Published in the Oklahoma Today magazine, Winter 1996 issue:
Danielle attended America’s Kids on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. She was
known to dance jigs to her grandmother’s country music and swim around the
family’s bathtub with her plastic frog and whale. “Danielle would dance to
anything, and she had rhythm too,” recalled Deniece Bell, Danielle’s mother.
Fond of her grandmother’s black poodle Maynard, Danielle liked birds, swinging
on her tree swing, and eating Mazzio’s calzones.
In the mornings when Deniece was putting on her makeup, Danielle did too, using
her own makeup basket. Fifteen months old, she already had an appreciation for
good hygiene. She liked to comb her hair and brush her teeth. “She’d walk
around with her toothbrush all day long (brushing),” said Deniece with a laugh.
Known lovingly as “Tooter” by mother and grandmother, she hobnobbed with the
older kids at day care (the 3 year olds). Children her own age bored her, and
she was no crybaby. “She only cried when she was made,” said her other. Her
usual demeanor? “She would hug you all the time and kiss you all the time,”
said Deniece, “and do stuff to make you laugh.”
Published in the Oklahoma Today magazine, Winter 1996 issue:
Danielle attended America’s Kids on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. She was
known to dance jigs to her grandmother’s country music and swim around the
family’s bathtub with her plastic frog and whale. “Danielle would dance to
anything, and she had rhythm too,” recalled Deniece Bell, Danielle’s mother.
Fond of her grandmother’s black poodle Maynard, Danielle liked birds, swinging
on her tree swing, and eating Mazzio’s calzones.
In the mornings when Deniece was putting on her makeup, Danielle did too, using
her own makeup basket. Fifteen months old, she already had an appreciation for
good hygiene. She liked to comb her hair and brush her teeth. “She’d walk
around with her toothbrush all day long (brushing),” said Deniece with a laugh.
Known lovingly as “Tooter” by mother and grandmother, she hobnobbed with the
older kids at day care (the 3 year olds). Children her own age bored her, and
she was no crybaby. “She only cried when she was made,” said her other. Her
usual demeanor? “She would hug you all the time and kiss you all the time,”
said Deniece, “and do stuff to make you laugh.”
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God's Little Angel "Pooter"
Danielle Nicole Bell
Daughter of Deniece
Loved So Much–Taken Too Soon
Dec. 27, 1993–Apr. 19, 1995
