MEMORIAL VALENTINES

Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y

FOR OUR CHILDREN

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INSIDE OF MINE


Since you've been gone my heart is blue.
But death cannot keep me from you.
For you live on My Valentine.
Your heart still beats inside of mine.

©2007 - Christine Ross

Published in
LIVING WITH LOSS MAGAZINE
Spring 2010, Volume 25 No. 2
Bereavement Publications, Inc.




1

"DANNY"
DANIEL
SCOTT
FORRESTER
30 Years


"LUKE"
LUCAS
CHRISTOPHER
ROSS
21 years


"BEAU"
JASON
BEAU
MORGAN
23 Years


AVRA
MARIE
JOHNSON
RAMSAY
21 Years


2

"BRAD"
BRADLEY
LOUIS
CORDIAL
17 years


BRODY
JASON
MOUCH
2 hours


JACOB
KENNETH
DAVIS
13 years


CADE
DAWSON
WRIGHT
3 years


3

RICKY
AARON
PHILLIPS
22 years


RAYLENE
ALICIA
GUTIERREZ
23 years


JAYDEN
EARL
ELLEFSON
1 year 1 month


"LUKE"
LUCAS
JAMES
FLOREN
21 years


4

RICKY
JAMES
DAVIS, JR.
24 years


"JOSH"
JOSHUA
SAMUEL
HUGHES
21 years


"JOEY"
JOSEPH
DAVID
SORENSON
21 years


MICHAEL
JOHN
SHULTZ
8 months


5

JOEY
MARSHALL
WHITEMAN
21 years


ARLYN
MARIA
BEAL
18 Years


CARTER
GERALD
SANDQUIST
3 days


DEREK
SEAN
DYSON
19 years


6

STEPHEN
MATTHEW
WILSON
20 1/2 years


JUSTIN
PIERCE
12 years


"BECKY JO"
REBECCA
JO
SESTER
15 years


"ALEX"
ALEXANDER
ZACHARY
MATTHEW
SALADINO
4 years


7

"ANGIE"
ANGELA
RENEE
KRESGE
21 Years


HANNAH
ISABELLA
SNYDER
3 1/2 years


GILLES
MICHAEL
MOREAU
16 years


"JOEY"
JOSEPH
ZACHARY
TAYLOR
4 years


8

JASON
PAUL
HILTON
24 years


MATTHEW
JOHN
BROWN
21 years


SARAH
JEAN
DAVIDSON
3 years 11 months


"TAB"
TABATHA
LEANN
WOOTEN
20 years


9

CHRISTOPHER
RONALD
FALLER
7 years


JUSTIN
MICHAEL
ROBERTSON
17 years


JACE
ALEXANDER
GIKAS
6 months


ETHAN
MICHAEL
LYNN
KILPATRICK
4 1/2 years


10

"JOSH"
JOSHUA
PAUL
COPE
21 years


TYLER
BILLY
TSCHESCHLOG
14 years


SKYLAR
EDWARD
AARVAG
10 months


GALEN
WAYNE
MASTERSON
11 years


11

CAROL
RAE
SMART
18 years


"ALEX"
ALEXANDER
CHARLES
GILL
2 months


CANDICE
KEIM
19 years


DEREK
GEIBE
20 years


12

JASON
SCOTT
GRIFFITH
24 years


"BUTCH"
WILLIAM
EDWARD
HERBERT
21 years


"DONNIE"
DONALD
BERNARD
HERBERT
9 years


"KATH"
KATHRYN-MARY
IRENE
HERBERT
11 years


13

CORRINA
JENNELL
PARSLOW
19 years


ALLEN
D.
BORING, Jr.
32 years


CHRISTINE
MARIE
KLEIN
27 years


KANDA
MICHELLE
JACOBS
30 years


14

DANIEL
EDWARD
RICKETTS II
30 years


KEVIN
JAMES
BOGERT
31 years


JASON
LEE
HAFFORD
22 years


DONALD
WARREN
BARKER
33 years


15

GARETT
WAYNE
CLARKSON
27 years


JOSHUA
DAVID
GODDARD
27 years


KAYLA
MARIE
CHRISTIAN
16 years


BRETT
ANTHONY
GINDER
18 years


16

DAVID
L.
RATCLIFFE III
