posted on December 24, 2000 05:16:11 PM new
In memory of Snoopy, CopperRedLady, Max, Panda, Barney, Betty and Fred, KeeKee, Red, Poopie, Ben, Big Dog, Chrissy and the many other "friends" I had over the years. Miss each and every one of you, and I will see you eventually...wait for me!
posted on December 24, 2000 09:35:59 PM new
Thanks kris ! I came here tonight just for this. I well remember the thread last year being just days after burying my Mom and prayed that one had started this year. Bless you and thank you.
Dad 7/28/1917 - 5/20/1997
Mom 3/12/1919 - 12/16/1999
This is your second Christmas together in Heaven, always in our hearts, constantly on my mind. I will miss you for the rest of my life but take comfort in knowing that I had you both for so long.
" MERRY CHRISTMAS " and take care of each other.
Norma -
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posted on December 25, 2000 12:58:52 AM new
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Well Dad...Jeremy is following in your footsteps with his love of flying. After your death he went into drugs etc. 10 yrs later he is clean and graduating from Spartan! You would be so proud!
Love ya..see ya in a blink of an eye!
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I'm glad to see so many here again. Remembering is as much a part as the new memories are.
Happy Day to all - I'm off to get ready to go to the inlaws. Pray for me! LOL!
posted on December 27, 2000 09:04:35 PM new
My Mama Joy,2/7/23-3/31/98 My hero,My auntie Mame.When you lose your Mama,You lose yourself.No one else will worry about you like a mother,No one else can forgive as a mother.No one can truely love you thru all your faults as a mother will do.The one person that taught me there is no limits to what I can do,Just be a lady,When you do it.
Mama taught me to drive a standard shift when I was 9,Because that is the age she was taught.When Mama went through some very bad times,She worried more about the other people around her.But thats the way my Mama was.Wish
I could have kept you,,,,, just a little longer.
posted on December 28, 2000 06:06:42 AM newJunquemama - you said it well. Tomorrow is the ten year anniversary since I lost my own mom. And I have never been the same person I was before - I think when we lose our moms, we have no choice but to grow up and go it alone. It was a beautiful tribute.
posted on December 29, 2000 12:54:19 AM new
A kiss - for Gram. Oh, how the girls miss you - and yes, Hayley felt the kiss - and heard you. But you already know that. Thank you for lightening her spirit. AND for watching over them.
To my grandparents - I loved you all. Amazing how often I think of all of you now that I have children of my own.
posted on December 29, 2000 05:46:52 AM new
My grandfather who died on his 75th birthday, November 14, 1999. His mother gave him birth and she returned to take him into heaven. Miss you pappy!
posted on December 29, 2000 09:09:36 AM new
Mom - ten years ago this afternoon, my husband sent me out of the house. "Go to work", he said. "You are making yourself crazy." And you slept - you had been sleeping there, in your chair, for three days, so peaceful, but we couldn't rouse you anymore at all. I didn't want to leave! But I knew he was right. I was frantic with the mixed emotions - fear, exhaustion, relief. So I went to work for a while, took some lunch for Drea and me to eat when I got there. We managed to eat, went back to our work areas. Fifteen minutes later, he called.
You waited. You never were very good at walking away from me while I was watching.
Your candle is lit here today. We are homebound from too much snow (you woulda loved this!), so it's not an electric candle today - it's the real thing. Sitting under your picture - you know, the one where you had lost all that weight, and you were trying to sit up on the wall and you were laughing because it had been so long since you boosted your butt up on a wall like that you couldn't remember how. That picture - that is how I see you in my heart. Laughing. Healthy.
Thank you for watching out for me. Thank you for helping me have an easier holiday this year. I still miss you - desperately, some days - but I know you walk with me every step I take.
posted on December 29, 2000 11:29:41 PM new
To Oliver (1922) and Peggy (1926)- Five Generations later we are still there and you should see it now.
To Calvin (1938) and Lucinda (1949) - The stories of your lives still motivate me to excellence.
To Wise (1944) and Minnie (1949)- Dreams do come true.
To Chris (4/15/74) and Ada (9/29/87) - It left for 13 through no fault of mine its back this year and will never leave again.
To Aaron (10/14/84) and Mary (12/25/99)- The six stay united although we argue over who's in charge.
To Martha (Mom)(2/26/91)- If someone would have told me that 7/15/1989 would have been last time I saw you. I would have never let you go.
To Uncle Aaron (4/25/93) - Bloop Blackjack upside your head. I still remember that crazy game you used to play. Looking forward to playing it with my kids one day.
To Aunt Lucy (6/15/93) - Lenn misses you dearly but we try to keep him occupied.
To Ella Chaivs (8/20/1982) - You had no children of your own but made due with me and Latina. I hope we haven't disappointed you.
To Rover you were faithful to the end.
To Jack missed your royal highness on the farm this Christmas.
I normally only do this Memorial Day but I guess the end of the year is just as good a time as any.
posted on December 29, 2000 11:40:39 PM new
Thank you all for the above kind words. I am sad to have to add to the list again. But I thank you all for the time and the place to share this
For Duelie - the 140 pound Rotweiller lapdog who brought great joy and love no matter where he was. He belonged to the best friend that I have, but lived at my place for a while. Gone today - but will be with me always.
I will always laugh at the thought of the Goat herd's reaction of "What the hell is THAT? - everybody - RUN!!" when I would walk him by their pen.
I am glad for this thread for another reason - I was reminded that when we suffer a loss we are saddened. But I now understand a bit better that we cannot focus only on the loss - but we must thank the gods that people and companions (like we remember here) have LIVED.
The world is a better place because of them and our lives richer because they lived life with us and kept us company for part of the journey.
It was a beautiful tribute.