Poor grandma had to deal with this in 1994.. She was one Heck Of A Woman!

"Nana The Great"

Dealing with the Darnell/Marybell Rascals!

"Come On Back, Jerre"

Never have I seen a man, love his wife,

the way Bob love[s] Jerre. 

He sat by her side, kissed her forehead, 

and made her blush- til the very end.

I have never seen such wholesome 

beauty, until I witnessed the two of 

them kiss for the very first time. 

He still looks at her seat, and at

the pretty red bird that flutters by:

"Come on back, Jerre!"

"Come on back, Jerre!"

We're all waiting for you.

DesireeDarnell|DMCDerp|2013

What is Mother?

12:30 PM Greeting by Reverend Byron Miller

12:35 PM Psalm 121 by Rev Miller

12:40 PM Lord's Prayer by Assembled in Unison

12:45 PM Eulogy for Mom by Patrick Darnell

12:50 PM Reflections -- by Hunter Paniagua -- by David Darnell -- by Bernadine Foster

1:00 PM Sermonette by Rev Miller

1:10 PM Closing Prayer

In Loving Memory

Jerre Jean Hynds Darnell

Born

December 3, 1926

Entered into rest

April 19, 2013

Houston, Texas

Celebration of Life Services

The Chapel of SouthPark Funeral Home

12:30 PM

April 24, 2013

Officiating 

Reverend Byron Miller

* * * 

A Eulogy for Mom

Some of you know Jerre Jean Hynds Darnell as your coworker. Others know her as your party planner. Some know her as their dance partner. The board of Directors knew her as that fastidious worker. You might have caught her style as she walked the runway at the Country Place fashion show. Maybe you see her in her yard. You might see her praying with her church circle. Many know her as your top secret confidante. Many, many know her as that ravishing beauty. I don't often use the word ravishing, but in Mom's case she is.

But you see, Jerre Jean Hynds Darnell is my Mother!

She bore me, she named me with her heart of hearts husband, and she raised me. My brother and sisters know of what I speak.

Most important to me is that Mom always speaks the truth. Jerre Darnell always tells the truth. That is her way. The truth isn't always the most popular thing we want to hear. Sometimes when she said those truths, it would make me want to run and hide. And she always stuck to her guns. If you fidgeted, she tells you to sit tight. If you tried to pull her away from her important task, she tells you to hold your horses. When conversations become nonsensical, Mom relies on her maternal wisdom. Her truth statements have become pearls in her children's, grandchildren's, and great-grandchildren's lives.

Mom's wisdom, you see, comes back to her. Mom and her steadfast friend, Robert, are blessed with long lives, 67 years of which they have been husband and wife.

What is Mother --
what is Mother,
without her house
and her child?

Her babies are born
and grown in her domicile

Many houses Mom has known
Many seeds she has sown,
Where she settled she made it her own.

As years gathered numbers
some ideals are put to rest
her children, now with children,
are wiser, never alone, at best,
for Mother journeys with us ...

See all their bright little faces
Hear their falsetto voices,
... full of trust, truth, and whim,
Creating such a din.

Thank you all for coming.

The eternal life is all about love; the love of God, love of Jesus, and love of His children one for another.  Now Mom will be in a family reunion for eternity; it is all the believers meeting and greeting one another forever; they will visit her and share and listen to her share, and she will go visit others and do the same; there will be constant visiting and sharing so that all the believers  know one another.  There is no gap between people or between them and Jesus or between them and God.  All and everyone is united in absolute unity, no division among everyone.  She will spend time edifying and caring and being cared for on a continual basis.  There is no need; everything is provided.  She has no want for anything; everything is perfectly secure.  She is with God and all He gives to His children; she has never known the security of God, and we will not know until we are there; she has no doubt; all gaps between her and God are no more.  He is right there; he fills her every moment with total love.

