MEMORIAL POSTCARDS

I was waiting at the mailbox
As I've done for many years
Just in case you sent a postcard
From the place that has no tears.

Just as the postman pulled away
I reached in to get the mail.
I pulled out a lovely postcard
With a picture of an angel.

I slowly flipped it over
To see what was on the back.
It was postmarked from Heaven.
That's when I began to gasp.

I read the words written there...
"Hey Mom, I'm doing great."
"Wish you were here in Heaven."
"I'll be waiting at the gate."

I found my way back to the house
With this gift of mine to keep.
I held the postcard to my chest
Then I dozed of to sleep.

I dreamed of clouds and angel wings.
I dreamed of days gone by,
And how I long to hold you.
That's when I began to cry.

The tears awoke me from my sleep.
I felt the card within my clutch.
I held it to my chest once more
This proof of Heaven's touch.

I looked to read it once again,
To absorb all that it said.
My tears had faded all the ink.
The words no longer could be read.

I know this card was heaven sent
Although it never can be proved.
I guess that I'm the only one
Who will ever know the truth.

So I'll be waiting at the mailbox
As I've done for many years.
While you are waiting at the gate
In the place of no more tears.

© 2007 - Christine Ross

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"LUKE" LUCAS CHRISTOPHER ROSS 21 years

"DANNY" DANIEL SCOTT FORRESTER 30 Years

"BEAU" JASON BEAU MORGAN 23 Years

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CADE DAWSON WRIGHT 3 years

JACOB KENNETH DAVIS 13 years

"BRAD" BRADLEY LOUIS CORDIAL 17 years

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AVRA MARIE JOHNSON RAMSAY 21 Years

ARLYN MARIA BEAL 18 Years

"TAB" TABATHA LEANN WOOTEN 20 years

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JOEY MARSHALL WHITEMAN 21 years

MATTHEW JOHN BROWN 21 years

"JOSH" JOSHUA PAUL COPE 21 years

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STEPHEN MATTHEW WILSON 20 1/2 years

MICHAEL JOHN SHULTZ 8 months

SKYLAR EDWARD AARVAG 10 months

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CARTER GERALD SANDQUIST 3 days

ALLEN D. BORING 32 years

RICKY AARON PHILLIPS 22 years

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RAYLENE ALICIA GUTIERREZ 23 years

MPUNDU HILDA KASUBA 15 years

COREY CHRISTOPHER JAMES 20 years

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MICHELLE MARIE JAMES 22 years

CHRISTOPHER RONALD FALLER 7 years

"BECKY JO" REBECCA JO SESTER 15 years

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CAROL RAE SMART 18 years

"JOEY" JOSEPH DAVID SORENSON 21 years

"BUTCH" WILLIAM EDWARD HERBERT 21 years

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"DONNIE" DONALD BERNARD HERBERT 9 years

"KATH" KATHRYN-MARY IRENE HERBERT 11 years

JUSTIN MICHAEL ROBERTSON 17 years

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HANNAH ISABELLA SNYDER 3 1/2 years

GILLES MICHAEL MOREAU 16 years

ETHAN MICHAEL LYNN KILPATRICK 4 1/2 years

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DEREK SEAN DYSON 19 years

BRIAN JOSEPH PARKER 27 years

TIMOTHY PATRICK PARKER 26 years

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"LUKE" LUCAS JAMES FLOREN 21 years

TYLER BILLY TSCHESCHLOG 14 years

JAYDEN EARL ELLEFSON 1 year 1 month

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DAVID O'NEAL SELVIDGE

WOODWARD BABIES 4 WEE ONES

MICHELLE CAITLIN O'NEAL WOODWARD

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TREVOR THOMAS CRAIG 25 years

SARAH JEAN DAVIDSON 3 years 11 months

RODNEY ALLEN NISBET 38 years

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RICKY JAMES DAVIS, JR. 24 years

JUSTIN PIERCE 12 years

"JOSH" JOSHUA SAMUEL HUGHES 21 years

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"JOEY" JOSEPH ZACHARY TAYLOR 4 years

