Showing posts with label Happy Birthday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Happy Birthday. Show all posts
Friday, August 7, 2015
Monday, July 27, 2015
Happy Birthday, Honor
Happy Birthday Wishes, go out to Honor Tatum who is two years old today. Honor is the son of Gayla and Andy Tatum and the grandson of Darrell and Teresa Waters Tatum.
Happy Birthday, Kelsey Anne
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Happy Birthday, Chloe
"Happy Birthday Wishes," go out to our grand daughter. She is the daughter of our son David Alan Waters.
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Happy Birthday, Palmer (Poppy)
It is that time of year again, my birthday. They are just another day
and I'm glad to have one because I know that I am still alive.
We picked Chloe up from school as she ended the year for first grade. It has been a busy year for her and a good year for us as well.
I never thought back when I was a little boy that I would ever be this age. I thought that when you got this age you were old and had one foot on a banana peel. Well some days I feel older than other days, but the age that I am is just a number.
Yes, I am a senior citizen, and I qualify for those senior discounts, and if I have to show my ID to prove I am that age I will because I have earned it.
But whenever I am with our granddaughter, I feel that I am much younger than my years, because she brings alive the kid in me. We both forget that I am older and play games of my youth and games that she wants to play.
I'll admit that I never played Barbies with any of my nieces, or Ken dolls with my nephews. When I was little everyone that played with dolls played with baby dolls.
It's another world altogether when you play with these dolls that are grown up dolls. So we just play with them as if they were regular people.
Back to my Birthday, Chloe was glad that it was a "Special Day," because on special occasions there is usually cake and most cakes have a lot of icing on them and she loves icing better than the cake.
Grandmother had gotten a small cake since I didn't need a large cake and we all had a piece and Chloe had our icing.
The cake has been devoured and another year has past as I look forward to another year. I am thankful for each day and hope that I use my time wisely.
We picked Chloe up from school as she ended the year for first grade. It has been a busy year for her and a good year for us as well.
I never thought back when I was a little boy that I would ever be this age. I thought that when you got this age you were old and had one foot on a banana peel. Well some days I feel older than other days, but the age that I am is just a number.
Yes, I am a senior citizen, and I qualify for those senior discounts, and if I have to show my ID to prove I am that age I will because I have earned it.
But whenever I am with our granddaughter, I feel that I am much younger than my years, because she brings alive the kid in me. We both forget that I am older and play games of my youth and games that she wants to play.
I'll admit that I never played Barbies with any of my nieces, or Ken dolls with my nephews. When I was little everyone that played with dolls played with baby dolls.
It's another world altogether when you play with these dolls that are grown up dolls. So we just play with them as if they were regular people.
Back to my Birthday, Chloe was glad that it was a "Special Day," because on special occasions there is usually cake and most cakes have a lot of icing on them and she loves icing better than the cake.
Grandmother had gotten a small cake since I didn't need a large cake and we all had a piece and Chloe had our icing.
The cake has been devoured and another year has past as I look forward to another year. I am thankful for each day and hope that I use my time wisely.
Thursday, May 21, 2015
Happy Birthday, Levy Coleman
"Happy Birthday Wishes," go out to our cousin Levy today. He will be graduating this year as well, so Congratulations Levy. Levy is the son of Gene and Carla Turpin Coleman
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Happy Birthday, Regina
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Happy Birthday, Karen
"Happy Birthday Wishes," go out this morning to Karen Shippey. Karen is the wife of Ray Shippey and the mother of Emily, Lauren, Owen and Nellie. She is the daughter-in-law of Stirling C. and the late Sara Juanita Waters Shippey and the great grand daughter-in-law of Pauline B. and Joseph O. Waters Sr.
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Happy Birthday, Dad
Today
would have been our dad's Birthday. He always enjoyed having his
Birthday because it meant that all the children were usually there and
later the grand children. He would have loved seeing all of his grand
and great-grand children and sharing his Birthday cake with all who were
able to come.