(DIII)
26 years


LAUREN
RENEE
BOLLES
16 years


AMANDA
ROSE
WAINSCOTT
20 years


JOSHUA
RICHARD
LEE
VARGAS
29 years


17

"MIKEY"
MICHAEL
RAY
CAGLE,JR.
17 years


JACOB
R.
DURAN
(JUNIOR)
19 years


SARAH
LISA
GUERRERO
17 years


BRANDON
WILLIAMS
TOMS
17 years


18

TONYA
LYNN
HORTON
18 years


"ALLEN"
PETER
ALLEN
ASENCIO, JR.
36 years


"JOSH"
MCCOY
25 years


ERIC
SUTTON
SKINNER
19 years


19

JOHN
TAYLOR
LOMON
17 years


STEPHANIE
DAWN
BARRAGY


"RONNIE"
RONALD
STEVE
CHAVERS
24 years


MAKAYLA
ALEXIS
CHAVERS
5 months


20

TAMI
MARIE
WOLFE
20 years


STEVEN
VINCENT
MIRELES
18 years


AARON
MATTHEW
ORITZ
19 years

STEVEN
CLANCY
27 years


21

BRANDON
JAMES
QUINN-GOMEZ
11 months, 9 days


"JOSH"
JOSHUA
LEE
FRITZ
31 years


JEANINE
TAMARA
JOHNSON
23 years


TRACY
LEE
COX
30 years


22

"ROBBIE"
ROBERT
HAMPTON
SMITH
16 years


"MACK"
KENNETH
MACK
HILLERY
CREAMER
17 years


JESSICA
M.
AMARAL
15 years


ORAN
DANIEL
JONES
19 years


23

ROBERT
JAMES
DELOSH
24 years


JACKY
MICHAEL
DELOSH
1 hour


ASHLEY
NIAMH
MCCAULEY
13 years


GARRETT
DUSTIN
FRAZEE
24 years


24

JASON
LEE
WEST
19 years


JESSICA
LOUISE
WEST
17 years


MACKENZIE
NICOLE
WEST
13 years


MICHAEL
SMICH
33years


25

"JOEY"
JOSEPH
CHRETIEN JR.
25 years


"BOBBIE"
ROBERT
J.
MCCARTHY IV
19 years


CARL
TAYLOR
1 year 6 days


"DEBBIE"
DEBORAH
JEAN
FREITAS
DAUGHRATY
42 years


26

PRISCILLA
ANN
FREITAS
1 year 4 days


DANIEL
VINCENT
STAIB
23 years


GARRETT
DANIEL
STAIB
1 hour


JOSHUA
DAVID
UNDERWOOD
24 years


27

CASSANDRA
LEIGH
BAKER
23 years


JUSTIN
MICHAEL
EVANS
17 years


CRAIG
BALDRIDGE
31 years


RYAN
ALLEN
DAUGHERTY
30 years


28

"JOSH"
JOSHUA
ENVIL
26 years


CORWIN
JAMES
FARMER
19 years


KEITH
WARREN
PETERSON
21 years


CORY
GENE
PILAT
21 years


29

AIMEE
LYNN
PLUMMER
20 years


MATTHEW
TYLER
HUDSON
18 years


BRIAN
JOSEPH
PARKER
27 years


TIMOTHY
PATRICK
PARKER
25 years


30

REA
NICHOLE
KESINGER
18 years


"DAMO"
DAMIAN
REID
CARVER
19 years


NATHAN
LYNN
FORD
18 years


ROSS
HUNTER
WHITE
19 years


31

JASON
RAMIREZ
18 years


DANIEL
RAMIREZ
17 years


LISA
FERNANDEZ
17 years


LEE
WILLIAM
HARRIS
33 years


32

JOSEPH
E.
KELLER
14 years


EMILY
LOU
MILLER
Stillborn


THOMAS
A.
KELLER
13 years


KAREN
E.
KING
11 years


33

LARRY
LAFOY
FLIPPENCE
41 years


"MIKEY"
MICHAEL
SPENCER
WILTSIE
12 years


LORENZO
IBARRA
7 years


STEVEN
M.
BOYD
24 years


34

SCOTT
RUSSELL
VOELKER
22 years


WENDY
NICOLE
DICKENS
MCCAMMON
21 years


AARON
SHOULDERS
18 years


"WAYNE"
BRADFORD
WAYNE
WELLS, JR.
42 years


35

ALYSSA
ESTEVEZ
24 YEARS


"CLINT"
CLINTON
TERRY
MILAM
10 years


AMY
LYNN
ALSOFROM
