I want to drop a note to say My Cousin Brent passed away 17 Oct. He was 45 year old and went in his sleep. He had a massive Heart Attack. Yes this family is known for having Heart Attacks early. I had two when I was 46. One in Nov-Feb.

Brent's body was brought home to Amarillo and he will be buried there. I am Happy for my Aunt Joyce in this as she will have him close by where she can go see him, put flowers out and talk to him if she wishes.

They will have the funeral Mon. I feel like an Ass as I am not going to be able to make it. Aunt Joyce is one of my best friends and I am so worried about how this is going to effect her. I am so very glad she has My Mom and Dad with her they are very very close.

I have as of Fri found out that my white count is up and I am on new meds to try to clear it up, My Mom does not want me travling as she is afraid I will get sick and not be able to make it to my Dr's. I have made a Card for Aunt Joyce and I Have add this to it.The

Plan of the Master Weaver

I just also want to add, Brent was an avided Animal person so I Pray that he is safely  reached and toched the hand of God. Also if you see Paddie though you did not know him, he will let you know who he is, give him a big Hug for me. Stay close by him and he will lead the way for you.

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Every Year I do what I call Count My Blessings!

This year has been a year full of many of them. I would like to share with you all of the Blessing I have had this Year. I am so Thankful to God for giving me the chance to share with all of you.

Feb 3 brought me to the Hospital with a Massive Heart Attack this year. I though for sure I was a goner and I prayed as I was going through this that my Best Friend of 20 years come to meet me and not let me go alone. I was not afraid it was as if it was the thing to do let go and what ever happen it would be OK.  I heard her tell me it is not time yet. And There was my Wonderful Husband getting me to help as fast as he could. What ever he it did worked. I got the help I needed and through all I had been through Dr. Khan said there was no Heart Damage. I was blessed for God who help my husband saved me from long lasting trouble.

As always My Myrna was there again working ever so hard to help me get back on my feet, It seemed no matter what we did I just could not get there. I also had the Love and Support of my family and friends, and through this I knew I was not alone in all I was going through. I asked God everyday to watch over them just as he did me.

After spending many months not knowing if we were going to have a place to stay or not. May came around and Through the Help of Roy Brown, Nick, and Cecil and Cattle Empire we found our way to a new place that I cannot not Thank Them enough for sharing with us. The endless beauty that sits out here is just mind blowing. I found that as Hubby would come and get me to go on walks I grew not only in strength but I grew in my heart for what surrounded my soul. Not only was my Heart healing but my body was to. There is always something new and exciting to see here. And I Love my new Country Home. You know I kept telling everyone if I could get back to the country my heart would heal. It did!. I now Live in the Rolling Hills and Canyons of the Cimeron River. If you look out my back door you can see the Canyons standing tall. My home is graced with Deer, Coyotes, Rabbits, Owls, Pigeons, Hawks, Vultures, and I know that we were put here for a reason and in all we do we try to protect the wild life that lives around us.

Also in May about Mothers Day I got the most wonderful letter that put me in Tears. My emotions went rapid, and I Thanked God for the Big Blessing of not only finding my son but to be in contact with him as well. I got the first letter and it was as if I had the chance to start a life of getting to know him. He is a Wonderful Young Man and has grown so tall. Things are going slow and I really feel as if they are as they should be. I know there will be a day that will be just ours and until then I will wait. But the blessing still stands he is in my life.

At the end of May I was able with Hubby to attend the Adams Family Reunion. It was there I got to spend time with Family I knew and Family I did not know. I got a Real Treasure as I got to see my three Great Aunts again. They are such a hoot and I love spending time with them.

Today is 02 Nov. 2007 I have to share with you the happy News we got today. I went looking for Charlie's half sister Tanya, I got a name and an address and a phone number. When I called it was not her but the person on the phone wished me luck in finding her. I had a name and just an address and so I wrote and letter asking if it was her and if it was she could reach us at a phone number and address. Guess what we were blessed once again for we got a phone call from her today. Charlie was laughing and asking lots of questions. He has not seen or talked to his sister in 22 years. What a true power of the work of God in bringing to siblings back together. They talk on the phone now for hours every weekend. He tells me it's time to call my Baby Sister.

On 21 of July I met up with two of my class mates for our 30th school reunion. I enjoy the time I had with them. How ever there was one missing in our life and that was Kelly. We went looking for Kelly and guess what we found him. We met up with him that evening and chatted for a few he was at work so we did not want to bother him. The next day is what was exciting for Mary and I as we spent some time with him. It was as if we had not ever been apart, like we had been together all our lives. We just could not seem to get enough of each other. But yet we had years of catching up to do. We have found a old friendship that is blooming into a New and wonderful friendship.

