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Thank you so much for the picture but most of all the words. You are the one that really understands "family" and Life!
You are a blessing in my life even though I don't really know you that well. Miles seem to keep a lot of us unknowing. Thank you again for sharing.
My prayers are with you all and please keep all of my family in your prayers.
Love,
Janie
You are a blessing in my life even though I don't really know you that well. Miles seem to keep a lot of us unknowing. Thank you again for sharing.
My prayers are with you all and please keep all of my family in your prayers.
Love,
Janie
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Hi Everyone. It's that time of year again. Spring pictures arrived from school today. They were taken on April 2. This is our Kasey as her Kindergarten year comes to a downhill drag.
She is 6 1/2 years old. She has an October birthday. By all her grade cards she will be passing to the 1st grade next year. Wish I got new pictures of all the other grandchildren, but none yet!
The weather is starting to warm slightly. My daffodils bloomed yesterday. My sister, Carolyn's husband Lester passed away April 8th. He was 56 years old. He had been in and out of the hospital since February 14th. It was sudden and he died within 10 minutes from the onset of symptoms. He was undergoing kidney dialysis. The nurses came in to prep him and when he sat up he had difficulty breathing. It is common for kidney patients to be affected with sudden heart failure. It was so sad. He was doing better the night before struggling to fight off a c-diff virus. He was stronger and talking with my sister. She didn't leave until after the 11:00 pm newscast. Carolyn is holding on strong with her faith in God. She is lost as what to do next, but this morning she and her son David were putting one foot in front of the other and heading out the door to take care of business.
She is very thankful for all the prayers and well wishes for Lester (we all call him Lee, their last name) The many cards, gifts and funny notes brought smiles to their faces. Some ,like mine and my friend Barbs, "funnies" didn't arrive until after Lee passed away, but they were glad to have the smiles the funnies left in their grief. It was welcome respite. Barb, an aside to you dear, Gladys is our mothers name and it just so happens that she attended school while living with her sister in Kentucky. My sister said she had to look at the envelope twice to see if I had sent it. Ha ha! It tickled them very much and it was a blessing. I can't wait to see it. I gathered all our condolences here on the computer and took them to Carolyn. Her home is computer-free. Everyone's love and sympathy comforted her. There is a guest book on-line at Ohio.com if anyone would like to leave a message. Our home paper is the Akron Beacon Journal and Lee's obituary was in there on April 10th if I'm not mistaken.
Mema Gladys is taking this awfully hard. We lost Dad, Dec.23,1998, Allyson, May 26, 1999, then my Dale on Feb. 20, 2004, 2 nieces that were younger than Mom and now Lee. She is wanting to leave this world and feels it is her time to go. (87 w/alzheimers) She wonders why God would take those younger than her who still had so much life they wanted to live. She wants to be with Dad. She said she has lived a full life. She's ready to go. As she puts it," I'm ready to go bye-bye."
Heavenly Father knows when our work is finished here.
I would like to say to everyone, do something for someone you love today that is special. Pick a flower and surprise them. Send a card with a hug (x) & kiss (o). To live is to love
To love is to share
To share is to give
And to give is to care!
Honor someone you love. Share your stories and your memories. We need to be more story tellers so our families remember. My favorite times growing up were sitting around my various aunts kitchen tables and listening to their stories of different relatives over coffee and buttered biscuits and homemade jelly a lot of the time.
I've really gone on, but I love ALL YA'LL, You matter to me!
Hugs, love and kisses,
Cathy
Catherine
Cate
(or whatever else you know me by.)
Hi Everyone. It's that time of year again. Spring pictures arrived from school today. They were taken on April 2. This is our Kasey as her Kindergarten year comes to a downhill drag.
She is 6 1/2 years old. She has an October birthday. By all her grade cards she will be passing to the 1st grade next year. Wish I got new pictures of all the other grandchildren, but none yet!
The weather is starting to warm slightly. My daffodils bloomed yesterday. My sister, Carolyn's husband Lester passed away April 8th. He was 56 years old. He had been in and out of the hospital since February 14th. It was sudden and he died within 10 minutes from the onset of symptoms. He was undergoing kidney dialysis. The nurses came in to prep him and when he sat up he had difficulty breathing. It is common for kidney patients to be affected with sudden heart failure. It was so sad. He was doing better the night before struggling to fight off a c-diff virus. He was stronger and talking with my sister. She didn't leave until after the 11:00 pm newscast. Carolyn is holding on strong with her faith in God. She is lost as what to do next, but this morning she and her son David were putting one foot in front of the other and heading out the door to take care of business.
She is very thankful for all the prayers and well wishes for Lester (we all call him Lee, their last name) The many cards, gifts and funny notes brought smiles to their faces. Some ,like mine and my friend Barbs, "funnies" didn't arrive until after Lee passed away, but they were glad to have the smiles the funnies left in their grief. It was welcome respite. Barb, an aside to you dear, Gladys is our mothers name and it just so happens that she attended school while living with her sister in Kentucky. My sister said she had to look at the envelope twice to see if I had sent it. Ha ha! It tickled them very much and it was a blessing. I can't wait to see it. I gathered all our condolences here on the computer and took them to Carolyn. Her home is computer-free. Everyone's love and sympathy comforted her. There is a guest book on-line at Ohio.com if anyone would like to leave a message. Our home paper is the Akron Beacon Journal and Lee's obituary was in there on April 10th if I'm not mistaken.
Mema Gladys is taking this awfully hard. We lost Dad, Dec.23,1998, Allyson, May 26, 1999, then my Dale on Feb. 20, 2004, 2 nieces that were younger than Mom and now Lee. She is wanting to leave this world and feels it is her time to go. (87 w/alzheimers) She wonders why God would take those younger than her who still had so much life they wanted to live. She wants to be with Dad. She said she has lived a full life. She's ready to go. As she puts it," I'm ready to go bye-bye."
Heavenly Father knows when our work is finished here.
I would like to say to everyone, do something for someone you love today that is special. Pick a flower and surprise them. Send a card with a hug (x) & kiss (o). To live is to love
To love is to share
To share is to give
And to give is to care!
Honor someone you love. Share your stories and your memories. We need to be more story tellers so our families remember. My favorite times growing up were sitting around my various aunts kitchen tables and listening to their stories of different relatives over coffee and buttered biscuits and homemade jelly a lot of the time.
I've really gone on, but I love ALL YA'LL, You matter to me!
Hugs, love and kisses,
Cathy
Catherine
Cate
(or whatever else you know me by.)
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