A poem I heard that I dedicate to you, sweet Danielle. It sums up all my feelings of love for you which I hold deep within. You are always with me. I never stop missing you and your beautiful smile.
"Unable to perceive the shape of you. I find you all around me. Your presence fills my eyes with your love. It humbles my heart, for you are everywhere."

I always give thanks for you and the love we shared. I truly believe you are with me every moment. A love like ours is beautiful and eternal. And until we meet again, I will hold you deep within my heart.

Grief never ends but it changes.
It´s a roller coaster passage, not a static place to stay.
Grief is not a sign of weakness, nor a lack of faith,
it is the price of love, which will never end.

Happy Birthday Danielle, love you always!

Today sweetheart I woke with you in my heart. 38 years seems like yesterday. Time passages. Where are you babe? Uncle Rob says you are in every thought, every memory, every dream I have of you. Always with me. I believe that. I know for certain our love has been woven into forever and we once again have become one with each other. I love you, Danielle. I cry every day though no one sees my tears. They are tears of incredible gratitude for the time we had together. A love like no other. Happy birthday. Eternally yours. Mom

One of my favorite pictures of you is the one where you are holding a glass of champagne and smiling that beautiful smile of yours and sticking your tongue out. Such a look of happiness on your face with a touch of playful and carefree. We miss that and everything else that made you, you. You are always in our thoughts and a part of our hearts. Happy Birthday Sweetie. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Forever loved. Forever missed. Always in our hearts and thoughts. Forever.

In my heart sweetheart, love blooms everlasting. There are no words to share with others of how much I miss you. How can a word or words describe the deepest place in a human heart where only unbearable sorrow dwells. I pray someday Ella will know how much I love her as I do you. Your daughter sweetheart whose father does not see the need for me in her life. 30 precious days that I have had with her and maybe no more. He has blocked me from their lives. This day 4 years ago was the last I heard your voice. But not from within. I dream of you, your voice, your beautiful smile, your love for life. And I dream of Ella and the day I may see her again. I will never let go of that dream. May you be at peace my love and may your sweet spirit grace others like you have graced me. You're my guardian angel and my forever love

Three days into this new year and nothing much has changed. Your sweet face and angelic smile were sorely missed again over this Christmas season. And as I wished my family a Happy New Year, my thoughts were with you. We are all lonely without you physically but you fill our hearts and minds every day. Love you always.

Another year over and a new one just begun. Because of you, my sweet Danielle I have learned deep gratitude for love, life, laughter. In my heart, where you always are, I know that today will never happen like this again. "Forget not to be happy now. Laugh out loud and laugh often" Yes, Danielle. And I know you will be laughing with me. I hold onto you as 2017 begins and for all who may read this a healthy, happy and holy New Year. Love is all around us...so the saying goes.

My dear sweet Danielle. In 2 days it will be our 4th Christmas without seeing your beautiful smile but never a day without your loving kind spirit. I carry you with me everyday. How I miss you so, sweetheart. I hope and I believe you know that. Merry Christmas, baby. May you be at peace and may you feel my love.  Mom

Happy Birthday D! I've been thinking about you for the past few days and remembering the good old days, when we used to celebrate our birthdays together. I miss you so much and I think about you often! Cheers to you D! Xoxo T

Hope you are dancing today Danielle...miss you so much.

Happy birthday Danielle! Use your wings so that I can feel them. Kissing you on the cheek.

Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no separation. -Rumi

37 Candles . Today is your birthday,baby. From my sister "today we gather to grieve, to celebrate, to praise, to mourn, to love, to remember. To Ally, thank you sweetheart for sharing this morning at Lakewood park. To Hamp and Brett who know how deep my love for Danielle is, always will be. To all I give you the lessons of the turtle metaphorically, as a gift of love from Danielle. "go with the slow. Life is what's around you. It's about the journey. Embrace, love, savor and be blessed and hold these moments in your heart for a lifetime. My sweet Danielle. 37 Candles.

