Hey Bofe, every time I watch your memorial movie I dance for joy and shed tears of love for everyone! It's always a prayer of gratitude. Thanks for the gift of your beautiful and very full life! See you soon! lvya auntsue

5 Months

It's been 5 months and 1 day since it happened. I've had a hard day. I've been working on a little gift for each member of the family and I was sorting through pictures. Today I clicked on a file thinking it was a picture. But it was actually a video clip and it started playing immediately. It was from last Thanksgiving at the Scotts'. I heard your voice. I heard your laugh. It was like it was yesterday. I wish I could hear that laugh right now. My eyes hurt from crying today. It's been a hard Bofie day. Loving you.

Wut up, Little Brother? I miss you lots, but I'm making it. The kids talk about you sometimes. I know Alyssa talks about you to her teacher, Ms. DeFillipo. Lilly has moments where she'll break down into tears because she misses you. Kay gets really quiet and then HER tears come. But I think we're all doing ok down here. Can't wait to see you again one day. And I hope you're tearin' it up with Grandma and Grandpa! Love you tons!

Happy Turkey Day

Happy Thanksgiving Bofie! Can't believe it's been a whole year since I saw your goofy face last. That was such a great time and I'm so thankful that the good Lord allowed us that one last hurrah. That week is full of memories I will treasure forever. Hope you are living it up on the other side today. How do you celebrate such holidays in Heaven? Love you kiddo :)

Mr. Sacco

Joseph was the third McCorkle to be employed at Gerlands, a local grocery store in the Houston area. Evelyn and I were cashiers. Joseph started working there while I did. He was a sacker. The general manager of the store was named Mr. Sacco. He was a really nice man and treated all the employees very well. He was also a little goofy and liked to give us a hard time too. He was a good boss for a teenager to have.

When Joseph started working there and he got his name tag, for some reason Mr. Sacco had made a mistake and printed out the name "Andrew" for the tag. Joseph, being the easy going kid that he was, never said anything about it. In fact I can just imagine him getting the name tag, looking at it, and saying to himself "Okaaay....."

I guess after a while he decided he should say something because everyone was calling him Andrew. Finally he mentioned it to Mr. Sacco that his name tag was wrong. Now remember, this was quite a while into Joseph's employment at the store. He told Mr. Sacco that his name tag had the wrong name on it. Mr. Sacco was confused. I guess he also assumed his name was Andrew. So Mr. Sacco asked him "What name would you like it to say?"

Well somehow Joseph misunderstood him and he thought he said something to the effect of "What is my name?"

So Joseph, now being confused answered "Uuuum...Mr. Sacco."

Mr. Sacco then thought he was being a smart a$$ and he thought Joseph, in an answer to the question "What name would you like it to say" said that he thought HIS name tag should read Mr. Sacco. Mr. Sacco just laughed and said "Oh you kids these days."

For the rest of his time at Gerlands I think Joseph wore the Andrew name tag. I could have a few of these details wrong, but that is the gist of the story. It's one of the millions of McCorkle-isms.

Selfishness

I never intended to write on this blog. I thought it would hurt too much....and it does. Every time I think of you, my Bofie, I want to cry. Sometimes I can keep it back and lots of times, it spills over. I think it must be selfishness on my part to want you back here. I know you're so much better off now than we are. But I miss you so and want you here to make me laugh....Mr. Sacco! And to be so proud of you. And to share the holidays with us, again. I hope you can still feel our love for you. We're a 'forever family' you know.

Hell Has Frozen Over

Wow, Alleged! I can't believe you figured out how to not only get into this "damn blog" but also to post in it!!!