Today, 3/5/11, Sammi and me went to a memorial for Louise Brooker. She passed away last weekend. It has been a very emotional day for everyone. Louise was our neighbor. There are two houses between hers and ours. She was a truly awesome lady. She was outspoken and feisty…yet loving and so kind-hearted. My girls thought of her as a grandmother. She used to help watch my girls when I was taking college classes.

It was a really nice service. The church was quaint and in the country. It was packed with family and friends who will greatly miss her. The preacher said his kind words. Songs were sung...The old rigged cross and Amazing grace, as well as one of Louise's favorite songs. Tears flowed in most everyone’s eyes. After the service we all went out to the small cemetery behind the church. We all gathered around and listened to few more words.   Then her ashes were placed in a hole and a pear tree was planted on top of it. It was awesome. I had never seen anything like it before. We all gathered in the fellowship hall to have a wonderful dinner. They said it was all Louise’s favorite foods. 

Most every year, Louise and her family host a Halloween party. Last year, she came as a cougar. Not the typical animal kind either. Granted she did have on a black outfit, kitty ears and a tail…but it was a metaphor in urban slang. The definition that urbandictionary.com listed is  "A 35+ year old female who is on the "hunt" for a much younger, energetic, willing-to-do-anything male. " It was cute…she had gloves that had long fake nails glues on them.A few years ago, she dress up and that comic picture of the lady that was looking for her dog and she had sat on. Louise had on a moo-moo type dress and had pinned a stuffed dog to her rear-end. 

R.I.P. Louise...you will be greatly missed by us...we love you!