When I was a young lad I never remember seeing my dad with out his dress hat on when he was outside and he always wore a dark suit either in Navy Blue, Black or Dark Gray. He never wore a light suit until he got much older in years. He would always say, "If you want to be respected and treated like a Business Man you have to dress like a Business Man." He knew everyone of his customers by name where they lived and all of their family members. Whenever or whoever came to shop at Waters Bros. through the years felt like they were at home because that is how he wanted to make you feel.
One day a man came in to pay off his bill that had had an outstanding balance for years. The account was so old that it had been written off as a loss, but it was kept on file so that we could remember it if they ever came in to buy again. We could see the loss whenever we went through this accounting ledger and see all of the accounts that had been unpaid by customers through the years.
This man was getting olde and knew that it wouldn't be long before he died and he knew that he had left this bill unpaid and he wanted to settle things with my dad before he died so his heart could be free of this debt. My dad had me to go and get the book and dad found the account and told the man what the balance of the account was. (The account was over 20 years old and the balance was over $2,833.) The man said it could never have been that much. My dad waited a few seconds and then he asked the man how much that he thought that the balance of the account was. The man said, "I thought that my balance was about $150.00."
My dad turned to me and said, "Write out Mr _____ a paid in full receipt for $150.00. The man paid his bill and left smiling saying, "Thank You Joe," "I can now go and die in peace."
When the man had left, I asked my dad, "Wasn't that the account as a young man you had delivered feed to them for many years and that they had purchased groceries every week for over thirty years and one day twenty years ago they just stopped paying on their bill and moved away from here." My dad said, "Yes son, that is the same family, but I had already written that account off and taken the loss, and the $150.00 was what it took to give him peace, so I'll settle for that."
This is the kind of dad that I had growing up. I'm thankful for these and other memories that I can look back on whenever I think of him and it makes me glad that he was my dad.
It doesn't seem like he had been gone for eleven years. But we are so thankful for the life that he lived before us and for his example.
When I was a young lad I never remember seeing my dad with out his dress hat on when he was outside and he always wore a dark suit either in Navy Blue, Black or Dark Gray. He never wore a light suit until he got much older in years. He would always say, "If you want to be respected and treated like a Business Man you have to dress like a Business Man." He knew everyone of his customers by name where they lived and all of their family members. Whenever or whoever came to shop at Waters Bros. through the years felt like they were at home because that is how he wanted to make you feel.
One day a man came in to pay off his bill that had had an outstanding balance for years. The account was so old that it had been written off as a loss, but it was kept on file so that we could remember it if they ever came in to buy again. We could see the loss whenever we went through this accounting ledger and see all of the accounts that had been unpaid by customers through the years.
This man was getting olde and knew that it wouldn't be long before he died and he knew that he had left this bill unpaid and he wanted to settle things with my dad before he died so his heart could be free of this debt. My dad had me to go and get the book and dad found the account and told the man what the balance of the account was. (The account was over 20 years old and the balance was over $2,833.) The man said it could never have been that much. My dad waited a few seconds and then he asked the man how much that he thought that the balance of the account was. The man said, "I thought that my balance was about $150.00."
My dad turned to me and said, "Write out Mr _____ a paid in full receipt for $150.00. The man paid his bill and left smiling saying, "Thank You Joe," "I can now go and die in peace."
When the man had left, I asked my dad, "Wasn't that the account as a young man you had delivered feed to them for many years and that they had purchased groceries every week for over thirty years and one day twenty years ago they just stopped paying on their bill and moved away from here." My dad said, "Yes son, that is the same family, but I had already written that account off and taken the loss, and the $150.00 was what it took to give him peace, so I'll settle for that."
This is the kind of dad that I had growing up. I'm thankful for these and other memories that I can look back on whenever I think of him and it makes me glad that he was my dad.
It doesn't seem like he had been gone for eleven years. But we are so thankful for the life that he lived before us and for his example.
Happy Birthday, Lauren And Nellie
"Happy Birthday Wishes," go out to our great-nieces today. Today are the sisters sharing the same Birthday with their Great Papaw and with a couple of cousins. They are Lauren and Nellie and they are the daughters of Karen B. and Raymond P. (Ray) Shippey and the grand daughters of Stirling C. and Sara Juanita Waters Shippey and the great-great grand daughters of the late Pauline (Mamaw) and Joseph O. Waters Sr. (Papaw) and the great-great-great grand daughters of Nettie L. and P.Y. Waters.
