On Eagle's Wings My Family
When God gave me my family, he made sure that Angel's smiled down on me when he gave me such a warm and unexplainably devotional collection of people. He put an everlasting love and understanding in all of them, and greeted me to his heavenly kingdom by giving me these Angels. That is exactly what my family are...are Angels. They will say "great job" and I feel loved and warm. I will ask them if they would be able to do this for me, and their answer has always been yes with a heavenly smile....HOW CAN I EXPRESS AND APPRECIATE HOW WONDERFUL A FAMILY THAT I HAVE....I can't but I can tell you how much my heart longs for them and loves them, and there is not a waking moment, I never miss the chance to say I LOVE YOU!
My Parents
I live with both of my parents in a small town called Hollywood. I live in a white house with pillars, and bestowed upon the land is a pond, humming with life as the ducks splash....the mosquitos buzz...and the frogs "ribbit"....behind my home is another busy world of forest. The deer play a never ending game of hide and seek....the rabbits hop along looking for another playmate...and the birds request a landing as they enter the dense and thick runway. Whatever it is we are surronded by nature
My mom....my mom is a Unit Secretary and EKG Technician at the St. Mary's Hospital and is currently busy training recruitments. She enjoys her work in the medical profession as she has been involved in it for the past 8 years. She is one of the most cherished and fun-loving people I know. As most children say their mother is perfect, but mine is not, and that is the main reason I love her--she is not perfect. My mother can admit that she is human, and I know then that I can't judge her because she is human, and she has set that example that I cannot judge anyone because we all are human and we sin or as I say we misplace out trust. My mother has fought many challenges and has made the best out of what she had, and has taught us to do the same. I thank God for giving me a mother whose compassion encompasses the whole world and the people around her, whose faithfulness in people has told me that I can be anyone and anything and that I can soar and reach for the sky to reach my ultimate dream. My mother is someone who opens her heart to an unknown stranger and lets them in and when she does, the first thing that comes from her heart is "Welcome". My mother is someone who is truthful, her strong faith in the truth is what has changed my life and has made me feel like I can be anyone and anything...anywhere. Her truth is what I love her for the most, and she has told me truth even when she knows it will hurt me, but she comforts me....It is like she gives me a jigsaw puzzle and I see the big picture on the box. She gives me truth and makes me put the peices together so I can see the big picture for myself, and I may have to do it more than once, but how do we not grow from the things that may hurt us? Lastly, my mother was diagnosed on April 19, 2000 with a harmful skin cancer called Melanoma. She appointed Dr. John W. Roache, M.D. to be her physician. My mother had surgery on the 19th of May, a month later, and she was operated on by Dr. Roache, and all she could do is trust him...not only were they friends, but she knew he was a good doctor. Her surgery went well when they removed a spot from her back, and lymph nodes under her arms to see if any existing cancer was remaining. She is now fine, and I think she is rid of melanoma, due to the love and fearless care of Dr. Roache, I thank him for his skills of medicine, and his everlasting compassion for his patients. My mother is doing fine now, and she is living life up....
My Dad is a man of strength, character, and generous nature. My dad is a man of benevolance, affection, and kindness. He shows the world that he can love and the he can be loved. My dad is a man who stands tall in the distance full of common sense, wisdom, and graceful age. He teaches me that in order to meet the world and for the world to meet you, you must first let yourself be loved and you must be a person of affectionate nature, because who likes a person with no happiness in their life. My dad is self-employed, he owns a concrete finishing company called, of course,"Dave and Sons" He is able to devise his own terms of work and always is busy with someone, but he always finds time for family....always!! The thing I find most important in my dad is that he understands me. He appreciates that I am different and he understands that those differences have different needs, and he loves me for that. My dad is so understanding upon comparison and he is the one I always go to for money. LOL. He nevers try to disappoint me that morning I wake up with excitement ready to tear apart the Christmas presents....and he makes the best out of what we have. I love my dad for his fun-loving character and funky wrestling moves....I love my dad, because he is my dad....I can't explain that any better, and when I was able to find my real father....my dad was willing for me to see him...How understanding, generous, and loving can one person be?? I am not sure, but my question is...How can I love anyone any more than I love him? Dad you are definitely everything the song says. You are the wind beneath my wings. You have helped me soar to my highest potential, and encouraged me to fly to my farthest dreams. You are definitely my hero, and everything I would like to be. Dad this song is for you.