In June with my Dad and Mary we took off for Sweetwater Texas. It was there we got to meet the Bohannon side of the family. I finally got to put a face to two people I had been e-mailing and writing letters to. Dianne is Daughter to Earnest Boone who is cousin to my Dad. Sibby Boone was his mother and she was sister to my Grandmother. We learned allot about the family that day and now we have new family to talk to each day.

My Carol, has graced my life once again with not only her love, but with the Love of God that shine forth from her. I am now getting e-mails from her and I am filled with such Happiness when I see her name come across my e-mail.

God has blessed me also with my gift of sharing what goes on around my home and giving me the ability to share it beauty. I look forward to the time I can sit and write about all that surrounds my heart.

I got to become a Foster Mom this year for a Rescue group in Liberal. My first foster was Missy and her five pups. They came to stay with me when the pups were 2 weeks old. Oh my how they have grown. I still have Missy and she will stay with me for always. She is such a devoted little girl and I am glad she chose me to love. We still have three of the pups Bear, Angel, and Rags and we are quite happy having them around for they put Love, Laughter and excitement in our life.

Also this year brought me Chiquita Paloma ( Little Dove ) I lost my Big Bubba this year and he was a Great Pyrenees cross. I grieved for him so as he was my Protector and I just did not know what I was going to do. Charlie finally told me to find another Pyrenees not to take his place but to do what Big Bubba could no longer do. I know with all my Heart that Big Bubba had a part in her coming to live here by the way things all feel in place. She is still very much a puppy but will one day grow up big and strong. I have high hopes for her in working as a Therapy Dog as well.

My New place is now in the process of getting cleaned up, I am having a hard time with all the people that come and go but I know to that one day I will wake up to a new beauty.

I have lost a few of my critters this year. But the were both graced to live with me for 20 years. I am Thankful to the God for letting them share my life that long. I know that there was love in our hearts until the end.

I Thank God also for my MOM through all she has been through this year she is still strong and she still gives us all that Love that only Mom knows how to give. Dad has been great as he has stood right by her side.

My Mikey is still a great Blessing as is my daughters Chrissy Mary and Laurie. They have all grown to make me so proud in all they do. I am very blessed in the Love they shine for and give to me each day.

My Grandson Nicolas, what a joy he is. I will never forget the day he came running out side to greet me with his arms open wide and as he grab me around my legs with all the excitement of a 5 year old he yell's Charlie!! I could not help but laugh and think it does not matter my grandson loves me no matter what name he chooses for me.

Paddie was a real and True Blessing this year and I know now what it means to have the love of the Biggest Basset Hound that one could have in their life. He was with me all through my Heart Attack and stayed by my side when I came home. My heart melted as I looked into his eye and not only saw that Love of my faithful friend but the connection that we held both in our hearts.

Sister Sixta, Sister Caroline, MRSG Ray also still grace my life with the many blessing and prayers I get from the daily.

I will not be Home for Thanksgiving this year, but will be home to share and make new memories with my Husband and Friend Jeanne. This will be a new experience for me as I will be making the Turkey and so forth. I am hoping I can do it with the Love and Care that my Mother taught me. The day is suppose to be cold here so it will be my first year to have a Thanksgiving by the Fire Place.

I have been Blessed and I Thank God from Above for all the wonderful Blessings he put in my life this year.

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Hello Everyone,

While I am not feeling so loopy it is that time of year where I do Count My Blessings.

There are many for sure again this year.  At The first of the year I found my Health Falling Fast, I could not seem to shake what ever had invaded my body. I Could not Breath and through this came the gift of not smoking after almost 30 years. It also gave me the Love and the Blessing of my Wonderful Myrna who is always a joy to see no matter how ill I feel. As I went through this I kept praying  Strength, Chataure, and Faith and I offer it up for the poor souls.

The Love Of my Grandson grew beyond Leaps and bounds this year, His Big Blue Eye and Blond hair and to finally know me as Grandma and not Charlie simply brought tears to my eyes, it was if my heart had melted in a million pieces.

My daughter who I am now learning that she is a part of my soul I mean really we are so connected that we almost know what the other ones is going to do before it gets done. The Laughter and Joy she brings to my heart when I am down is the best healing medicine I know.

My Son though he is far away from me this year always seems to know how to shine his infinite wisdom on me when I am in need. I do Miss him so but I know to my heart is connected to him so he is not far away.

The Blessing of my Mom who has Cancer and fighting it and she gets so sick, but even as bad as she feels she always finds time to get the Mother Love that only she knows how to give. And Is and does it so well with her cheerful voice.

