As I was typing my last post I began to see glimpses of what these blog post will mean to Elle when she is older. This thought inspired me to make a special post about her meeting Paw-Paw and Maw-Maw (Punk and Mary Belle Jones Parents to Elle's Ma, Ray Moore) for the first time. This was such an important and cherished moment in mine, Sam, and Elle's life. One main reason is that Punk and Mary Belle are her only living great-grandparents. Elle unfortunately did not have the opportunity to meet the late Jewell and AJ Moore parents of Elle's Pa, Stan Moore. Nor did she have the blessing to meet Walter and Margret Kirkendall parents to Elle's Papa, Bud Kirkendall and Elam and Adeline Scull parents to Elle's Ahh, Alice Kirkendall.
Elle is so blessed to have so many loving relatives as well as rich stories of the life and times of her great grandparents. They were all wonderfully unique individuals full of life, love, and great joy. We are so grateful to be able to introduce Elle to one set of her great-grandparents. Even though Elle will not remember this moment the union of Elle's skin on Maw-Maw and Paw Paw's, her laugh and cry enclosed in the same room as their weathered voices is one that will live in in my memory.
Elle sitting in Maw-Maw's lap
When we were young one of our favorite things to do was sit in Maw-Maw's lap let her "pinch" our neck. She would just lightly touch the skin of our necks with her index finger and thumb. The Jones cousins all coveted this individual time with our esteemed grandmother.
Maw-Maw said she wore that necklace just for Elle. She knew she would love playing with it. ;)
Here Paw-Paw is singing a little song. As you can tell Elle was captivated by the sound of his cowboy tune.
Such precious memories!!
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