Her name was Lloydine...but she loved the name 'Deanie' ...and she was loved by so many...

Monday was the Celebration of Life for our precious Deanie.

Even though we knew she was to be soon on her way to heaven....it still broke our hearts.

Entered into Life

December 21, 1951

Entered into Rest

August 18, 2026

It was  a beautiful service with  the Chaplain sharing her Life Story

and tributes were made by her two granddaughters which were touching and loving and funny.

Because Deanie was funny!

Her son, James. spoke eloquently and he made us laugh and cry and comforted us.

It was a lovely day with lots of friends and family.....

This is mine.

Mike, Amber, Benjamin, me, Summer, Jesse and Rachel.

I should have had Louis Dean up there with me but he was sitting at a table across from my brother, Lonnie,  and I thought it best to just let them visit.

Lonnie and his beloved wife, Michele.....

All three of us sisters had truly blessed husbands later in life and God saved the best of like for all of us , Lonnie included.

Summer surrounded by Deanie's handsome som and grandsons!

It was a beautiful way to gather together and say our goodbyes.

The chapel was packed and the reception gave us all an opportunity to visit and catch up together.

Amber paid her Uncle Lonnie a good bit of attention!

Lanita and Lloydine and Lonnie and Linda - we all grew up together.

At least until Nita and I were 14 and Deanie was 16.

Our sister, Shari, was at the funeral with her husband.

It was good to catch up with her .

She and her hasband have visited their Fort Worth family over the years and we have visited them in Alabama.

We also have another sister....

This photo was from 2019 -after our Mother's funeral.

Shari, Luann....both children from Pauline and Clayton....

Lonnie, Nita and Deanie....all three children of Pauliine and Lloyd Ewing.

I'm on the end and the daughter of Pauline and my father, Leo Everett Gage.

I was 72 years old when I discovered my father's name and the blessings of three more siblings! Two siblings had passed....a brother close to birth and a sister named Shirley.

My beautiful sister, Rita!

Lori - whom I have yet to meet.

And my dear brother, Buster!

He's 10 years younger than I.

This has been a hard journal entry to post but there has been such an abundance of love and laughter and great memories.

Losing family is not easy but I am comforted that my sisters are together in heaven and I'm looking forward to joining them someday.

Thank you all for the prayers and texts and emails and cards. Y'all have blessed me beyond measure.

I hope y'all know how much I love each one of you.

God bless you all.....

My Sisters are Together Again.....in Heaven...

 

We said goodbye to my dearly beloved sister on Tuesday the 18th of August.

I've spent a quiet week grieving and praying  - feeling both deep sadness and profound joy at knowing Deanie and Nita are together with the Lord.

We were with her last weekend and she was calm and peaceful and loved all the visits from her loved ones. Her eyes lit up when she saw Louis Dean!

They truly bonded on the roadtrip back home after the Bell Babies were born.

Louis Dean said they laughed all the way and they laughed together again once more last Saturday.

We had such good times together......

Always making memories.

Deanie was so much FUN!

Deanie was so well loved.....

and it comforts my heart to know my sisters are together now.

Deanie was so beautiful!

I'm grateful for all the sibling trips we shared.

We laughed so much!!

Deanie was the one who encouraged me to do the DNA testing to find my father's name.

She always thought I was special and I needed to know where I came from.

Nita nad Mike took me to Kansas City to meet my brother and sister and then the following year, they came to Texas to meet my Texas family.

Beautiful times together...

I have enjoyed looking at my photo memories...

There's special stories behind every one of them.

I have many wonderful memories of my sisters and love all my photo memories.

Greiving 

Deanie was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, friend and loved by all who knew her.

You can read her beautiful obituary.....

https://www.greenwoodfuneralhomes.com/obi.../lloydine-wilson

Grief is exhausting and I feel numb......

Three sisters....in 1954

Summer Time Meals, Bingo and Tuesday's Thrifted and Gifted Treasures

 The brutal triple digit heat continues here in Texas with no end in sight.

What are the temps in your area. I know we are not the only ones dealing with intense heat.

We can still sit outside in the mornings on the kitchen deck (if we get uo early enough!)  and on the driveway in the evenings after the sun sets.

Our meals have been simple and we have been eating a good many salads and sandwiches!

Saturday night I served chips and guacamole with cocktails before our dinner and movie.

Summer came earlier on Saturday and spent several hours with Louis Dean listening to him read poetry!

He was giddy with all the attention Summer paid him!

We have so enjoyed having Summer closer to us.

She turned her attention from Louis Dean and helped me with dinner preparations.

Our dinner menu was a Dutch Baby....

a German pancake you bake and fill with either fresh fruit or savory things.

Topped with a dollop of cottage cheese - it made a refreshing and healthy meal.

Our movie last week was a good one!

We started it once a few weeks ago and I thought it was a bit slow.

Ileen watched it later and recommended we watch it through!

Summer came back over on Sunday to help me do some things here at home.

She is so handy and knows how to repair just about anything!

I had a hole in the wall of my sewing room and it has now been repaired!

For dinner we had BBQ pulled pork and it was delicious!

Roasted veggies go great with leftovers and cooked in the air fryer - it doesn't heat the house up!

Monday night we had fun playing Bingo at the Senior Center!

We arrived early to spend 20 minutes or so in the gym before the game started at 6:00.

The people were all so friendly and helped us learn the rules of the game!

We already knew to bring two prizes and a dish for the dinner.

What we do NOT know was you need to bring your own plate, utensils, napkin and drink.

Thankfully someone had an extra plate as did someone else and then someone else had a plastic fork and spoon. I swiped some paper towels from the gym and we had water bottles so we were in business!

The food was good! I took fried chicken from Krogers and cole slaw plus Dill Pickle cashews from Aldi. Two pizzas and mini corn dogs rounded things out!

Man! They know how to run a Bingo game and when it's over it took less than 5 minutes before they were GONE

We took our time leaving but promised them we would be back next week!

Tuesday's GIFTED treasures from Brenda!

I love this verse and it livesin our living room now.

So many good things!!

She said to put anything I didn't want in abag for Goodwill.

I wanted everything except a family photo album!

My Thrifted treasures!

Know what all this is??

Bingo prizes!

I noticed some of the seniors brought divided plates for their food so I bought several.

Every player must bring two prizes and I had a good time finding some while thrifting!

Some of our lamps needed replacing and I found two!

This one came with a tall skinny shade so I did some switching around and it's like I have three new lamps!

I've always wanted of these giant sunflowers I've seen at Hpbby Lobby and now I have one at a fraction of the retail price!

Love this red lug bag and it just needed a good run through the delicate cycle on the washing machine.

Good as new!

I also love this vintage style purse and look forward to matching it up with some pretty lacy dresses.

I'm excited about fall arriving soon!

18 days and it's September First!!

I close tonight's journal entry witih a sweet story.

Early this morning I woke up to get a drink of water and when I went back to bed, Louis Dean's head was on my pillow. I asked him what his head was doing on my side and he said,

"Because that's where you are!"