My Little Brother
I do have a little brother, Steven Allen, who has lived with me all his life. He can be pesutulant at times, but I still love him...he is a person full of life and energy, and he is a person who likes to keep constant no matter what time of the day and love my little brother, Steven. I cannot express how much I love my brother, and how much I care for him. He has always been my little brother (even thoguth he is taller than me) and we have our fights but we then have our good times together, and I will always love Steven no matter what, because he is my little brother. He and I are different everyway you can think of, but if we weren't it would always be boring around, my parents can enjoy the best of both worlds now.
My Granparents
My grandfather, Carroll Norris, sometimes referred to as "Hun" and sometimes "C.I." was born on April 8, 1942 as the son of James Jetson Norris and Mary Louise Brown. He was a loved and well-known man by all the county--this isn't a very big place. He was a very accomplished man and respected the old traditions of a family. Unfortunately, I was two when my grandfather died, but I hear so many stories it is like I already know him, and yet he knew me and I didn't know him too well, I love him like I would any grandpa. He started from scratch to create a domineering and successful business in the county. He made the best out of the four various companies that he owned, and I am proud to be the grandson of a man who worked so hard to reach his ultimate dream, and he did so. He reached for stars, and eventually made it there.
My grandmother and my grandfather met rather strangely. My great-grandmother Norris was working in the Hospital cafeteria at the same time my grandmother was. My grandfather walked in and they liked each other so they started going out and eventually married on February 21, 1959 at Our Lady's Roman Catholic Church. They soon had their first child on September 29, 1959...Susan Marie Norris. My grandmother was born Alice Cecelia Johnson in Washington, D.C., daughter of Stephen Hillery Johnson and Alice Virginia Day. She lost her father at 6 months and soon left to live with her godparents, Sarah Ada Burch and Robert Miller Beall of Leonardtown, MD. These were my grandmothers parents and she loved living with these two warm-hearted and gentle people. After my grandfather died, my grandmother remarried 5 years later to a man named Rudi Reichel of Calvert County, Maryland. She has fun with him and he has been like a grandpa to me, because all of my granparents died when I was little expcept my grandma, and he has been in my life, so he is like a grandfather, but I will still remember my Pop Pop...CI Norris.
My Aunts and Uncles
Susie
My aunt Susan Marie Norris was the oldest child of my granparents. I never really got to know my Aunt Susie as she died in 1979, before my birth. My Aunt Susie was a character and loved life and everything about it. I was told she loved to play jokes on people and that she had fun. She didn't think twice about doing anything, and she was happy doing it, no matter what it was, she would always make some fun come out of the darkest days.
Donna and Junior
My Aunt Donna was the next oldest child of my grandparents. She is now the Registrar for Births and Deaths in the county, so I seem to be very interested in her job, as I am a person who likes to deal with records, historic or vital. My Aunt Donna is a woman of fun and games, she likes to play pool--and is a professional at it. LOL. She also is a wonderful seamstress! She can conjure up a dress with scratch, and turn it into the most beautiful creation. She also enjoys crocheting and always finds time to put in her work. My Aunt Donna married James Aubrey Bowles, Jr. of Hollywood, Maryland on June 26, 1976. My Uncle Junior is a character and now takes part in Lacey's Concrete Finishers. He likes to have fun too, he loves to play cards with my Uncle Johnny my dad and a bunch of other cousins. They love their "He Man Woman Haters club, that meets whenever they can. Their agenda includes an oyster scald and playing their daily regime of poker. My Aunt and Uncle had two children. She first had Lisa Ann Bowles. Lisa is now married to a Charles C. Cooksey of Prince George's County, Maryland and they recently had one child..."C.J" or Charles C. Cooksey, II. Lisa is a replica of her parents as she likes to have fun, but she is also a devotional and loving mother and wife. Donna and Junior's youngest, Jamie, is currently working at Bell Motor Company and is now about to graduate as he is a senior at my school, Leonardtown High. He enjoys cars and working with them, and I think is aspiring to become a mechanic.