I, of course, am triggered to mourn during Danielle's birthday/Mother's Day, etc. I picture sweet Ella and I see my daughter and I just can appreciate what I have and I wonder why she couldn't have that. I miss her so much and I know if she were alive we would still be hanging out and getting our baby girls together. One day, we will be together again, in our cubes, playing pretend volleyball, and laughing at everyone. I love you Danielle. This birthday and everyday.

I remember when...18 years ago. Full of the excitement of the unknown and your life ahead. With your hair piled up, your arms full of boxes I watched you step into your dorm and never looked back. What an incredible young woman I saw emerging. And tomorrow I will relive those moments when I see Brett take those first steps into his life yet to come. May he feel your love. You are so missed. Everyday. My sweet Danielle.

Today sweetheart your little girl has turned 5 years old. Her dad 41. May you feel their love as they hold on to each other. I will always always always remember sharing that day with you and will be forever grateful that you wanted me to be there.  My sweet Danielle. Just yesterday you were 5 with your whole life ahead of you. It was a sweet life. Full of joy. May 23, Sept 10, June 13. Etched in my heart. I love you.

Our hearts will go on because you are in them forever. Wish I could tell you how much you are missed...how much you are loved. You touched so many people and left all of us better for having known you.

You are an angel mom. I believe that. Ella will always carry you and your love deep in her heart. Today she drew rainbows and butterflies not sure of how to share her emotions. Pensively and quietly she longed for her mommy. I love her so. As I love you, my sweet Danielle. Today is Mother's Day. I will always be grateful.

My sweetest Valentine's wish is to know you that you are aware of my love and that you are and will be forever deep in my heart. Loved you. Loved us. Love you always.

May God's love be with you. Sweet Danielle. And with Mimi. I pray deeply that you are in a beautiful place full of love, light, Beauty everywhere. Sweet peace. Sweet, sweet peace. My sweet Danielle.

2016 Just another year to most. Another notch in my heart for you, my sweet Danielle. Always and forever mine. You, my love have left a lasting imprint on so many. I see your beauty in them. Their lust for life, love of family and the joy of anticipating for what is yet to come. Amanda, Paige and Brett and so many others you are guiding them with your sweet eternal presence. Love and light. To Ella and Alan forever love .

The second Sunday Dec.13th, as candles were lit around the world, we lit one for you in an incredibly beautiful Worldwide Candle Lighting. Your sweet face projected on the screen. Your "always, Danielle" with a heart up there as many children were remembered with love that evening. At the end we went outside and walked the labyrinth as we tossed our wishes into the firepit. And this song was softly playing which I want to dedicate to you, my sweet Danielle:
Deep peace of the running wave to you. Deep peace of the flowing air to you. Deep peace of the quiet earth to you. Deep peace of the shining stars to you. Deep peace of the infinite peace to you. 
I love you and have come to believe that we are and always will be connected forever.

I hope you saw the candles Sunday as they traveled around the world and smiled down on us. We all miss you so much.

Happy Birthday my sweet Danielle. Today is the World Day of Prayer and I spent a couple of hours at Unity. I felt the healing love of God as I sat in quiet reflection being grateful. And I rang the ring of a glass bowl that filled the sanctuary with 36 soft sounds in celebration of you. Dr. Seuss is credited with the quote "To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world". Yes, you meant the world to me. And to so many others you have left your mark forever on their hearts. love you love you love you and love you more my sweet Danielle

Today sweetheart is Brett's last first day of high school. I remember how excited you were going to Mags in your white shirt half tucked in and your skirt with a stapled hem. These ..are..the..days..to..remember. 10000 Maniacs. The friends you made were friendships for a lifetime.

Today we sat in celebration of the 4th of July parade on the corner of Rosalie and Lake. A street away from Leedale where we had the time of our lives. I celebrate the memory of us. The sparklers, the joy, the love.

