Sunday, May 31, 2009

Do you need bows for your little girls??
































I have made a lot more bows since the last time I posted pictures. If you are interested in any of these bows, please let me know in the next week. I will be taking quite a few to Brazil in 2 weeks. Even if you just want me to hold on to it until you can pay for it, let me know or I will be taking it. Also, I have beanie hats and head bands if you are interested. The colors in the pictures are all I have right now, but I can get any color you want if you let me know. Sorry the pictures are kind of sloppy. I was in a hurry to get them posted!

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Seriously, When will the bad news end???

The bad news from Brazil seems to keep coming and with no end!
First, Naldo's dad decided to go to our land 8 hours away to harvest some crops. He didn't say exactly how long he'd be gone, but from the looks of what he took for supplies, it seemed he would be gone for 1 month. One month passed, and he didn't come home...month and a half passed...still no word...Two months passed...still no word. Finally, I told Naldo that maybe we should send a boat out to look for him since it has been a very rainy season and the water levels are extremely high. Time passed and he still didn't come home, so we sent the rescue team out searching for him. They found him alive, busily working although he was all out of food (spices, sugar, salt, coffee, etc.) He was living completely off the land and would eat whatever he was able to kill. The water levels were too high to catch fish. It was a huge relief to know he was ok and coming home in a week.
Naldo called to tell me the news that they found him. Although he lead me on for over 5 minutes saying he was dead, that he got really sick and didn't make it to the hospital, that they brought his body and to bury him that night, etc. I was crying, very upset, almost ready to throw up when Naldo told me he was just kidding. If I could, I would have reached right through the phone and punched Naldo!!
Fast forward to last Thursday evening. I get and email from my brother in law saying, "As soon as you read this email call Raimundo (my father in law). I had a gut feeling it was very bad news so I had Naldo call to find out what was going on. A few minutes later, Naldo calls me back and says that there was a terrible accident involving Joncil, Veronica, and their son Jon-jon (his sister, brother in law and my nephew). I instantly felt a sick feeling in my stomach and he went on to say it was a very ugly accident, that Joncil and Jon-jon were ok, but that Veronica was in critical condition in Manaus. That was all the news he had.
He made a few more phone calls and found out that she had a broken arm and was cut severly from the glass, but that she wasn't able to get into a hospital because they were all full in Manaus. She had a miserable night in complete pain as my father in law and aunt pulled glass from her body. The next day she was able to get into a hospital where they casted her arm. Tomorrow, she goes in for surgery to see what they can do to fix her arm. It was completely crushed in the accident and has many small bone segments throughout her arm that need to be removed.
So you ask, how did the accident happen?? Here's the story from Veronica who amazingly stayed awake for most of the time and remembers exactly what happened. Joncil was heading out of Itacoatiara to return a car to Manaus for a man. Not far from Itacoatiara, he decided to change a CD and glanced away for a short second to load the CD and get it started. He was going 100 KM (about 60 mph). There was a curve in the road and as he looked up, it was too late to try the curve. He went off the road and the car began rolling. On the first roll, Veronica was thrown from the car (not wearing her seat beat.) She came flying out the back window of the car and rolled a few times on the ground before her body stopped. She broke the back window with her back/butt. On the second roll, Joncil was thrown from the car out of his driver side window. The car rolled a third time before it came to rest. The 2 year old child was still inside of the car. People in the area heard the crash and came running for help. Joncil was screaming and trying to get to the car to see if his son was alive. He was covered in blood and dirty, however, the blood was not his - it was Veronica's. He was able to get out of the car with no injury what so ever. Joncil was in extreme pain and was begging people to take care of his wife and to not let her die. They were taken to the hospital in Itacoatiara and the doctor wouldn't even help Veronica. He sent her on to Manaus although she didn't get in a hospital the day of the accident. Joncil and Jon-jon stayed in Itacoatiara while Raimundo went with Veronica to Manaus. He went today to be with her as she has surgery tomorrow.
We love Veronica and her family so much and we are so grateful to Heavenly Father for watching over them in this tragic accident. It is a complete miracle she is alive. My faith has been increased greatly from these 2 experiences. It still makes me sick to see these pictures. If you didn't know the story and you saw these pictures, you would for sure think whoever was in the car passed away. Heavenly Father is almighty!























































In this picture, you can see Veronica's shoe left on the seat she was sitting on. How she went out the back window and not the front is a complete mystery. We are grateful she is alive and trying to stay strong though the pain and suffering she is enduring.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Bows, Bows, and more Bows!!!










































































































If you are interested in buying any of these bows, let me know...or if you have specific colors you would like, I can make any bow in the color you want.

