MEMORIAL FLOWERS

YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE

You Are My Sunshine
My only sunshine.
You make me happy
When skies are grey.
You'll never know, dear,
How much I love you.
Please don't take my sunshine away

The other nite, dear,
As I lay sleeping
I dreamed I held you in my arms.
When I awoke, dear,
I was mistaken
And I hung my head and cried.

You are my sunshine,
My only sunshine.
You make me happy
When skies are grey.
You'll never know, dear,
How much I love you.
Please don't take my sunshine away.

Written by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell;
Copyright 1940 and 1977 by Peer International Corporation.

01

"DANNY" DANIEL SCOTT FORRESTER 30 Years

"LUKE" LUCAS CHRISTOPHER ROSS 21 years

"BEAU" JASON BEAU MORGAN 23 Years

AVRA MARIE JOHNSON RAMSAY 21 Years

02

"BRAD" BRADLEY LOUIS CORDIAL 17 years

BRODY JASON MOUCH 2 hours

JACOB KENNETH DAVIS 13 years

CADE DAWSON WRIGHT 3 years

03

RICKY AARON PHILLIPS 22 years

RAYLENE ALICIA GUTIERREZ 23 years

JAYDEN EARL ELLEFSON 1 year 1 month

"LUKE" LUCAS JAMES FLOREN 21 years

04

RICKY JAMES DAVIS, JR. 24 years

"JOSH" JOSHUA SAMUEL HUGHES 21 years

"JOEY" JOSEPH DAVID SORENSON 21 years

MICHAEL JOHN SHULTZ 8 months

05

JOEY MARSHALL WHITEMAN 21 years

ARLYN MARIA BEAL 18 Years

CARTER GERALD SANDQUIST 3 days

DEREK SEAN DYSON 19 years

06

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

07

"ANGIE" ANGELA RENEE KRESGE 21 Years

HANNAH ISABELLA SNYDER 3 1/2 years

GILLES MICHAEL MOREAU 16 years

"JOEY" JOSEPH ZACHARY TAYLOR 4 years

08

JASON PAUL HILTON 24 years

MATTHEW JOHN BROWN 21 years

SARAH JEAN DAVIDSON 3 years 11 months

"TAB" TABATHA LEANN WOOTEN 20 years

09

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

BRIAN JOSEPH PARKER 27 years

TIMOTHY PATRICK PARKER 26 years

PETER RAYMOND ELLWOOD 33 years

TONY TREVHERON ELLWOOD 37 years

14

COREY CHRISTOPHER JAMES 20 years

MICHELLE MARIE JAMES 22 years

"WAYNE" BRADFORD WAYNE WELLS, JR. 42 years

AARON JOSEPH GOLDEN

15

TREVOR MARK ORITZ 23 years

AIMEE LYNN PLUMMER 20 years

MISTY ANGEL TRANTHAM 15 years

"ROBBY" ROBERT ROGERS III

16

DANNY D. SHERRILL, JR. 25 years

ALISON KAY BROWN

BRANDON JAMES QUINN-GOMEZ 11 months, 9 days

