Johnathan, Anthony...your mother has been in my life for as long as I can remember. "Ms. Arlene" was quirky...different...and she would always play up to that with me -looking back on it now, just to get a reaction out me a majority of the time! One thing was for sure though, I have always known your mother came from a place of love and I loved her in return for that. Looking here, reading some of the other kind words left by many others on this Guest Book, I see she left them with the same feeling - of being covered in Caring and smothered with Love. Your mom cared, she wore it on her sleeve and it applied to everyone she came in contact with. I'm grateful that I got to experience it...my mother and father have been blessed to have received it for as long as they did...and I'm appreciative that my family, my kids in particular, will have memories of it before her untimely passing. No question, Ms. Arlene's life was a life well lived. For a person who things didn't always go her way, who had more than her fair share of tough times, she continuously put others first...often putting their needs above her own. Boys...those feelings, that legacy...that will last a lifetime...for you and for all of us who's lives were graced to have her touch them in some small way. I'm going to miss her...my mother is going to miss her other best friend now...my father, whether he'll admit it or not, is going to miss the frequent concern for his health and well-being...and my children are going to miss the cards in the mail (which we all know means so much to a child though it may seem so insignificant to us as adults)...I'm sorry for your loss Johnathan and Deek...I'm sorry for all our loss. Love y'all.
