Dear Debbie--
Before I even get started, I am tearing up. I believe you know how dear you are to all the in-law side of your family. We all agree that of all Dale's great decisions, the one to marry you was his greatest! As in most families, the success in fitting in is to be tolerant of many short-comings and in having a great sense of humor, and you have exhibited both of these characteristics many times. You had to have a great sense of humor to even marry Dale! Of course, I want to repeat what I have said many times....He is wonderful and you are also fortunate to have married him too! Ha. I am sure that while you have had the good grace not to say it out loud, you must have thought many times that I am like Granny Clampett, especially with one early experience of thinking the box I had left at your house contained the corpse of a dead baby possum I had been caring for. I do not recall how long you let that box sit in your house before asking Dale to remove it, only to discover it held a new set of dishes for you!
Most young wives do not have to face the kind of challenges that you did. If I had not already loved you, I certainly would have loved you then because I know that it is because of you that my son even lived, that he determined to continue to persevere to reaching his goal of providing for his family, and his becoming all he has become in all areas of his life. What more could parents want for their son?
I am thankful for your ways of showing appreciation to Dale (my Dale) and me, and for always sharing and allowing me to be so involved in the girls' lives. I am thankful to have been able to really live with you and to have been a part of taking care of you and your family as we awaited the birth of our triplets. I am thankful for my memories of those days, and I really believe you and I became much closer as we shared the fun, work, and true exhaustion in caring for those precious babies. I love recollecting our conversations as we sat feeding them, playing, dancing, and all the other things we did to keep them happy and entertained. I also am appreciative to Alex who had to share her room with me, and still wants to be with me, and who to this day, still sleeps with me even she doesn't have to. Ha!
People say boys choose wives like their mothers. But fortunately for him, Dale did not. I wish I possessed your strength and composure. I am thankful for your example even in the face of severe adversity. Where I tend to fall apart, you seem to really "buck up". I recall your standing at Dale's head in ICU tightly clutching the scriptures, with only a faint trace of tears on your cheeks while I fell apart. I recall your statement on the day your house burned, destroying, or at the very least, damaging almost everything, including all Dale's very valuable notes and computers he needed to take his tests to practice medicine. You and he were also facing the difficult task of finding a place to live, as well as clean-up and replacement of necessities. You stated quite profoundly and accurately that " if this had happened 10 years earlier, we would have thought it to be devastating, but we have been through worse, and we will get through this!"
Well, as you already know, I can get quite lengthy in my comments, so if you have read all this, I will close by stating that I love you and appreciate your example, admire your testimony of the gospel, thank you for being the wonderful mother you areand for marrying, loving, and supporting my son. I look forward to making many more memories and to sharing our lives together forever.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!
Billie
And now, my mother asked me to make the following comments for her:
Debbie--
You are the sweetest little granddaughter-in-law anyone could ever be lucky enough to have. You are so kind and generous to all the family and we all love you so very much. You are truly our saint.
Happy Birthday.
Grandma Davis
Before I even get started, I am tearing up. I believe you know how dear you are to all the in-law side of your family. We all agree that of all Dale's great decisions, the one to marry you was his greatest! As in most families, the success in fitting in is to be tolerant of many short-comings and in having a great sense of humor, and you have exhibited both of these characteristics many times. You had to have a great sense of humor to even marry Dale! Of course, I want to repeat what I have said many times....He is wonderful and you are also fortunate to have married him too! Ha. I am sure that while you have had the good grace not to say it out loud, you must have thought many times that I am like Granny Clampett, especially with one early experience of thinking the box I had left at your house contained the corpse of a dead baby possum I had been caring for. I do not recall how long you let that box sit in your house before asking Dale to remove it, only to discover it held a new set of dishes for you!
Most young wives do not have to face the kind of challenges that you did. If I had not already loved you, I certainly would have loved you then because I know that it is because of you that my son even lived, that he determined to continue to persevere to reaching his goal of providing for his family, and his becoming all he has become in all areas of his life. What more could parents want for their son?
I am thankful for your ways of showing appreciation to Dale (my Dale) and me, and for always sharing and allowing me to be so involved in the girls' lives. I am thankful to have been able to really live with you and to have been a part of taking care of you and your family as we awaited the birth of our triplets. I am thankful for my memories of those days, and I really believe you and I became much closer as we shared the fun, work, and true exhaustion in caring for those precious babies. I love recollecting our conversations as we sat feeding them, playing, dancing, and all the other things we did to keep them happy and entertained. I also am appreciative to Alex who had to share her room with me, and still wants to be with me, and who to this day, still sleeps with me even she doesn't have to. Ha!
People say boys choose wives like their mothers. But fortunately for him, Dale did not. I wish I possessed your strength and composure. I am thankful for your example even in the face of severe adversity. Where I tend to fall apart, you seem to really "buck up". I recall your standing at Dale's head in ICU tightly clutching the scriptures, with only a faint trace of tears on your cheeks while I fell apart. I recall your statement on the day your house burned, destroying, or at the very least, damaging almost everything, including all Dale's very valuable notes and computers he needed to take his tests to practice medicine. You and he were also facing the difficult task of finding a place to live, as well as clean-up and replacement of necessities. You stated quite profoundly and accurately that " if this had happened 10 years earlier, we would have thought it to be devastating, but we have been through worse, and we will get through this!"
Well, as you already know, I can get quite lengthy in my comments, so if you have read all this, I will close by stating that I love you and appreciate your example, admire your testimony of the gospel, thank you for being the wonderful mother you areand for marrying, loving, and supporting my son. I look forward to making many more memories and to sharing our lives together forever.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!
Billie
And now, my mother asked me to make the following comments for her:
Debbie--
You are the sweetest little granddaughter-in-law anyone could ever be lucky enough to have. You are so kind and generous to all the family and we all love you so very much. You are truly our saint.
Happy Birthday.
Grandma Davis
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