My mom was diagnosed with cancer on Aug. 26, 1997.
She passed away 2 months and 2 days later.
She was my strength and my support,
my life will never be the same again.
I think of her every day and miss her more
than words can ever express.
I take comfort in knowing that
heaven got a new angel on
October 28, 1997
Tribute To My Mom
January 28, 1930-October 28, 1997
"It is through giving that
we receive, and it is
through dying that we are born to eternal life"
~St. Francis of Assisi~
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And now it is an angel's song,
That makes the heavens be mute
With a heart heavy and a barely contained tear,
I write this thinking of you my friend.
I know words cannot change that which must be,
my only hope is that they can be a bright spot for you
and yours in an otherwise dark time.
Dick - 9/28/97
A Mom for an Eternity
Into the world a beautiful child was brought to me
and thus started my journey
to be a Mom for anEternity
And so soon others did beautifully follow
for without children my life would
have seemed empty and hollow
I set to raise my children to grow kind and strong
for this was my sole purpose ... and joy all along
Yes many days were indeed hard
for it seemed I toiled alone
but never prouder could I be,
now that I see you all so well grown
And now it is also left to you, to do as did I
to alone raise my grandchildren, kind and strong,
after I have waved good bye
Teach to them the things I have taught
show to them all the things that together
our lives have brought
The great happiness, the wondrous joy and even
sometimes the free flowing tears
that we have shared across these
long and many years
The time approaches for you
to so honor my legacy
for so to shall your children need a
Mom for an Eternity
Though now my voice is a but whisper where
once it was strong and loud
know that I have raised you well
and am ever proud
Fear not my children, for I find peace in knowing
my days with you have been so blessed
and so am able to smile through even this,
life's hardest test
The time now nears that, in this form,
I must depart
and in my next form, a new and even more blessed
life shall start
Out of my sight though you will never stray
and over you, as always,
I shall watch each and every day
I have tried in my life to do for you all that I may
and ask now simply that ... with me and for us ...
that you pray
With my words, my actions and indeed my life, I
have tried to make you see
I shall forever remain ...
a Mom for an Eternity
... and so a child will cry out at a passing and a kind and motherly
soul shall arise on the new found wings of the angel she has always been - find comfort in
knowing that the thoughts and prayers of many are with you all ...
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