25 years


ANTHONY
PAUL
WODZINSKI
15 years


36

BENJAMIN
"TAYLOR"
HUTH
26 years


"GRANT"
JERRY
GRANT
LEWIS
26 years


BUDDY
SEGLER
17 years


CALEB
JOSEPH
HIEATT
15 years


37

CHRISTOPHER
DALE
BOOY
21 years


AMANDA
CHRISTINE
WARNOCK
13 years


COREY
CHRISTOPHER
JAMES
20 years


MICHELLE
MARIE
JAMES
22 years


38

CORLISE
DAWN
LEHMANN
27 years


DANIELLE
MARIE
PLOURDE
11 years


DARYL
JOHNSON
18 years


DENISE
MARIE
MCCORMICK
40 years


39

ECOCENCIO
KINTIA
GRAVES
7 years


BRANDON
TYLER
BESHADA
25 years


FAITH
ANN
MCINTIRE
4 1/2 months


GEOFFREY
PHILIP
JAMES
EDWARDS
18 years


40

MISTY
ANGEL
TRANTHAM
15 years


HAYDEN
ALAN
ADAMS
37 days


JAMES
AARON
GUREVICH
17 years


RODNEY
ALLEN
NISBET
38 years


41

JASON
PAUL
HARRILL
22 years


JEREMY
JEFFERSON


MEGAN
MARIE
BAKER
21 years


JESSICA
KASSANDRA
HAFFER
14 years


42

JODY
LAWRENCE
GONYOU
30 years


KIRK
MATTHEW 17 years


"KRISS"
KRISSTOFFER
JEFFERSON
20 years


KRISTA
KATHLEEN
KELLY
28 years


43

LISA
FAYE
BESSIRE


HEATHER
LYNNE
WILLIAMSON
22 years


MATTHEW
JORDAN
THOMPSON
29 years


MICHAEL
DONNELLY
BUTKA
16 years


44

SHERRIE
REANNA
MORELAND
15 years


"MIKEY"
MICHAEL
JOHN
VINYARD
5 years, 7 months


"TONY"
ANTHONY
RYAN
MCLEMORE
31 years


TATYANA
LORIANN
CIRKSENA
14 months


45

MPUNDU
HILDA
KASUBA
15 years


"OLYA"
OLESYA
VITALIEVNA
NOVIKOVA
22 months


PAUL
JOHN
LAFAVER
27 years


JEREMY
DILLON
WILLIAMS
18 years


46

PAUL
RYAN
SHANNO
9 1/2 years


PETER
RAYMOND
ELLWOOD
33 years


TONY
TREVHERON
ELLWOOD
37 years


ROBERT
BOBBY
KRAIZA
30 years


47

RYAN
MICHAEL
HOOK
21 years


SETH
NILES
CROMER
5 years


STEPHEN
JARED
EBANKS
17 years


ANTHONY
JAMES-JUSTIN
FRIEND
27 years


48

TOMMY
M.
CHILDRESS
18 years


TREVOR
MARK
ORITZ
23 years


JAMIE
MARILYN
VITELLO


ALEXANDRA
VICTORIA
RENTFRO
8 years


49

"KRISTI"
KRISTINA
DAWN
BARKHURST


CHAD
KITCHEN
25 years


CHRISTOPHER
ALLEN
MORELL
23 months


AMANDA
ALICIA
MARIA
MORROW
19 years


50

MICHAEL
M.
MALUCELLI
18 years


BRIAN
WILLIAM
MALUCELLI
33 years


JONATHON
EDWARD
HAMPTON
19 years


THOMAS
PATRICK
FARRIS
23 years


51

ADAM
R.
FIOCK
26 years


JOSEPH
DIONISIO
23 years


RANDY
SANTMANN
22 years


"CASSY"
CASSONDRA
A.
SMALL
20 years


52

CHRISTOPHER
S.
PARKS
31 years


JONATHAN
STEVEN
WITTY
16 years


SASHA
DANIELLE
WOLFE
29 years


JOEY
SCARPA
23 years


53

AUSTIN
GRAHAM
CHASE
15 years


"BOBBY"
ROBERT
LOUIS
MONTGOMERY
27 years


"BOB"
ROBERT
WILLIAMS
19 years


ASHLEIGH
"PAIGE"
MARIE
BENNETT
7 years


54

JUSTIN
LUKE
21 years


HAYES
KENT
16 years


JEREMY
DANIEL
NIEVES
24 years


SHANNON
ELIZABETH
LAUDIG
21 years


55

JAMES
MICHAEL
