January 1, 2021
January 1, 2021
Hey girl, Happy New Year!!! Not much to say right now except ..... I miss you!!! Just needed to hang with you for a bit and let you know... You are not forgotten!!!
xoxo nanc
xoxo nanc
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This website was created in loving memory of and as a tribute to the life ofour beloved, Dar. Although Dar is not with us physically, she remains alive in our hearts. We miss her each and every minute of each and every day.
Our hearts ache as we try to carry on life without her dry sense of humor, the laughter and irreverance she brought to every situation, her love and devotion to family, and her tireless energy.
If you never had the good fortune to be a part of Dar's life, then you truly missed out on knowing a remarkable person who was one-of-a-kind!
If you did know Dar, well then, you know how lucky you were and you share in our sorrow.
Take a few moments to view the photos in the Gallery, read about Her Life and the Stories that have been posted.
This is always a "work in progress" so please visit again soon.
(You can even subscribe to receive email notifications when the site has been updated)
Please feel free to light a memorial candle as a tribute to Dar.
You can also upload a photo and/or share a story of your own memory.
If you never had the good fortune to be a part of Dar's life, then you truly missed out on knowing a remarkable person who was one-of-a-kind!
If you did know Dar, well then, you know how lucky you were and you share in our sorrow.
Take a few moments to view the photos in the Gallery, read about Her Life and the Stories that have been posted.
This is always a "work in progress" so please visit again soon.
(You can even subscribe to receive email notifications when the site has been updated)
Please feel free to light a memorial candle as a tribute to Dar.
You can also upload a photo and/or share a story of your own memory.
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December 27, 2020
December 27, 2020
Hey girl, well you have another person to greet ..... Uncle Harold must be so happy to be with Jesus!! Had a good day today looking for thrift store clothes that reminded me of you. B and I found a few things, we were thinking of you as we shopped. You are missed more than you could even have imagined!! Still hoping you'll visit me!!! Hint. Hint!!! Luv & miss ya MUCH xoxo nanc
December 25, 2020
December 25, 2020
Merry Christmas Dar. Thinking of you and your whole family. It’s hard for them to move on without their ‘glue’. But they are doing a great job in your honor. Always, Mrs B.
December 25, 2020
December 25, 2020
Merry Christmas, Dar! Oh how I miss our old tradition of hanging out at your place Christmas Eve... So much has changed...you're gone, the kids have grown, relationships are fractured, COVID threatens every get together...the list goes on and on. One thing that has not changed and never will change is that each and every day I have "our moment" when I don my Dar necklace and Dar ring. No matter how busy I am or what distractions are around me, that is my one constant. And now you have become our Keeper of Souls Passed, a one man Welcoming Committee...I have no doubt you fill that role completely. Keep our Tuck Man close, we weren't ready to let him go quite yet. Give Dad a hug for me, too, it seems I've been missing him more lately than usual. XOXO "B
December 25, 2020
December 25, 2020
Hey girl, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!! Missing you, as always!!! I sit here and think that we are all scattered to the winds and can't connect because of this damn virus but I believe that if you were here you would somehow find a way to get us back together!!! You definitely had a way of getting things done!! We try to keep in contact by text or email but it's not the same!! Anyway, I just wanted to spend some time with you and to wish you a very Merry Christmas!!! Give Dad and Nan a hug for me okay? I'll be back later... Luv and miss ya MUCH!!!! Xoxo nanc
December 22, 2020
December 22, 2020
Good morning!!!! Sitting here waiting for the kids to arrive and I just needed to be with you for a bit. I really don't know what to say but I just needed to be here with you and listen to your tunes! :) It's definitely not as good as a phone call from you...which I miss terribly... but its a piece of you and I need that this morning!!! I guess I should get ready for the kids. Luv & miss ya MUCH!!!!! soooo much!! xoxo nanc
December 21, 2020
December 21, 2020
Hey Dar, God I miss you!!! I'd love to be able to chat with you again. Things are just so crazy and I feel so unsettled. I don't know how to deal with things, what I would give to hear your opinion on things. My heart hurts with this missing piece that is yours!!! I bet you've met my friend Nanette. Isn't she wonderful??? Give her a hug for me okay? I really would like a visit!!! I just need to see you again and hear your voice!!! I miss you terribly!!! Luv & miss ya MUCH!!!! XOXO nanc
November 28, 2020
November 28, 2020
Hey girl, Happy day after Thanksgiving!!! I had a nice day with Jess, Matt and the kids but I thought of you often throughout the day. I am thankful for all I have but oh .... What I would give to chat with you again...to hear your stories, laugh, sass and well...evetything!!! I miss you!!! Luv & miss ya MUCH xoxo nanc
November 5, 2020
November 5, 2020
Hi mom, HAPPY belated BIRTHDAY! It’s not really belated because I celebrated you privately this year. I needed the day to think about you alone... besides, i do have the Neilsen genetics of belated birthday wishes, so, in that sense, I am on point. That’s the theme of 2020, alone, in many senses of the word... I think you’d find this year to be your best year! The amount of people you’d have the opportunity to say “bite me” to is astronomical and the number of people you could “set straight” would be legendary. I miss you daily, think of you daily, miss you daily and love you always! ❤️ your dolly
November 2, 2020
November 2, 2020
Hey girl, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!! I spent time yesterday remembering you by doing yard work like we used to and listening to your music. It was nice!!! Then went and got a piece of cake that "B" made....yup, German chocolate!! we miss you and we REALLY missed holding your walk this year but even though things didn't turn out like we wanted..doing your walk and the gown gala....you were and always are remembered!!!! Things just aren't the same without you though!!! Luv & miss ya MUCH!!!! XOXO nanc
November 2, 2020
November 2, 2020
Hey Dar! Happy Birthday! I made you a cake yesterday...with the coconut pecan frosting but, of course, just like the 10th anniversary of your passing, the celebration wasn't anything like I had hoped or envisioned. I know that you know what's in my heart and that I think of you each and every day. There is some sad shit going on right now and I often reflect on how you would deal with it...or not (haha!) I'm doing my best to keep the promise I made to you and will continue to keep your spirit alive. Wish you were here. God, I miss you. XOXO "B
September 20, 2020
September 20, 2020
Dear Darlene,,
Your mom (my sister) is coming over to visit Uncle Freeman and me tomorrow. SO much has transpired since you left ten years ago. But we don't forget your special uniqueness and care for ALL your family members, from the youngest to the oldest! We are so thankful for the hope of reuniting with you when Christ Returns.
