FLY FREE MY PRECIOUS BUTTERFLY!
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of
weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than
ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of overwhelming
grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.
Washinghton Irving
REST IN PEACE MY BEAUTIFUL ANGEL!
When I am dead, come to me at my grave,
And the more often the better...
As you spoke to me when I was alive,
Do so now, for I am living, and I shall be FOREVER.
ST.Serafin Of sarov
HAVE A GLORIOUS JOURNEY MY PRECIOUS SON!
When I pass, speak freely of my
shortcomings and my flaws. Learn from them,
for I'll have no ego to injure.
Aaron McGruder
I AM FEELING YOUR PAIN
"Simeon said to Mary, his mother,
And sorrow, like a sharp sword will
break your own heart."
"A THOUSAND WORDS CAN'T BRING YOU BACK.
I KNOW BECAUSE I TRIED. AND NEITHER CAN A
MILLION TEARS. I KNOW BECAUSE I CRIED."
SARAH RATLIFF
FLY FREE BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY
THE LOVE THAT IS IN A PARENT'S HEART
STAY DEEP, STRONG AND TRUE.
NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO, THAT
LOVE IS THERE WITH YOU.
Edgar Cayce
IT IS SO TRUE!!!
My precious son Patrick, not a moment goes
by without thinking of you, loving you,
and missing you more than I can
understand the feeling. Please stay close
to me. Your treasured memories are
my keepsake. Love, Mom. xoxoxo.
WITH EACH HEARTBEAT AND EACH BREATH I TAKE FLUTTERING IN MY SOUL IS FORMED WITH THOUGHTS OF YOU, MY LOVE FOR YOU, AND MY LONGING FOR YOU, MY SON. LOVING YOU, MISSING YOU, AND NEEDING YOU SO DEARLY IN MY LIFE. PLEASE PATRICK STAY CLOSE TO ME. IT TOOK ONE MOMENT TO CHANGE MY LIFE SO HORRIBLY BECAUSE I LOVE YOU MORE THAN MY LIFE. PEACE AND LOVE, MOM
MAY THIS PAGE FROM WORDS OF WISDOM
BRING OUR HEARTS AND SOULS SOME
HEALING, PEACE, HOPE, UNDERSTANDING, AND
FAITH ALONG OUR NEW JOURNEY. AMEN.
MAY OUR PRECIOUS ANGELS WALK WITH US
ALONG OUR SORROWFUL JOURNEYS UNTIL WE
MEET THEM IN HEAVEN ONE BY ONE.
TO HEALING WITH QUOTES!
GOD BLESS OUR ANGELS!
Lord grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Amen
MOM LOVES YOU VERY MUCH | January 13, 2011 |
"I LOVED THE BOY WITH THE UTMOST LOVE OF WHICH MY SOUL IS CAPABLE AND HE IS TAKEN FROM ME - YET IN THE AGONY OF MY SPIRIT IN SURRENDERING SUCH A TREASURE I FEEL A THOUSAND TIMES RICHER THAN IF I NEVER POSESSED IT."
~ William WordsWorth
When the heart weeps for what is lost,
the spirit laughs for what it has found.
~ Sufi Aphorism
There are more things in Heaven and earth, Horatio,
than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
~Shakespeare
Heart Strings
What if you slept?
And what if, in your sleep,
You dreamed?
And what if, in your dream,
you went to Heaven
and there plucked a beautiful flower?
And what if, when you awake,
you had the flower in your hand?
Ah, what then?
~Samuel Taylor Coledrige
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt
the world to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonoble
man.
George Bernard Shaw
Penetrating so many secrets, we cease to believe
in the unknowable.
But there it sits, nevetheless, calmly licking its chops.
~H. L. Mencken
MOM MISSES YOU DEEPLY | December 29, 2010 |
Life does not cease to be funny when people die
any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
~ George Bernard Shaw
If you live to be one hundred, you've got it made.
Very few people die past that age.
~ George Burns
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.
~ George Santayana
Death is not extinguishing the light;
it is putting out the lamp because dawn has come.
~Rabindranath Tagore
Be of good cheer about death and
know this as a truth--that no evil can
happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
~Socrates
For in that sleep of death, what dreams may come.
~William Shakespeare
Death is well understood,it's life that isn't.
~Tony Follari Comedian
The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death.
~Author Unknown
When the body sinks into death, the essence of man is revealed.
Man is a knot, a web, a mesh into which relationships are tied.
Only those relationships matter. The body is an old crock that nobody will miss.
~Antoine de Saint-Exupery
We all labor against our own cure,
for death is the cure of all diseases.
~Author Unknown
A person who chooses to die or to risk
death demonstrates that there are values,
principles, maxims, that are more valuable to
him than is life itself. In short, he places his immortal
self above his mortal self.