ASHLEIGH PAGE MARIE BENNETT 7 years

17

"TONY" ANTHONY RYAN MCLEMORE 31 years

ALYSSA ESTEVEZ 24 years

TRACY LEE COX 30 years

AARON SHOULDERS 18 years

18

"ANNIE" ANNE MARIE BERND 24 years

DENISE MARIE MCCORMICK 40 years

CRAIG BRESSON 21 years

"PAULIE" PAUL RYAN SHANNO 9 1/2 years

19

SHERRIE RAEANNA MORELAND 15 years

BUDDY SEGLER 17 years

"BRAD" BRADLEY ALAN O'MARTIN 27 Years

AMY LYNN ALSOFROM 25 years

20

"DAMO" DAMIAN REID CARVER 19 years

JEREMY DILLION WILLIAMS 18 years

TOMMY M. CHILDRESS 18 years

STEPHEN JARED EBANKS 17 years

21

SCOTT ANDREW SHANNON 21 years

RYAN MICHAEL HOOK 21 years

ANTHONY JAMES-JUSTIN FRIEND 27 years

DANIELLE MARIE PLOURDE 11 years

22

ECOCENCIO KINTIA GRAVES 7 years

CHAD JEFFREY NORRIS 20 years

BRET JONES 20 years

ANTHONY PAUL WODZINSKI 15 years

23

CHAD KITCHEN 25 years

BRANDON SGAGGERO 29 years

JASON PAUL HARRILL 22 years

BENJAMIN "TAYLOR" HUTH 26 years

24

CORY GENE PILAT 21 years

CHRISTOPHER BRIAN HOSLER 23 years

BECKY VIDMOSKO

JAMES AARON GUREVICH 17 years

25

"MACK" KENNETH MACK HILLERY CREAMER 17 years

"KRISTI" KRISTINA DAWN BARKHURST

CORRINA JENNELL PARSLOW 19 years

BRANDON TYLER BESHADA 25 years

26

"CHRIS" CHRISTOPHER DALE BOOY 21 years

MPUNDU HILDA KASUBA 15 years

GEOFFREY PHILIP JAMES EDWARDS 18 years

GARETT WAYNE CLARKSON 27 years

27

TATYANA LORIANN CIRKSENA 14 months

MICHAEL DONNELLY BUTKA 16 years

"MIKEY" MICHAEL CAGLE,JR. 17 years

LEE WILLIAM HARRIS 33 years

28

CHRISTOPHER EMERY ZOLAN-HORNE

ETHAN ROBERT SALAS

"CLINT" CLINTON TERRY MILAM 10 years

MEGAN MARIE BAKER 21 years

29

PATRICK ZACHARIAH WAFSTET

COURTNEY MARIE WAFSTET

SETH NILES CROMER 5 years

M. JORDAN THOMPSON 19 years

30

LAUREN RENEE GILLIE 6 years

KANDA MICHELLE JACOBS 30 years

JOHN WILLIAM JONES 33 years

HAYDEN ALAN ADAMS 37 days

31

CORLISE DAWN LEHMANN 27 years

COLIN RIVANS STEPHENS 22 years

"GRANT" JERRY GRANT LEWIS 26 years

KRISTA KATHLEEN KELLY 28 years

32

SHANNON DOMINGUEZ 19 years

HEATHER LYNNE WILLIAMSON 22 years

JODY LAWRENCE GONYOU 30 years

JOHN TAYLOR LOMON 17 years

33

PAUL JOHN LAFAVER 27 years

KRISTEN GILLIS 16 years

JEFFREY KESLING

JASON CULLUM 31 years

34

JAMIE MARILYN VITELLO 24 years

JOSHUA ENVIL 26 years

MICHAEL (Kathy's son)

