In Memory of my Mamaw

This is something I composed this week about my mamaw and read during her funeral.


         ABC's of Sandy Marksberry's Life


I really don't like funerals - not just the idea of death, but the idea that sometimes we only know a season of the person's life. As I was praying this week, I felt like I need to express who my mamaw was throughout her life. I began writing and developed the ABC's of mamaw. At first I was hesistant because of the humor behind some of the letters, but the Lord brought me to some scriptures in Ecclesiates 3: 1, 2 &4



         1 There is a time for everything,
           and a season for every activity

           under the heavens:

         2 a time to be born and a time to die,
           a time to plant and a time to uproot, 

         4 a time to weep and a time to laugh,
           a time to mourn and a time to dance



So now is a time to laugh :-)




A - Alice Stevenson - her grandmother who was more like a mother, she raised from the time she was 6 months old



B - Big Boys at Frisch with her best friend Brenda



C - Cigarette she always had either in her hand or the pack in her bra strap


D - Daughters - Debbie and Kim


E - Elvis, mamaw's top idol and anyone around her the time of his death knows how she reacted


F - Frankfort, the place where she was born and raised


G - German numbers 1 thru 10 she would count while being put under for surgeries, even backwards


H - Hula hoops - she would out hula-hoop anyone


I - Interested.....in everyone else's business and always knew what was going on


J - Jokes that we all pulled on her just to get the evil glare and snare


K - Kitchen - the many, many hours she spent cooking, canning and baking goodies


L - License she didn't receive until she was 44 years old, and still couldn't drive :-)



M - Modesty - well.....lack of it, since she didn't have any :-)



N - Nails that she always grew long


O - Obsessed with her favorite TV shows throughout the years and would throw a fit if she missed one
 

P - Peppermints and Pepsi she always had to have a stock in


Q - Quantity of official and unofficial relatives - 3 brothers and 9 sisters - along with many "adopted children"


R - Red - ruby red lipstick; ruby red nail polish; and Red Lobster crab legs and cheddar bay biscuits


S - Stitches - sewing stitches, knitting stitches, plastic canvas stitches, and surgical stitches


T - Teeth - her false teeth - she took them out anywhere to clean them - even while making funeral arrangments we were still passing them around :-)



U - Unique, unexpected and unimaginable sense of humor


V - Vacations she enjoyed during her life with friends & family


W - Wool Fest and Wal-"marks", a couple of her favorite places


X - Xtraordinary number of dance moves she knew - the Charleston, the Twist, the Stroll, the Jitterbug, clogging, the Cha-Cha, the mashed potato and the chicken dance just to name a few


Y - Yelling during demolition derbies, firework shows, movies, TV shows and especially while playing cards - even more when she lost :-) 

 Z - Zillion yard sales she went to, because there was always just "one more"
 
I hope each of you have learned something new about my mamaw through this.