~Henry David Thoreau
Life is eternal and love is immortal;
And death is only a horizon,
And a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight.
~Rossiter W. Raymond
Death is the most beautiful adventure in life.
~Charles Frohman
Is death the last sleep? No--it is the last and final awakening.
~Sir Walter Scott
A man is not completely born until he is dead.
~Benjamin Franklin
Fear not death, for the sooner we
die the longer we shall be immortal.
~Benjamin Franklin
MOM MISSES YOU DEEPLY | December 28, 2010 |
A happy New Year! Grant that I
May bring no tear to any eye
When this New Year in time shall end
Let it be said I've played the friend,
Have lived and loved and labored here,
And made of it a happy year.
Edgar Guest
For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning.
T.S. Eliot, "Little Gidding"
Glory to God in highest heaven,
Who unto man His Son hath given;
While angels sing with tender mirth,
A glad new year to all the earth.
Martin Luther
We spend January 1 walking through our lives,
room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done,
cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list,
we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives...
not looking for flaws, but for potential.
Ellen Goodman
The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year.
It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose;
new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes.
Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions,
he would make no resolutions.
Unless a man starts afresh about things,
he will certainly do nothing effective.
G.K. Chesterton
Your golden heart stopped beating
your smiling eyes at rest god broke
our hearts to prove to us he only takes the best.
~Author Unknown
For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
Philippians 1:21
Out of cluster find simplicity. From discord find harmony.
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
~Albert Einstein
You are my angel..You are my star. You are missed in the hearts of many and our lives will never be the same without you here with us!!! "Missing someone gets easier everyday because even though its one day further from the last time you saw each other it's one day closer till the next time you will."
Author Unknown
"When someone comes into our lives...and they are too quietly and quickly gone, they leave footprints on our hearts...and their memory stays with us forever."
Author Unknown
Son, we miss you so very much No words can we express But we know that God has called you And your life He’s truly blessed For you are such a blessing to us And to those you minister to. Though for now, we must release you So God can work through you I’m missing you every day And wishing you were here I’m hoping to see your face again And longing again to share All our deepest secrets The longings of the soul Though distance comes between us The memories I still hold
M.S.Lowndes
A butterfly lights beside us, like a sunbeam... and for a brief moment it's glory and beauty belong to our world... but then it flies on again, and although we wish it could have stayed, we are so thankful to have seen it at all.
Author Unknown
You can shed tears that he is gone Or you can smile because he has lived. You can close your eyes and pray that he’ll come back Or you can open your eyes and see all that he’s left. Your heart can be empty because you can’t see him Or you can be full of the love you shared. You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday Or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday. You can remember him and only that he’s gone Or you can cherish his memory and let it live on. You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back Or you can do what he'd want: smile, open your eyes, love and go on.
Author Unknown
The will of God will never take you where
the grace of God will not protect you.
Author Unknown
I am going to concentrate on what's important in life. I'm going to strive everyday to be a kind and generous and loving person. I'm going to keep death right here, so that anytime I even think about getting angry at you or anybody else, I'll see death and I'll remember
Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider
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"Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the Ark. Professionals built the Titanic."
You are my angel..You are my star. You are missed in the hearts of many and our lives will never be the same without you here with us!!! "Missing someone gets easier everyday because even though its one day further from the last time you saw each other it's one day closer till the next time you will."
~Author Unknown
MOM MISSES YOU DEEPLY | December 21, 2010 |
PRECIOUS SON
"For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor Angels,
nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come,
nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created
things, will be able to separate us from the love of God,
which is in Christ."
~Romans 8: 38-39
Sister Sarah was getting old. One day after church services
the minister came to her and said, "Sister, you are getting
along in years and I was wondering if you have given any
thought to the hereafter."
Why, Reverend," she replied, "I think about the hereafter
all the time. I walk from the living room to the kitchen
and think to myself " What did I come in here after?"
~Unknown Source
A person starts to live when he can live outside
himself. Few are those who see with their own eyes
and feel with their own hearts.
~Albert Einstein
When I pass, speak freely of my
shortcomings and my flaws. Learn from them,
for I'll have no ego to injure.
Aaron McGruder
Death is more universal than life,
everyone dies but not everyone lives.
~ A. Saxchs
Do not fear death so much,
but rather the inadequate life.
~Bertolt Brecht
For certain is death for the born
And certain is birth for the dead;
Therefore over the inevitable
Thou shouldst not grieve.
~ Bhagavad Gita
Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny.
~Aeschylus
We do not die because we have to die,
we die because one day, and not so long ago,
our consciousness was forced to deem it necessary.