JASON SCOTT GRIFFITH 24 years

JACE ALEXANDER GIKAS 6 months

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GALEN WAYNE MASTERSON 11 years

AMANDA CHRISTINE WARNOCK 13 years

CANDICE KEIM 19 years

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"ANGIE" ANGELA RENEE KRESGE 21 Years

"ALEX" ALEXANDER ZACHARY MATTHEW SALADINO 4 years

AMY LYNN ALSOFROM 25 years

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BRANDON WESLEY SGAGGERO 29 years

"TONY" ANTHONY RYAN MCLEMORE 31 years

PAUL JOHN LAFAVER 27 years

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STEPHEN JARED EBANKS 17 years

"PAULIE" PAUL RYAN SHANNO 9 1/2 years

SETH NILES CROMER 5 years

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ANTHONY PAUL WODZINSKI 15 years

"BOBBIE" ROBERT J. MCCARTHY IV 19 years

"OLYA" OLESYA VITALIEVNA NOVIKOVA 22 months

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MEGAN MARIE BAKER 21 years

JASON PAUL HARRILL 22 years

"MACK" KENNETH MACK HILLERY CREAMER 17 years

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KANDA MICHELLE JACOBS 30 years

LEE WILLIAM HARRIS 33 years

"KRISS" KRISSTOFFER JEFFERSON 20 years

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JOSHUA DAVID UNDERWOOD 24 years

GEOFFREY PHILIP JAMES EDWARDS 18 years

JOHN TAYLOR LOMON 17 years

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HAYDEN ALAN ADAMS 37 days

DANIELLE MARIE PLOURDE 11 years

CHAD DAMON KITCHEN 25 years

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"GRANT" JERRY GRANT LEWIS 26 years

COLIN RIVANS STEPHENS 22 years

"DAMO" DAMIAN REID CARVER 19 years

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CORRINA JENNELL PARSLOW 19 years

DANNY TAGGART 12 years

CORY GENE PILAT 21 years

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"CLINT" CLINTON TERRY MILAM 10 years

ANTHONY JAMES-JUSTIN FRIEND 27 years

"WAYNE" BRADFORD WAYNE WELLS, JR. 42 years

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"ALLEN" PETER ALLEN ASENCIO, JR. 36 years

TOMMY M. CHILDRESS 18 years

STEPHANIE BARRAGY 37 years

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RYAN MICHAEL HOOK 21 years

ORAN DANIEL JONES 19 years

MISTY (ANGEL) TRANTHAM 15 years

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LYNDON AVERY DERRICK 29 years

KRISTA KATHLEEN KELLY 28 years

JODY LAWRENCE GONYOU 30 years

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HEATHER LYNNE WILLIAMSON 22 years

GARETT WAYNE CLARKSON 27 years

FAITH ANN MCINTIRE 4 1/2 months

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EMILY KIYA MACKENZIE RENAUD 10 months

DEREK GEIBE 20 years

CURTIS MATTHEW 18 years

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CRAIG BRIAN COUFAL 16 years

AARON DWAYNE BREWER 26 YEARS

JEANINE TAMARA JOHNSON 23 years

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KEAGEN RAY ALLEN 13 years

AARON JOSEPH GOLDEN

"TAYLOR" BENJAMIN TAYLOR HUTH 26 years

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AARON SHOULDERS 18 years

JOSEPH JOHN DIONISIO JR. 23 years

JASON PAUL HILTON 24 years

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MAKAYLA CHAVERS 5 months

"RONNIE" RONALD STEVE CHAVERS 24 years

JASON (BIG JAY) CULLUM 31 years

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"SAM" SAMUEL SCOTT GREER 21 years

JAMIE MARILYN VITELLO

VERNON EUGENE LIPSEY 18 years

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JAMES AARON GUREVICH 17 years

