For Older People with Sense

Isabella4

Chrissy, thinking of you. Sorry about your mother.

Isabella.

QCA

 Chrissy, I'm so sorry.  Sending prayers for you and your family.

Kathy

barbe1958

{{{{{{{{{{{ Chrissy }}}}}}}}}}}

Alyson

Another hug Chrissy.

SoCalLisa

for Chrissy

macatacmv

Oh Chrissy, I am so sorry for the grief you are feeling. I'm glad you got to spend some time with her and your family at the end. I am sending you hugs for the next bit of time as you go throught the process. I felt like the landscape of my life changed after mom passed. Remember we are here for you.     

                                               Nancy

Wren44

Chrissy, Condolences on your loss. No matter when your mother dies, it's always too soon.

Mountain_Gem

Hi Chrissyb. I'm sorry that I didn't see your post until today. Yes, people do talk about shooting and eating our wild turkeys. Thankfully, it's only talk. They are so lovely in the spring when they do their mating dances.

I'm so sorry to hear about your mother. I lost mine in 1990 and sometimes it still feels like it was only yesterday.

Bev

lassie11

so sorry to hear about your mother Chrissy. We are never old enough to lose a parent.

lwd

Hugs, Chrissy.  And much love.

Lane

chrissyb

Hi girls, thank you so much for you prayers, hugs and kind thoughts.......they are much appreciated. We buried my mom today in 113 degree F heat but at last I'm finally home. Hopefully over the next few days I will be able to get back to my normal routine. I know that my thoughts will often wonder to my mom but that is to be expected for a while.



I'm heading off to bed as I'm feeling quite exhausted and am in need of a good nights sleep. Hoping the morning light brings the beginning of happier days.



Love n hugs all. Chrissy

macatacmv

Chrissy, Glad you made it through, whew that was some heat! Rest up and let yourself resettle. Let the memories of happier days lighten your spirit.

     Love and hugs

                         Nancy

purple32

maca

I hope you got a flu shot .,..we are supposed to be hit hard here in MA.  After all the trouble you had with the breathing, pls be sure to get one this yr !

Elisimo

Chrissy, so sorry to hear about your Mom, but glad her passing was peaceful.  Praying extra prayers for you and your family.  Love your dear friend. AJ

SoCalLisa

Thinking about you and your family Chrissy, sending warm hugs across the Pacific..

chrissyb

Thanks girls.



AJ bless you girl! I arrived home last night after a horrendous day and a long drive to find your parcel waiting for me! What a joyous thing to receive on such a dark day......I shall treasure it always and the memories it will evoke. You really are a treasure yourself.



Love n hugs. Chrissy

purple32

So very sorry Chrisssy. What an ordeal.

Peace and prayers...

barbe1958

Here's a smile....when you put 113 F degrees, Chrissy, my mind went to F-ing! ehehhehehehe

SoCalLisa

Hehe

chrissyb

Lol Barbe........I'd have to agree with that one too but never thought of it.

chabba

113 is way too hot for that

Dilly

Chrissy I hope you are getting some much-needed rest, and that you can take comfort in your family and in all the good memories you have of your mother.  And that you can stay cool - 113 is way too hot to move, much less ____.

AJ:  I wanted to let you know that the Kentucky Historical Marker committee has finally approved a historical marker for my ancestress!  It took some doing, but it's happening. The money has been raised & the marker is being made and will be dedicated in April.  I plan/hope to be there!  You have been supportive of this project of mine, and commiserated with me when the committee rejected my first attempt, so I wanted to share the success with you.  Hope all's well in your world and you are feeling better.

barbe1958

Wow LC, what did your ancestress do?

Dilly

Hi Barbe - Well, she was one of the first white women to settle Kentucky.  They moved from NC to KY by packhorse over the Wilderness Trail during the Rev. War. (400+ miles)  In Kentucky, her husband was the leader of one of the major forts or "stations" as they were called, which made her sort of the women's leader at that station (about 300 people).  Besides the "normal pioneer hardships, then she endured unimaginable loss - one son was killed & scalped by Indians, her husband was killed by Indians a few weeks later, 2 more sons died of "fever" - all within a few months of reaching Ky.  She went back to NC with her remaining family and lived through the RW there - including Cornwallis' army marching smack through her neighborhood wreaking havoc and destruction.  She returned to KY and then helped settle northern KY - still among the "first settlers."  It helps that she was sister to a famous frontiersman who I won't name because I don't want the genealogy googlers to find us here... but he actually did not wear a cap made from an animal with the tail hanging down as he was portrayed on TV shows in the 50s. (get it?)

My research has proven that she and her husband (and her two surviving sons) did much more, and were much closer to her brother than "history already published", so I have been having fun for the past dozen years getting her the recognition she deserves.  Most biographers of her brother just skip over her & her husband, or they get it wrong.  I have been "fixing that" and have enjoyed poking holes in some of the academics' work.  I've written a dozen+ articles and published 3 booklets and a book on my own.   One of the most recent bios of her brother, by a NY Times best selling author a few years ago, cites some of my work, and I'm listed in his acknowledgments page.  Getting the marker has been a long and involved process.  So, I'm happy to be part of it.

Thanks for asking.

edited to add - Mary's courage and fortitude have been a lifelong inspiration to me.  If she could do that, I can do "this...".  No one had ever bothered to really research her until I came along.

chabba

Good job Lost Creek.  It must have been an interesting and rewarding project to see that she got the recognition she so deserved.

kathindc

Lost Creek, that is way cool!  Way to go to get her the recognition she deserves. 

SoCalLisa

I think one of your ancestors lives around the corner from me..we go to Colonial Dames XVII Century together..and DAR

barbe1958

Wow Lost Creek!! What a boon (I'll leave the e off) to your efforts!!! Well done!!

Dilly

Thanks ladies. 

There are so few historical markers for women especially of that era, I sort of feel like she "represents" a lot of them and the hardships they went through.  Now that her facts are sorted and accepted I hope to get on with what I started to do in the first place which was to write a novel about her. All these interesting and previously unknown facts kept getting in the way, and I felt the facts needed to be dealt with first.  Now, if I have any energy left, I can get on with my imagination.

chrissyb

Lost Creek, congratulations on your success! What an amazing woman you are! I would love to read your books, where can I get a copy and what was the title?