OUR GRANDMOTHER (MEME) WAS TRUELY AN EXCEPTIONAL WOMAN. SHE WAS RESPECTED AND LOVED BY MANY. THOUGH I ONLY GOT 9 SHORT YEARS WITH HER THEY WERE ALL WORTH IT. I REMEMBER ALOT ABOUT MEME BUT MY FAVORITE STORY TO TELL IS ONE THAT TOOK PLACE WHEN WE LIVED IN PRIDDY, TX.

I REMEMBER MOMMA TELLING ALL US GIRLS, RHONDA, TRINA DANA AND MY SELF, THAT MEME WAS PUT ON A STRICT DIET AND COULD ONLY HAVE THE THINGS ON HER "LIST". WELL TIME PASSED AND MEME WAS VERY FAITHFUL TO HER MEAL PLAN. BUT ON THIS ONE PITUCLAR DAY I REMEMBER SO WELL, MEME HAD GIVEN HERSELF HER SHOT. MOM HAD GONE TO THE BATHROOM AND I SAW MEME SLIPING SOME SUGAR INTO HER COFFEE. I TOLD HER THAT IT COULD MAKE HER SICK. MEME SAID TO ME" HONEY SOMETIMES MEME CAN TAKE CARE OF HERSELF, JUST DON'T TELL YOUR MOMMA". THEN SHE KISSED ME ON THE FORE HEAD AND CONTINUED TO DRINK HER COFFEE AS IF NOTHING HAD HAPPENED. THE DAY PASSED AND NOTHING WAS EVER SAID. AS DINNER TIME APPROACHED MEME AND I WERE IN HER ROOM PLAYING WAHOO. MOMMA CAME AND TOLD US DINNER WAS READY TO COME AND MAKE OUR PLATES. I WENT ON TO THE KITCHEN TO TELL MOMMA WHAT I WANTED ON MY PLATE AND MEME STAYED IN HER ROOM. WELL I TOOK MY PLATE AND ICED TEA BACK TO THE ROOM TO FINISH MY GAME. I ALWAYS ATE BREAD NO MATTER WHAT WE WERE HAVING AND I REALIZED I HAD FORGOTTEN IT. I WENT BACK TO THE KITCHEN TO GET IT AND WHEN I RETURNED TO THE ROOM MY PLATE WAS EMPTY. MEME SAID " SHHH, I WAS HUNGRY THIS MEAL PLAN ISN'T FILLING ME UP. BUT DON'T TELL YOUR MOMMA." I WAITED A FEW MINS AND WENT FOR " SECONDS" AND BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE ROOM AND SHARED IT WITH MEME. I NEVER TOLD ANYONE THIS STORY UNTIL AFTER MEME PASSED NED I WAS OLDER. I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS A CUTE STORY. I MISS MEME VERY MUCH, BUT I KNOW SHE IS HAPPY AND WE WILL MEET AGAIN SOME DAY SOON.