ENOCENCIO KINTIA GRAVES 7 years

"ALEX" ALEXANDER CHARLES GILL 2 months

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JAJUAN MARQUIS JEFFERSON

MICHAEL ANDREW VOGEL 19 years

AIMEE LYNN PLUMMER 20 years

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"ROBBY" ROBERT ROGERS III

"JOSH" JOSHUA ENVIL 26 years

ALEXANDRA VICTORIA RENTFRO 8 years

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"ANNIE" ANNE MARIE BERND 24 years

MICHAEL DONNELLY BUTKA 16 years

LAUREN BOLLES 16 years

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ALYSSA ESTEVES 24 years

JASON LEE WEST 19 years

JESSICA LOUISE WEST 17 years

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MACKENZIE NICOLE WEST 13 years

ROBERT JOSEPH KRAIZA 30 years

SCARLETT MIKHAELA BARKER 14 years

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TRISTIN WILLIAM WAFSTET

JUSTIN MICHAEL EVANS 17 years

SHAWN WADE THOMASON 18 years

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JOSHUA DAVID GODDARD 27 years

MISHA SINGLETON-MONCE 24 years

JOSEPH A. G. TROTTIER 21 years

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M. JORDAN THOMPON 19 years

JONATHAN LEE CLEMMONS 19 years

LOGAN PATRICK MUNSEY 23 months

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KENZIE RAYANN GOLDEN-RODEN

JOHN WILLIAM JONES 33 years

AMANDA LYNN COX 16 years

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BRETT ANTHONY GINDER 18 years

CHAD ERIC DAY 30 years

"JESSII" JESSICA KASSANDRA HAFFER 14 years

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DARYL ALAN JOHNSON 18 years

"JOHNNY" JOHN MICHAEL SHARBROUGH 29 years

TATYANA LORIANN CIRKSENA 14 months

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MATTHEW KEITH MULLIS 19 years

TRINITY MICHAEL WAFSTET

STEVEN V. MIRELES 18 years

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"BUBBA" CHRISTOPHER RYAN SILVA 18 years

AMANDA ROSE WAINSCOTT 20 years

BECKY VIDMOSKO

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CRAIG BRESSON 21 years

TRAVIS REX BARRENTINE 18 years

"MIKEY" MICHAEL RAY CAGLE,JR. 17 years

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TRACY LEE COX 30 years

CHAD JEFFREY NORRIS 20 yeart

BRANDON TYLER BESHADA 25 years

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KEHLIE LYNN DEAN

"MIKEY" MICHAEL JOHN VINYARD 5 years, 7 months

CHRISTINE MARIE KLEIN 27 years

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ERIC SUTTON SKINNER 19 years

CORLISE DAWN LEHMANN 27 years

CHRISTOPHER DALE BOOY 21 years

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"BRAD" BRADLEY ALAN O'MARTIN 27 Years

JAMIE LEE RICHARDSON 20 years

JESSIE ROBERT RICHARDSON 24 years

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"CHRIS" CHRISTOPHER B. HOSLER 23 years

"CATHY" CATHERINE LYNN SHARBROUGH POWELL 26 years

PATRICK ZACHARIAH WAFSTET

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COURTNEY MARIE WAFSTET

"ANT" ANTHONY MICHAEL COLA 16 years

CALEB JOSEPH HIEATT 15 years

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CARL TAYLOR 1 year 6 days

DANIEL VINCENT STAIB 23 years

"DEBBIE" DEBORAH JEAN FREITAS DAUGHRATY 42 years

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GARRETT DANIEL STAIB 1 hour

"JOEY" JOSEPH CHRETIEN JR. 25 years

PRISCILLA ANN FREITAS 1 year 4 days

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"ZACK" ZACHARY ALLEN WOLFORD 19 years

DOUGLAS RICHARD MALONE MILLER 15 years

DANIEL LEE HUKLE, JR. 23 years

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SEAN H. GRAY 19 YEARS

BRIAN WILLIAM MALUCELLI 33 YEARS

MICHAEL MARIO MALUCELLI 18 YEARS

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WHITNEY CARDIN SHARP 17 YEARS