My Father who is learning every day how to take care of my Mom and has also learned that I am no more then a phone call away if he needs me. This Years gift with my Father has bloomed as big and wide as the Sunflowers that I grew.

Sister Carolyn, Sister Sixth, Sister Theresa, Sister Celine and MRSG Ray are still in my life giving me that Spiritual Guidance I needs as I make my way through the many new journey in my life. God Blessed me so much when he put them in my life to be come friends.

My Sister who is Not My Sister ( Patti) we grew up together, we Loved each other, the other was always there to defend to the end and it did not matter who we fought we were Sisters.  My Sister 2 weeks ago had a heart attack at 46 years old, she had 100% blockage and had a stint put in, Oh how I worried so as she was not talking to me  then. I would pick up bit and pieces where I could about her. No matter what she was my Sister.

The Week after I was having chest pain and I ened up having a stint in as well I was 98% blocked. God knows how to really bring to hearts together. I talk to My Sister nearly every day and I ask questions about her heart as we have that part in common. He heart is so very sick and I sit each day Thank God for giving me if it nothing more then a nano second with My Sister.

Sally , what a wonder she is to still behold at 95 she still lives on the farm by her self taking care of her chickens and cats. I got to spend a week with her in the summer and still blows me away at all the things she can do and at how sharp her mind is. What a really Treasure Blessing of My Past she is.

Now I really must consider Strength Charture and Faith a Blessing with in my self.  I have given up Cigs. at the first of the years. I am not through giving up as I have taken a total turn on my diet, No more Caffeine and this hurts cause I am a Dr. Pepper addict., Low Sodium, Low Cholesterol, Low Fat. There is nothing on this or in the store here that you can not find that does not have all that stuff in mega loads. I know in time I will find the right combination of stuff.

I cannot for get the Blessings of my Clients and thier Famlies for they Give a Love that really tug at you heart strings and they are alway so glad to see you to get that Special Hug and to know you are there now matter what.

Thsis Year I have a new Side Kick in work and She and I are so in turn to each other. But she is also one that can read into me and will give me the many hugs I so long for. She has also become a friend and I Love going places with her. She reminds me of me when I was young, very out spoken. But I Love that the most about her.

I got this picture in the mail and though I lost Patrick in 1984 at two day old this picture gave me a Blessing of Love that really held my Heart at bay when I saw it.

I held my Little Angel with Tears in my eyes as I knew that Jesus was there holding him and giving him the Love I  not gotten to give him as a mother. It was a Blessing to know that he was warm and safe in the Love of My Lord.

I might be a little bit grinchy for a while but I know to it will soon pass

And I am so Thankful For the Many Blessing in my Life this year,

Vi

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For those of you that know me, know I love the fall time of year.

I saw this and the first thing that came to mind was the brook behind my Meme's house. I know this picture is more than likely a pathway but when you look down the path of the brook, this is what it looks like, too.

I have had the Brook and Meme's house heavy on my mind lately and I think its because of all that is going on.

It is time to take a stroll down memory lane.    

From atop the stairs, on the deck of a three-story house, I look across the yard. From there I see a path, it is lined with trees on one side and the other. As I remember this from my younger years, there should be a path that leads down a slope and at the bottom sits the brook with the water so clear and blue running through. As I head down the stairs from the deck of the house, I walk to the trees leading to the path. Along the way there are acorn seeds on the ground. Humm, I think to myself, I am going to pick them up and take them back to Texas and see if they will grow. I get to where the path is that leads to the brook. Oh no, the path has washed away after all my years of not being here. I look around, there has to be away to get there. Through the trees of many colors, since it is the fall time of year, I find a way to get to the place I remember as a child. I am in total awe, as the water is still as blue as I remember. It still bubbles. But look, in the water the leaves of many colors have fallen and they seem to shine in the water, like the rays of the sun falling down upon them.

Lets walk a little further, there is this neat tree and on the sides of the tree, from the ground up, to way past my head, are what looks like mushrooms growing. It is so cool. The pattern it makes as it goes around in circles, follows it's way up the tree. I am, however, afraid to touch it, for I do not know, for sure, what it is. But, I can stand and admire its beauty. Lets go a little further down the brook, along where the water meets the dirt, like a beach with the waves hitting the sand.

I see what looks like a home made dam, of sorts. Ahhhh, I have to wonder to myself, were beavers here at one time and did they find the brook as peaceful as I do. Did they want to build their home there? How wonderful it must be to live in a place so peaceful!!

