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Beautiful memories of Aunt Connie Amos that will live forever in my heart!!
- Beautiful pendants she always wore on her left side
- Her beautiful blue eyes that was full of love.
- Planning the next meal while we were eating a meal.
- Wearing one of many cool looking reading glasses (I think she had one for every outfit she wore, so it seemed).
- Her beautiful jewelry that had meaning and caught your eye.
- Her gorgeous flowers she planted every year. She truly had a green thumb
- Her love for frogs - I don’t think I will ever look at a frog the same again.
- Late midnight snacks- she always amazed me how she was hungry for something so greasy so late at night. – White castles and Dicarlos pizza come to mind..
- Connie earning her beaded necklace at Jamboree in the Hills-That is a memory I will never forget and I will say no more.
- Feather and stencil painting- Connie had a wonderful artistic side. She feathered and stenciled painted our walls shortly after we moved into our home. She stenciled Evelyn’s furniture in her bedroom. Now, it’s a beautiful memory we have in Evelyn’s room.
- Playing bingo – great times!!
- Gambling at wheeling- I never had any luck but she always did!!!
- Playing cards- many great memories
- Having bon fires- loved sitting outside with her and the family and listen to some great stories she shared.
- Baking Christmas cookies with her, Danielle and Angela- wow !! We made so many cookies. We stored them in Donato’s pizza boxes. I think one Christmas I brought home 10 pizza boxes full of goodies. – No lie.
- Pool side in flushing- lots of good memories and fun times
- Four wheeling in her backyard in Flushing- many laughs
- Talking to her through IM all the time while I was a stay at home mom and she lived in Flushing. She always kept me company and we would talk for a great length of time.
- Our trip to Gatlinburg. I loved going to the shops with her and watch her buy another set of dishes of which she had many other sets at home.
- Eating in the (what I thought was very elegant) dining room in Flushing on her good china. I knew eating in that room was to be of some importance for it was not often.
- Keeping the house as cold as an igloo (in Flushing)- I will never forget the first night I stayed in that house. I thought my feet were frost bitten and my nose was frozen. I have never met someone who loved a very cold house like she did.
- Sleeping under layer, upon layer, upon layer of sheets in the spare bedroom- the beds in her home were always nicely made and cozy. The sheets were tucked tight.
- Her uniqueness on gift wrapping
- Her beautiful bows she made for gifts
- Meeting her for the first time- her face and eyes were radiant and beautiful
- Taking Preston for a week when he was a toddler- she always had a special place in her heart for my red head.
- Always being persistent – saying “no” to Connie was not an answer she would accept.
- Going to the gift shop at Der Dutchman to look around- we both bought some gifts in that shop. It was always a given.
- Eating a late night snack or another dinner at Eat n Park. This was a restaurant she and I went to after gambling. It was just she and I and we talked for a long time.
- Taking a night swim with her and the family in Flushing- some good laughs on those nights.
- Camping for the first time with her at Aunt Danielle’s cabin.
- Shooting a gun for the first time with her at Aunt Danielle’s cabin. - That will be probably be the last time I shoot a gun.
- Having a girl’s weekend in Flushing- she gave each of us girls a gift. She gave me a makeup brush set of which I still have and will always keep.
- Staying the weekend at her house in Flushing. The dinner table was always set with place mats and cool napkin ring holders. I don’t ever recall seeing the same place mats or napkin ring holders twice.
- Special memories from the Disney Cruise
- Spending time with her on the beach before we went on the Disney Cruise
- Spending time with her and Angela at the awful waffle after playing Bingo.
- Eating ice cream with her and the family at Graters
- Spending time with her at the Heibel family reunion
- Spending New Years with her and the family
- Drinking Diet Pepsi
- Asking me to carry on her name sake of which we did, Evelyn Patricia
- Giving me a flag ring of which she had as well I complimented on the one she wore one day while in Gatlinburg. Next thing I know, she got me one too.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST- LOOKING ME IN THE EYES, AND TELLING ME SHE LOVED ME!!!
Connie and I go way back--44 years--and I have enough memories to fill a book, and some probably better left untold! Getting a gift from Connie was a humbling experience. At Christmas, her wrapping paper was all color coordinated and the bows were spectacular. One year she used butcher paper and painted trees and ornaments on them, complete with glitter. And there I was with my little stick-on bows from the Dollar Store. And when you finally got around to opening it, you found something that was just perfect, something you'd always wanted, (and maybe hadn't realized it.) Her heart was big as all outdoors. And like Paula said, the word No was not in her vocabulary. She could cook and entertain like no one I've ever seen, and everything was always just perfect. She could be impatient and bossy and Lee and I always laughed about being her slaves. Everything she did, she did well. She handled her illness with grace and dignity and she actually told me that there were people worse off than she was, and I wanted to scream No There Aren't!! She didn't want to die, of course, but she packed a lot of living into the years she had---and weren't we lucky to be part of it? Rest well, dear friend. Carla
ReplyDeleteMy heart is heavy as I write this. I know I should have written sooner but I have not had the computer on since she left us! Lee,Alan Ang and Paige I am so sorry for your loss. Connie was a wonderful friend and a loyal customer for many years. Seldom do I cry about a customer leaving but when you moved to Columbus it was a sad day for me. Now I am sad but I know someday we'll meet again! One of my funniest memories of Connie was the time she said she was in her hot tub in Flushing, when it was snowing and she used Paige's little kid umbrella over her head so she wouldn't get her hair wet!!! THAT was a funny picture in my head!!! I loved dher alot and will always miss her...if there's anything I can do, please let me know! I love you all..Audrey (and Terry, too)
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful tributes! You just want to cry but the thing is they are so funny and that is what I associate most about Connie. She was hysterical! When Loren was a baby, just home from the hospital, Connie drove Mom all the way out to Missouri for a visit. You can imagine neither of them packed light and upon seeing all of their toiletries scattered about Connie put it like this...
ReplyDelete"Carla, it looks like a goat puked in here"
As you think about your Mom and deal with the loss I hope you find that you're laughing more than you're crying.
Chris