~Antonin Artaud
He not busy being born is busy dying.
~Bob Dylan
A man should not leave this earth with unfinished business.
He should live each day as if it was a pre-flight check.
He should ask each morning, am I prepared to lift-off?
~Diane Frolov and
Death is the enemy. I spent 10 years of my life singlemindedly studying, practicing, fighting hand to hand in close quarters to defeat the enemy, to send him back bloodied and humble and I am not going to roll over and surrender.
~Diane Frolov and
I am going to concentrate on what's important in life. I'm going to strive everyday to be a kind and generous and loving person. I'm going to keep death right here, so that anytime I even think about getting angry at you or anybody else, I'll see death and I'll remember
~Diane Frolov and
It's no accident that the church and
the graveyard stand side by side.
The city of the dead sleeps encircled by the city of the living
~Diane Frolov and
Death is nothing to us, since when we are,
death has not come, and when death
has come, we are not.
~Epicurus
I hope the leaving is joyful;
and I hope never to return.
~Frida Kahlo
Our greatest glory is not in never falling
but in rising every time we falls.
~Confucius
MOM LOVES YOU VERY MUCH | December 16, 2010 |
MERRY CHRISTMAS PRECIOUS ANGEL
A man should not leave this earth with unfinished business.
He should live each day as if it was a pre-flight check.
He should ask each morning, am I prepared to lift-off?
Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider
Every meeting and sharing of persons is an exchange
of gifts. My gift is me, your gift is you. We are gifts to
each other.
Author Unknown
Everything, including our consciousness, is made up of
energy, and energy never dies. It only changes form.
Everything carries the vibration of life for us to honor.
Those who have crossed over have become our greatest
teachers in our understanding of the circle of life. It is
our responsibility to listen to them. It is our responsibility to
share this information with others for it is in our sharing that
healing takes place.
~Karyl O' Leary
I would rather live my life as if a wondrous afterlife
exists than to live my life believing in no afterlife at all...
just dust to dust... only to pass away and discover I was
immensely wrong.
~Debra Martin
FEAR is the chariot in which man rides to death;
And when he finds himself within the chamber
of the death, he learns that he has been deceived...
his chariot was a myth, and death a fancy child.
~Levi / Aquarian Gospel
If you are dealing with fears and insecurities from old
head programs, have compassion for yourself. Just love
your insecurities, fears and resentments. Release and
forgive them as they come up. Judging, beating or
repressing insecurities just gives them power. Then you
have a pattern that never gets resolved. Recognize that
your real security is built from your relationship with
your own heart.
~Sara Paddison
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the
little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face
my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through
me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner
eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will
be nothing. Only I will remain.
~Frank Herbert
"... Men, believing in myths, will always fear something
terrible, everlasting punishment as certain or probable...
Men base all these fears not on mature opinions, but
on irrational fancies, so that they are more disturbed by
fear of the unknown than by facing facts. Peace of mind
lies in being delivered from all these fears."
~Epicurus ( Greeley)
MOM TREASURES YOUR MEMORIES | November 26, 2010 |
Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men;
but be careful that you do not take the day,
and leave out the gratitude. ~E.P. Powell
As we express our gratitude,
we must never forget that the highest
appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
~John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Let us remember that, as much
has been given us, much will be expected
from us, and that true homage comes
from the heart as well as from the lips,
and shows itself in deeds.
~Theodore Roosevelt
To speak gratitude is courteous and
pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous
and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.
~Johannes A. Gaertner
We give thanks for unknown
blessings already on their way.
~Author Unknown
The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies;
but let the thankful heart sweep through
the day and, as the magnet finds the iron,
so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
~Henry Ward Beecher
Grace isn't a little prayer you chant
before receiving a meal. It's a way to live.
~Attributed to Jacqueline Winspear
Thanksgiving is possible only for
those who take time to remember;
no one can give thanks who has a short memory.
~Author Unknown
God has two dwellings;
one in heaven, and the other in a meek
and thankful heart.
~Izaak Walton
Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received.
Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling.
Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.
~ Henry Van Dyke
He who receives a good turn should never forget it;
he who does one should never remember it.
~ Charron
WE MISS YOU.
Sometimes, when one person is missing,
the whole world seems depopulated.
~Lamartine
MOM TREASURES YOUR MEMORIES | November 18, 2010 |
Death is not extinguishing the light,
it is putting out the lamp because
dawn has come.
~Rabirdranath Tagore
It is not the body that has energy field,
but the energy field that has a body.
~Richard Barrett
There is an afterlife: we believe we are
spiritual beings inhabiting a temporary
physical body. We are also believe we are
here in order to learn valuable lessons that
living on this planet can almost certainly provide.
