This week was filled with family. The Sams Clan congregated to Tenkiller Lodge in Oklahoma to celebrate the life of an amazing woman, Wynona Marcelle Buckner Sams. She was Dan's grandmother on his mother's, Donna, side. She was such an amazing woman. A true matriarch to her family who loved with all her heart and being. When I first met her she told me how God must have sent me Danny's direction because her sisters name was Jimmie Christine. What do I remember about her the most? She loved to write letters. We traded letters a few times a year. I tried to write to her regularly but life had different plans for me. She also had the soft and wet kisses, I describe them as butterfly kisses. I'm very glad that I forced Dan to attend her celebration of life.
We spent the weekend with family. We visited the Cherokee museum. I learned that affluent Cherokees were slave owners. And the great great great grandfather was one of the chiefs who was supposed to meet the king of England. We also turned all the paperwork in to the Cherokee Registration department in hopes that the kids will be mailed their Cherokee Tribe IDs.
The kids obviously had a blast and wish they could stay longer than just a few days.