CARL TAYLOR 1 year 6 days

35

DANIEL VINCENT STAIB 23 years

"DEBBIE" DEBORAH JEAN FREITAS DAUGHRATY 42 years

GARRETT DANIEL STAIB 1 hour

"JOEY" JOSEPH CHRETIEN JR. 25 years

36

PRISCILLA ANN FREITAS 1 year 4 days

FAITH ANN MCINTIRE 4 1/2 months

DARYL JOHNSON 18 years

"MAC" ROBERT J. MCCARTHY IV

37

KENZIE RAYANN GOLDEN-RODEN

"KRISS" KRISSTOFFER JEFFERSON 20 years

JESSE RUTHERFORD, JR. 28 years

SHERILYN ANNETTE ADAMS 16 years

38

KEAGEN RAY ALLEN 13 years

ROB aka RADROB NORTHROP 26 years

TAYLOR BURGSTAHLER 17 years

KAITLYNN RENE FORET 7 months

39

RICKY DEWAYNE MCCORKLE 20 years

CHRISTOPHER "BUBBA" RYAN SILVA 18 1/2 years

MATTHEW PAUL TRAVIS COLE 22 years

ANGELA MICHELLE LOMENZO (and baby) 19 years

40

CALEB SCHWARTZ stillborn

ROBERT JAMES DELOSH 24 years

JACKY MICHAEL DELOSH 1 hour

JOSHUA AARON CADE 14 years

41

SEAN H. GRAY 19 years

CERRIDWYN "KERRY" MAIRE URSULA BRIGID ROSEANNE LUJAN 19 years

WILLIAM (LIL JOEY) DONALDSON 13 years

JEREMY ROBERT SHERRELL 24 years

42

RALPH A. CAINES, JR. 30 years

MAYCIE "TIMMONS" SMITH silently born

MATTHEW K. MULLIS 19 years

MICHELLE NICOLE ROYE 29 years

43

ROBERT LOUIS (BOBBY) MONTGOMERY 27 years

ADAM R. FIOCK 26 years

AUSTIN GRAHAM CHASE 15 years

TIMMY CLARK 15 years

44

CASSANDRA "CASSIE" JAYNE TAYLOR 18 years

AMANDA BROOKE WORLEY 16 years

MIRANDA TRAVIS YOUNG 21 years

DAVID MILLER 21 years

45

JODY L. GONYOU 30 years

PAMELA LYNNE REID 17 years

JAKE ANDREW FEINBERG 31 years

JOEY SCARPA 23 years

46

KARLA SUE WHITE LALONDE 33 years

STEVEN WAYNE COTHRAN 38 years

PAUL DWAIN COTHRAN 29 years

SHANE SHORT 22 years

47

SHANTA S.M. WATSON 7 days

IESHA S.J. WATSON 14 1/2 years

MICHAEL RAY SHELLY 35 years

CODY TYLER CLIFTON 18 years

48

GEOFFREY PHILIP JAMES EDWARDS 18 years

SAMUEL SCOTT GEER 21 years

CHRISTINE MARIE KLEIN 27 years

TRICIA MARIE 2 mos 28 d

49

BENJAMIN DAVID SHIPP 24 years

ADAM JAROD DELONG 18 years

TRENTON ALAN DOVE 31 years

JOHNATHAN LEE STONE 16 years

50

CARA LEE PARKS BURAS 30 years

JUSTIN IAN WALKER GAMBRELL 20 years

JUSTIN MICHAEL EVANS 17 years

SHAWN PRESTON REGO 15 years

51

KEVIN JAMES BOGERT 31 years

JASON L. WILLIAMS 20 years

KATIE MARIE POMIRKO 19 years

ERIC SKINNER 19 years

52

NICHOLAS ANTHONY PICCOLO III 25 years

ANGIE A. CARTER 23 years

TRENTON LEE NEWLON 13 years

DESIRAH MARIE "BABY DESI" JACOB stillborn

53

JONATHAN STEVEN WITTY 16 years

ETHAN PECK stillborn

JOSHUA EUGENE HEDGLIN 18 1/2 years

STEVEN PATRICK MILLER 21 years

54

MAKAYLA ALEXIS CHAVERS 5 months

RONALD "RONNIE" STEVE CHAVERS 24 years

BRANDY ANN HICKS 18 years

ALLEN D. BORING, JR. 32 years

55

ROBERT "BOB" WILLIAMS 19 years

BRENNA JI WON KIHLMAN 26 years

NICHOLAS ALLEN LEVAN 7 years

WILLIAM "HARLEN" BAKER 26 years

56

JESSE STEVEN TUCKER 26 years

