Okay yeah...so I'm a little late posting these pics. But hey...better late than never, right?
Every year we all get together at my Dad's for July 4th. We descend upon my poor Dad & Rita and there are a ton (and I mean a ton) of kiddies. The 5 of us, plus Rita's 2, plus friends. This year, Bee got to join us! Whoo Hoo! Get the Party Started!
I forgot to call Hannah today. How do you do that? How do you forget to call the very blood and flesh of your flesh? Geez. Course…I think she forgot to call me too.
I’ll quote Caleb…”I miss Hannah”. Me too, bud, me too.
Unconscious Mutterings
1. Cruel ::…Callous
2. Jive ::…Turkey
3. Weak ::…Timid
4. Understand ::…Got it! **slap on forehead**
5. Bum::...Rap
6. Stairs ::…Climber
7. Tone :: ...Pitch
8. Quickly ::…más rápido
9. Moment ::..In time
10. Beating ::…Heart
1. Would you prefer being a small fish in a large pond or a large fish in a small pond? Well what a silly question…Big fish/small pond, of course!
2. If you could change one thing about the climate where you live right now, what would it be and why? Well considering I live in the middle of the desert, cooler temperatures during the summer months.
3. Do you consider yourself more or less normal than those around you? More normal, of course!
4. Take the quiz: Are you right or left brained?
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You Are 60% Left Brained, 40% Right Brained |
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The left side of your brain controls verbal ability, attention to detail, and reasoning. |
5. Consider the last meal you ate: was the primary course beef, chicken, fish or vegetables? How often is this your primary course? Chicken…a lot.
6. Should men who belong to a religion which permits it be allowed to have more than one wife? In other words, should polygamy be legal on religious grounds? I don’t believe in having more than one wife unless women are allowed to have more than one husband. Equality should prevail. That being said, I also don’t like the idea that people try to get away with polygamy based on their religious beliefs. I mean, if murder was part of my religion, do you think I would get away with that?
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I'm posting an email I received from my friend, Mary. She recently lost her son in such a way that no parent should ever have to experience. Every child lost is a horrible, crushing, unimaginable thing, but to not be able to obtain help when it is needed by those you put in a position of trust makes the loss that much more difficult to bear. Please pass her story forward in the hopes that word gets out and no else should ever have to suffer in this manner...
My name is Mary Ethridge. I am a contract registered nurse and was on a contract in Washington D.C. when on July 23rd my oldest son, Gary, was on the way home to Brookhaven, Ms from work in Dallas, Texas and was expected around 0500 hrs. He never arrived and after not hearing from him the next day on July 24th his father and stepmother also became concerned. We then started contacting the local police and sheriff's departments in Brookhaven and throughout the Texas area starting from Bossier City, La. to Dallas, Texas. To make a long story short, for 3 days no one would assist us in locating my son, I told them where his last phone conversation was and where he had reportedly told the girl that he was talking with. He told her that he was coming into Tyler, Texas. This was at 0107 hrs. on 7/23/06, I felt like that he had an accident and was somewhere in that area off interstate 20 east and might be hurt. Once again no one believed me and refused to help. We finally were able to have someone place him on the NCIC report with no help. We called all sheriff's depts., hospitals, jails, wrecking yards all with no answer and still my 26 year old son was missing. Was told by a Texas patrol that he did not know what we expected him to do that they were busy with other things and that most missing persons are never found, and then when he found out that my son worked on an oil rig on land he made the statement that most oilfieldworkers were famous for drug addiction and would go on binges for 8-9 days and how did we know that he was not doing that? I know my son, his habits and the fact that he had left messages with his brother and sister and his kids and made plans. I flew into Jackson, Ms on 7/26/06 from Baltimore, Md, left for Dallas, Texas to find my son on the afternoon of 7/27/06 with my sister, brother and his wife and my niece, as we were coming into Tyler, Texas I told my family that I wanted to look on the Eastbound lane of 20 with spotlights just to see if I could see any disruption or tracks on the side of the road, I felt that if I went on to Dallas that I would be passing up my child. We started at the Tyler/Lindale exit at 0100 hrs. on 7/28/06 just driving on the shoulder of the road with spot lights shining into the bushes and ditches, at 0317 hrs and 23 miles later we found muddy tracks that left the road and then just disappeared, at the end of the tracks with the spotlights we could see what appeared to be a maroon car under some tree limbs, but visible. It was my son and he had been dead for 5 days and out in the 100+ degree weather. I found my son within 2 hours and the law enforcement agencies could not do it in 5 days. No mother should ever have to be the one to find her son in that condition that he was, unrecognizable, I don't blame anyone for his death but I do blame them for the disregard to human life. I had the Tyler television station ready to air the missing report on 7/25/06, all the Tyler, Texas Hwy Patrol had to do was verify that he was missing, they refused, I had Alabama Civil Air patrol ready to fly and assist in finding his car, all they needed was to be asked, Lt. Tom Smith of Fort Worth, Tx, stated that he didn't feel that it would be necassary, I had the FBI ready to step in and assist both in Ms and Tx, all that they needed was to be invited by the local authorities, once again the ball was dropped. I am not sure what I expect or think you can do, but as one mother to another no one should ever have to try to deal with this and someone should have found my son for me. My son would still be missing and probably would have never been found until the dead of winter and possibly by hunters. His car was 30 yards off the interstate and the tracks were clear as day, but because he was a 26 year old man, had a minor police record in the past, he was of no importance. I was not given the oppertunity to have closure with my son, I had to have him cremated because there was nothing there to hold the imbalming fluid, and if I found him in 2 hours in the middle of the night then I know in my heart that if they had just listened to me and did as I did, then maybe I would have been able to say goodbye. He died 7/23/06 and was unable to bury him until 8/2/06. There are a lot more facts to this, and if you feel that it is worth putting out there to the public I would greatly appreciate it, I want the public to know what they can expect for assistance if they ever need it and I want everyone to know that my son was a good hard working man that loved his kids and family and respected everyone. He never met a stranger. I hope and pray that no other mother would have to go what I went through just to bring my child home.