"MIKE"
ALEXANDER
22 years


"KATIE"
KATHRYN
JEAN
FISHER
18 years


DYLAN
AYRES
15 years



BRENTEN
ANDREW
DAVIDSON
19 years


56

JUSTIN
N.
RATLIFF
20 years



LINDA
ANN
RATLIFF
46 years



BUCKLEY
ABOUKOURA
19 years


CORLISE
DAWN
LEHMANN
27 years


57

TRACEY
LYNN
WARD
20 years



"BRAD"
BRADLEY
ALAN
O'MARTIN
27 years


ORIZ
LEE
MILLER
39 years



AARON
MATTHEW
ORTIZ
19 years



58

CHRISTOPHER
"JASON"
SIMMONS
19 years


BRANDON
WESLEY
SGAGGERO
29 years


CHRISTOPHER
DAVID
NICHOLS
27 years


MICHELLE
NICOLE
ROYE
29 years


59

VERNON
EUGENE
LIPSEY
18 years



KEITH
ROBERT
JOHNSON
14 yrs, 7 1/2 mos



LEE
HENRY
AGUILERA
25 years


ADAM
JAROD
DELONG
18 1/2 years


60

ANTHONY
MICHAEL
COLA
16 years


BONNIE
C.
HADDOCK
17 years



LOUIS
MICHAEL
(LOUIE)
JOHNSON
28 years


JOHN
CHARLES
GREGORY, JR.
26 years


61

ADRIENNE
LEIGH
INGRAM
28 years



BILLY
KAYSER
16 years


THOMAS
KAYSER
Stillborn




AARON
BENJAMIN
KRAUT
6 years



62

AMANDA
NICOLE
CURCIO
17 years



JAMES
THOMAS
PRICE
7 months



JOSHUA
EUGENE
HEDGLIN
18 years



RYAN
PATRICK
RHODES
23 years


63

MATTHEW
A.
POTTER
y years



NANCY
NEWCOMER
40 years




"SCOTTIE2HOTTIE"
SCOTT
HESTER
BOLLIER
20 years


BENJAMIN
DAVID
SHIPP
24 years



64

RICHARD
"RICKY"
LYNN
METZ,II
20 years


JASON
SCHUMANN
23 years


ZACHERY
TYLER
GIBSON
6 years



JEFFERY
ALLEN
OLA
35 years



65

YOLANDA
ESTER
MERAZ
37 years



DENNIS
CHRISTOPHER
TUCKER
26 years



ANGELA
DAWN
SCHROEDER
28 years



SHANE
SHORT
22 years




66

DRAKE
E.
FREED
14 months


CODY
WINGLER
15 years


LAURA
ANN
KIMBLE
33 years


DENNIS
RALPH
YARBROUGH, JR.
20 years



67

TORRIE
MICHELLE
BOND-HOOFF
26 years


LAURIE
MICHELLE
BAER
16 years


ALICIA
ANN
LAWLESS
18 years


NICOLE
EUNSOOK
SPENCER
20 years



68

CARA
LEE
PARKS
BURAS
30 years


SHELLY
SUE
PIERCE
19 years



SHELLE
LYNE
CUMMINGS
22 years


BRYAN
JAY
REID
15 years


69

MICHAEL
SETH
BRENDEL
29 years


RADOMIR
CIRIC-RADE
33 years


JOSHUA
SCOTT
JOHNSON
21 years


ANDREW
"ANDY"
GREGORY
MISTLER
17 years


70

RANDY
REED
HECOX
30 years


TINA
MARIE
MCQUAIG
27 years


LAURA
MARIE
HUBER-GOODIN
27 years


KEVIN
ROY
BARTO
21 years


71

MICHAEL
RAY
GELWICKS
36 years


ZACHARY
STEPHEN
KASTEN
27 days



STEVE
MCREYNOLDS
40 years


MIKE
RILEY
33 years


72

KYLE
R.
COSTELLO
16 years


MELISSA
EGGEN
"SISSY"
MANSFIELD
36 years


CHRISTY
LYNN
TURNER
19 years


BRANDON
MAURICE
BUTLER
18 years


73

MICHAEL
DAVID
VAN GIESON
21 years


COLETTE
MARIE
BRIGID
COYNE
30 years


KEVIN
ROY
BARTO
21 years


KEVIN
TODD
FELLER
27 years



74

NATHAN
WILLIAM
MANZ
17 years


MAYCIE
"TIMMONS"
SMITH
"silently born"


