MARY, MY WIFE'S PAGE 

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MARY - I MISS YOU SO MUCH

I WISH SHE COULD COME HOME, But she is in a nursing home with no hope of ever coming HOME.

MARY - 21 years old

When I started writing The Construction Prison Novel, little did I know that my wife Mary started to draw and write too.

I knew all along she had a gift for Folk Art. That is one of the reasons I became a fan of Folk Art. It is bare bones reality.

After she went to a nursing home, I found a lot of her writing and thought it would be crass if I did not include them in Life Over 56 as a special page for her accomplishments.

MARY IN DOBBIN'S LOOKOUT - SOUTH MOUNTAIN PARK - POINTING TO A PLANE LANDING AT SKY HARBOR AIRPORT - PHOENIX, AZ WITH OUR SON STEPHEN

MARY'S BADLY WATER DAMAGED DRAWING

MARY WROTE THIS September 4, 2007

    IT WAS BADLY WATER DAMAGED. I FIXED THE BEST I COULD Mary's love for her children has never diminished as she began to experience symptoms that I did not realize were symptoms. She was having trouble remembering around the time she wrote this and said, "What's the matter with me." At the time, I did not realize her memory was starting to decline, but I now think she knew it. I, myself, know my memory is starting to decline, she knew it back then. However, my memory will come back a few minutes later, but it is still a memory decline. According to what the doctor said, "Her memory does not come back. Thoughts of the moment are gone forever."

A LETTER MARY WROTE FOR SHERRY OUR DAUGHTER

Sherry is Down Syndrome and has a Mental Age of about 19 Months Even Today at 24 Years Old, But Mary did not know this until Sherry was Older. Yet Mary's Love for Sherry Never Wavered.

MARY AT ABOUT 23 YEARS OLD

MARY'S DAD DIED

I had to do a lot of photo manipulation
on this paper. It was very badly damaged.

Mary and her dad were avid fans of John Wayne movies.

MARY'S FOOD POEM

MARY & SHERRY AT TYGART LAKE in GRAFTON, WV

MARY'S GAMBLING MAN

MARY'S POEM

MARY'S DRAWING

MARY'S DRAWING TRUCK