Now Mom is in her new quarters; she is gayly arranging all that is already there for her.  It is everything that she can possibly think of and more, and she is so energetic that she moves from task to task effortlessly with precision.  She is at rest at the same time she is moving; it is all in one; rest and moving.  The food is so delicious that digestion is instant and energy is continuously available.  She is expending no energy to do her chosen tasks and she has complete choices in what she desires to do; she is completely trusted to carry on as she is perfect; her thinking and actions are perfect.  She works at an energizing speed, not tiresome in any way.  Her mind is joyful constantly; people are all around to assist her and encourage her all the time.  She doesn't have a future plan as it all comes as she needs it.  She knows that she will be with Robert because he is her number one forever; their pact was forever and evermore together with the Lord.  People are all together and holding one another and Mom all the time.  She is never alone or lonely not even for a second even though time does not pass anyway.  They all hold one another all the time no matter what they are doing and God and Jesus hold all of them.  She is beginning the new activities of the new everlasting life.  She is not worried about the previous life where all of us remain because she knows it is all handled and worry and lack are not in the new life.

Meditation

Heavenly Father, God the Creator, Almighty One ... today I wonder why I have been so nonspiritual all my life. How did I miss those lessons that explained how our unseen spiritual world is structured?

I remember being a child, happy running and playing all day long. Then I became a young man with deeper thoughts. But somehow I remained shallow, and silly, and without knowledge of wisdom or of workings of the spirit. However, as I got older I did begin praying for wisdom.

For me some of  what I read sticks with me. And, I had read in Proverbs that some things must be prayed for diligently, for instance, wisdom requires much prayer.

I cherish the wisdom that came to me from my prayers. I held wisdom close to my chest to warm my heart, until one day wisdom became part of my heart. It was like a motor turned on, and my body was changed.

But I stopped there for some reason. I suppose I was satisfied with this. It is good to be satisfied with some things. And I lived for many years happy in this, though suspecting I was incomplete.

It turns out, I am given long life; and, I found later as a man becoming a father, that I needed many more skills, like long-suffering, loving-kindness, purity and salvation, and things of the spirit.

It was then I learned how impatient I had become in asking for these spiritual gifts that I thought I was entitled to. I began looking for short-cuts. During this time, it turns out, I prayed most often asking the Holy Spirit to fill me, my wife, and our children.

You see I was confused, not about the Holy Spirit; but, enlightenment still takes much prayer, and patience in obtaining... I forgot the lesson I had learned on Wisdom.

Back then work days were long, bothersome, fractured, rising and falling. It seemed I went to battle everyday. I became very tired of fighting with everyone, everything, and with being angry. I noticed that when in a state of anger, I am furthest one can get from the Father ....

Anger lasted too many years during family raising. I was very bad, judgmental and belligerent, sloven and coward, and often totally outlandish. Seldom was I wise anymore, and again I stood incomplete for many years. I seek another chance for wising up:

Father, make me an instrument of your peace;
Fill me with the white light of the Christ Mind
Make me a good steward of your gifts
Help me to know what I suspect --
That you have filled the world with Mercy, and,
You seek from me fruit of your Spirit,
that you love us all and want us to live.
AMEN.

Sylvia Caffery

God has explained to her who she is and all that he has for her and He is celebrating her victory in believing Him and enduring all the way through. He assures her in every way, and Jesus sends the angels to completely edify and protect her loved ones. Everything is covered by Him and Jesus.

• Here is the scene. Mom is in God's lap smiling with a smile that has never been seen before and we will never see until we are there. She has perfect joy with God and Jesus Christ is on His right hand. Christ is busy directing legions of angels to work the spiritual warfare for us as we call upon God and Jesus. We have to call upon them because God made us in charge of our own minds and believing; we believe and we call. God has all the power and it is utilized continuously by Jesus and the angels to intervene on behalf of all those calling and believing. Mother is learning and completely joyful and constantly smiling with vibrance. Everyone is with her, also. Leslie and Collette are there with Katy smiling and loving with perfect love of God greeting Mom and holding her with Him. Elizabeth and Steve and Bill are with them all joyful and exuberated. Ol' Mom and Ol' Pop are there celebrating; they say we told all our children to trust God and all of them did, and all of them are here now. Thank you God for our perfect children. Frances is there saying I knew we would all be together; there was nothing to worry about. Chuck is there all smiles thrilled to have Mom with him. Jesus is saying, "rejoice all you want my little children; you are free with us here." Jesus is sending more angels every second; they are continuously working. Mom is learning everything very quickly and easily it is coming to her and she is all engulfed with all the love and she is bright eyed and open mouth like a new born baby taking in everything around her and soaking in perfection of the new life.
• 

  12:38pm

  Sylvia Caffery

  The people all surrounding God, Jesus, and the family are innumerable. Everyone has come out to celebrate their sister's victory; the celebration is immense. Mom is just the total center of everyone's attention;
• 