CARRIE
ANN
BEAMS
17 years


AARON
JOSEPH
BEAMS
10 years


75

NAKITA
LEIGH
WILBER
19 years


TAYLOR
MATTHEWS
16 years


MARYANN
MAIORANA
21 years


SAMUEL
SCOTT
GEER
21 years


76

REBECCA
ERIN
KISER
18 years


JOSHUA
TAYLOR
YOUNG
11 years


WILLIAM
JACOB
"BILLY"
ZERCHER
17 years


LISA
ELIZABETH
GOODWIN
12 years


77

ADRIAN
LIRA
22 years


SCOT
L.
JAIN
34 years


JENNIFER
A.
JAIN
27 years


PAMELA
LYNNE
REID
17 years


78

"TIMI"
JEANA
TIMITHEA
ELISON
ALLEN
9 years


"WHITNEY"
PHILLIP
WHITNEY
CHRISTIAN
ALLEN
18 years


JONATHAN
KING
28 years


MICHAEL
D.
CARICO II
39 years



79

CHRISTIAN
VICTORIA
(CHRISSIE)
CARRIGAN
15 yrs, 22 days


MITCHELL
JAMES
WARREN
8 years


STEPHEN
LEE
PUCKETT
22 years



BRANDON
JAMES
PETERSON
18 years


80

"DAVEY"
DAVID
ALEXANDER
HAIZLIP
24 years


JESSICA
BRYN
LAWSON
3 1/2 months


JACKIE
VAUGHN
TAYLOR II
21 years


JOHN
"JACK"
POLAND
20 years


81

SHERILYN
ANNETTE
ADAMS
16 years


"BOBBY"
ROBERT
DENNIS
DIGAN
18 years


MARY
CATHERINE
DIGAN


JUSTIN
MCCOY
19 years


82

STEPHEN
HERINGHAUS
21 years


3RD CLASS PETTY OFFICER
KEITH
E.
COMBS
23 years


AIRMAN 1ST CLASS
SCOTT
MATTHEW
SCHROEDER
20 years


JONATHAN
DANIEL
MOWERY
3 months


83

BILLY
SULLIVAN
19 years


JOHNATHAN
LEE
STONE
16 years


"TRISSIE"
THERESA
DAWN
FETTER
37 years


TAMMY
RENEE
SMITH
21 years


84

CLINT
T.
REAGAN
20 years


RACHEL
M.
MCCALLA
23 years


CODY
TYLER
CLIFTON
18 years


NICHOLAS
ANTHONY
PICCOLO III
25 years


85

JAMIE
LYNETTE
LEWIS
22 years


JESSIE
ROBERT
RICHARDSON
23 years


JAMIE
LEE
RICHARDSON
20 years


ETHAN
ALAN
PECK
stillborn


86

CERRIDWYN "KERRY"
MAIRE URSULA
BRIGID ROSEANNE
LUJAN
19 years



"LUKE"
LUCAS
PAUL
PATTERSON
15 years


CHAD
PHILLIP
PENDERGRASS
13 years


JAMES
H.
KALLIES
24 3/4 years


87

DEBBIE
LOOKER
WEBB
36 years


ROB
"AKA RADROB"
NORTHROP, JR.
26 years




DESIRAH
MARIE
"BABY DESI" JACOB
stillborn


JUSTIN
OWEN
DANIELS
VERDIEL
5 years


88

COREY
LASHAWN
WILLIAMS
18 years


DUSTIN
LEE
FITZER
18 years


BECKY
LYNN
FITZER-GROVES
34 years


BILLY
SULLIVAN
19 years


89

JAMES
IRVIN
"J.D."
SCROGGINS
23 years


IESHA
SADIE
JEAN
WATSON
14 1/2 years


SHANTA
SUZETTE
MELVETTE
WATSON
7 days


JAKOB
NELSON
ANDRIACCHI
3 1/2 years



90

"TONY"
ANTHONY
WILLARD
WYATT
16 years


BRITTANY
DAWN
WYATT
13 years


ISAIAH
THOMAS
STEWART
19 years


BRANDON
STEVEN
BACHER
15 1/2 years


91

KYLE
MICHAEL
TINGEN
16 years


KENDALL
GERALD
MOSELEY
30 years


"BEAU"
WILLIAM
H.
COX, II
18 years


CASSANDRA
"CASSIE"
JAYNE
TAYLOR
18 years


92

JENNIFER
ELIZABETH
HARBER
17 years


TAMATHA
(TAMI)
