this one's for you mom

Dear Mom

I pray you have a very Happy Mother's Day

that you feel loved & appreciated

that you know how much i respect and honor you

that i loved growing up in a happy home

that it warmed my heart and taught me greatly about the importance of spiritual things, to wake each day and find you down stairs praying and spending time with the Lord

that it made me feel secure knowing you loved dad and that i would never have to worry about having divorced parents

thank you for always being proud of me and Corey

thank you for making homecooked meals....all the time

& for taking me to the beach and sharing my love for collecting seashells

i watched you care for your parents in your own home, sacrificing much for them

thank you for helping me when gregg died and i felt all alone

thank you for all the special little things you do for my girls....you are a wonderful Mimi

for all the times when i didn't say it enough, please know you were never taken for granted



for everything...i thank YOU

And to Lil....

this is our first mother's day without you

oh how you are missed

especially by little Caroline

she talks about you all the time

she uses a laminated copy of your obituary as a book mark

& she's taped a picture of you holding her on her night table

we've been watching after pop pop

he's been so sick these last several months

i wonder sometimes, if that's his soul's way of longing for you

he kisses your picture each night before bed

can you see that from Heaven?

oh, i hope you can

i think you'd still be so proud of your son

you taught him well

he loves me and the girls more than i ever dreamed of being loved

he's loyal, tender, and kind

but he's strong and protective too

he's officially an Assistant Principal now too

you obviously were a great mom to him and now

5 girls get to reap those blessings

thank you's never seem enough do they?

we love you

god speed grammy