Hey you, I miss you so much. I miss all the laughs we had together. I miss all the trouble we used to get in to and all of the adventures. You always brought a smile to my face. You were rotten, but you were my kind of rotten!!!
I remember when I first met you. All I wanted to do was help you and take care of you. I knew I was a stranger and so were you. I took you to the doctors and that's when we heard the news for the first time. I honestly thought that it was something that was already spoken about, I had no idea. I just remember the long journey we were about to encounter and how I reached out to almost everyone trying to get some help to support you.
I miss our little dates. Going to your favorite Mexican restaurant and having nachos and margaritas. Occasionally we went to red lobster and one time we took Paula with us. I'll never forget how she left you in the restaurant and you came out yelling "Paula you were supposed to hold the door open!" Man I laughed so hard. Yall were hoots together. I remember our Spankys (pizza restaurant) adventures. Man did those margaritas mess us up!!! Those were dangerous!!
We didn't get to see each other for a bit when covid hit. We were all scared. But I was more worried about you and how you were holding up. Finally, we were able to see each other again and we continued like normal. Although, you got us both grounded by Nora! She told you not to go to a restaurant and you bullied me into taking you!!! Nora ended up grounding the both of us for 2 weeks! I was afraid she had fired me lmao.
After that, you ended up feeling a lot better. To a point where we were able to go shopping and do more things! You always told me that you wanted to go to Galveston to the beach before anything happened. We sure did make that happen didn't we! Your pictures still pop up on my memories and you just were smiling. You were so happy to be there! We went all over the place. Even got our toes done like we always talked about. It was so much fun. you even got to come stay with me one year a week before Christmas and that was fun too. We won't go into too much detail about that visit, just know we had fun lol. Oh and we can't forget about our lubys thanksgiving dinner!! I almost fought someone just to get your food!! But it was one of my favorite thanksgivings I've ever had. We were all together that year.
4 years... we were together for 4 years.. you are my best friend and I don't think anyone would ever replace you. I wouldn't change anything about it other than me being around more in the end. I'm just glad Nora told me when she did so I could be there. I got to see you one last time. Tell you I loved you one last time. Yell at nurses one last time. Gave you a forehead kiss one more time. I'll miss you forever.
I love you, so much. Happy birthday, Old Lady.
Alysse, thank you for sharing this incredible tribute to one very special lady!! I heard about you thru Nora and Cynthia and know you brought soooo much joy to her for those very hard but special 4 years!! Love Brenda