  12:40pm

  S

The Peeps

This Just In from Ft Worth/Dallas Correspondent Alicia Geades
Posted by Pat Darnell | April 21, 2013 | Pearland TX

Alicia Hearen Geades

5 hours ago via mobile 

Allowed on Timeline

My remarkable grandma Jerre Darnell "Nana the Great"

April 19, 2013

Friday, February 3, 2012

Special Occasion 

A man opened his wife's drawer and picked up a silk paper wrapped package:

'This, - he said - isn't any ordinary package.'
He unwrapped the box and stared at both the silk paper and the box.

'She got this the first time we went to New York , 8 or 9 years ago. She has never put it on , was saving it for a special occasion.

Well, I guess this is it.

He got near the bed and placed the gift box next to the other clothing he was taking to the funeral house, his wife had just died.

He turned to me and said:
'Never save something for a special occasion.

Every day in your life is a special occasion'.
I still think those words changed my life.

Now I read more and clean less.

I sit on the porch without worrying about anything.

I spend more time with my family, and less at work.

I understood that life should be a source of experience to be lived up to, not survived through.

I no longer keep anything.

I use crystal glasses every day...

I'll wear new clothes to go to the supermarket, if I feel like it.

I don't save my special perfume for special occasions, I use it whenever I want to
The words 'Someday....' and ' One Day...' are fading away from my dictionary.

If it's worth seeing, listening or doing, I want to see, listen or do it now....

I don't know what my friend's wife would have done if she knew she wouldn't be there the next morning, this nobody can tell.

I think she might have called her relatives and closest friends.
She might call old friends to make peace over past quarrels.

I'd like to think she would go out for Chinese, her favorite food.
It's these small things that I would regret not doing, if I knew my time had come..

Each day, each hour, each minute, is special.
Live for today, for tomorrow is promised to no-one..

If you got this, it's because someone cares for you and because, probably, there's someone you care about.

If you're too busy to send this out to other people and you say to yourself that you will send it 'One of these days' , remember that 'One day' is far away... or might never come......

I read this every week.........Love to all, Lesan [See: also, Comments from Thursday January 15]


BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO UNDERSTAND MY SLOW STEPS AND MY SHAKING HANDS....

BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO NOTICE THAT MY EARS HAVE TO STRAIN TO HEAR WHAT THEY ARE SAYING.....

BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO PERCEIVE THAT MY EYES ARE CLOUDED AND MY REACTIONS ARE SLOW...

BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO LOOK THE OTHER WAY WHEN I DRIBBLE AT THE TABLE....

BLESSED BE THOSE WHO PLEASE ME WITH A SMILE, GIVING ME TIME TO TALK ABOUT THINGS OF NO IMPORTANCE...

BLESSED BE THOSE WHO KNOW HOW TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST...

BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO MAKE ME FEEL THAT I'M LOVED AND NOT ABANDONED....

BLESSED BE THOSE WHO UNDERSTAND HOW HARD IT IS FOR ME TO CARRY MY CROSS...

BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO HELP ME MAKE THIS FINAL JOURNEY, TREATING ME WITH LOVE AND TENDER CARE...
January 17, 2009

Retrieved by Alicia Geades

When you were small, a helpless kid, Just imagine what parents did, From feeding to keeping you clean –A routine that had always been!

And now when parents are quite aged, They feel like birds both that are caged; Just give them half the love they gave; Don’t lose your temper / misbehave!

When you were small and could not bathe, Mom bathed you with towel to swathe, And wiped you dry and combed your hair, All your mischief, she had to bear!

When parents are now pretty old, Or have a fever, catch a cold, Should not the children care for them, And treat them for each new problem?

When you were just a little child, And parents scolded you so mild, To show you what was wrong and right, And chalk a future that was bright!

And now when parents have gone weak, To walk, your assistance, they seek, Oblige them with a heart all glad: Old age is less happy, much sad!

When you were craving for good food, Your mother cooked it as she should, And heaved a sigh of great relief, When you’d slept, in disbelief!

And now, when parents ask something, Be kind and courteously do bring, They cannot buy whatev’r they feel; They cannot run or walk or kneel!

