Friday, September 12, 2008

Happy Birthday Little Donna!

Many of you that read my blog know all about my sweet aunt Donna. She suffered with cancer for over 20 years of her life. She was first diagnosed as a teenager, then time after time, another cancer. Today is her birthday and she is always remembered! What is great about my family... we remember the funny things and the happy things.

I might get in trouble for sharing this memory but it is too funny not to share... Preston, Donna and Autumn lived in a neighborhood when Autumn was young. New neighbors moved in that happened to be African American. Apparently, my uncle knows several men named Barry. One day, Preston was telling Donna something about a "Barry", Donna didn't know which Barry he was talking about so she referred to all the Barry's she knew... finally describing the new neighbor, "Black-Barry". I am laughing just typing this story. She could always make us laugh!!! The things she would say were priceless.

Here are some pictures so you all can see how precious she really was!

This picture was at a family reunion in August of 2004. She is with Autumn and they look great. I also have this picture up in my therapy room at school! What great memories!




This picture was taken Christmas 2004. We all miss her very much.





Donna left such a legacy behind when she passed away! Everyone that knows her or knows of her is thrilled to know that she is praising Jesus while seeing him face to face right now... and there is nowhere else she had rather be!
What a blessing and an honor that I am Donna Fulbright McAbee's neice!

Another Memory Shared:
I remember a time when I was about 6 or 7 years old... we were all at the beach and it was raining! My parents, my grandparents and my uncle Preston and my aunt Donna were there. Autumn wasn't born yet, I didn't bring a friend and was getting very antsy to do something... anything! I can't tell you how long Donna and I played make-up and hair that day. I will never forget that memory of her playing with me. I have nothing but great memories of Donna.

I hope this blog was a tribute to her, she meant so much to me!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Abee I love both of those stories! They are so speical. I was also happy to see those pictures because I don't have them and I got to save them to my computer. Thanks for doing that wonderful tribute! I love you!
Autumn