JO LYNN
WATSON
31 years


SHAWN
PATRICK
YAHNA
23 years


TEDDY
JENNINGS
29 years


93

JOSHUA
LEWIS
DARNA
15 years


JOSEPH
MICHAEL
MEDINA
31 years


ROBERT
JAMES
"ROBBIE"
GAMBRELLI
24 years


JOEL
MCGREGOR
18 years


94

ELIZABETH
LUTO
27 years


JARED
BIFULCO
19 years


JUSTIN
HENRY
(JT)
THIELBAR
17 years


HEIDI
ALLYN
REED
21 years


95

JEFFREY
TAYLOR
ARNOLD
26 years


COURTNEY
NICHOLE
ARNOLD
10 days


BRADLEY
EARL
MORGAN
38 years


SARAH
DAWN
CYNTHHIA
MACEACHERN-BROWN
20 years


96

DUSTIN
HAMILTON
14 yrs, 11 mos


TIMOTHY
MICHAEL
MITCHELL
25 years


BRIAN
MARKEE
23 years


JESSICA
KASSANDRA
HAFFER
14 years


97

DOUGLAS
SCOTT
BUTLER
27 years


LLOYD
FRANKLIN
"DRACUS"
ROBERTS
40 years


JAMES
GARY
RODGERS
24 years


KARI
ANN
RAMSEY
3 mo, 2 wks


98

BRENT
ASHTON
DUHAIME
13 years


BRIAN
SCOTT
DAVIS
20 years


ASHLEY
RENEE
LYONS
18 years


LANDON
ABNER
LYONS


99

DUSTIN
MARSHALL
RAWLS
25 years


KATIE
CASSIDY
19 years


"TONY"
ANTHONY
WILLARD
WYATT
16 years


BRITTANY
DAWN
WYATT
13 years


100

JULIE
H.
TUTT
38 years


SCOTT
LYLE
HERSHBERGER
39 years


CHAD
ERIC
DAY
30 years


WILLIAM
"HARLEN"
BAKER
26 years

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MY HEART WILL GO ON

.....from the movie Titanic

Every night in my dreams
I see you, I feel you,
That is how I know you go on

Far across the distance
And spaces between us
You have come to show you go on

Near, far, wherever you are
I believe that the heart does go on
Once more you open the door
And you're here in my heart
And my heart will go on and on

Love can touch us one time
And last for a lifetime
And never let go till we're gone

Love was when I loved you
One true time I hold to
In my life we'll always go on

Near, far, wherever you are
I believe that the heart does go on
Once more you open the door
And you're here in my heart
And my heart will go on and on

You're here, there's nothing I fear,
And I know that my heart will go on
We'll stay forever this way
You are safe in my heart
And my heart will go on and on








Some people come into our lives,
leave footprints on our hearts,
and we are never, ever the same.

~ unknown










TO MY FAR AWAY VALENTINE


....by Christine Ross in memory of Lucas Christopher Ross 1979 - 2001


Those funny little Valentines
You made when you were small.

Those heartfelt little Valentines
You gave when you got tall.

Those romantic little Valentines
Sent to a special girl.

Those "I Love You" little Valentines
That will always mean the world.

Those Heavenly little Valentines
I'm hoping you will send.