Tonight I will look up to and hope to see the most extraordinary, most brilliant star in the sky and believe that is you, my sweet Danielle sending me love on my birthday. Brett gave me the most loving card I believe anyone has ever given me and added these words: "you are the reason I believe that life has so much to offer and I hope you know how much I love you" and signed it Brett and Danielle. xo

Your sweet little Ella is now 4 years old. So much like you, baby. Always laughing, acting goofy, dancing around. Definitely a daddy's little girl. And Alan is 10x her age. Wow. 40. I believe they are happy and miss you everyday. Your presence, pictures and love are throughout their house. They love you sweetheart. Always will. I feel their love. Be at peace and keep us all in your sweet angel arms.

I now think of and speak of Danielle as her soul. Where is she? Is she in the arms of God? Is her soul watching over me? "Come, love. Let us sit together" I pray your soul is at peace. The life we shared was marked by joy. Oh so much joy. Danielle. You live in me. For good, always. The Kingdom of God is within you. And I believe in that Kingdom Danielle lives. My sweet Danielle.

Oh and yes. I will always have Paris.

Truth is I miss you every day...not just this day. And no matter how much time passes, how many days and years go by, this will always be true.

"Fly, fly, fly high against the sky,
so high I almost touch the sky.
Thank you, thank you,
thank God for you,
the wind beneath my wings."

Know that I still think of you Danielle and hope we all appreciate life a little more. I'm sure you are at peace but we lost a very wonderful and sweet person in our lives. xo

Danielle, my sweet love. I have been surrounded in your presence by the love of so many. The memories of times they shared with you. I thought I would be sitting on a white rocker and instead they replaced it with a bench in the fairy garden.Okay. It was beautiful. And I find beauty in simple things. Dancing flowers that I shared with many. A sunflower in memory of you. i have had great joy, great sadness. Completely. And I will be forever grateful for you. Forever, sweetheart. I love you deep within my very soul. You are and always will be my perfect masterpiece.

The sweet beautiful spirit of Danielle touches our hearts, our souls, and our minds. In thinking of her every day, she not only lives in our memory, she brings us back to who we essentially are, interconnected loving parts of God. What a gift she gave us.

Tomorrow I am going to devote the day as I did last year to my memories of you and the sweet times we shared. The joy,the laughter. I will sit on the white rocking chair surrounded by orchards, the gentle sound of the waterfall behind me. Though I will shed many tears, I will be at peace. Come join me, sweetheart. I love you so much. Hold on to me.
"Your Soul will never grow old. It's evergreen." Ed Sheeran

As another Mother's Day comes to a close, I am reminded again of the love Danielle has for Ella and Jennifer for Danielle. An eternal love that lives on and knows no boundaries. My heart is with all three of you.

My sweet Danielle it's Mother's Day. I am who I am today and everyday because of you. Though unseen my heart knows you are with me. Always will be. And to my sweet other children. Amanda we share secrets and our love of life. Paige we hold on to each other as though time never passes. Brett you fill my heart with the unknown of what life will bring. We are close enough to just hold each other and know there is nothing more precious than a mother and a child. Love life everyone.
Come and sit by my side if you love me...and know that my heart is for you. Just remember our moments together and how deep my love is for you.

Once on this Island Jr. To Ti Moune - Christine Larson whose story had to be told. Love to the co director Ally Pavey Brett's sweetheart. Through grief, faith and love we tell the story of those we have loved so much. It is important to take time and remember those who have died because it is the way that we keep them alive within our hearts. My sweet Danielle. You are everywhere in everything. I will forever share your story. I will love you forever and ever. Always. An unending story of my life. My sweet Danielle.

Jennifer, it was wonderful talking to you yesterday on the flight from Cleveland to Denver. Although I never met your daughter, I can tell she was a very special person and was loved by many. This site is a wonderful tribute to her and I enjoyed flipping through the pictures. I can see that you miss her very much, as I'm sure many of her friends and family do also. Have a great visit with Ella! She sounds like an amazing little girl! She'll love the book you made.