Lots of love, Aunt Pauline XO
Your mom (my sister) is coming over to visit Uncle Freeman and me tomorrow. SO much has transpired since you left ten years ago. But we don't forget your special uniqueness and care for ALL your family members, from the youngest to the oldest! We are so thankful for the hope of reuniting with you when Christ Returns.
Lots of love, Aunt Pauline XO
September 20, 2020
September 20, 2020
Hey girl!! Remembering you, as always!!! Today, this year is a tough one for many reasons. First off...10 years!!!!!! Also, Usually we're so busy preparing and getting ready for your walk that I don't have the time to feel the total loss and loneliness of your absense. Today...that is all I feel!! I am going to try real hard to honor you with joy and good memories, not sadness.... I could use some help ....wanna send me happy vibes? I'll be back later, okay?? Luv & miss ya MUCH!!! XOXO nanc
September 20, 2020
September 20, 2020
10 years! 10 years of missing you, 10 years of not being able to hug you, 10 years of not being able to hear your voice, 10 years of unimaginable unfathomable unpredictable change, 10 years without YOU. Undoubtedly the worst 10 years of my life with only a few glimmers of happiness and good times that were still less spectacular because I couldn’t share them with you. I was a full person while you were here and now that you’re gone, I’m just less. I’m less without you, I know it and feel it every day and with each passing year I empty out further. Earthly circumstances are surely helping this along, as I’m sure you can see from up there.
I love you mom, I wish there was some more profound way to express it but there isn’t and it’s really very simple, I’m just a kids who loves and misses her mom, today and everyday.
I love you mom, I wish there was some more profound way to express it but there isn’t and it’s really very simple, I’m just a kids who loves and misses her mom, today and everyday.
September 19, 2020
September 19, 2020
Hey Girl, it's me, "B". This is the weekend that changed all our lives 10 years ago. I wish I had some profound message to leave you today, but I have none at the moment. Rest assured that even though I have learned to live on and don't frequent this page as much as I used to, there hasn't been a single day since you passed that I have not thought of you. I remember you fondly, pass along your legacy to anyone who will hear, and try each day to keep my promises to you. So much has changed since you passed...in the family...in the world...some exciting and some unsettling. Nanni and I often comment on what you would think of all this and that...we seem to always be on the same page. No official Memorial Walk this year and certainly we won't be pulling off the grand Get Yer Gown Out Gala as we had hoped. None of that really matters in the long run because the bottom line is that I still love you, I still miss you... no event and no amount of time will change that. You were my BFF ~ my sidekick since Day One, and I will honor that for as long as I live. XOXO "B
August 2, 2020
August 2, 2020
Hey girl, I think about you always!!! I was floating around and swimming yesterday and I kept playing back in my head ALL the times at your pool. What fun we had!!!!! I miss you!!!!! I don't know what is happening with your walk this year but trust me......I WILL WALK FOR YOU!!!!! Even if we can't have a public one...ill be walking and i'll get a shirt made, I CANNOT let a year pass where you are not honored!!! I'm thinking I may go to the cemetery today and check things out. Just wanted to say Hi and hang with you for a bit. And to remind you that you are NOT forgotten!!!! I luv & miss ya MUCH!!!! XOXOXO Nanc
June 2, 2020
June 2, 2020
Hey Dar, what can I say??? I miss you more than I can express!! I miss Dad too!!! I'm glad you guys are together!! it is so crazy down here, I don't know if you can see, watch, whatever.... But it's not good here!!! I can't figure people out!! I guess that's why I stick to my own little world. Anyway, I needed to come here and say Hi to you and say Happy Birthday to Dad. You have to know that you are always remembered and missed and never will you be forgotten!!! Xoxo Nanc
May 10, 2020
May 10, 2020
Happy Mothers Day, mom ❤️ I love you and think about you all the time, especially lately with everything going on. I wish you were here with me to talk to and get a hug from. I’ve needed it so much in the last year. I realize now that I fractured when you died; each day, month, and year, since has just caused that break to get bigger and widen and now I feel completely broken. I’m not the same without you. Sending you love and hugs and kisses from hell on earth.
April 13, 2020
April 13, 2020
Hey girl, Happy Easter!! I wrote to you yesterday but apparently it didn't go through. I can only imagine the celebration that goes on in Heaven!! Definitely a different kind of Easter here but the reason for the day was the same even if the day itself was different. Just wanted to pop in and say Hi and I luv & miss ya MUCH!!!! XOXOXO Nanc
April 11, 2020
April 11, 2020
Hey girl, just wanted to say Hi and hang with you for a while. It's really weird around here. Streets are bare, no school, no work, no gatherings, it's crazy weird!! I can just imagine what kind of jokes and sassy comments you would come up with to lighten the mood. Haha, I can only imagine!! Thank God for "B" or I would go crazy and I'd be 200 pounds by now with another month to go!! we miss you!!!!! