Comments on: Just One More Day With Wanda

By: Ginny McKinney

Ginny McKinney — Fri, 15 Dec 2017 05:38:01 +0000

In reply to Karen Kay. How sad to lose your mom during the holidays. My heart is with you, dear one. ❤️

By: Karen Kay

Karen Kay — Fri, 15 Dec 2017 05:08:39 +0000

I miss my mother so during the holidays especially. She passed unexpectedly at her home on December 22, 1995. We were numb, my brother, sister and I. We all came together for one last Christmas together, under my roof, while we faced our grief together. I had my three children with their spouses with me, my husband, and my two tiny grandsons.
It was the longest Christmas ever. We were burying her in another state, next to our dad and grandparents, which meant nothing was happening until after Christmas. Christmas morning we all gathered around the tree and opened gifts for the babies’ sake. Hearts were heavy and nothing bore home our loss more than the sight of presents left lonely under the tree after we had all opened our gifts. Those gifts represented the one person no longer with us to share the Christmas memories.

By: Ginny McKinney

Ginny McKinney — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 04:24:47 +0000

In reply to Nancy G. ❤️

By: Ginny McKinney

Ginny McKinney — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 04:24:29 +0000

In reply to Lynda Homan. Wow...palm trees? That’s love right there! ❤️

By: Ginny McKinney

Ginny McKinney — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 04:23:48 +0000

In reply to sue. I love this! Thank you for sharing, dear one! ❤️

By: Ginny McKinney

Ginny McKinney — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 04:22:25 +0000

In reply to Fran Miller. She was so special. I love hearing memories of her from others. It keeps her alive in our hearts and minds. Thank you for sharing your Wanda moments. ❤️

By: Fran Miller

Fran Miller — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 02:16:18 +0000

I loved working with Wanda. The children were her #1 focus and she had no trouble telling anyone if she thought they were slacking, or my favorite, sitting down on the playground bench instead of playing with the kids. ?

By: sue

sue — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 17:34:53 +0000

Your mom knew you had talent and the room sounds very ‘hip’ for its day. The “kids’ are loving that style now! What a great memory!
My mother was a saint. We kids gave her premature grey hair, not out of pure orneriness, but from our curious and fearless natures. We were a new generation exposed to TV and blatant advertising– a new force that entered our lives and advised us, circumventing the rule of our parents. It was a hard testing ground, and must have been bewildering to our folks. Mom carried on, living a good, dutiful and exemplary life, modeling what care and love was about. I miss, but always repeat, at least some part of her Christmas rituals which came around like clockwork: family candy specialties, Christmas dinner and late supper, gatherings with relatives; as much to try to include he–years after she died–rather than to savor the trimmings and activities for myself.

By: Lynda Homan

Lynda Homan — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 17:08:06 +0000

So awesome! My mom let me decorate as well! I got to do the reaction in a Jamaican theme! I even painted wall murals with palm trees!

By: Nancy G

Nancy G — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 16:02:31 +0000

One more day with my mom who went too soon at 95 Years old is what would make me smile this holiday. Her wit and sarcasm were legend in our family along with her abounding love for us all. Just one more hug.