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HAPPY 

HEAVENLY 

BIRTHDAY

tomorrow 

MAY 8TH

to these two

 BEAUTIFUL

 women!!!

The first three photos are of

the boyfriend's dear Mother

Mavis...

we also have a little

granddaughter named Mavis.

She is Dallas and Jill's little one.

What an AMAZING woman!

She was the epitome of the

PERFECT GRANDMA!

I learned SO MUCH from her!

I miss her still!

The last three photos are of

my Grandma Gardner...

my Mother's Mother...

Alice...

Gosh I loved this woman!!!!

She was PERFECT to me!

Because of her I developed my

love of teaching children...

every summer I stayed with her

and she played school with

my cousin Denise and I.

She was an AMAZING seamstress...

my oldest daughter was ten months old

when she passed away...

before she left she hand stitched for

Stephanie a dress and slip...

not sewn by a machine but by hand!!!!

When I married...

and for all of her

grandchildren that married

 in the Temple...

we received a white satin quilt!!!

I still CHERISH mine/ours!

I have never been a big makeup wearer...

but she kind of insisted that I looked

BETTER with a little something on

my face...

she told me

"EVEN A BARN 

LOOKS BETTER 

PAINTED!"

she would say!!!! LOL

Both of these dear ladies

made a HUGE impact on me

and I will be

 FOREVER THANKFUL 

for their examples!!!

To me...

they were both

the true essence of

BEAUTY!