ZACHARY TYLER BROWN 11 years

SHERILYN ANNETTE ADAMS 16 years

CASSI WILSON 17 years

57

JAMES THOMAS PRICE 7 months

JOHN CHARLES GREGORY, JR. 26 years

DAVEY ALLISON DUNAVANT 9 years

VERONICA MARIE HARPER 16 1/2 years

58

MARY CATHERINE DIGAN stillborn

ROBERT DENNIS "BOBBY" DIGAN 18 years

JOHN "JACK" POLAND 20 years

IAN ARTHUR ATCHISON 12 yrs, 4 m, 8 d

59

MAXX WILLIAM ALBURY 4.5 months

COURTNEY TYLER GALBRAITH KROCHY 25 yrs 3 m

DRAKE E. FREED 13 mo 22 d

SHELLE CUMMINGS 22 years

60

STEPHANIE DAWN BARRAGAY 37 years

REBECCA (BECKY) ERIN KISER 18 years

TAMMY LYNN LUCAS ALLEN 35 years

CLISTY RUTH HALL 17 years

61

TERESA "TRISSIE" FETTER 37 years

KAYLIN MARIE MATHEWS 20 years

JAMES HERBERT KALLIES 24 3/4 years

TAMMY RENEE SMITH 21 years

62

AIRMAN 1st CLASS SCOTT M. SCHROEDER 20 years

3rd CLASS PETTY OFFICER KEITH COMBS 23 years

STEPHEN HERINGHAUS 21 years

RAD0MIR RADE CIRIC 33 years

63

CHRISTOPHER PEREIDA 20 years

KYLE R. COSTELLO 16 years

SHELLY SUE PIERCE 19 years

KATIE POMIRKO 19 years

64

MICHELLE ANN STEINER 32 years

KENNETH "MACK" HILLERY CREAMER 17 years

RICKEY FRANKLIN TACKETT II stillborn

JEREMY TODD TACKETT 26 years

65

JAKOB NELSON ANDRIACCHI 3 1/2 years

ARYN JO HYMAN stillborn

ALICIA LANA MARIE GOLEMBESKI 26 years

MIKE RILEY 33 years

66

TAYLOR MATTHEWS 16 years

JULIE TUTT 38 years

COLIN MICHAEL EWERS 21 years

ANDREW "ANDY" GREGORY MISTLER 17 years

67

TYLER WADE HEAD 9 years

JUSTIN OWEN DANIELS VERDIEL 5 years

HAYLEE DANYELLE MAZZELLA 4 1/2 years

LUCAS DEE KLOUZEK 33 years

68

JOSHUA RICHARD LEE VARGAS 29 years

AARON MATTHEW ORTIZ 19 years

LCPC. JESSE RYAN TRACEY U.S. MARINES 22 years

ALLEN PATRICK BOUDREAUX, JR. 23 years

69

BOBBIE JO KNAPP 21 years

MICHAEL D. CARICO II 39 years

SCOTT FAZZIO 35 years

DARREN DUTTON 21 years

70

CAROLINE L. LONE 7 years

RICKY L. LONE, JR. 9 years

BRANDON MAURICE BUTLER 18 years

JIM TAYLOR II 18 years

71

LINDA ANN BRUSSELL 4 years

JEFFREY MICHAEL FELIX 27 years

SHAWN PRESTON REGO 15 years

LOUIS MICHAEL (LOUIE) JOHNSON 28 years

72

JAMES NEAL SMITH 25 years

JOSEPH LEE SMITH 22 years

DENNIS RALPH YARBROUGH, JR. 20 years

MELISSA EGGEN MANSFIELD 36 years

73

BRENT ANDREW RICHARDSON 3 mos 15 d

YOLANDA ESTER MERAZ 37 years

KATHRYN "KATIE" JEAN FISHER 18 years

KIM EWERS 27 years

74

AUSTIN THERON DIXON 18 years

JARED GREGORY BIFULCO 19 years

JUSTIN HENRY (JT) THIELBAR 17 years

ELIZABETH ANN HUDSON 20 years

75

GERRY GRIFFITH PROVANCE 26 years

TYLER DENNIS KLINGSEISEN 6 years

MICHAEL MARIO MALUCELLI 18 years

BRIAN WILLIAM MALUCELLI 33 years

76

SGT. PETER A. MAGINNIS NYPD 36 years

KENNETH "KENNY" JOHN LUTZ 24 years

MISTY ANGEL TRANTHAM 15 years

JOSH (NUTTY) MCNULTY 20 years

77

JEFFREY ROBERT YULE 26 years

VERNON EUGENE LIPSEY 18 years

