DeAnna Edwards:  

My story begins June 27, 1981. We had just graduated earlier in May and I had gotten an apartment downtown. On this special day, I met my next life of 34 years, Paul W Edwards. We moved to Arizona in August then to Texas in October, and married November 14th of that year. 2 years and 1 month later we were blessed with our first born child, Paul W Edwards jr., and 14 months later, our daughter, Amanda Dawn. The next 20 years we either lived in Madison or Midland Texas. We moved back and forth about 4 times. Finally in 1998 we moved back to Madison and stayed. Our children grew up and graduated from Madison, our school. Almost a year after graduation, we were blessed with our first grandchild. She was a New Year's baby and our pride and joy. We never knew how blessed we were until our granddaughter came into this world. 1 year and 11 months later we were blessed with our second granddaughter. Life was so grand. What more could we ever ask for? We had two wonderful kids that were our life, then adding 2 grandchildren that we could spoil rotten and who thought we were the best in the world. Life was great. In 2011 my world was shaken big time. February 4th at 8:30 in the morning, my stepmother called me at work to tell me that I lost my dad. He was my hero, my everything. I felt numb and just unable to function. I was told to go home, which was a good thing cuz I wouldn't had been able to accomplish anything. At noon I found out that we got our first house. So, God put something good into my horrible da...Expand for more