Oree V. Bradshaw

Well Ma, it's been three long years since you left us. I think about you often and I can't tell you how many times I wish I can just pick up the phone and call you.
So many times I try to reflect back on conversations we had when I really need your wisdom. Sometimes it works and other times I am left just wishing you were here.
I miss you more than words can express, but I know you are in a better place and that you are without pain and misery, and for that, I am thankful.

Hi Ma,
Today you would have been 73 big ones! So, I guess all I want to say is Happy Birthday to You.

Hey Grandma. I know it has been a while, but I wanted to write you and let you know that I have been thinking about you and miss you very much. Life is truly not the same without you. I have been looking at your pictures alot lately and even some old video tapes. Things are going well for me these days. My business is starting to take off, but I still have a lot of work to do. The Pistons are doing extremely well again. You would be so proud of them. I promise to write again soon. ...

Well Ms Brad, another year has gone by. I just wanna say hey. I miss you, and think of you often.
Your Sis
Rosie

Hi Ma,
It's been a long time since I wrote to you, but of course I think about you all the time. It doesn't seem like it's been two years. Wow, how time flies.
Well, Latrell is doing pretty well in school. He is growing up so nicely. He wears mens small clothes now, do you believe it?
Daddy is doing ok too. You know he loves to travel and is always wanting to go some where. He's also talking to this lady named Daisy and he said she is really nice, but no one will every...

Well "Sis", it has been one year,
three weeks, and three days since you slipped away from us.
How do you continue to say farewell to a sister who was such a significant presence in our lives for so long ? We say farewell by remembering her spirit, her persistence, and her love of life. Above all we give thanks for the life of a woman we are proud to call our sister, the unique, extraordinary, and irreplaceable OREE. In memory of our sister I know that this is what she is saying...

Well Ms Brad It's been a year now. I was reading the guest book for Peggie (Parker) Johnson and it came to me that I hadn't written a message in your book. I didn't talk to you everyday but I knew you were just a phone call away. When I talked to you a couple of weeks before you left us, I new it wasn't good but I didn't expect it to be that soon. It's so final now.I think of you often. Juan died on Larry's birthday, January 16, 2005. Angel and Annette are having a hard time dealing with his...

Hi Ma,
It's me again. I'm sorry that I didn't write you on Monday to say Happy Birthday, but I thought about you all day!
Things are coming along at the house. Tiana got a lot of her stuff moved into her apartment on Saturday. She has a cute little place. And I will be moving things tomorrow. Hope the weather is good.
Well, let's see, what's new? Trell passed to the 5th grade. He is so proud. We went out to dinner last night to celebrate. Also, the Pistons are hot right...

Hi Ma,
I've been planning to write you since Mother's Day. Guess what? I planted your flowers and they are very pretty of course. And no, I didn't forget to plant Petunias! So, Happy Belated Mother's Day!
I think about you all the time, and it's still hard to believe that you are gone. Sometimes it just doesn't compute. And sometimes it computes too well. But I keep trying to do what I think you would want me to do, and that is to go on with my life and raise Latrell. Most of...