"MIKEY" MICHAEL CHARLES PLATT 16 years

BRIAN SCOTT DAVIS 20 years

78

TINA MARIE MCQUAIG 27 years

JAMES MICHAEL ALEXANDER 22 years

MICHAEL SETH BRENDEL 29 years

LAURIE MICHELLE BAER 16 years

79

CASEY WAYNE COLEMAN SANDERS 16 years

SARAH DAWN CYNTHIA MACEACHERN-BROWN 20 years

SEAN HARRINGTON RILEY 21 years

STACEY ANN PORTER stillborn

80

AMANDA CHRISTINE WARNOCK 13 years

SHELLY LYNN BEAM 32 years

CODY MICHAEL WINGLER 15 years

AARON DWAYNE BREWER 26 years

81

RYAN LAWRENCE PLATTSMIER 31 years

"JOSH" JOSHUA BROWN 18 years

BUCKLEY ABOUKOURA 19 years

TIMOTHY DAVID WATSON 27 years

82

RANDY REED HECOX 30 years

ISAIAH STEWART 19 years

DAVID "DAVEY" SISOLAK 25 years

WHITNEY CARDIN SHARP 17 years

83

JAMES GARY RODGERS II 24 years

LLOYD FRANKLIN ROBERTS (DRACUS) 40 years

MARK WILLIAM GILLEN 15 years

JONATHAN DREW BUNN 23 years

84

RENEE' LOUISE MISCIK 38 years

JOHNATHON RAY SNYDER 7 years

AMANDA ROSE WAINSCOTT 20 years

NOLAN PARKER JENKINS 17 years

85

"TIMI" JEANA TIMITHEA ELLISON ALLEN 9 years

"WHITNEY" PHILLIP WHITNEY CHRISTIAN ALLEN 18 years

DANIEL LEE HUKLE, JR. 23 years

PATRICK NEIL DUBROCA 24 years

86

MICHAEL TROY ROGNES 17 years

AMANDA RENEA CAUDILL 25 years

JASON HOWELL 22 years

DEBBIE LOOKER WEBB 36 years

87

JONATHAN DAVID LEE 26 years

DOUGLAS RICHARD "MALONE" MILLER 15 years

COLIN ROBERT HOPSON 27 years

RAYMOND WEBB 25 years

88

STEVEN MATHIS 30 years

BRIAN WALTER BRUMBAUGH 23 years

MICHAEL SMICH 33 years

ADAM JACKSON 33 years

89

LOGAN GENTRY 25 years

KELSEY MARIE JOHNSON 21 years

BRYAN JAY REID 15 years

MICHELLE MARIE GREEVER 9 years

90

TRENT MCHARGUE 28 years

RANDY SANTMANN 22 years

JESSICA BENJAMIN-SHAPIRO 12 years

COLIN ROBERT HOPSON 27 YEARS

91

BILLY SULLIVAN 19 YEARS

TAMI MARIE WOLFE 20 YEARS

STUART TODD 18 YEARS

JILL RILEY 37 YEARS

92

GRACE NICOLE MICELI 20 YEARS

SHANNON BORDELON DAY 37 YEARS

PAMELA SUE FOUNTAIN 21 YEARS

MADALINE NICHOLE MIHAS 21 YEARS

93

MAYCIE TIMMONS SMITH

RICKEY F. TACKETT, II STILLBORN

JEREMY TODD TACKETT 26 YEARS

JAMES (JIMMY) DWYER 23 YRS 3M 29D

94

MIRANDA TRAVIS YOUNG COMBS 23 YEARS

KYLEE JAYNE COMBS SILENTLY BORN

ERIC OGAN 18 YEARS

DAVID "DAVEY" JOSEPH SISOLAK 25 YEARS

95

ELEKRTA ANN FLORES

ANDREW MARTINEZ 26 YEARS

SCOT L. JAIN 33 YEARS

JENNIFER A. JAIN 27 YEARS

96

RYAN JAMES MCCARTHY 16 DAYS

JASON KEVIN MCCARTHY 26 YEARS

LUKE DANIEL ROACH 6 HOURS

GREGORY SCOTT ROACH 8 YEARS

97

REA NICHOLE KESINGER 18 YEARS

STUART TODD 18 YEARS

JILL RILEY 37 YEARS

RABEKAH DANIELLE HICKS 4 1/2 YEARS

98

BRANDI LYNN MITCHELL-EDWARDS 29 YEARS

MICHAEL LEE NEVILS 23 YEARS

CASSANDRA LEIGH BAKER 23 YEARS

JEFFREY ROBERT YULE 26 YEARS

99

NATHAN LYNN FORD 16 YEARS

BRIANNA K. HESTER 17 MONTHS

JEREMY WAYNE ELDRIDGE 28 YEARS

KASEY LYNNE BRYANT 7 YEARS