KATIE MARIE POMIRKO 19 YEARS

BRYAN JAY REID 15 YEARS

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JONATHAN STEVEN WITTY 16 YEARS

TERESA "TRISSIE" FETTER 37 YEARS

MAYCIE TIMMONS SMITH SILENTLY BORN

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PAMELA SUE FOUNTAIN 21 YEARS

GERRY GRIFFITH PROVANCE 26 YEARS

KATIE NOEL DECKER 18 YEARS

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STUART TODD 18 YEARS

JILL RILEY 37 YEARS

BRANT LEE "TEENSY" ALBERTY 15 YEARS

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ROBERT LOUIS (BOBBY) MONTGOMERY 27 YEARS

BILLY SULLIVAN 19 YEARS

STEVEN MATHIS 30 YEARS

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STEVEN JACKSON STAFFORD 10 YEARS

DAVEY ALLISON DUNAVANT 9 YEARS

TAMI MARIE WOLFE 20 YEARS

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ELIZABETH ANN HUDSON 20 YEARS

WILLIAM "HARLEN" BAKER 26 YEARS

CERRIDWYN "KERRY" MAIRE URSULA BRIGID ROSEANNE LUJAN 19 YEARS

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JOSHUA AARON CADE 14 YEARS

ANGELA MICHELLE LOMENZO (and baby) 19 YEARS

MATTHEW PAUL TRAVIS COLE 22 YEARS

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CHRISTOPHER RYAN SILVA "BUBBA" 18 1/2 YEARS

RICKY DEWAYNE MCCORKLE 20 YEARS

ROBERT JAMES DELOSH 24 YEARS

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JACKY MICHAEL DELOSH 1 HOUR

JUSTIN OWEN DANIELS VERDIEL 5 YEARS

TAYLOR BURGSTAHLER 17 YEARS

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BENJAMIN DAVID SHIPP 24 YEARS

KAITLYNN RENE FORET 7 MONTHS

SHERILYN ANNETTE ADAMS 16 YEARS

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ISABEL BRISTOL 17 YEARS

RICKEY F. TACKETT, II STILLBORN

JEREMY TODD TACKETT 26 YEARS

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JAMIE LYNETTE LEWIS 22 YEARS

SHELLY LYNN BEAM 32 YEARS

CODY TYLER CLIFTON 18 YEARS

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JAMES (JIMMY) DWYER 23 YRS 3 M 29 D

"BOBBY" ROBERT DENNIS DIGAN 18 YEARS

MARY CATHERINE DIGAN SILENTLY BORN

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MIRANDA TRAVIS YOUNG COMBS 23 YEARS

KYLEE JAYNE COMBS SILENTLY BORN

SCOTT M. SCHROEDER 20 YEARS

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DANIEL JAMES STEWART "DANNY" 29 YEARS

ERIC OGAN 18 YEARS

JOEY SCARPA 23 YEARS

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MARK PRICE 6 YEARS

GERARD SCOTT FAZZIO 35 YEARS

JEFFREY M. FELIX 27 YEARS

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TRENT MCHARGUE 28 YEARS

BRANDI LYNN MITCHELL-EDWARDS 29 YEARS

CRAWFORD ALAN CARNAHAN 18 YEARS

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ADAM FIOCK 26 YEARS

MICHAEL RAY SHELLY 35 YEARS

DUSTIN MARSHALL RAWLS 25 YEARS

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JOSHUA EUGENE HEDGLIN 18 1/2 YEARS

TAMMY RENEE SMITH 21 YEARS

ROBERT PAUL TERRANOVA 42 YEARS

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JOSHUA SCOTT JOHNSON 21 YEARS

STEPHEN MICHAEL NICHOLSON 18 YEARS

RANDY REED HECOX 30 YEARS

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BRANDON JAMES PETERSON 18 YEARS

ANDREW GREGORY MISTLER 17 YEARS

BRODY JASON MOUCH 2 HOURS

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CLISTY RUTH HALL 17 YEARS

HAYLEE DANYELLE MAZZELLA 4 1/2 YEARS

DAVID "DAVEY" JOSEPH SISOLAK 25 YEARS

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LUCAS DEE KLOUZEK 33 YEARS

LLOYD FRANKLIN ROBERTS (DRACUS) 40 YEARS

JAMES GARY RODGERS II 24 YEARS

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KARI ANN RAMSESY 3 MO. 2 WKS.

