Coky Pa

The year before Ray and were married Ray gave me a blonde cocker spaniel to replace the black on I missed so much and we named him after a cartoon character--Cokey. When we were married my dad had gotten attached to the dog and said Ray could havwe me but not my dog. After we moved to Kansas City my father became ill and my sister, Helen, moved to my parents house to help my mother take care of my dad. Chris was not very old and had two grandfathers so he called my dad Cokey Pa. My dad really enjoyed having my sister and her family there. In the mornings when Chris would come down my dad would ask him. "Are you up for all day?" and Chris would answer. "If I don't fall down." It might life pleasant for my dad to have them there and much easier for my mother. When we visited he would ask Sally and Sue. "How are you boys doing?" and they would giggle and respond with "We are not boys we are girls".