Verna Violet Thompson Dawkins was born September 7, 1918, to William and Arvie May Hobbs Thompson. She married Edgar Earl Dawkins, Jr., in Gainesville, TX, on February 10, 1948. I was her first child, followed by my brother, then my first sister, then a second sister, and finally my third sister.
Today, I have written and deleted everything I wanted to write about my mom on her birthday. Something keeps coming back to me.......she was a private, shy person. She would not want me to write a glowing essay in tribute to her. On a personal note, it is hard for me to write without becoming emotional.
So in lieu of a post about her tonight, I will just say I wish she was with us tonight so that I could say Happy Birthday Mom.
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Happy Birthday Mrs Dawkins, I know you are looking down on your lovely daughter and smiling. You raised a lovely, talented, and sweet woman.
ReplyDeleteI just couldn't look on her birthday! Was an emotional day for me this year.
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