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| Deb |
| steph |
TO MY DEAREST FAMILY:
--Author Unknown--
Some things i'd like to say,
but first of all to let you know that I arrived o-kay...
I'm writing this from heaven where I dwell with God above
Where there's no more tears or sadness there is just eternal love
Please do not be unhappy just because i'm out of sight
Remember that i'm with you every morning, noon, and night
That day I had to leave you when my life on earth was through
God picked me up and hugged me and he said I welcome you
It's good to have you back again you were missed while you were gone
as for your dearest family they'll be here later on
I need you here so badly as part of my big plan
Theres so much that we have to do to help our mortal man
Then God gave me a list of things he wishes me to do
and foremost on that list of mine is to watch and care for you
And I will be beside you every day and week and year
and when you're sad i'm standing there to wipe away your tear
And when you lie in bed at night the days chores put to flight
God and I are closest to you in the middle of the night
When you think of my life on Earth and all those loving years
because your only human they are bound to bring some tears
But do not be afraid to cry it does relieve the pain
Remember there would be no flowers unless there was some rain
I wish that I could tell you of all that God has planned
But if I were to tell you you wouldn't understand
But one thing is for certain though my life on Earth is o're
I'am closer to you now than I ever was before
And to my very many friends trust God knows what is best
I'm still not far away from you I'm just beyond the crest
There are rocky roads ahead of you and many hills to climb
But together we can do it taking one day at a time
It was always my philosophy and i'd like it for you too
That as you give unto the world so the world will give to you
If you can help someone who is in sorrow or in pain
Then you can say to God at night my day was not in vain
And now I'am contented that my life it was worthwhile
Knowing as I passed along the way I made somebody smile
So if you meet somebody who is down and feeling low
Just lend a hand to pick him up as on your way you go
When you are walking down the street and you've got me on your mind
I'm walking in your footsteps only half a step behind
And when you feel the gentle breeze or the wind upon your face
That's me giving you a great big hug or just a soft embrace
And when it's time for you to go from that body to be free
remember you're not going you are coming here to me
And I will always love you from that land way up above
Will be in touch again soon. P.S. God sends his love!
but first of all to let you know that I arrived o-kay...
I'm writing this from heaven where I dwell with God above
Where there's no more tears or sadness there is just eternal love
Please do not be unhappy just because i'm out of sight
Remember that i'm with you every morning, noon, and night
That day I had to leave you when my life on earth was through
God picked me up and hugged me and he said I welcome you
It's good to have you back again you were missed while you were gone
as for your dearest family they'll be here later on
I need you here so badly as part of my big plan
Theres so much that we have to do to help our mortal man
Then God gave me a list of things he wishes me to do
and foremost on that list of mine is to watch and care for you
And I will be beside you every day and week and year
and when you're sad i'm standing there to wipe away your tear
And when you lie in bed at night the days chores put to flight
God and I are closest to you in the middle of the night
When you think of my life on Earth and all those loving years
because your only human they are bound to bring some tears
But do not be afraid to cry it does relieve the pain
Remember there would be no flowers unless there was some rain
I wish that I could tell you of all that God has planned
But if I were to tell you you wouldn't understand
But one thing is for certain though my life on Earth is o're
I'am closer to you now than I ever was before
And to my very many friends trust God knows what is best
I'm still not far away from you I'm just beyond the crest
There are rocky roads ahead of you and many hills to climb
But together we can do it taking one day at a time
It was always my philosophy and i'd like it for you too
That as you give unto the world so the world will give to you
If you can help someone who is in sorrow or in pain
Then you can say to God at night my day was not in vain
And now I'am contented that my life it was worthwhile
Knowing as I passed along the way I made somebody smile
So if you meet somebody who is down and feeling low
Just lend a hand to pick him up as on your way you go
When you are walking down the street and you've got me on your mind
I'm walking in your footsteps only half a step behind
And when you feel the gentle breeze or the wind upon your face
That's me giving you a great big hug or just a soft embrace
And when it's time for you to go from that body to be free
remember you're not going you are coming here to me
And I will always love you from that land way up above
Will be in touch again soon. P.S. God sends his love!
--Author Unknown--
| steph |
| MOM |
AND GOD SAID
I said, " God, I hurt."
