Maw Williams

Well according to the calendar spring is officially here. I must agree with the temperatures we have been having. I also saw my first butterfly today a white one . I always think of people I no longer have in the spring. My Maw Williams is one that comes to mind today. She went home to be with the Lord March 14, 1994. She was a wonderful grandmother to me. She taught me a lot of things in life. Her and pa lived next to us when I was growing up so my brothers , sisters and I were fortunate to have grandparents close by. I was always going to their house , eating with them and helping them do things. On Christmas morning I always had to go see them and tell what Santa had brought.I had to help with the canning of garden veggies. I enjoyed chopping the cabbage to make sour kraut. I guess when you are a child work doesn't seem like work. We never got to go many places as I was growing up. Mama would let me go with Maw and Pa though. We would visit all the church home comings in the summer time and see relatives and friends that you saw only once a year. My favorite place to go with them was to my Aunt Jody's then I could see my best friend in all the world my cousin Norma. It was so much fun to get to play together we have remained best friends trough the years. We have never got to live too close together we are about an hour away now.

I always had fun helping Maw decorate for Christmas not store bought no money for that. We made everything pine boughs to trim around the windows. It was so much fun to go to the woods and look for just the right cedar tree to decorate. I remember making popcorn balls . It was just good times and thinking back I can still feel the love I was shown. I miss her still today and always will . I have my memories that will keep her alive for me. I am attaching a photo that was made In 1984 the year my Mom went home to be with the Lord. We had a family Reunion that fall.