JEANNETTE AT 16 YEARS OF AGE. SO BEAUTIFUL!!

She was so young and beautiful.  Only 16 years of age when I took this picture of her as she was out sunning herself.  I remember she asked me, "Ma, should I pucker my lips like this."  We both laughed.  I enjoyed being her mother because she made me feel so loved.  We did everything together.  We had a connection like no other.  When I talk to my grandchildren about her I tell them that I would actually pick up her boyfriend at the time and all three of us would go out to Clovis Lake water park and have fun. 

Unfortunately, Jeannette made some bad decisions.  Life changing decisions.  Getting married to the wrong man.  A man that would make her life miserable.  A man that would move her out of Fresno and hundreds of miles away from me in order to have total control of her.  I have such tremendous amount of disgust about him and the way my beautiful daughter had to die.

O..k.... now, I vented a little.  Time to focus on life now for me.  All alone without my Jeannette.  Have to run around town with my 17 year old granddaughter and 5 year old grandson.  Got to make me happy today.