THANK YOU MOTHER

WE LOVE YOU OUR BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY, AMY DAWN, AND WE MISS YOU
TODAY MY MOTHER, I, AND RICHARD DROVE TO AMY'S RESTING



PLACE TO DECORATE FOR CHRISTMAS.....



BUT FIRST I WANTED TO SHOW YOU HER PLACE AT OUR TABLE



AT THE RESTAURANT ON THANKSGIVING DAY. IT LOOKS KINDA MESSY



BUT WE WERE LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT PICTURES OF HER.


THERE WAS A BEAUTIFUL CARD THAT SUE MADE THAT I PLACED ON



AN EASEL. IT HAD SWEET WOODEN LETTERS THAT SAID, AMY, BUT SOME



OF THE PICTURES WERE PLACED ON THE EASEL, COVERING UP SOME OF



THE CARD.



THIS IS HOW MY SWEET HUBBY AND I DECORATED HER RESTING PLACE



FOR FALL.



YOU CAN'T TELL BUT SHE IS ON A HILL IN A NEW PART OF THE



CEMETERY. IT IS WIDE OPEN AND THE WIND HOWLS ACROSS THERE.



IF YOU WEAR A WIG OR TOUPEE YOU BETTER GLUE IT DOWN OR YOU



WILL SEE IT BLOWING ACROSS THE CEMETERY LIKE A TUMBLE WEED



OR IT MIGHT LAND ON OLD WEEZER'S TOMBSTONE...THAT'S FOR ANOTHER



DAY.




THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL WREATH IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCARECROWS



AND THOSE ARE AMY'S SOLAR BUTTERFLY LIGHTS THAT CHANGE COLORS



VERY SLOWLY LIKE A FIBER OPTIC TREE OR ANGEL. THEY ARE SO



BEAUTIFUL AT NIGHT AND THEY STAND GUARD OVER AMY.





AMY LOVES WINNIE THE POOH...



WE TIED OUR THANKSGIVING CARD AND A LITTLE WINNIE THE POOH



ON HER WREATH.

THIS IS MY BEAUTIFUL MOTHER. FROM HER I RECEIVED MY LOVE

OF FLORAL ARRANGING AND MAKING WREATHS. IT WAS VERY COLD

TODAY....WE WERE GOING TO GO WEDNESDAY BUT THE WEATHER SAYS

WE MIGHT GET SNOW...I DOUBT IT BUT IT IS GOING TO GET COLDER.

THIS IS MY MOTHERS' PARENTS....BERT AND MINNIE. MOTHER HAS ALWAYS

TAKEN CARE OF THEIR GRAVE. THESE ARE MY GRANDPARENTS THAT BOTH

DIED IN 1976 WHILE I WAS PREGNANT WITH AMY. I WAS THINKING

GRANDMA LIVED 6 MONTHS AFTER GRANDDAD DIED BUT THAT IS NOT

TRUE. GRANDDAD DIED IN JANUARY AND GRANDMA DIED ON MY

BIRTHDAY/MOTHER'S DAY. MOTHER WAS TELLING ME TODAY

THAT MOTHER, AUNT DONNA, AND AUNT PATRICIA BROUGHT

GRANDMA TO THE CEMETERY TO SEE THE HEAD STONE IN PLACE

AND SHE HAD A HEART ATTACK THE NEXT DAY AND DIED 28 HOURS

LATER.

DECORATING THE GRAVES WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO GRANDMA. I

CAN REMEMBER AS A CHILD MY SISTER AND BROTHER AND I

WOULD WALK ACROSS THE CEMETERY AND PLACE FLOWERS ON THE

GRAVES OF PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T HAVE ANY.

AMY'S TOMBSTONE WILL BE THE COLOR OF THEIRS. I LOVE THE

DARK COLOR BECAUSE THE WRITING AND PICTURES SHOW UP

SO MUCH BETTER. HER NAME, AND OVAL PICTURE OF HER, WITH

THE DATES WILL BE IN AN ETCHED HEART.

ON THE BACK WILL BE AN ETCHED BUTTERFLY UP IN ONE

CORNER AND AN ARTIST BRUSH AND THAT THING, (I CAN'T

THINK OF THE NAME OF IT) THAT HOLDS DIFFERENT LITTLE

COLORS OF PAINT.......AND IT WILL SAY:

AMY DAWN OUR BELOVED DAUGHTER

SISTER

GRANDDAUGHTER

NIECE

COUSIN

AND FRIEND.

IT WAS VERY OVERCAST, WINDY AND COLD...WHEN WE WERE THROUGH

DECORATING THE SUN APPEARED AND WE WERE AMAZED AT THE RAY THAT

BOUNCED TO THE THE PRECIOUS ANGEL MOTHER BROUGHT.

WE FELT AMY WAS TELLING US THANK YOU.

ON THE GRAVE BLANKET, WE TIED RED BALLS AND SOME BIG

RED BALLS THAT WAS FROSTED. THERE WERE WHITE POINSETTIAS

AND GOLD BUTTERFLIES. MY MOTHER PURCHASED THE GRAVE

BLANKET FROM A FLORIST BECAUSE WE FIGURED BY THE TIME

WE BOUGHT THE TREES AND EVERYTHING ELSE IT WOULD HAVE

COST US A LOT MORE.