When you’d joined school for the first time, And could not say even a rhyme, Your mom had taught you how to write, And sang a ‘lullaby’ at night!

When you were children very small, And appeared each, a tiny doll, Your parents helped to dress you up, And without spilling, drink from cup!

When parents elderly now need, A blanket when it’s cold indeed, Should children not offer the same, Avoiding saying words of shame?

As children, you knew not to talk, And parents taught you how to walk, And told you stories, sang you songs, Correcting you in all your wrongs!

Now old-aged parents, need your love, And not the warmth of any stove!

You turned a man, woman o’er years, While parents wiped away your tears, And found a partner good for life, Ensuring days, devoid of strife.

Yes, children, you cannot returnThe love what parents’ hearts did burn; Thank God for giving such great souls, Who led you to heavenly goals.

The least that aged parents ask, Is see their children do God’s task, And live in harmony with allRelatives, neighbors, till Lord’s call! So, do your duty to parentsIn ripe old age in ways you can, And get their blessings on kindred, That stays generations hundred!

Attend on parents in good cheer; Be kind to them and always near; Not all offspring get this chance rare, To have parents old-aged, to care!


Copyright by Dr John Celes 5-12-2008

Funny or Ridiculous?

Q. Why did the chicken cross the road?
A. To escape North Korea's long-range missiles.

Reverse Psychology

So here is a very unpretentious guide to staying unhappy.

1. Put a frown on your face and keep looking in the mirror. It will remind you at all times to not let yourself move from the unhappy place.
2. Make sure you only think about yourself and your own misery. Never ever consider volunteering at a homeless shelter, a home for abused women or an orphanage abroad. This way, you can hold on to your sheltered self-centeredness that renders you so unhappy.
3.Indulge in everything that fosters a bad mood: junk food, fast food, alcohol, cigarettes, pornographic and twisted literature, movies about guns and evil men, pity parties, depressing music, staying home alone for days on end. Have a regimented diet of these.
4. Make a thorough list of everything that has gone wrong in your life. Then make a second list, and on this one, write down everything that you have not yet accomplished but should have. Finally, make a third list in which you will list every one who has let you down thus far in your life. Make sure to memorize the three lists so that you can quote them whenever you need to.
5. Dabble in the occult a bit. You only need a bit for this one to work for you.
6. Don’t go outside and breathe in the fresh air. Do your best to stay cooped up in stale rooms, never giving your brain a chance to be refreshed with pure oxygen.

7. Never ever take any time to do things that you enjoy, like knitting, or walking, or shopping, or talk on the phone. Focus all your attention and time on your duties.
8. Refuse to daydream. Enough said.
9. Be very diligent about not sleeping more than 5 to 6 hours a night. Keep yourself awake at all cost.
10. Listen and/or read the news three times every single day, religiously swallowing every bite of it as medicine. Make sure to pay attention to the details of each evil act reported. Even better, talk about them.
11. Move your body the least amount possible. No biking, hiking, lifting weights, swimming allowed.
12. Don’t ever think or talk about all the ways you are “blessed,” like food on your table, roof over your head, people in your life etc.. This one is vital, for it will help you stay in a state of unthankfulness–utterly necessary in order to stay unhappy.
13. Be very, very busy. All day and every day. Try to add every evening as well. Or at least five times a week.
14. Consider everything that you need to do and keep thinking about it. Even when you are doing well. Never allow yourself to enjoy the moment that you are in.
15. Most importantly, don’t ever open a Bible or talk to God, because they point to every reason you have to hope and be filled with joy.

Real Neki Hokeys

Grannie's Favorite Recipe Ingredient

Images on the Internet
by Pat Darnell | Feb 22, 2013 | Bryan TX

For me one of the draws to the Internet is plethora of photo's and pictures... visual junkie that I am. But it is a grey zone when we share them. While TEXT is easily searched, IMAGES require many times more computer memory and power to search.

There are programs that crawl through the Internet looking for "pirated" images, and remove them from peoples' web pages. It has happened more than once to MooPig Wisdom, which has over 8000 pictures in its pages.

Syld, contributing author to MOM2POP, posted an image of a kangaroo basking in the sun to her faceBook page. She cannot find record of it today. The image was probably taken down from the Internet due to copy right issues.