Those far away little Valentines
I wait for once again.

© 2003 - Christine Ross










When two hearts love under the same silver moon,
and wish on the same brilliant star,
the angels are always listening.

~ unknown











The heart of grief, its most difficult challenge,
is not "letting go" of those who have died
but instead making the transition from loving in presence
to loving in separation.

~unknown










TEARS OF A ROSE


....by by Helen Steiner Rice


Ever that which is beautiful
can sometimes bring pain,
so to love from the heart
is to invite the rain.
But to reach for the rose,
you must not fear the thorn,
so to love from the soul
is to embrace the storm










Everyone keeps asking me what's wrong...
if it makes sense...it's just that my heart hurts.

~ Thomas Fuller, M.D.










Two souls with a single thought,
Two hearts that beat as one.

--Friedrich Halm Ingomar the Barbarian










Memories can take us on a heartfelt journey
that refreshes our spirit
and renews our sense of direction.

~ unknown











And when we have remembered everything,
we grow afraid of what we may forget.
A face, a voice, a smile?
No need to fear forgetting,
because The heart remembers always.

~Unknown










I'M WITH YOU VALENTINE


....by Christine Ross in memory of Lucas Christopher Ross 1979 - 2001



Way down deep within my womb
Waiting patiently to be mine.
You emerge and touch me gently.
Our two hearts are now entwined.
...I'm with you Valentine!

You speak to me your first words
And soon you begin to climb.
You take those first little steps
And my heart beats out of time.
...I love you Valentine!

I watch you walk away to school
So many thoughts go through my mind.
Milestones and sweet memories,
The best my heart will ever find.
...I need you Valentine!

Graduation, jobs, and sweethearts...
Broken love is such a crime.
Soon you're grown and move away.
My heart knows that you'll do fine.
...I'll miss you Valentine!

Unaware we say goodbye.
Sometimes parting is so blind.
Your final breath is taken.
Now my heart is undefined.
...Don't leave me Valentine!

Your spirit stays here with me.
I search daily for your signs.
In my dreams you reappear
To a heart that's redesigned.
...I feel you Valentine!

Alone I wait impatiently
Until this life fulfills it's time.
Reaching for you in the light
My heart leaves this life behind.
...I see you Valentine!

No more pain or heartache.
Forever you'll be mine.
Finally we're together again
Our two hearts again entwined.
...I'm with you Valentine!

© 2003 - Christine Ross
REVISED 2008










Believe in the music of the heart.

~ unknown











The best and most beautiful things in the world
cannot be seen or even touched--
they must be felt with the heart.

- Helen Keller










Now is a time when our hearts feel close to heaven.

~ unknown











It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
What is essential is invisible to the eye.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery











Each time we embrace a memory,
we meet again with those we love
.....for the heart never forgets.

~ unknown










KEY TO MY HEART


....by Christine Ross in memory of Lucas Christopher Ross 1979 - 2001


I lost the key that opens my heart.
I search for it every day.
It disappeared the day he died
When I tucked all my joy away.

Locked-up within the ventricles
Is all of my happiness.
Sealed within the chambers
Are the wonderful things I miss.

Confined beneath the flow of blood
Are my memories from the past.
Murmuring muffled happy sounds
Of a life I thought would last.

The echo of my heartbeat
Resonates laughter that is trapped
Deep down underneath the pain
Pumping passed what has been kept.

I feel a pounding in my chest
As if it's going to burst
Exposing pleasant cheerful thoughts
Captivated by this curse.

But grief has clogged my arteries
Trapping smiles behind the valves.
The key could mend this wounded heart
Releasing what the lock won't allow.

I'm still searching for that key
And will until the day I die.
I know it probably won't be found.
I think I know the reason why.

Someday my heart will cease to beat
As he reaches down to welcome me.
I will take his outstretched hand
That holds... that long lost key.

© 2007 - Christine Ross






There is always music amongst the trees in the garden,
but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it.

- Minnie Aumonier











Distance has no meaning,
the heart always finds it's way home.

~ unknown











When the heart weeps for what it has lost,
the soul laughs for what it has found.

Sufi aphorism











Time is made up of captured moments.
The things we share and the moments we spend together
will become gifts that my heart won't ever forget.

~ unknown








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