LUKE DANIEL ROACH 6 HOURS

GREGORY SCOTT ROACH 8 YEARS

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ASHLEY NIAMH MCCAULEY 13 YEARS

DARREN DUTTON 21 YEARS

MICHAEL D. CARICO II 39 YEARS

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MELISSA EGGEN MANSFIELD 36 YEARS

AMANDA NICOLE CURCIO 17 YEARS

KEITH MICHAEL SHEA 16 YEARS

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ANDREW TYLER BERRY 12 YEARS

KENNETH "MACK" HILLERY CREAMER 17 YEARS

WENDY NICOLE DICKENS MCCAMMON 21 YEARS

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DRAKE E. FREED 13 MONTHS

MIKEY CHARLES PLATT 16 YEARS

JEFFERY ALLEN OLA 35 YEARS

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MICHAEL SETH BRENDEL 29 YEARS

HEATHER DAWN CRAWFORD 17 YEARS

MAXX WILLIAM ALBURY 4.5 MONTHS

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MANDY TAYLOR SMITH 17 YEARS

JARROD ALAN CHRISMAN 23 YEARS

JOHN R.A. GODDARD 22 YEARS

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KIETH COMBS 23 YEARS

TIMOTHY LEE GARSOW 20 YEARS

ASHLEIGH HUGHES 20 YEARS

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ANDREW MARTINEZ 26 YEARS

SCOT LESLEY JAIN 33 YEARS

JENNIFER A. JAIN 27 YEARS

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ROSS HUNTER WHITE 19 YEARS

RYAN JAMES MCCARTHY 16 DAYS

JASON KEVIN MCCARTHY 26 YEARS

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JACOB ANDREW REX SLUDER 17 YEARS	"MIKEY" MICHAEL SPENCER WILTSIE 12 YEARS	LORENZO IBARRA 7 YEARS

PAGE TWO
is accessed near the end of this page

SNAPSHOTS OF A LIFETIME

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

Snapshots of a lifetime
Captured here within my heart.
Prints of all my memories
Zoomed in on at the start.

A frame of special moments
Posed forever over time.
Developed over many years
In the darkroom of my mind.

Pictures of what used to be
From the camera of my soul.
Film waiting to be taken
A future trapped within the roll.

Photographs of heartache.
Images of hidden pain.
Focused on reality.
Exposing what remains.

Transparencies of happiness
Cropped-out by fate's design.
A flash of hope awaits within...
These snapshots of a lifetime.

© 2006 - Christine Ross

Mrs. Gump:
Vacation's when you go somewhere...
and you don't ever come back.

~ Quote from Forrest Gump

I wanna be inside your heaven
Take me to the place you cry from
Where the storm blows your way
I wanna be earth that holds you
Every bit of air you're breathin' in
A soothin' wind
I wanna be inside your heaven

~ Carrie Underwood

And none will hear the postman's knock
Without a quickening of the heart.
For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?

~W.H. Auden

Closer to heaven above and
Closer to you closer to you

~The Dixi Chicks

Here I am, signed, sealed delivered
I'm yours

~ Stevie Wonder

I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter
And make believe it came from you

I'm gonna write words oh so sweet
They're gonna knock me off my feet
A lotta kisses on the bottom
I'll be glad I got 'em

I'm gonna smile and say
I hope you're feeling better
I'll close with love the way you do
I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter
And I'm gonna make believe it came from you

~ Billy Williams

Please mister postman look and see
If there's a letter, a letter for me
I been standing here waiting mister postman
So patiently

So many days you passed me by
See the tear standing in my eye
You didn't stop to make me feel better
By leaving me a card or a letter

