HAPPY FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY
WELL HERE IT IS FIFTY YEARS AND YOUR NOT HERE. sO MANY WONDERFUL MEMORIES OF YOU. THE BEST WERE HOW YOU LOVED YOUR CHILDREN. WHEN GOD SUPRISED US WITH ELIZABETH, YOU WERE ON THE MOON, YOU WERE GLUED TO THE NURSERY WINDOW AT ST. CHARLES. IT DIDN"T MATTER I COULDN"T MOVE ( OUR BABY WAS YOUR PRINCESS, YOU GOT THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE PAPERS AND YOU FILLED THEM OUT , YOU NAMED OUR BABY, I WANTED TO CALL HER JENNIFER AFTER "LOVE STORY" . YOU DID THE SAME AS MY OWN DADDY HE FILLED IN THE PAPERS ANS NAMED ME. BUT THE MOST SPECIAL TIME FOR ME WAS WHEN VISITORS LEFT, AND THEY BROUGHT ELIZABETH IN. THEY PUT A PAPER GOWN ON YOU SAT YOU IN THE ROCKER AND SAID OK DADDY TIME TO FEED YOUR BABY. THEY PUT HER IN YOUR ARMS AND YOU WERE IN HEAVEN. ABOUT A MONTH AFTER ELIZABETH WAS BORN ( YOU WANTED HER CALLED ELIZABETH NO NICKNAMES.) YOU TOLD ME YOU WANTED TO HAVE ANOTHER LITTLE GIRL. I LOOKED AT YOU LIKE YOU WERE NUTS, I SAID NO, I WASGOING ON 31 AND HAD A 9 YEAR AND SEVEN YEAR OLD SONS. SPORTS WAS THEIR THING. I HAD TO DRESS MY LITTLE GIRL AND SIT IN THE CAR WHILE THEY PLAYED HOCKY IN GOOD SHEPARD, I TOLD YOU IF YOU COULD GUARANTEE A GIRL MAYBE. IN MY HEART I KNEW YOU COULD NOT. SO YOU GAVE ALL YOUR LOVE TO YOUR LITTLE PRINCESS. I WAS VERY HAPPY GOD GAVE US A 7 LB. 11 OZ. GIRL. NOW OUR LIFE WAS COMPLETE, WE HAD THREE CHILDREN. A BEAUTIFUL HOME, AND 3 YEARS LATER MY WORLD CAVED IN YOU WERE TRANSFERED TO N.J. YOU TOLD ME I HELD YOUR CAREER BACK BECAUSE I WOULDN"T MOVE. SO I SIGNED THE PAPERS AND 7 DAYS LATER HAD A HEART ATTACK. BUT I MOVED ANYWAY, 1 YEAR LATER THEY LAID YOU OFF AFTER14 YEARS WITH OXY. SO NOW THE REAL LIFE SET IN. UP ONE STEP FALL DOWN 2. YOU GOT A JOB WITH CONGOLIUM LINOLIUM IN TRENTON 3 YEARS LATER THEY CLOSED THE PLANT. A YEAR I FINALLY GOT YOU TO GO HOME TO N.Y. NOW A NEW LIFE, WE HAD TO RENT, OUR WORLD WAS NOT THE SAME. BUT WITH GODS HELP WE MADE IT AND THANKS TO AUNT THEA AND UNCLE ERWIN THEY PUT YOU IN THEIR WILL. WE COULD NOW BUY A HOUSE. LIFE WAS BEAUTIFUL TO ME.AND OUR CHILDREN. YOU REALLY GAVE ME A KOOKIE LIFE BUT THERE WAS ALWAYS LOVE BETWEEN US. THEN YOU HID THE BIGGEST SECRET FROM ME AND LIZ..HOW COULD YOU KNOW YOU HAD CANCER AND ONLY ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO LIVE NOW YOU PROBELY KNOW YOU WERE STUPID. YOU BLEW OUR WORLD UP IN A MILLION PIECES. THE MEMORIES WE COULD HAVE NADE WITH THE TIME WE HAD LEFT. INSTEAD LIZ A ND I CRY EVERY DAY. I KNOW YOUR WITH US AS AN ANGEL BUT THAT DOESN"T HELP I KNOW OUR BEAUTIFUL GRAND DAUGHTER SAW YOU, JASMINE.IS A BABY AND THEY SAY THEY CAN SEE DEPARTED SOULS, PLEASE JOE WATCH OVER MY BABIES. TAKE CARE OF THEM. THEY ARE A PART OF US. I MISS YOU SO, PLEASE SEND ME A SIGN, I LOVE YOU MORE THAN EVER. SO DOES OUR CHILDREN, TILL I SEE YOU AGAIN, I REMAIN YOUR WIFE FOREVER, I LOVE YOU, BETTY