And God said, " I know."
I said, " God, I cry a lot."
And God said. " That is why I gave you tears."
I said, " God, I am so depressed."
And God said, " That is why I gave you Sunshine."
I said, " God, life is so hard."
And God said, " That is why I gave you loved ones."
I said, " God my loved one died."
And God said, " So did mine."
I said, " God, it is such a loss."
And God said. " I saw mine nailed to a cross."
I said, " God, but your loved one lives."
And God said, " So does yours."
I said, " God, where are they now?"
And God said, "Mine is on My right and yours will be in the Light."
I said, " God, I hurt."
And God said, " I know."
I said, " God, I cry a lot."
And God said. " That is why I gave you tears."
I said, " God, I am so depressed."
And God said, " That is why I gave you Sunshine."
I said, " God, life is so hard."
And God said, " That is why I gave you loved ones."
I said, " God my loved one died."
And God said, " So did mine."
I said, " God, it is such a loss."
And God said. " I saw mine nailed to a cross."
I said, " God, but your loved one lives."
And God said, " So does yours."
I said, " God, where are they now?"
And God said, "Mine is on My right and yours will be in the Light."
| MOM |
If Tears Could Build A Stairway
If tears could build a stairway,
and memories a lane.
I would walk right up to Heaven
and bring you back again.
No farewell words were spoken,
No time to say "Goodbye."
You were gone before I knew it,
and only God knows why.
My heart still aches with sadness,
and secret tears still flow.
What it meant to love you-
No one will ever know.
But now I know you want me
to mourn for you no more;
To remember all the happy times
life still has much in store.
Since you'll never be forgotten,
I pledge to you today~
A hollowed place within my heart
is where you'll always stay.
If tears could build a stairway,
and memories a lane.
I would walk right up to Heaven
and bring you back again.
No farewell words were spoken,
No time to say "Goodbye."
You were gone before I knew it,
and only God knows why.
My heart still aches with sadness,
and secret tears still flow.
What it meant to love you-
No one will ever know.
But now I know you want me
to mourn for you no more;
To remember all the happy times
life still has much in store.
Since you'll never be forgotten,
I pledge to you today~
A hollowed place within my heart
is where you'll always stay.
| Deb |
I can clearly see your smile.
I can deeply sense your gone.
As I wake in the morning,
I can feel the loss of you.
As my mind drifts, I remember
your charm and your utter
happiness.
I anger and rage against
powerlessness, I cringe at the
future missing you.
My heart bends as I recall
your willingness to belong,
your desire to be accepted,
your need to be involved.
I feel total regret as your
presence no longer passes
mine and as any chance to
connect with you is no more.
I feel hatred at the
circumstances you chose and guilt
that I feel hatred, my ears seek
out your laughter and my mind
swarms with your memory,
I 
deny that it will
one day seem distant, that my sorrow
for you will fade, you are now an internal
piece of who I am, you have imprinted
on my soul , I have changed into a
person who has lost you and am forevermore
missing you. As I take each breath
it is you I am inhaling, as my heart beats
so many more times it is for you that it continues.
Dec. 2007
| Mom |
My grief is like a river,
I have to let if flow,
but I myself determine
just where the banks will go.
Some days the current takes me
in waves of guilt and pain,
but there are always quiet pools
where I can rest again.
I crash on rocks of anger;
my faith seems faint indeed,
but there are other swimmers
who know that what I need
Are loving hands to hold me
when the waters are too swift,
and someone kind to listen
when I just seem to drift.
Grief's river is a process
of relinquishing the past.
By swimming in hope's channels,
I'll reach the shore at last.
I have to let if flow,
but I myself determine
just where the banks will go.
Some days the current takes me
in waves of guilt and pain,
but there are always quiet pools
where I can rest again.
I crash on rocks of anger;
my faith seems faint indeed,
but there are other swimmers
who know that what I need
Are loving hands to hold me
when the waters are too swift,
and someone kind to listen
when I just seem to drift.
Grief's river is a process
of relinquishing the past.
By swimming in hope's channels,
I'll reach the shore at last.
| MOM |
Sometimes I sense a little flutter.