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BRADLEY GLEN QUALLS 26 YEARS

FALON TAYLOR 21 YEARS

LCPL JESSE RYAN TRACEY 22 YEARS

JOSEPH ANTHONY SCALISE 18 YEARS

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THE BOUQUET

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

I saw her in the distance
As she was kneeling down to pray.
Tightly clutching a bunch of flowers
That she brought for Mother's day.

The sun was just arising
Casting shadows on the ground.
As she cried there at the headstone
There was no one else around.

She arranged the flowers in the vase,
Blew a kiss from her trembling hand.
Then she turned her eyes to heaven
Saying "Please help me understand."

I watched as teardrops trickled down
And fell upon her lone bouquet.
I knew that she was hurting
So I gently wiped her tears away.

She shuttered when she felt my touch
Because she thought she was alone.
So I wrapped my arms around her
Right there at that granite stone.

I heard her sigh and saw a smile
Appear on her tear stained face.
She was glad that I had joined her
At this final resting place.

She stared fixated on the stone,
The proof her child no more remains.
Her lips whispered what was engraved
As she sadly read... my name.

© 2007 - Christine Ross

Kiss from my forehead the furrows of care,
Smooth the few silver threads out of my hair;
Over my slumber your loving watch keep;
Rock me to sleep, Mother, rock me to sleep!

© ~ Elizabeth Akers Allen

PAIN IS THE PRICE

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

A young girl labored to give birth
Not so long ago, one day.
To bring her son into this world.....
Pain was the price she had to pay.

When she gazed upon tiny his face
All pain vanished from within.
Her pain no longer lingered.
She was with her little man.

He grew so fast, the years went by
Then off to school he went.
Her pain came back, a different kind,
Caused from a heart that's bent.

As time went on his mother found
That this pain too will pass.
Just by the glow upon his face
As he told of his day in class.

There were many times he struggled
Through illness and unfairness of life.
It pained her so to see him hurt.
He shouldn't have such strife.

He learned to deal with illness,
And forgiveness was in his heart.
She saw his unconditional love
And her pain began to part.

Then one day school was over
And her little man was grown.
Her pain returned the day he left
To set out on his own.

He worked so hard and did the things
That made his mother smile.
Her pain had vanished once again.
He was happy for awhile.

Then one dark and lonely night
God took him from her hands.
Her pain came back, an unknown pain
That she could not understand.

She knows her son is waiting.
They'll walk hand in hand someday.
But until the day they reunite.....
Pain is the price she has to pay.