Friday, May 1, 2009

Why does it always happen to the best??

Last Sunday, my niece told me there was a rumor going around that Joe Dickerson passed away in a car accident. Later it was confirmed to be true. I was in total shock when I heard the news. Although Joe didn't know me well, I knew who he was and have heard many good things about him. I went to several wrestling matches while my nephew was in High school and saw Joe wrestle also. He was not only a great athlete on the mat, he was a loyal teammate. It was even funnier to wach his mom while he was wrestling. She was just as much in the match as Joe was. She would throw her arms up and scream at him what to do! He was the kind of kid that would totally beat a kid up wrestling and then turn around and pick him up off the mat and made sure he was ok. Not to mention, he is awesome with hair clippers and scissors. He would put designs in all the boys hair for state wrestling. He did an awesome scorpion on my nephew. Even this year, he came home from college just to do cool designs for the wrestlers. School Spirt lived on in him even after High school!!
You could tell from just watching him that he was a good friend to all and was liked by everyone no matter where he went. I think he had "girl friends" in every city around just because he was such a nice boy and the girls would fall hard for him! Joe was my nephew's best friend so I saw him several times over at my sisters house also.
It just isn't fair these kind of things happen to good, innocent people. Three things are to be learned from this accident: 1.) Don't drive when you are sleepy, 2.) Always buckle up 3.) Be prepared always because you don't know when your time will come.















Joseph Thomas Dickerson (Joe)


Sept. 21, 1989 - April 26, 2009
Weiser

Joseph (Joe) Thomas Dickerson, beloved son, brother and friend, passed away Sunday, April 26, 2009. Joe, 19, was from Weiser, Idaho.Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 30, 2009, at Saint Agnes Catholic Church, Weiser. A prayer vigil and viewing will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 29, 2009, at Saint Agnes Catholic Church. All are invited to attend.Memorials may be made in Joe’s memory to Weiser High School Athletics for an award/scholarship to be named in Joe’s honor.Joe was the third child of Doug and Kyla Dickerson, of Weiser. He was born on Sept. 21, 1989, at Weiser Memorial Hospital. Joe had three siblings — an older sister, Kelly (Dickerson) Cobb, an older brother, Drew Dickerson, and a younger brother, Luke Dickerson. Joe also had a brother-in-law, Matt Cobb, and nieces and nephews, Sydney, Madison, Kash and Tyson Cobb. Grandparents to Joe were Roy and Norma Dickerson, Weiser, and Richard and Mary Margaret Giever, Boise. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandmother, Helen Dickerson.
Born and raised in Weiser, Joe was active in many school activities. He attended Weiser High School and was a hard-working, dedicated athlete. He excelled on both the football and wrestling teams. Joe was always pushing himself and his teammates to do better, and his work ethic was unmatched. Also at WHS, Joe participated in school musicals, where his creativity and humor shown through, and he was a crowd favorite. Joe graduated high school in May of 2008. He then went on to attend college at Eastern Oregon State University in La Grande, Ore. It is while at Eastern that Joe’s amazing artistic talents really started to shine. He had a passion for drawing and created many beautiful pieces of artwork. Photography was another passion of Joe’s, and he was a rising star with his photographs.One of Joe’s greatest passions was his love of the outdoors. He was an avid fisherman and hunter. He worked for the U.S. Forest Service in the summer and greatly enjoyed the opportunity to work with wonderful people and to work in the outdoors. Some of Joe’s most special and memorable times were of the annual “pack trips” he would make with his dad, brothers and friends. It was there in the “back country” where Joe really felt at home. He loved to play cards, fish and just sit around the campfire with the boys. Joe will be greatly missed.Joe was a hard-working, compassionate and loving young man. He had countless friends and was always there for them with a joke and a smile. Joe was a bright light in our family, and we miss him dearly.
We know we will see him again. He is watching down on us, and, as in life, he will always be there for the ones he loves! Services under the direction of Thomason Funeral Home.Condolences may be made online at http://www.lienkaemper-thomason.com/.