“Though no one can go back & make a brand new start,
anyone can start from now & make a brand new ending.”
~ Carl Bard
You haven’t met Mary Vance for no other reason than she hates to have her picture taken. Hates it. Throws a fit about it sometimes. I don’t know why since she’s a beautiful person inside and out. This picture, however, is so full of joy that you just have to meet Mary because I love her so much and I love this picture. Mary is married to one of dad’s first cousins, Vernon. We moved next door to them at Malone when I was only three, and we stayed there until we moved to Arizona when I was ten. It was the best childhood I could have ever asked for. Mary already had three kids, her youngest is three years older than me, but she fed me more times than I can remember, and treated me like one of her own. You can tell she and my mother are still the best of friends nearly 50 years later. To say Mary Dryman Vance was hugely influential in my life would be an understatement. I will be forever grateful to her for all she did for me and my family. She is one of the brightest stars in my world.
Mary Vance
Thank you so much for your kind words Kopana. Our family has always loved you,Shirley and Shorty. There are so many good memories when you were our neighbors. To know each of you is to love you
I am so proud of you and all you have accomplished. It came as no surprise to me.
Kopana
It takes a village. Thanks for being part of mine.
may 27, 2023 – the outhouse: where art goes
[…] for us, and on the way to Morgan County, mom asked if we could stop to see her friend Mary Vance. You first met Mary back in 2016. She and mom both became widows in less than two years, in 2021 and 2022, respectively. They had a […]