© 2002 - Christine Ross

Between the dark and the daylight,
When the night is beginning to lower,
Comes a pause in the day's occupations
That is known as the children's hour.

© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

THOSE HANDS

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

Those little hands that clutched my finger,
When you were just a baby boy,
Those gooey hands that touched my face,
And somehow gave me so much joy.

Those dirty hands that made their mark,
Upon the walls and upon my heart,
Those busy hands that worked with love,
To make that special Mother's Day card.

Those talented hands that filled my ears,
With music that came from your soul,
Those excited hands that took control,
Of the wheel at sixteen years old.

Those gentle hands that comforted me,
When life was too much to bear,
Those strong hands that held me close,
When it seemed that no one else cared.

Those cold cold hands that I warmly touched,
When your body was absent of life,
Those spiritual hands that call to me,
As I dream of you all through the night.

I'll never forget those hands of yours,
The ones that made my life worth while,
I'll reach out to hold them again,
When I've finished that last weary mile.

© 2005 - Christine Ross

Three words fall sweetly on my soul,
As music from and angel's lyre,
That bid my spirit spurn control,
And upward to its source aspire;
The sweetest sounds to mortals given
Are heard in Mother, Home and Heaven.

© William Goldsmith Brown

I'VE SEEN AN ANGEL

"You say you've seen an angel?"
My friend asked me today.
Without a hesitation, "Yes,
I have seen one," I say.

He said, "What does she look like?
Is there a halo and some wings?"
"No", I replied quickly,
"She doesn't have those things."

"She does have, the warmest smile,
And is loving like no other.
"I ought to know," I said,
"for this angel, is my mother."

author unknown

There is only one pretty child
in the world ,
and every mother has it.

© Bridge

How sweet are the thoughts
that fill my heart today,
dear mother of mine!
Memories that stand
in the mist of the years,
Fadeless, enduring
forever.

author unknown

Mother, you carved no
shapeless marble to some high soul design,
but with a finer sculpture
you shaped this soul of mine.

© Thomas Fessenden

As I approached the door
about nine o'clock in the evening,
I heard my mother engaged in prayer.
During her prayer she referred to me,
her son away, God only knows where,
and asked that he might be
preserved in health to return
and comfort her in her old age.
At the conclusion of the prayer
I quietly raised the latch and entered.
I will not attempt to describe
the scene that followed.

© President James Garfield

Is nothing in life
ever straight and clear,
the way children see it?

© Rosie Thomas

We live in the present,
we dream of the future,
but we learn eternal truths
from the past.

author unknown

A picture memory brings to me:
I look across the years
and see myself beside
my mother's knee.

© John Greenleaf Whittier

When you are a mother,
you are never really alone in your thoughts.
You are connected to your child
and to all those who touch your lives.

© Sophia Loren

Who takes the child by the hand,
takes the mother by the heart.

Danish Proverb

A child's spirit is like a child,
you can never catch it by running after it;
you must stand still,
and, for love,
it will soon itself come back.

© Arthur Miller

She broke the bread into two fragments
and gave them to the children,
who ate with avidity.
"She hath kept none for herself," grumbled the Sergeant.
"Because she is not hungry," said a soldier.
"Because she is a mother," said the Sergeant.

© Victor Hugo

Wherever a true mother goes,
home is always round her.
Only the stars may be over her head;
the glowworm in the night-cold grass
may be the only fire at her foot,
but home is yet wherever she is.

© John Ruskin

The moment a child is born,
the mother is also born.
She never existed before.
The woman existed,
but the mother, never.
A mother is something
absolutely new.

© Rajneesh

Who ran to help me when I fell,
and would some pretty story tell,
or kiss the place to make it well?
My mother.

© Jane Taylor

What is home with none to meet,
None to welcome, none to greet us?
Home is sweet, and only sweet,
Where there's one we love to meet us.

© Charles Swain

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YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE

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