Like a shadow swiftly slipping by.Or I hear a silent gentle murmur.Like a soft whisper from out the sky.Sometimes...I hear you call my name.Or clearly see your face before me.And I feel that you are with me still. Then peacefully...I come to know
As I am thinking happy thoughts of you,you, my son, are thinking of me too.Loving memories fill my aching heart.As dreaming dreams of what could be. Or might have been, if you were here. Until the piercing pain of losing you Comes tumbling down on trembling fear. And clearly once again I hear you say. "But Mom...What if I had never been. You could not then in LOVE remember me."
| Alayna & Ri |
Daddy |
| I once knew a man, Who gave love at his best, Who did what he believed was right. I once knew a man, Who suffered uncontrollably, Who found out how much he was loved. I once knew a man, Who gave everything he could, Until he couldn't go on. The man I once knew, I will always remember, As my daddy. I love you wherever you are. |
| Marcy |
What do they know
I face the world with a smile, no one knows what is hid inside.
They see only happiness, they cant see the tears I've cried.
When I am alone I hurt, because here I do it well.
In front of all the watchful eyes my heaven turns to hell.
The judge and jury awaits me, everyone has a say.
In a life that hangs suspended for yet another day.
Who are they to judge if what I have done is right or wrong?
In the end I gave him up, but inside still sing his song.
I don't know how to find the strength I thought I had.
If only I could play tough it wouldn't be so bad.
They say that life goes on and someday I'll smile again.
But, how do they know my pain without being where I've been?
I've traveled so far from home, and can't find my way back.
Somewhere along the way I must have jumped the track.
I saw him just today and his smile is still the same.
He looked at me so sweetly, but never spoke my name.
I wonder if he remembers me, It hasn't been that long.
He may have forgotten me, but I still sing his song.
I face the world with a smile, no one knows what is hid inside.
They see only happiness, they cant see the tears I've cried.
When I am alone I hurt, because here I do it well.
In front of all the watchful eyes my heaven turns to hell.
The judge and jury awaits me, everyone has a say.
In a life that hangs suspended for yet another day.
Who are they to judge if what I have done is right or wrong?
In the end I gave him up, but inside still sing his song.
I don't know how to find the strength I thought I had.
If only I could play tough it wouldn't be so bad.
They say that life goes on and someday I'll smile again.
But, how do they know my pain without being where I've been?
I've traveled so far from home, and can't find my way back.
Somewhere along the way I must have jumped the track.
I saw him just today and his smile is still the same.
He looked at me so sweetly, but never spoke my name.
I wonder if he remembers me, It hasn't been that long.
He may have forgotten me, but I still sing his song.
| Mom |
I needed the quiet so he drew me aside.
Into the shadows where we could confide.
Away from the bustle where all day long
I hurried and worried when active and strong.
I needed the quiet tho at first I rebelled but
gently, so gently, my cross He upheld and
whispered so sweetly of spiritual things
Tho weakened in body, my spirit took wings
To heights never dreamed of when active
and gay. He loved so greatly He drew me away.
I needed the quiet. No prison my bed,
But a beautiful valley of blessings instead
A place to grow richer in Jesus to hide
I needed the quiet so He drew me aside.
| Steph |
I'M FREE
Don't grieve for me, for now I'm free.
I'm following the path God has laid for me.
I took his hand when I heard him call;
I turned my back and left it all.
I could not stay another day.
To laugh, to love, to work or play.
Tasks left undone must stay that way;
I found that place at the close of the day.
If my parting has left a void.
Then fill it with remembered joy.
A friendship shared a laugh, a kiss;
ah yes, these things, I too will miss.
Be not burdened with times of sorrow
I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow.
My life's been full, Ive savored much;
Good friends, good times, a loves ones touch.
Perhaps my time seems all to brief;
Don't lengthen it now with undue grief.
Lift your hearts and share with me.
God wanted me now, He set me free
I'm following the path God has laid for me.
I took his hand when I heard him call;
I turned my back and left it all.
I could not stay another day.
To laugh, to love, to work or play.
Tasks left undone must stay that way;
I found that place at the close of the day.
If my parting has left a void.
Then fill it with remembered joy.
A friendship shared a laugh, a kiss;
ah yes, these things, I too will miss.
