Jack's Ramblings

[jstephens9]

*cough* you big dope. I miss you when you're gone Jack! I know a lot of people alsp feel the same way.

I know I'm just kidding  I know I am somewhat loved at Bettermost........well most of the time 

[injest]

I know I'm just kidding  I know I am somewhat loved at Bettermost........well most of the time 

 

[jstephens9]

I never cause any problems........well maybe sometimes 

[injest]

I never cause any problems........well maybe sometimes 

dont' worry! I cause enough for both of us!!

 

[jstephens9]

dont' worry! I cause enough for both of us!!

 

Good......if I have a problem to create I will just tell you about it 

[injest]

Good......if I have a problem to create I will just tell you about it 

well I am kinda backed up now...let me know and I will pencil it in (heck half of my trouble can wait)...(just for you, cause you my bud!)

 

[CellarDweller]

well I am kinda backed up now...

[jstephens9]

Thank you Jess.........and it looks like Chuck has therapy for your other problem 

[jstephens9]

My Aunt Nell

I went to my Aunt Nell’s funeral today. It was so sad and hard to see her in her casket. The person there did not really look like her. I remember the feisty Nell who used to come to visit from California with my Uncle Ralph and Cousin Linda. Someone still and quiet is not my memory of Aunt Nell and it never will be. I barely remember when she came driving in to my parents’ driveway in her Pink Cadillac. Yes she had one, she sure did. I wasn’t ever real sure if it was a Cadillac or a Continental since my uncle worked with and sold Ford Mercury products like Continentals, but today my parents said it was a Cadillac. And Nell deserved to be one of those people who drove a Pink Cadillac. I have no doubt about that. Her hearse today was blue. It is the first blue hearse I ever saw and I am glad. Nell would have never deserved to be in a black hearse because she was much too colorful of a person. The casket my Cousin Linda picked out for her perfectly reflected the colorfulness of Nell as well.

I remember how alive Nell always was. I remember way back when I was just a little kid her and my mother out in the car singing Harper Valley PTA. I remember Nell trying to sing like Loretta Lynn too. It seems so long ago in a way and yet sometimes it seems like it was not that long ago really. I have memories of when they were all in their prime going out and having a good time on Saturday nights. It is hard for me to remember the places names and dates, but I remember it all somewhere in my mind. I will always remember my Aunt Nell. She was a very special person.

[Lynne]

My Aunt Nell

I went to my Aunt Nell’s funeral today. It was so sad and hard to see her in her casket. The person there did not really look like her. I remember the feisty Nell who used to come to visit from California with my Uncle Ralph and Cousin Linda. Someone still and quiet is not my memory of Aunt Nell and it never will be. I barely remember when she came driving in to my parents’ driveway in her Pink Cadillac. Yes she had one, she sure did. I wasn’t ever real sure if it was a Cadillac or a Continental since my uncle worked with and sold Ford Mercury products like Continentals, but today my parents said it was a Cadillac. And Nell deserved to be one of those people who drove a Pink Cadillac. I have no doubt about that. Her hearse today was blue. It is the first blue hearse I ever saw and I am glad. Nell would have never deserved to be in a black hearse because she was much too colorful of a person. The casket my Cousin Linda picked out for her perfectly reflected the colorfulness of Nell as well.

I remember how alive Nell always was. I remember way back when I was just a little kid her and my mother out in the car singing Harper Valley PTA. I remember Nell trying to sing like Loretta Lynn too. It seems so long ago in a way and yet sometimes it seems like it was not that long ago really. I have memories of when they were all in their prime going out and having a good time on Saturday nights. It is hard for me to remember the places names and dates, but I remember it all somewhere in my mind. I will always remember my Aunt Nell. She was a very special person.

Hi there, Jack,

I'm so very sorry to hear about your Aunt Nell's death.  Thank you for sharing some of her with us.  She does indeed sound like a special woman.  I can relate to the story about singing in the car.  I have a similar sort of relationship with my own mother, and those are some of my most treasured memories.

For Aunt Nell, live from the Grand Ole Opry:

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6ByJf91jYo[/youtube]