To my sweet little Valentine.In memory of our love,so great, so unlike any other not just as a mother and a daughter which is forever but as bond that lives on long after our time together here is over.I hope you know and continue to reveal the amazing gifts that you have left with me.So I take a moment to reflect on the true meaning of this day. To love differently,to love more intensely,deeply,with gratitude for having been blessed with the gift of you. I wait for the day to hold your hand again. My sweet Danielle. Hugs and kisses. On angel wings.

Merry Christmas Danielle!
From our year together I always remember the beautiful Christmas time - we all loved Christmas! The song that I cherish from -89 is
Silent Night sang by Stevie Nicks. Merry Christmas to you, Grandpa and Grandma!

Merry Christmas, my sweet Danielle. I miss you. There are no words to share my sorrow and my joy for our time together. So very, very precious. You are everywhere in everything. We had a deeply moving tribute to you. Brett, Amanda, Paige, Carrie, Christen, Caitlin. We are all intricately woven together now and forever. Alan and Ella. Diane. Rob, Jen and Mia. Brianna & Zoe. Hamp and I . You have left your imprint deep in our hearts. I will hold your hand for the rest of my life waiting for the time you and I can share the Dance.

Merry Christmas Danielle...and to all who visit here the next few days. These are the lyrics to the song that is playing. And I know she is dancing and singing.

"Dancing In The Sky"

Tell me what does it look like in heaven?
Is it peaceful? Is it free like they say?
Does the sun shine bright forever?
Have your fears and your pain gone away?

'Cause here on earth it feels like everything
good is missing since you left
And here on earth everything's different
There's an emptiness

Oh-oh, I,
I hope you're dancing in the sky
And I hope you're singing in the angels' choir
I hope the angels know what they have
I bet it's so nice up in heaven since you've arrived

So now tell me, what do you do up in heaven?
Are your days filled with love and light?
Is there music? Is there art and invention?
Tell me are you happy? Are you more alive?

'Cause here on earth it feels like everything
good is missing since you left
And here on earth everything's different
There's an emptiness

Oh-oh, I,
I hope you're dancing in the sky
And I hope you're singing in the angels' choir
And I hope the angels know what they have
I bet it's so nice up in heaven since you've arrived
Since you arrived

"This is your own very precious life and you have gifts to share…
Give it all you got!"  -Jane Lee Logan

To all, I wish you love, peace and the joy of being. Danielle forever in my heart. I know for certain she is at peace in a beautiful place.

Merry Christmas.   Jennifer

To give thanks above all else, God's greatest blessings, our family. Sweetest of all, our children. 
Happy Thanksgiving. My sweet Danielle. And to all, I wish you love.
Jennifer

To so many sweet people who shared in our deeply moving Candle Light service last year, please note this year we will be remembering not only Danielle (my baby has it really been 1 1/2 years) but all children who were so much of our lives and always will be. Sunday Dec. 14th 2014 6:30 Westlake United Methodist Church. Please share in the heartfelt memories of Danielle and all she has given us in her memory. She was an unbelievable free loving spirit and I pray her love will stay with you always. She is forever my love. My life. This evening is a gathering of all those who have shared in the love and loss of our precious children. Our children how sweet are their gifts.
From the heart.  Danielle's mom.

My sweet Danielle. You are everywhere. Every breath I take. Rob, Jen and Mia are here. And I hold you inside. I am different now. I try to laugh and be happy. I have silently locked you inside my heart. And my tears I cry in solitude. Life is for the living. Old memories and young hopes. I miss you, baby. I will always give thanks for us. You and me and all we shared. A lifetime ago.

Today I received a letter at work from a man who is kind and good. With a heart full of love. His name is George. This tribute is for him.
Thank you for your generous contribution to Ella's college fund and your heartfelt letter. I will keep it in my precious memory box that I hope to share with Ella someday. Though we never met, I was deeply moved by your reading Danielle's memoriam and sharing a glimpse of you and your family. May God bless you with love, joy and a long life. I wish you well.  Jennifer 
In memory of my sweet Danielle.