Be not burdened with times of sorrow
I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow.
My life's been full, Ive savored much;
Good friends, good times, a loves ones touch.
Perhaps my time seems all to brief;
Don't lengthen it now with undue grief.
Lift your hearts and share with me.
God wanted me now, He set me free
| dad |
My youngest son ...
D is for devotion, caring and kindness
A is for admirable, heart of gold
N is for naturally, intelligent soul
I is for immeasurable love
E is for excellent talent and grace
L is for lovable warming smile
Danny, i love and miss you so much. I will never get over the loss of you. See you in Heaven.
Love, dad.
| Marcy |
I was standing outside one day and I seen a falcon in your mom's bush beside the driveway it sat there just watching me and I knew it was you just checking on me and seeing how we all were doing. From now on whenever see a falcon again i will know its you and will always be watching over all of us. I will always remember the smile on your face when you seen the Oracle Bi-Plane fly and do all the amazing things that plane can do.
You will always and forever in our hearts and we love you so much.
| Deb |
Danny, I can't stop thinking of you!
| Deb |
When I drove past your house, where you'll never come home, when they turned off the lights and said your nevermore, I remember.
| MOM |
My life is but a weaving
Between my lord and me.
I cannot choose the colors
He works so steadily.
Oft times He weaves in sorrow
And I, in foolish pride,
Forget He sees the upper
And I, the underside.
Not til the loom is silent
And the shuttles cease to fly,
Will God unroll the tapestry,
And explain the reason why,
The dark threads are as needed
In the Weaver's skillful hand,
As the threads of gold and silver
In the pattern He has planned.
Between my lord and me.
I cannot choose the colors
He works so steadily.
Oft times He weaves in sorrow
And I, in foolish pride,
Forget He sees the upper
And I, the underside.
Not til the loom is silent
And the shuttles cease to fly,
Will God unroll the tapestry,
And explain the reason why,
The dark threads are as needed
In the Weaver's skillful hand,
As the threads of gold and silver
In the pattern He has planned.
| Deb |
Dan, I am looking for a sign from you, I search they sky and the land for a glimpse of your presence, I want to see you everywhere. I want to hear your voice and relish in your laughter and your infectious enjoyment. I miss you. I miss knowing you are here, miss knowing you are my friend as well as brother. So many times each day my mind drifts to you, towards your past, our past, you as a child, you as a husband and father. My mind skips to the future, a future missing you. How hard and sad that will be. I am looking for that sign, that you still exist somewhere and somehow, I will know it when I see it.
| shannon thompson & samantha harris |
there once was a time, so long ago .. when uncle danny babysat shannon and sam. he was a toughy of a babysitter, and got pretty mad when sam and i goofed around. ya see, we liked to tell jokes back then and uncle danny told us of the girl who had green hair and was allll natural. although we were walking on egg shells and he had already seperated us, he still couldn't help but smile. from then on, breaking the banister, not cleaning up after mini, all the garage sales, and paying a dollar to dance with him at his wedding, he was our uncle danny .. and he still his. we'll never forget the laughs, and the being afraid but he's in a better place. deep down inside, we thank god for that. have fun uncle danny, we love you.
| Debra |
Dan, I am trying to place in my mind a picture of you walking away, turning back to smile and wave to me, with a look of contentment and peace surrounding you. With this seed of your image to grow in my mind I pray to some day find this plant has blossomed and grown into a healthy thriving memory that will block out the weeds of sorrow.
As time goes on without you and as seasons change our lives as they were before you left us are as gone and empty as your being, our memories of your gentle, kind and infectious soul will sustain our hope that someday we shall meet again and embrace each other for eternity.
Dan my heart aches for you and I would gladly trade my life for yours if it was possible, I would sell my soul to return in time to stop you from leaving, for one moment to make it all go away, I feel so at loss that I can do nothing, so betrayed that I am without any ability to change this and so dark spirited that you felt so alone and hopeless that this path you chose.
Lindsey says you are her angel, I believe her, I hope you can see now that the overwhelming love for you existed and that we all miss you, I hope you are free of pain and anguish and filled with light and love.
Remember we love you with all that becomes us and your memory and your children will see us through.
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