~ The Beatles

Oh, thinking about all our younger years
There was only you and me
We were young and wild and free

Oh, once in your life you find someone
Who will turn your world around
Bring you up when you're feeling down

Baby you're all that I want
When you're lying here in my arms
I'm finding it hard to believe
We're in heaven

And love is all that I need
And I found it there in your heart
It isn't too hard to see
We're in heaven

~ Bryan Adams

I dig my toes into the sand
The ocean looks like a thousand diamonds
Strewn across a blue blanket
I lean against the wind
Pretend that I am weightless
And in this moment I am happy...happy
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were here

~ Incubus

Funny how the years,
They just pass us by
Seems like yesterday,
You were in my life

~ Enrique Iglesias

I saw heaven in your eyes...
In your eyes...
Wish you were here...

~ Ritchie Blackmore

Hope you're well at home,
Next week I'll try to phone,
Not very long to go,
I'll tell you when I'm coming home as soon as I know

~ The Who

Wish you were here, wish you could see this place
Wish you were near, I wish I could touch your face
The weather's nice, it's paradise
It's summertime all year and there's some folks we know
They say, "Hello, I miss you so, wish you were here"

~ Mark Wills

How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have we found? The same old fears.
Wish you were here.

~ Pink Floyd

You fill up my senses Like a night in a forest
Like a mountain in springtime
Like a walk in the rain
Like a storm in the desert
Like a sleepy blue ocean
You fill up my senses, Come fill me again

Come let me love you
Let me give my life to you
Let me drown in your laughter
Let me die in your arms
Let lay down beside you
Let me always be with you
Come let me love you, Come love me again

~ John Denver

"Heaven is a city without a cemetery"

~ Anonymous

"Everything you can imagine is real."

~ Pablo Picasso

Perhaps passing through the gates of death
is like passing quietly through the gate in a pasture fence.
On the other side, you keep walking, without the need to look back.
No shock, no drama, just the lifting of a plank
or two in a simple wooden gate in a clearing.
Neither pain, nor floods of light, nor great voices,
but just the silent crossing of a meadow.

~Mark Helprin, "A Soldier of the Great War"

"And if I go,
while you are still here,
know that I live on,
vibrating to a different measure,
behind a thin veil
you cannot see through.
You will not see me
so you must have faith.
I can't wait for the time
when we can soar together again,
both aware of each other.
Until then,
live your life to the fullest
and when you need me,
just whisper my name in your heart.....
I will be there."

~ Emily Dickenson

THE SWIM

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

The waves are washing over me.
I'm drowning in this grief.
I look for shores to swim to
Or an island of relief.

I tread the murky water
Trying hard to stay afloat.
I'm pulled under by the current
Sinking to where there is no hope.

Submerged in total darkness,
Lying on the ocean's floor.
I contemplate my voyage
To that peaceful heavenly shore.

My chest is tightened by the surge.
In this seabed I can't breathe.
So I look toward the surface
To the place of my reprieve.

A light appears before me
With a hand for me to clasp.
Then I'm thrust above the surface
As I begin to cough and gasp.

I see the shore before me
So I swim towards the sand
But I gaze back at the water
Knowing that it understands.

Then I look to the horizon
At that other peaceful shore.
Someone is waiting for me
But motions not to drift that far.

The hand that rescued reaches high
And waves to me a fond goodbye.
Someday I'll see my angel
When I reach that ebbing tide.

So I turn towards that earthly shore
Drenched in the hope that I betrayed.
Stroke by stroke I reach the reef
And in the shallow sea I wade.

At last I find myself aground.
I lay there resting on the beach
As the waves engulf my being
Again I'm flooded by this grief.

So I build sandcastles to the sky
And I soak up lots of sun.
I splash around in memories
Of the days when life was fun.

The waters still entice me
And I know the current's strong.
I sometimes go out for a swim.....
I just don't stay out too long.

© 2007 - Christine Ross
In memory of Lucas Christopher Ross 1979 - 2001

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