Day 4

I'm beyond thankful for my parents! They are the GREATEST! And even though my Momma is now sporting wings in Heaven, she is still a huge part of all my life! I talk to her daily, just like I talk to my Daddy daily! They are the reason I am who I am!!!

Momma and Daddy showed me what real love was! Not only in loving each of us unconditionally, but the way they loved others, our Lord, and each other! Their love for one another was pure and beautiful!!!

They taught us that no matter how good or bad something was, we could always come to them and trust them. They always reminded me we could be anything we wanted to be, as along as we believed! They taught me about God and the many blessings of being faithful! They love my kids like no one else can love them!! They have always been there to help us out and do whatever we needed, but more than that to teach us how to be just like them!! They opened their doors to help others, friends, family, and strangers! They would give you their last dollar or the shirt off their back literally. Momma took a shirt right off and handed it to people that wanted or liked it, many a times! Daddy would do without to help someone else. They served our Lord in a mighty way! Their greatest desire was to know that each of us kids and grandchildren had a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. It was because of my momma, that my greatest desire was to be a mom and a stay at home work at home mom, just like her! I can remember being in high school and standing in the kitchen and telling my Momma, that I didn't care to go to college, I wanted to be a mom at home like her! My dad gave me the racing blood!!! Man did he ever! I miss going racing with my daddy!! Or taking him drinks out to the garage when he was busy busting booty to work on the race car! He showed me the kind of man I wanted to marry! One like him!!! Wow, no wonder so many say to me, that James and I remind them of my parents as husband and wife! What a great honor and compliment!!! They both taught me that hard work is the ONLY way and it pays off! And my dad taught me that there was no difference in biological children, step children, or adopted children! They were all a blessing! And oh how true that is! They taught us that family was important!!! And that family wasn't just blood. They instilled high morals and beliefs in me! And they stood the test of time! They showed me that real love is worth the fight! They didn't always have a perfect marriage or an easy road, but they had real love and stood together to get through it! And so I knew that no matter what, I had to have that kind of love or, it wasn't for me! I knew I wanted a life with my spouse to show my children, just like they did their kids and grandkids!

I am really blessed with outstanding parents!!! And I would not be who I am today without them!!!! Funny thing is, they adopted my sweet James as their own too! As did he them! To me that speaks volumes about the people they are, because he considers them as his real parents!

I LOVE YOU DADDY AND MOMMA!!!!!!

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