THE PICTURE IS OF MY SWEET HUBBY TYING ON ONE OF THE FROSTED

RED BALLS.




I WORE RED PANTS...BECAUSE OF MY KNEES I HAD TO BEND OVER

TO TIE MY RIBBONS. LUCKILY NO ONE CAME WHILE I WAS TYING

RIBBONS LIKE A BOW HUNTER FOR INSTANCE...THEY WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THEY

FOUND A TARGET TO PRACTICE ON.....LOL

WE LEFT AMY'S BUTTERFLY SOLAR LIGHTS BUT WHEN MY MOTHER



WENT TO THE CITY WITH MY BROTHER SHE FOUND THE BEAUTIFUL



SNOWFLAKE SOLAR LIGHTS. THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL JUST TO LOOK



AT AND WE ARE GOING WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO LOOK AT THEM AFTER



DARK.









MOTHER AND ME. I WAS CRYING, SO DON'T PAY ANY ATTENTION




TO ME.

MOTHER MADE THE WREATH



RICHARD AND I ARE MAKING A WINNIE THE POOH TREE

TO TAKE IN A FEW DAYS.

THIS FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER

DEDICATED TO OUR BELOVED AMY

THE WIND RACED ACROSS THE CEMETERY

SWIRLING FROM GRAVE TO GRAVE

AS "TEARS OF SORROW" FROZE TO MY FACE

I TOLD MYSELF "YOU MUST STAND HERE BRAVE"

THIS FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER

WE ARE ALL ALONE

NO ABILITY TO HUG YOU OR KISS YOUR FACE

JUST CHOKE BACK OUR MOANS

AMY, CAN YOU SEE YOUR BEAUTIFUL

GRAVE BLANKET WITH CUTE CANDY CANES

THROUGH THE "PORTALS OF HEAVEN"

AS YOU WALK THOSE GOLDEN LANES

WE WILL NEVER FORGET YOU

AMY, OUR BELOVED DAUGHTER AND GRANDDAUGHTER

WE ARE STILL HERE AND BEING MOLDED

BY THE HAND OF THE POTTER

THIS FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER

SO MANY MEMORIES FROM THE PAST

THEY DANCE THROUGH MY MIND

LIKE RAYS OF SUNSHINE PLAYING ON GLASS

I WILL BE BRAVE AND LIVE

LIFE ONE DAY AT A TIME

KNOWING YOU ARE SAFE WITH JESUS

MAKES MY SHATTERED HEART SHINE

I LOVE YOU SO VERY MUCH LITTLE BUTTERFLY

AND THE VOID THAT HAS BEEN LEFT WITHIN ALL THOSE WHO

LOVE YOU WILL TAKE MANY YEARS TO FILL.

I SO WISH I COULD CALL YOU AND YOU COULD TELL ME IF

YOU HAVE SEEN NOAH OR SONYA OR ALL OUR GRANDPARENTS....

I WOULD JUST LOVE TO HEAR IF JESUS' EYES ARE BLUE LIKE THE

OCEAN OR BROWN. HAVE YOU BEEN IN YOUR MANSION AND

SET AT THE LORDS' FEET...DO THE ANGELS SING CONTINUALLY.....

OH MY GOD, HOW I SO WANT TO HUG YOU.

I LOVE YOU AMY

MOTHER

THERE ARE SO MANY WHO NEED PRAYER:

THE 4 POLICE OFFICERS THAT WERE SHOT AND DIED AND THEIR

PRECIOUS FAMILIES AND ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN

OUR MILITARY AND THEIR FAMILIES

WISE COUNSEL TO ADVISE THE PRESIDENT

ROY AND ELISABETH, ASHLEY, LEILA AND KORBI, ANASTASIA,

LADY KATHERINE, CAROL'S SIL WHO HAS BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL

8 X'S THIS YEAR WITH DIABETES, ANDREW, BABY CHASE, ALL THOSE

WHO HAVE LOVED ONES TRAPPED BY DEMENTIA, WILL AND CAS,

PATRICIA, KRISTI, EVERY ONE WHO HAS LOST A LOVED ONE RIGHT

HERE AT THE HOLIDAY OR ARE STILL RAW FROM YOUR LOVED ONE

PASSING AWAY, JOHN AND GLORIA, TOM, EVELYN, DEBBIE, CINDY,

DONNA, BECKY, BONNIE AND RICHARD, CHASITY, DOUG, THE

FAMILY OF PASTOR DAUGHTERY, IRENE,

WE THANK YOU LORD FOR ANSWERING EACH PRAYER REQUEST IN

YOUR WAY LORD, AS YOUR WAY IS PERFECT.

MY CUP RUNNETH OVER. SURELY GOODNESS AND MERCY SHALL

FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE.

~PSALM 23:5-6

THANK YOU AS ALWAYS FOR TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR DAY


TO SPEND WITH ME. YOU ARE VERY SPECIAL.











ANGEL HUGS