Happy Birthday, Tony And Vicky
"Happy Birthday Wishes," go out to two of our cousins who share a Birthday on today. They are Tony O. Gary, who is the husband of Becky and the son of W.W. (Junior) and Lottie Waters Gary and the late Vicky J. Gunter Brown, who was the wife of the late Nelson Brown, and the daughter of Ernest and Mildred Blalock Gunter and the great-grand daughter of Thelma Waters Blalock and the great-great-grand daughter and great-great-grand son of Nettie L. and P.Y. Waters.
Happy Birthday, Daddy
Today my dear daddy would have been 96 years young. I am thinking of my daddy but can't go to the grave. With a heavy heart and tears filling my eyes, I want to dedicate the first flowers of this year (from our yard) (the blue flowers are "Johnny jump ups", ) The blue grow wild but remind us Spring is just ahead.
Love,
Your Daughter Lucy
Happy Birthday, Papaw
Today my Grandfather would have been 96. I miss him so much. He had so many great qualities but, the two that stand out the most are his love for God and his love for my Grandmother. As a child I often saw him on his knees praying and my Grandmother kneeling next to him praying. Or, the times we would spend the night to awaken to find them singing hymns while cooking breakfast. Memories last forever. I never knew as a child how much as an adult those moments would mean to me. Grateful they had their priorities in life in order so they could have a love for one another that inspired all of us.
Monday, March 2, 2015
Happy Birthday, Landon
"Happy Birthday Wishes," go out to our great-nephew Landon Mathis who turned 6 today. Landon is the son of Marshall and Alyssia Mathis and the grandson of Duane and Susan Waters Mathis and the great-grandson of Joseph O. Sr. and Pauline Waters and the great-great-grandson of P.Y and Nettie L. Waters.
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Happy Birthday, Ethan,
"Happy Birthday Wishes," go out to our cousin Ethan McCleery as he turns 14 today. Ethan McCleery, is the son of Tim and (Tina) Christina Wheeler McCleery and the grandson of Jimmy and Mary Wheeler and the great-grandson of Clifford and Nellie Mae Waters Wheeler and the great-great-grandson of P.Y. and Nettie L. Waters. Louise Wheeler Woodhall is his great-aunt.
Happy Birthday, Jacob And Tyler
"Happy Birthday Wishes," go out to our great-nephews and your cousins today. It is Tyler and Jacobs 16th Birthday. The are the sons of Joanna and Daniel L. Hagy Jr. and the grandsons of Daniel L. Sr. and Lucy Waters Hagy, and the great-grandsons of Joseph O. Sr. and M. Pauline Waters, and the great-great grandsons of P.Y. and Nettie L. Waters.
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Happy Birthday, Daron,
"Happy Birthday Wishes," go out to our nephew today. Daron Griffin is the son of Wayne and Cheryl Wheeler Griffin and the grand son of Mary and Jimmy Wheeler and the great-grandson of Clifford and Nellie Waters Wheeler and the great-great-grandson of P. Y. and Nettie L. Waters.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Happy Birthday, Leslie
"Happy Birthday Wishes," go out to our cousin Leslie Turpin. Leslie is married to Sharon and he is the son of Barbara (Bobbie) and Fred Turpin and the grandson of Thomas Dennard and Sarah Melinnie (Linnie) Turpin and the great-grand son of P.Y. and Nettie L. Waters.
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Happy Birthday, Lucy
"Happy Birthday Wishes" go out to Lucy Waters Hagy. Lucy is the daughter of Joseph O. (Joe) Sr. and Pauline Waters. She is the wife of Daniel L. Hagy Sr.. She is the mother of three children; Beverly Hagy Vanderhoef, Daniel Hagy and Michal Hagy Benslay. She is the grandmother of nine. And she is a sister to the late Sara Juanita Waters Shippey, J. Oliver Waters Jr., Suzanne Mathis (Susan) and Palmer Waters.
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