THE REASON WHY.....

THIS TIDY LITTLE BUNCH IS MY FAMILY........MY BEGINNING.

MY PARENTS ARE THE REASON "WHY I AM".......... AND "WHO I AM".....

YOU DON'T QUESTION WHEN YOU ARE YOUNG WHY AM I A MORMON OR WHY AM I A REPUBLICAN.......YOU ARE BECAUSE YOU ARE WHAT YOUR PARENTS WERE AND THEY WERE WHAT THEIR PARENTS WERE   ETC.......JUST LIFE........AND THE FIRST FEW YEARS OF OUR LIVES WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T CHANGE THINGS.

I WAS ALWAYS SO PROUD OF MY FAMILY......THREE LITTLE SISTERS.....JOAN, DIXIE LEE AND LESLIE RUTH AND THEN FINALLY JIMMY DICK........A BABY BROTHER......!  A WONDERFUL GRANDMA AND GRANDPA GOFF A BLOCK UP THE STREET.....A SMALL TOWN WHERE I KNEW EVERYONE AND GREW UP SAFE AND HAPPY AND KINDA POOR......WHICH I WAS NOT AWARE OF??  MANY PEOPLE HAVE REALIZED IF THEY ARE LOVED.....POOR DOESN'T COUNT!!!!!

NOW DAYS I WATCH MY GRANDCHILDREN WADE THROUGH MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE OR JUST SHACKING UP.....AND MY HEART BLEEDS FOR THEM.......THEY ARE FACING SO MANY MORE TESTS IN LIFE THAN I HAD.........BUT THEY ARE PART ME AND THEY WILL SURVIVE.........I HAVE BECAUSE OF TWO WONDERFUL PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT ME TO THIS EARTH...... AND SIBLINGS WHO WERE ALWAYS THERE FOR ME........THANKS DICK AND HAZEL YEOMANS.