Filed under: Friends of Rob & Emily | Tags: Absolut, Bethard, dominoes, framing, frogs, Hearne, Khaki, kitchen table, Nancy Thomas, spoons, watermelons
When I think of Miss Shery I think of…
- Spoons
- Bag tags
- Frames
- Frogs
- Anything Nancy Thomas
- Big smiles
- Uncensored Conversation
- Potato soup
- Dominoes
- Khaki and her litter
- Stitch-n-Bitch
- Wooden kitchen tables
- Absolut ads
- Braids in Emily’s hair
- Noah’s ark
- Pottery
- Dave Letterman show
- How she saved “The Roof Club” from failing p.e.
- Watermelons
- Emily and Rob’s childhood art
- Tying our legs together for the three legged race–and a great pep talk:)
- Red Explorer
- Little happys
I miss and love her so much. I think of her daily and smile, laugh and cry! Thanks for such wonderful memories Miss Shery!
Filed under: Friends of Rob & Emily, Photos | Tags: halloween, Jason McKenzie, kitchen table, Photos
Thank you, Jason, for digging up these old photos. We had so much fun in the early ’90s!
John McConnell and Mom.
Jason dressed up as Mom for Halloween one year.
Mom and her great smile.
Jason looks so young! Was this really 1994? We were 16 years old.
Love this sweet photo of Mom and Dad.
Filed under: Friends of Rob & Emily | Tags: back porch, Crista Moore, dictionary, garage apartment, Khaki, kitchen table, laminating machine, linen, tea, watermelon
Here are some of the things I don’t think about without thinking about our times with Mrs. Shery:
Garage apartments – up until two years ago, I was still making trouble up there!!
Decorum – Mrs. Shery always made me look it up, in that big dictionary that took too much room in the kitchen, if I was being rude or un-ladylike~probably after playing Baby Got Back!!
Tea – she loved her tea.
The word Khaki or Slacks – Todd Patton renamed the dog Khaki to Slacks.
Old random buttons – you all know that bowl.
Watermelon – you all remember Rob’s message about Emily.
The number 9 that looks like this instead of a straight line down – that’s how she wrote it.
Critta Mo – Eric G coined it but Mrs. Shery approved and changed it and call me
“my mo!”
Linen outfits – she wore them well.
Laminating – since she was the first person I knew with a machine and I actually received one of those cards from Jason Mackenzie!! PS-I now have a machine of my own and still have that lovely card from Jason!
It’s amazing how many areas of our lives she touched. I actually think I have muscle memory for opening the back yard gate, walking up the Reeves’ back porch steps and opening the back door. Half of the times, I never made it past the first empty chair at the table.
It also amazes me that our stories are so similar about this one woman sitting at this one kitchen table in this one two-story house on this one street in this one small town during a relatively small amount of time in our lives and what a HUGE, LONG-LASTING effect she made on all of us.
I love that even though I haven’t seen, spoken to, or even thought about some of the people sharing or being shared about – we have a common bond that doesn’t take long to reconnect us all – SHERY LOVE.
I love you Emily for doing this.
Filed under: Friends of Rob & Emily | Tags: crossword puzzle, garage apartment, John McConnell, kitchen
One of the funniest/embarrassing moments I remember about your Mom: We were all at your house (usual) one night and Heather Wheatley was there with me. (Stop laughing Emily.) Apparently we were getting kind of hot and heavy in the apartment above the garage and your mom saw the whole thing from the kitchen and promptly brought it to my attention when I came back into the house. I remember thinking, she’s not mad but she’s never going to let me forget it. And when I talked to her 5 years later she brought it up as if it happened yesterday.
And the other thing I give your mom credit for is me doing crossword puzzles religiously. Everytime I walked in that house there was one on the kitchen table and next to it, there was about 10 books she was using to cheat. I always used to try and help her but I wasn’t very good at them back then. Yet today, everyday I work the crossword in the Shreveport Times and usually finish it (with help from about 10 books). I can remember only one person who I would have picked all of that up from and it was definitely your mom.
The things that trumps anything else is how warm I felt then (and even now as I think of it) when she was in the room and talked to me. She was so very awesome and seemed to make everything better.
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Oh man, the fondest of all my memories of Shery, ” your mum,” was her talking to me when I ran away from home. I remember Mike stole the Impala, scooped me up and we drove to your house. I don’t know why it just seemed like a safe haven. Your mother heated up some tea and gave me a cup. We sat and talked about why I ran and why I didn’t want to go back. Then she did the unthinkable….talked me into going home, in her way, always calming, never judging never condescending way she convinced me that it was the right thing to do when I was sure it was not. But that was the way she was…she had a aura about her that was firm and yet kind…a special woman who was near and dear to my heart, writing this just made me cry.
Your mom will always have a special place in my heart. She made your home a familiar and warm place for all of us to just be ourselves. Seemed to me like she was one of the rare people that can gain immediate trust and acceptance from anyone. We all loved her and miss her every day.
What I remember most about your mother is her warmth. I considered your home as kind of a second home. And I considered your mom as sort of a second mom along with Mrs. Kelsall. Every time I came over to your house, she was always glowing in the kitchen. She made me feel comfortable and at ease. What I thought was great about her was that you could just sit and talk to her about anything. There were plenty of times when no one else was in the kitchen or the back patio and she and I would talk and just hang out. It was never awkward or forced or “hurry up Rob, let’s get out of here”. It was like I’d known her my whole life. Of all the fun and memorable things I’ve done in my life, I consider the moments just hanging out in your kitchen with both of your parents as some of the best. And I think your mother was a big reason for that.
