[Momma's Kids]

Howdo my lil darlins...no honey child I ain't lost my smile...I just got news that a good friend has gone to sleep for the last time. It hasn't been but a few weeks I was visiting another friend that had to go...

Well baby everybody has questions regarding death, why do we die, what is death really like...the questions can last for as long as you breathe I reckon. Truth of it is, I ain't never heard of no one coming back to tell us what it is to die. Sometimes people are just plain worn out from living and when a serious illness happens, they just don't have the energy or the will to fight to stay in this world.

I think sometimes they just have to leave us because the Good Lord wants them to be with Him cause He loves them so and has missed them. Lord have mercy child, ain't no reason to fear death, its part of life...there can't be life without death.

See those trees over there, look at those maple leaves, colorful, beautiful brings us joy just to look at them. Yes, soon the trees will be bare of their clothing, just like these flowers will soon be dead from winter. The same with people, when their winter comes they have to go.

Death is like the leaves and flowers, they die in the winter and then when spring comes, they put on new leaves. They couldn't put on those new leaves and flowers if the old ones were still there, now could they? I like to think that when people reach their winter and dies, somewhere, a new little baby is born. Somewhere, a mother is holding a brand new little person, because someone else left this world...

Death and life are all part of the plan. Yes, my lil pancake, it does hurt and we miss those that leave us, but we must learn to accept and be glad that we did get to know them. Ain't it better to smell a rose until the bloom is gone, rather than never know how wonderful the scent?

Well, I guess you best be getting ready for that stew I cooked, you don't be worryin none bout Momma, I have been at the side of many a family member and friends to say good bye. The sadness is just knowing you can't see them, the joy is knowing you have the memories and they are at a peaceful rest.

Come now, let's go this good ole Brunswick Stew with some homemade ho cake and I'll tell you about my friend Sam...he sho nuff always said he was gonna beat my assets...it was always a joke between us...

Sam was a good friend of ours who left us Wednesday, full of life and laughter we pulled a many a good prank...I will surely miss his phone calls and seeing him when I go back to Florida for visits.