Down the path I go, but soon, I must climb up, since I am running out of beach to walk on. The water as I go up, seems to flow a little bit stronger and much faster. But as I walk up and follow the path it leads me back to my Meme's house and I find myself once again on the Deck of a three-story house looking down a path the leads to the Brook.

Vi

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I simply Love it when my mind is awake and alive and I can put my thoughts down and know some where it has a wonderful meaning for someone. It a journey that I will be going on today and it is past journey's. Charlie and I were riding around with a friend she is someone I care about very much. She has always been there for me when I get sick or need help of any kind. She is someone I have take care of and take places we just get in the truck and go having no destination in mind we land where we land.

Since I have been sick I have been Missing My Home in Texas. I want so bad to go back and or move to the country here. Charlie use to tell me that we were in the Country here but now he has started re-thinking this.

So here we go:

Country is when you fight a big huge rat for ten years, eating the coil wires on your van, you put ant and roach spray on them cause you hear this will stop them from chewing the wires. Well Mr. Rat is getting old not as fast as he use to be but has been in your life all those ten years. Hubby comes home and see Mr. Rat running across the path from under the van, he has his gun so he shoots Mr. Rat. Your being the sentimental person you are stand over this dead Mr. Rats and cry. Then you want to bury the thing cause it is the right thing to do. Did not Happen Hubby did away with Mr. Rat. A week later you learn there is a new rat to fight.

Country is when you are moving into a new country home that has sat empty for many years was the hang out of everyone in down to party so you have all this cleaning and redoing to make it a home. You and Hubby are in the kitchen painting walls when from the attic you hear this hissing sound and you think Oh My Lands How Did a snake get in the attic? Hubby climbs this really old frig and gets in the attic and he is hollering Mom you got to come see this WOW! who would of thought. You climb up on the old frig into the attic and there you see six of the prettiest babies you could see. Little Monkey faces looking at you soft pillow feather. You have found a clutch of baby barn owls.

Country is when you have a horse Baby Lou, who like to play chase. She get out of her pen one day and decides the pasture is greener on the other side. You go out to fetch her up and she decides to take off and run to the other end of the field. You chase after her screaming like a mad woman. After running so far and getting out of breath you finally figure out that horse can run way faster then you and you head back to the house to get the truck. You turn around to start back and like a bolt of lighting ready to strike down upon you she run past you, beats you to the house and stands there and laughs at you. We have now started the game of playing chase.

Country is when you have an Pig you raised from a baby named Orville. He grows up to be an 800 pound dew rock. You can pet him, love on him, and walk with him. Every night you go to the south pasture to bring him home, yes he free roamed. He had a path he followed and if you were not beside him he would wait on you to catch up. Orville Love water, so on a hot day not thinking you turn on the sprinkler just as the pig is coming around the corner of the house so fast you could feel air coming at you. You try to get out of his way but because the ground is wet you cannot move fast enough. He runs into you to get to the water and you do a back flip over the top of his back and land on your back laying on the ground. As you go down you yell! Hubby comes running to see what has happen and finds you on the ground and ask what are you doing with a pig laying beside you. You simply smile and say Looking at the Sky!

Country is when you get a 3 day old baby goat and have to bottle feed him. He comes up to the back of your leg and starts to butt it to get milk so you have to run and fix a bottle. He is one Happy Little Camper when you get the bottle in his mouth and is sucking. When he get done you decided you are going to go lay down a little bit longer, You get in the bed with a Basset a Grey Hound several Chi and cats and of course cuddled up next to you is the Baby goat sleeping away. Now this is Heaven when it is cold winters morning. You no longer are cold.

Country is  when you come home from work and you have to travel half a mile down a dirt road. You go into what we called the lake bottom. From out of now where comes running along side of you car a huge Coyote. He is running about 30 miles an hour to the side of the car. As he run you pray do not jump in front of me. About a mile he runs with you then turns back into the field from where he came.

Country is when you go to a field of Prairie Dogs, as you arrive they call out the other side to make let them know that there is danger. They sound as if birds calling from the sky. You spend the whole summer sitting with them and then one day as summer ends you are able to get with in two feet of one of them. He looks at you and you look at him and you say I am so Lucky to have found a new friend.

Country is when the winter months start to fall up on you. You hear the calling of the Sand Hill Crane. You look to the skies and they are almost totally black there are so many of them. They all fly in a V formations but there are a few stragglers. You know then each year it is time to bed down for the winter upon their arrival. Or to look out across a field of Milo and to see many of them, They have to be the biggest clumsy bird I have ever seen.

