Eugenia Ann Sherrod:  

I always wanted to be a stewardess when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a cool idea. As it turns out, they were not disappointed I didn't.. When I want to relax or blow off steam I either sit down at my easel and paint (relax) or take a long walk and talk to God about the day. The wildest thing I ever did in school was skip my afternoon classes and go riding in the country with a boyfriend. The one person from my past who I'd most like to see again is Marian Habeck because she was the sweetest dearest friend to me through my senior year and a lot of fun to be with. The things I learned from our two sons are 1) you are not born a natural parent, parenting was a joy and an adventure I would never trade in for anything else. 2) I had five sisters, no brothers and I was blessed with two sons. I saw what I missed growing up, not having a brother, and our sons sure made me look at my husband, Jerry, differently. I would have liked to had a daughter but I would take all sons too!!!! They taught me a lot about men and how they think. Which teacher I'd like to see again..hmmm. that takes some serious thinking. I didn't have a problem with any of them except for one who I will not mention just in case she is still teaching. I'd like to see her so she will know what she taught me was not to be like her and for that I'm very grateful for my life has been filled with love and blessings beyond one would expect. There were a couple of teachers I had that stand out in my mind as exceptional teachers; Mrs. Flurry, 2nd grade at Eastlawn, Mrs. Dowdle, 4th grade at Eastlawn, Mr. Holyfield, 6th grade Central Elementary and Mrs. Ham, English, seventh grade who I loved like she was my own grandmother. If I won $100 million, I'd give ten percent of it to God, then spend the rest on homes for family members, give to charities that need it and buy an island in the Caribbean.. My current age is 67 come October, 2014. When I was 12, I thought that people my age now were pretty darn old. I was so completely misled by my own thoughts. LOL I'm no where close to feeling or being old!!! God is so Awesome and SO GOOD!!! In closing I have to share this with all of you although many of you already know. Michael, youngest of our two sons, found out a month after turning 41 that he had cancer. Terminal, incurable, very aggressive and rapid growing. With aggressive chemo therapy they could only give him time. I can't even begin to tell you how we got through each day to face the next throughout all those nine months except for our immense faith and abiding love in God. The love we shared with God we also share with each other and neither Jerry nor myself could have got through it without each other. We said this from the very beginning. "I can't do this without you". We found strength in each other and through God's love and mercy toward us we managed to paste smiles on our faces when all we wanted to do was hold Michael close and just love him until Jesus came for him. I have already said that earthly final goodbye to my father and one of my sisters and Jerry both his mother and father and a sister but both of us could attest there isn't anything harder you would be asked to do than to give up your child. I pleaded and begged God every single morning after hearing what future Michael was facing"Do not take my son from me." I cried my heart out to HIM and begged and in the next instance I would feel such remorse and shame for asking that of HIM when HE gave HIS ONLY SON for me, for Michael, for all of us so we can go live with HIM in Heaven. I would feel so guilty and beg forgiveness for even asking. After the first three months we were on our way back from MD Anderson Hospital in Houston with Michael and he said something that I had never thought of before. I was encouraging him not to give up, they learn something new every day about cancer and he turned and looked at me and said "Mom, if God were going to heal me HE would have already done it.". My heart broke with the truth of his statemen...Expand for more