONICA'S BROTHER, BERNIE,

ANGIE, CINDY, EVERYONE WHO IS SAD AND DREAD THE HOLIDAYS,

ALL THOSE WHO ARE HURTING OVER THE PASSING OF A LOVED ONE,

BECKY, DONNA, JEREMIAH'S WIFE, STACEY, SANDI'S GRANDSON,

SHARON, OUR POLICE OFFICERS, SHERIFF'S, FIREMAN/WOMAN,

AND ALL THE HOMES THAT HAVE VIOLENT ARGUING

IT IS DURING THE HOLIDAYS YOU SEE THE INCREASE OF DOMESTIC

VIOLENCE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPENDING A PORTION OF YOUR TIME WITH ME.

I AM NOT GOING TO LIE WHEN I TELL YOU, EVEN WITH MY FAITH IT IS

SO DIFFICULT TO GO ON WITHOUT AMY. YOUR SUPPORT AND KINDNESS

MEANS SO VERY MUCH TO ME. I HAVE FOUND THAT EVEN THOUGH WE

CAN'T CHANGE THINGS....IT MEANS A LOT JUST TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE

ARE THINKING AND CARE ABOUT YOU.

BUT HE SAID TO ME, "MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR YOU, FOR MY POWER

IS MADE PERFECT IN WEAKNESS." THEREFORE I WILL BOAST ALL THE MORE

GLADLY ABOUT MY WEAKNESSES, SO THAT CHRIST'S POWER MAY REST ON

ME."

~2 CORINTHIANS 12:9

"ANGEL HUGS" TO EACH ONE OF YOU