Ann and Johnny
Ever since I can remember, my Aunt Ann and Uncle Johnny have always been my next door neighbor. They has always been right beside us and never left. My Aunt...Lois Ann..was born the third child to my grandparents and is one of the most generous, most senseful, and warm people I know. She is like a second mother...she has always been there when my parents couldn't..she has always been the substitue...shall I say and I thank her for how she too has become truthful unto me. Her understanding of the world and many experiences has molded her into the wise and internally strong person she is today. She enjoys many interests and bowls with the family on a league every Thursday. She married John Benjamin Lacey on June 6, 1981 at Our Lady's Roman Catholic Church. My uncle Johnny is what I call the "Nickname Generator", he always finds a nickname for everyone. He refers to me by the lengthy title of "Dustin of a 'da boy" and has a name for everyone else. He is another one who likes to play cards, bowl and have fun. He enjoys the many activities he does and likes to stay busy. My Aunt and Uncle own a concrete finshing business, Lacey's Concrete Service and seem to be successful at what they have done. They take care of business and always find time for pleasure. They are just one of the greatest people I know. Their oldest son, Bobby, or as the elders call him "Be Bop" was a highly energetic person too. He is also a hard worker and inherits the common sense of his mother. Bobby just recently married Jacklyn "Jacki" Michelle Delahay on Oct. 17, 1999 and are soon to expect a child..."Robbie". I am in nervous potential as Bobby's sister and I were appointed godparents of "Robbie". I don't think I could express how much joy I feel that someone would actually pick me to be a special person in a child's life. Jacki is due anytime in August and we are anticipating Robbie's arrival. Ann and Johnny's youngest child...Angie is my partner. We go everywhere together and do everything. We are always into trouble and have been since our early childhood days when we were pyromaniacs. Usually you don't see one without the other, and we confide in each other to comfort each other when we are having difficult times. I don't think we are ever able to fight because we know too much about each other...LOL just kidding. However, we are friends and we are buddies, and we together usually do anything and everything...together! Today the still continue to stand beside us, and have never left our side.
My Dad's Family
I wasn't around my Dad's family as much as I was around my mother's family, but of course I remember all my aunts and uncles on my dad's side of the family and I remember my grandmother, but I never knew my grandfather on that side of the family. My Dad was born the yougest child of 11 children. My grandmother was a wonderful woman and I used to call her "Poor Old Grandma", and that is the name she was stuck with all my life. My grandmother was just one of those loving people, she loved everyone not matter what. She cared too much for people, animals, and nature, and my dad inherited that universal wisdom from her. My oldest uncle was James Franklin Brooks, we called him "Frankie" I never really got to know him, but he married a Janet Porter from Bathe, Maine, and she came down here with her family when her father settled down here from the military. My Aunt Margaret, I love so dear. My Aunt Margaret is one of the most loving people I met. She lives by herself, but she is an inspiration to me, she worked hard for where she is at today, and I think she is just one of the most coolest people I have ever met. She has a Ph.D., a doctor's degree in Psychiatry and she is now referred to Dr. Brooks after the lengthy time it takes to received such a prestigious title. My Aunt Peggy is another funny one, and I love her to death a long with my Uncle Jack. My Aunt Peggy will tell you in a heartbeat where to put it, but she will also put a plate in front of your face and fill you up. She is so loving and caring and funny. She is such a neat woman, and my Uncle Jack plays the guitar and sings in a bluegrass band, and I could sit there for hours and listen to my Uncle Jack. He just had a CD released and I listen to it every chance I can get, and there is not a day that passes that I do not think of one his songs to sing. He is such a talented person, and he is so interesting to me. My Aunt Peggy and Uncle Jack had two girls: Denise and Jeannie, and one boy Jackie. My dad used to aggravate Denise, and they were so comical. My cousin Jeannie was a quiet type of person, and she was just like Denise, the both of them were funny when they were together. There is also my Uncle Marvin. My Uncle Marvin is a quiet man, but him and my dad look just like each other. My Uncle Marvin can have a good time, if you get him stirred up. I never really hang around my Uncle John Walter and my Uncle Charles Michael, but they are both really nice guys. Walter is expecting a grandchild soon, and so I think he is really excited about that. All my Aunts and Uncles on my Dad's side are al incrediably nice people and I love them to death. They are always visiting or we are always visting, but they are so great!!
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