I have two lives.....I think
Rach asked if she knew my goddaughter......this question has lead me to the conclusion that I have 2 lives....how WEIRD.....Anyways I thought I would tell the story of how her mother and I met.....Jerri Lynn and I were both into horses, 4-H and FFA.......we met standing in line to a Showmanship class at the state 4-H finals in Shelbyville, TN.......at the time we met we were around the 5th of 6th grade.....she had a old gelding that was named Bobby and I was showing a CRAZY fool of a horse my mom bought for me named Dee........Showmanship it is what it sounds like....showing........you have to dress to the nine and be presentable at all costs....so does your horse.....and there is a pattern you must lead your horse through so the judge can see how the horse reacts to you and how well you both look doing it....when we first started showing in 4-H EVERYONE that showed at the state level HAD TO SHOW IN THIS DAMN SHOWMANSHIP CLASS even if you were only roping or running a timed event(STUPID RIGHT) well just think 150 kids with their horses standing in line to get judged on a July day when it is 110 degress and they are all dressed in cowboy hats, jackets, jeans, gloves and all kinds of other HOT clothing....so Jerri and I struck up a conversation......and we became BEST BUDS.....we got to see each other like 5 times a year we wrote letters back and forth talking about our dream boys and what we were doing in school....true girlfriends ya hear me......as we got older we got to see each other more.......I started High School Rodeoing and where she lived we would have lots of rodeos over that way so my mom and I would stay with her family on those weekends.......then after we got into college we lost contact somewhat.......life got in the way I guess.......but then after she got married we started keeping up with each other more and I would go visit her and Robby her husband......we would met occasionally for concerts and I went to her mom's for a couple of Christmas vacations and we kept up with each other alot....well then 4 years ago her and Robby finnally bought themselves a farm in McQuewn, TN and the day they signed the papers they found out they were pregnant....well that is when the gifts began.....that poor child had more clothes, animals and things before she was born than most children do while they are alive.......needless to say I was sooooo proud and excited for them.....the day she was born .....I will never forget Jerri called me that night b4 and said they were goin on to Nashville to stay the night and that she would call the next morning if the baby came....well I got the call about 10am on Jan 20th, 2001........the baby girl was here and btw they did not tell anyone what they were going to name her until she was born.....bless my heart The minute I heard Jerri's voice say well she is here I told her I would be right there and hung up on her.......YES FOLKS HUNG UP ON HER.....lol...........I ran to my mom's and said you gotta get ready the baby is here hurry hurry hurry we gotta go.....mom said calm down is ever one ok, what is her name, how much did she weigh, how long is she, and is Jerri Lynn ok too......I stopped and thought about it and realized I had HUNG UP ON JERRI B4 I got the details......how funny is that....so I called her back and she answered the phone with "we are both great and yes come on down her and she us".....she knew it was me.....that's been the big joke for us......got to the hospital and saw that angel and just held her and cried I love all of them especially that baby girl Lena.......when Jerri Lynn told me her name my heart melted.....Lena Gail Sims.....and she added you know why we didn't tell anyone we wanted to surprise you......just made me melt that much more.......anyways........right b4 Lena's 1st birthday a HORRIBLE TRAGDEY STRUCK......it was a BAD winter in TN.....we had gotten a winter storm....by the time I got off from work that day it was very slick and icey....well I had stopped at my local bar that my cousin owns Bernie's and was talkin to her and my cell phone rang......It was Robby's mother and she sounded very upset....she told Jerri Lynn was in a car accident on her way back from Knoxville and she was at the hospital in Cookeville.....well I just dropped the phone and freaked out......Bernie picked up my phone and calmed me down so I talked with Myram a minute after talking to her and left to go get my mom so we could goto the hospital.......of course what I was told by Myram was that Jerri was ok but it would be another 3 hours b4 Robby could get to her so since I was only 35 to 40 minutes away could I go set with her and I agreed of course.....but from the time Myram called and the time we got to the hospital things had gotten worse.....when she had the wreck it slung her half way out of the truck and she laid in the snow so the swelling had not happened but after being in the warm for a hour or so her brain started to swell her speach got slurd and she got dizzy....so when we got there they were preping her for surgery......I was freaked.....Robby still wasn't there my parents got a call from her parents and they asked where the nearest airport was of course sparta and so they had someone from over around Memphis fly themin a crop duster to Cookeville and my mom and dad picked them up.......they waited as long as they could b4 taking her to surgery she said she remembers me being there with her b4 she went into surgery.....they had to drain both sides of he head....bless her heart they tried to shave her head and didn't do a very good job mind you......when Robby got there it was awful....he didn't know she was that bad because when he started from home she was fine but in the time it took him that had took her to emergency surgery......he grabbed me up and just hugged me and we both cried.....my parents and her parents finnally got there....they had to open the airport just so they could land they had it closed mom said her and dad were helping get the run ways cleared enough so they could land.....it was a very trying situation!!!! She came through surgery and was in ICU for about 3 days.......me, Robby, her mom and dad stayed in the ICU waiting room and went in to see her every time they would let us......I had some old letters that I read to her that always made me laugh that she had wrote me....the one time I was glad I was a pack rat! LOL.....mom found them and brought them to me after the first day......I didn't leave the hospital until she did.....I LOVE HER VERY MUCH and was very scared.....Robby looked at me and siad many times we are lucky and yes we were......she did not leave us.....I remember Jerri Lynn was VERY upset because she felt like she ruined Lena's 1st birthday......we all told her it was more for us on the first birthday anyways and as long as we had it with her to be there it didn't matter if we had it in July........needless to say that we had the party at the end of February and Jerry was much better still not 100% but still better......Myram pulled me aside and told me that Jerri had confessed to her that even though we had lost touch and regained it many times that she still considered me to be her best friend....that made me fell so good and like such a heel too.......I mean my friends back in McVegas don't know them like I wish they could be still know of them because I have talked about em and they have been to McVegas a couple of times to Bernie's but anyway now that I have told almost my life hisorty in one blog setting I think your brains if you stayed to the end are fulled up......
lots of love from TX
posted by Guvnah @ 7:34 PM
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