Dedicated to My Mother

In Memory of My Mother
Part 1: Childhood Years

This blog is dedicated to my mother Brenda Jeanette Presnell. It is a form of therapy for me and a way for me to keep her memory alive. It will also be the hardest thing I will do.

On December 12, 1951; my mother was born into a family with a father, mother, and four older brothers, Tom, Max, Ron and John. I'm not totally positive of some of her childhood other than she grew up around her brother John more than her other brothers.


I made a questionaire a few years back about different aspects of life. To understand her childhood better, I will list some of the questions with there anwsers. Here goes:

Q.) How easily or often did you get into mischeif? Why? What was your punishment?
Were your parents strict?

A.) " Not often. Got terrible whippons from mother, dad left when I was 5. Mom tried to
raise us."

Q.) What stands out in your mind about your relatives? Did you have a favorite relative?
Why? Did you do anything special with that relative?

A.) " My grandma and Aunt Ruth, my only salvation. We went to the meat market, blackberry picking, mushroom hunting, killed chickens, and learned to play solitaire."

Q.) How far was school from your house? How did you get there? Does anyone stand out in your mind as having a large influence on you? How were your grades?

A.) "School was about 1/2 mile whereever we lived. Mrs Failing's birthday & mine same day. Had her for 1st and 2nd grade. Not good grades moved to much. Different school every year after 1st and 2nd grade."

Q.) What experience did you have with death as a child? What funeral or burial customs were followed?

A.) "Had grandpa die & uncles. My grandma had caskets with bodies in them to view at home till burial."

There are several other questions I had asked her but those are a few. To end out her childhood before her teenage years, I remember her telling me that they moved around a lot and I guess things could get pretty violent. During one of her parents fights an ashtray was tossed across the room and it hit her eyebrow and busted it open. I rarely ever heard her talk of anything postive from her childhood.

I'm going to end part 1 here and tell you more about her in Part 2: teenage years. In doing this I hope to understand more about her for myself.

To Be Continued......

Thanks for reading!!!!

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Meme

I Can't Help Myself
I was tagged by Dazssle for this meme, thanks I love these things:) Here goes:

4 dishes I like to cook

1. Swiss Steak
2. Chili
3. Vegetable Soup
4. Enchiladas

4 movies I love to watch over and over:

1. Interview with a Vampire
2. Goonies
3. West Side Story
4. Nightmare On Elm Street Series

4 qualities I love in people:

1. honesty
2. loyalty
3. sense of humor
4. respect

4 TV shows I enjoy watching:

1. Nip/Tuck
2. House
3. CSI
4. Family Guy

4 places I have been:

1. Kentucky
2. Tennessee
3. Ohio
4. Illinois

4 things in my bedroom:

1. Dressers
2. vanity
3. jewelry box
4. Boom Box

4 favorite foods:

1. Pizza
2. potato soup
3. chili
4. chocolate

4 dirty words I like:

1. Damn
2. The F word
3. B**ch
4. Asshole

4 blogs I'm tagging:
I have decided not to tag anyone for this meme but feel free to do it. It's fun.

Keep her Memory Alive

I seen this on a post on Cafemom and I just had to share it. It is so sad. If you click on the link you can light a candle to help keep her memory alive. http://kelsey-briggs.memory-of.com/

Dedicated to all Veteran's

Here is a poem I found for all Veteran's and pictures of my family who served in the military.

Victories require validation.

Each act of violence must file its brief.

The loss of loved ones must find consolation,

Ennobled by some passionate belief.

Regard, then, all the murdered of the ages,

Aghast at all the words that justified,

Not without cause, the ever righteous rages,

So small against the sum of those who died.

Deliverance depends upon the wages

A veteran might earn on either side

Years hence, when hate has given way to grief.

This Is my Grandfather Hubert Presnell.


This is my Uncle Ron Presnell
This was my Aunt Ruth's Husband James Beaman
This is my Uncle Tom Presnell
This is my Uncle John Presnell.
This was my father Charles (Chuck) Urbain.

God Bless all the veteran's who are currently serving in war, those who have served and those who will serve. You are the Greatest.

What I'm Thankful For

Well, I figured that since Thanksgiving is coming I would do a post of my Top 10 Things I am Thankful for. My list isn't in any specific order. Here goes:


1. I am Thankful for my husband Randy. I would feel complete without him. I truly believe we are soul mates. We have known each other literally half of our lives and I love him the same if not more than I did when we got married almost 14 years ago.

2. I am Thankful and Blessed for my children Gage and Faith. I always wanted to be a mother with one boy and one girl and I got my wish. They are the greatest. I got my wish , the million dollar family.

3. I am Thankful for my dad Chuck. He taught me what he could when he could and he always accepted me for who I am. He was always there when I needed him. I miss him so much at this time of year.).

4. I am Thankful for my mom Brenda. We had so many disagreements and barely got along at times but I learned from watching her mistakes to try to go a different direction. Despite her faults her love for everyone was genuine. I miss her too at this time of year. ( I will be posting about her soon because her birthday is coming

5. I am Thankful to be alive, even if I wonder why I am meant to be here at times. (that's my depression talking). I know we are all here for a purpose just trying to figure out mine.

6. I am Thankful for for all the hardships I have been through, as weird as that sounds. If not for all the hardships I never would have figured out the inner strength I have.

7. I am Thankful that I found my parents when they passed away. It was difficult at the time, but I learned a lot about myself in doing so. I also believe that I was always meant to be the one to find them.

8.I am Thankful to have a job. A lot of people can't work because of health or other related issues and my heart goes out to them. I'm just glad I can and I will for as long as I can.

9. I am Thankful for my friends, without any of them my life would boring , dull and difficult. I love all of them for their uniqueness and Patience. I am also Thankful for all my new blogging friends, all of you are terrific.

10. I am Thankful for the Lord above. I question my faith a lot but deep down I know I would be where I am today without him.

I hope you all enjoyed reading this and I would like to wish everyone an early Happy Thanksgiving and Blessed Be.