It is a beautiful Wednesday here in Fresno, California. The sun is out and all this tends to make me happy. I think about Jeannette and wonder if she is with my dear mother in Heaven.When I was growing up, my mother had a ring she never took off. It was the only ring I ever saw her wear. She wore is when she swept, when she mopped, when she made her large mound of golden flour tortillas, when she sewed buttons on my dad's shirts and when she washed clothes on the rubboard.
She didn't really have any other jewelry. The years passed. Mama toiled around at home keeping it clean and my dad worked long hours in the cotton fields of Corcoran, California. Eventually, when I turned 12 years of age, I started making tortillas for the whole family and helped my mother around the house but my dad never had help working out in the fields. He never complained.
After my mother died in 2009, my father gave to me the ring that mom wore all her life. It was her wedding ring. The ring she cherished so much is now wrapped in a soft cloth and tucked away in a beautiful tiny box and hidden in my bedroom. I cherish it too. I also cherish times spent in Corcoran with my dad. He is alone now and does not have to work out in the fields anymore. Lives on his Social Security and is in good health, thanks to God.
Jeannette had a necklace she cherished and almost at the end of her life, she gave it to me.
It is wrapped in a soft cloth along with my mom's ring in a beautiful tiny box and hidden away.
Missing my Jeannette and my dear mama. Someday, I will see them again. Someday, I too will leave the necklace and wedding ring to my daughter Diana.
Be glad and rejoice:
It is raining so much today here in Fresno, California on this Tuesday morning. Thoughts of Jeannette run through my mind. Happy thoughts of her as a young teen. Jeannette running in the rain to my car as I picked her up from school. She would jump into the back seat and immediately begin to take off her jacket, shoes and socks and say, "Ma, let's go to Jack in the Box." Of coarse I would and then afterwards yell at her to put on her shoes before she stepped out of the car and into the house. She almost never listened and within a couple of days would complain of a sore throat. I guess I was very lenient and made her days happy and carefree. 
Today is my birthday. I am super excited about my birthday party and seeing all my family and friends come together to celebrate with me. The only thing that is sad is that Jeannette won't be attending because she is rejoicing in God's Kingdom in Heaven. I smile knowing she is not in pain anymore. If she were here today I know that she would be in charge of the entire party. She loved setting up tables, decorations, and above all else, being here with her mommy. She loved me so much. I can still feel her love all the way from Heaven. 
It's raining this morning here in Fresno, California. Thinking about Jeannette and wishing she was here right now to have a hot cup of coffee and chit chat before I leave for work. There is so much I would want to tell her. So many good things are happening in my life at the start of 2016. My prayers are being answered. Thinking positive and praying the rest of this year is good.
Thank You to all my fans on my blog from around the world. Thank you for giving to me your time to read my blog about my beloved Jeannette. This blog has really helped me to cope with the loss of her. In the beginning it was so difficult for me to put words in writing because I was emotional and could not cope with her loss. It was years ago that I started to self medicate with this blog. I do not quite understand it but just writing about her really has helped me. So again, thank you all from the bottom of my heart. 