I await the future development of "Internet IMAGE and TEXT policing," and thus the end of fun. Here are some images I found in Google Images, Kangaroos, and a Quokka:

[Quokka]

Neki Hokey UPDATE

At Long Last, some Evidence
by Dave Darnell via email  |  Feb 22, 2013  |  Pearland TX

But, like the conclusion to this script, we are still a long way off to discovering the Neki Hokey:

"...  Meanwhile at Headquarters --

'Tracy, just what do you think of these"wild boys" and old George Ozone?'

'Chief, we haven't scratched the surface.' ... "

Mom told me that she and Dad can continue to keep going because of "us kids," and I daresay we kids can keep going because of those parents.  It's been an awesome life so far; never a day passing without pulling from that base of true grit, integrity, Bibilical principles, Southern values, and patriotic courage.  Thanks be to God, Father above for it all, and Mom and Dad.

I'm standing by with Mom while Dave and Dad are at the VA Hospital. It is time for Dad's yearly check up, shots, knee, blood test. and all.

Sitting with Mom just now, she told me that "all she ever wanted was a family to dote over. To dote over each one."

This came at the tail end of she and I talking about "things" as they were, as they are, and how things will be in the future.

She gives us all GREAT reviews.

I am smiling ear to ear.

MooPig Oddities Department :: This is Odd -- "Nekie Hokie"

Google'd "Nekie Hokie" and got only 88 results
by Pat Darnell | Jan 27, 2013 | Bryan TX

" ... Dick Tracy is a comic strip featuring Dick Tracy (originally Plainclothes Tracy[1]), a hard-hitting, fast-shooting and intelligent police detective. Created by Chester Gould, the strip made its debut on October 4, 1931, in the Detroit Mirror.[2] It was distributed by the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate. Gould wrote and drew the strip until 1977.[2]  (wiki) ... "

But besides all that ...


DickTracy : Message: Re: [DickTracy] Patton or Catchem?:

These kinds of blogger web sites are going to disappear, you know the talk boards. They are used very much for online courses, but they are not Twitter. Upgrading them to archive will be a task no one will find lucrative, and thus they will not be around for eternity. Re: [DickTracy] Patton or Catchem? < Prev Next >

Posted By: pjd@... Sat Dec 15, 2001 10:41 pm |

>Sam Catchem or Pat Patton?

Answer:
Definitely Sam Catchem, he was treated by Tracy as an equal through most of the strip. Sam was resourceful, clearly his own man, and on occasion been known to spout "Nekie hokie".

P.J.

"Nekie Hokie" :: No definition yet.

'via Blog this'

Expanded Message:

rom: "scardol" scardol@...
Date: Sat Dec 15, 2001 8:30 pm
Subject: Patton or Catchem? scardol
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As our newest member pointed out, it's been a little quiet around here lately. I'm guilty of it myself, so I have a question for you guys and it will be interesting to see who gets the majority of the vote.

That is, who do you think was a more worthy partner to Tracy during the Gouldian days, Sam Catchem or Pat Patton? I personally would have to say Catchem, because unlike Pat much of the time, he was a more
serious character. True he was used as comic relief at first, with his crush on Sleet and dressing up in drag to help catch Pear Shape, but soon he became more serious.

That and I just found him a more distinctive and memorable character than Patton.Patton, for years had the traditional quirky sidekick syndrome. Especially since he was used as almost solely comic relief at first. Although Patton has his equal share of trouble shared with Tracy and even saved Tracy's life by giving him a blood transfusion. And not only that, but should we include Lizz into the mix?

What does everyone else think?

Beau

_______________________________Reference
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DickTracy/messages/1355?threaded=1&m=e&var=1&tidx=1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy

Scarlet Ibis

Snowy Egret

Birdman Paul's photo

Green Turako

Diamond Firetail Finch

Desiree' Redecorates with Finds from Campus

Jackson, the Ausie's, Outfit Matches the Room

David's Collage of Photos.  Honk if you see anyone you know.  Honk twice to send them love and hugs all around.   Cute! 
 with original "I Am a Planet" illustration by P. Darnell, copyright 2003

Alicia's House under Construction, ready in May; a Pulte Winsford Model

Alicia, Lauren, & Evan.  This might be the lot next to their house still for sale.

Patrick's Style circa 1950's

 

Special Dads Love their Family; Our Dad

To Have a Mom like Ours is a Gift from God.  We love Mom.
Desiree, thank you for these images.