Tim and Gloria, Candy, Jim and Dalfina, Jeff and Heather-- 
 It is with my deepest sympathy and heartache as I think about the loss of your mother. It still doesn't seem real to me. I had every intention of being there for you and with you for the funeral. However, I am petrified to drive in the snow after several accidents that's why I moved to Florida!. I hope that you will forgive me for that, and I am pretty sure that your mom would!
 Suffering the loss of your mother is painful and difficult, and I hope that having each other may help ease these tough times. My thoughts and prayers are with you. 
 You should know how much I enjoyed your mom's visits here to Florida, and was glad that she had the opportunity to get some warm sunshine during her winter visits with us. She overdid the sun at times, as if she were saving it up to take home!
 I am so grateful for the love, care, and attention that she gave to my father when he was ill. It helped me so much just knowing that she was there with him. That meant the world to me! She definitely had a gift for caregiving--and I think she missed her calling to be a nurse. 
 What a wonderful experience it must have been for you to have had the opportunity for fun times on the cruise - and the pictures showed how much she enjoyed herself too. I had fun shopping with her down here for clothes to take on the trip. She so looked forward to that cruise with her family! 
 She was a real planner, and I am sure she is relaxing in heaven and feeling pretty good about making an exit soon after her fantastic vacation with her children. 
 You, my distant family, are all wonderful, and one of my fondest memories of y'all is when we had dinner after my dad's funeral. I realized how much you all loved him too, something I never really knew. My brother Larry and I are alot like him in that we appear aloof, but it's not that we don't care or love, it's just how we were raised. 
 Just know, though, each one of you, that I loved your mom and had some very happy times together with her! 
 Tim, thank you so much for keeping me informed, I appreciated it very much. 
 With much prayer and love, Kathy

 Posted by kathy bennett - BRADENTON, FL December 03, 2008

Dear Special Children of Rochelle:
 Your Mom was a special person who loved you and was so proud of you. She had such fun talking about your time together especially going to see the Cubs.
 Please take comfort in her love and that she is totally healed and waiting for you.
 Best wishes,
 Marie VanderBroek

 Posted by Marie VanderBroek - Holland, MI December 29, 2008

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