Country is when you watch a petite Little Grey Hound named Belle get loose from her yard and hit the fields running. You chase after her but know that is a useless cause. as you get her a treat she hears your call and comes running back. As you watch her run is as if she is so light footed she her self is running through the skies. What an awesome sight to see. But them behind her you see a Basset Hound Named Paddie trying to catch up to her. His ears are flapping in the wind. He is not quite as fast as Belle but he tries. She turns around and sails over him and all he and I can do is watch. Pretty soon they get tired and come to were you are standing wanting their treat. I got Lucky they did not run off!!

Country is when you come out the front door of the house to go to work. Big Bubba as always walks you to the van. Upon getting to the out side of the main house you stop dead in your tracks and there in front of you sit two Coyotes. You run back to the house to get the gun to scare them off and Big Bubba beats you to the porch. By the time you get back out side Big Bubba is on the porch, he has taken care of things so no need to worry.

Country is when you loose the water from the well. You call your father and tell him you found a pin hole up by the faucet in the well house. He tells you to go get a hose clamp and to find some rubber tubing and wrap it as tight as you can. You find a hose clamp on of the old cars, Big Bubba walks with you to cover 186 acres of land looking for rubber tubing there is none to be found. You finally get back to the house and you stand there in tears and say I just need some rubber tubing not a big piece just a little. You finally look down and at you feet you see the rubber tubing. You get the hole fixed. Yeah

I am going to close this for now: I need to think some more for there are so many things that happen in the country.

But it has been good to share my memories with you tonight,

Vi Happy Birthday Mary

written 24 March 2007

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I wrote this some time back, I do not have a date on the paper so I do not know when I wrote it. I did want to share it with as it has to do with my Grandmothers.

I am in one of those sappy moods today. I though of two people in my life that were truly special. My Grandmothers. I saw the quilt and I though of Granny how she would wrap us up in one of her quilts to keep us warm when we were cold, scared, or just needed to be held. With a Grannies loving way she would sit us upon her lap and talk to us of the wonderful things that we had been doing that day. She would then rock us as she told us the stories of long ago and it would not be long till all that warmth filled you up in side and you were sound asleep with no cares in the world for you knew in your heart you were safe in the arms of Love.

The flowers of course reminded me of Meme who we lost last year. I can remember the many hours ( maybe not allot but to a kid they are) that we would spend tending to her flowers and trees. She would tell me how to grow each one and what special care it need to make it to the beautiful plant it was. With her loving and guiding hand it would grow from something small into something that stood tall and shone with all it's beauty and spender. The last time I saw her we talked about the care of plants and bless her heart she could tell me how to care about each plant I asked her about. Meme like Granny was a blanket of Love: and she was full of life, laughter and had the most wonderful sense of humor. She could tell the funniest stories and she had the cutest ways.

She could always tell when you were in something you were not suppose to be. But she to would hold us and rock us in that blanket of Love and with her we would fall fast asleep surrounded by a gift of Love.

With both Grandmothers I carry a part of them in my heart for they both left me with a wonderful gift and legacy.

To the Gift of Love and I to this day will give that Gift to those around me Always!

To you Meme and Granny My Love I send to the stars that shine bright in the night

Your Loving Granddaughter

Viola Marie.

Was written in 2004

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My Heart can go to many places tonight this of course is a fall picture and I have to tell you it is my Favorite time of year no matter what season we are in.

There have been many a trial and tribulation for me over the past couple of months but I seem to find my self always wondering through my mind in that places that I love so!!

I have to tell you that I have a real treasure, I spent some time with my dad a couple of weeks ago, and I got to share something and get to know a Man that I only knew as My Grandpa.

You see Grandpa died when I was young but I always remember him as tall and gentle hands, I remember him as I look at my father now, for I can see every part of what I remember of him in my father.

I remember always hearing that Grandpa played a fiddle, I never got to hear him play but I knew he did,

Some where some how a tape was found and off this tape Dad said they pulled 29 songs off it, and on this tape were the songs Grandpa use to play.

As I listen to it with my father, tears were shed of a man we all knew and what my father remember of him as he grew up, it seem like I was taken back to the time when my Grandfather played for I could see him as he played that fiddle and how the music flowed, it was if the songs he played were saying the words to you as well.  There is one called the Mocking bird and I never heard a Mocking bird till I heard my grandpa play that song.

It was wonderful to get to know a man and who he was even if it was on a tape, it was good to share that Love that came from my fathers heart, it is a moment in time I will forever treasure in my heart!!

So to you Grandpa Charles Alva Adams, I write this to you in your Memory and I want you to know that no matter what you are Love and remembered by many for you will and shall always remain in our hearts!!

Your Loving Granddaughter

Viola Marie Adams Potter

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