~Muriel and Bill William
I loved the boy with the utmost love of which
my soul is capable of and he is taken from me
yet in the agony of my spirit in surrendering such a treasure,
I feel a thousand times richer than if I had never possessed it.
William Wordsworth
Be a sinner and let your sins be strong, but
let your trust in Christ be stronger. Rejoice
in Christ... the victor over sins.
Martin Luther
Don't ever seek to be the greatest. Seek
instead to do great things. If you aspire to
greatness, your greatness will die with you.
But if you aspire to do great things, your
legacy will live on. The only to dao this is
by being a servant lead by serving and you will
do great things.
Author Unknown
MOM LOVES YOU VERY MUCH | November 13, 2010 |
Death is not extinguishing the light;
it is putting out the lamp because dawn has come.
~Robindranath Tagore
We think of you in silence, we often speak your name,
But all we have are memories, and your picture in a frame...
Your resting place we visit, and put flowers there with care,
But no one knows the heartache, as we turn and leave you there....
~Author Unknown
FAITH
Faith is like a candle flame,
a glow that keeps us strong,
and faith is there to see us
through when things seem to go wrong.
Life is not always easy, we are bound
to have some sorrow.
But faith can help to get us through,
To a better day, tomorrow.
So when you burn this candle, and
you see its steady light.
Remember that your faith will help,
make dark days seem more bright.
Author Unknown
Amen. Amen. Amen.
MOM LOVES YOU VERY MUCH | November 11, 2010 |
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that
seekth findeth; and to him that knocketh it
shall be opened.
~Mathew 7:7-8
.... With men this is impossible; but
with God all things are possible.
~Mathew 19: 26
Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not
for themselves; and, under a just god, can not
retain it.
~Abraham Lincoln
Why should there not be a patient confidence
in the ultimate justice of the people? is there any
better or equal hope in the world?
~Abraham Lincoln
There is not a heart but its moments of longing,
yearning for something better; nobler; holier
than it knows now.
~Henry Ward Beecher
Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't
have the courage to ask the blessing of Heaven.
~G. C . Lichtenberg
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure,
then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated,
full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality,
and without hypocrisy.
~ James 3;17
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among
you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him
become a fool, that he may be wise. For the wisdom
of this world is foolishness with god...
1 Corinthians 3:18-19
... the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let
patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect
and entire, wanting nothing.
~James 1:3-4
Every man is proud of what he does well; and
no man is proud of what he does not do well.
With the former, his heart is in his work; and he
will do twice as much of it with less fatigue. The
latter performs a little imperfectly, looks at it in
disgust, turns from it, and imagines himself
exceedingly tired. The little he has done comes
to nothing, for want of finishing.
~Abraham Lincoln
And as we walk, we must make the pledge that
we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back.
~Martin Luther King Jr
Nobody seriously believe the universe was
made by God without being persuaded that
He takes care of His works.
~John Calvin
The scripture speaks volumes on faith.
For we walk by faith, not by sight.
~2 Corinthians 5:7
MOM MISSES YOU DEEPLY | November 11, 2010 |
The miserable have no other medicine
but only hope.
~William Shakespeare
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick:
but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
~ Proverbs 13:12
God is not a a deceiver, that the should
offer to support us, and then, when we
lean upon Him, should slip away from us.
~Saint Augustine
Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen
your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.
~Psalm 31:24
How often we look upon God as our last and
feeblest resource! We go to Him because we
have nowhere else to go. And then we learn that
the storms of life have driven us, not upon
the rocks, but into the desired haven.
~George MacDonald
We are all pencils in the hand of a writing God,
who is sending love letters to the world.
~Mother Teresa of Calcutta
I didn't bring more rice that evening because
I wanted them to enjoy the joy of sharing.
~Mother Teresa
Thoughtfulness is the beginning of great sanctity.
If you learn the art of being thoughtful, you will become more and more Christ-like, for his heart was meek and he always thought of others. Our vocation, to be beautiful, must be full of thought for others.
~Mother Teresa
No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be
satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and
righteousness like a mighty stream.
~Martin Luther King, Jr.
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and
plead the cause of the poor and needy.
~Proverb 31:9
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to
the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy:
rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
~ Psalm 82:3-4
We are fully accountable for how we treat
others. God is watching. He had oppresseth the
poor reproacheth his Maker; but he that
honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
~Proverbs 14:31
The best way of losing a cause is to abuse
your opponent and to trade upon his weakness.
~Mahatma Gandhi
Tears on the outside fall to the
Lear to do well, seek judgment, relieve the
oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for
the widow.
~ Isaiah 1:17
The love of justice is simply, in the majority
of men, the fear of suffering injustice.
~Francois, Duc De La Rochefoucauld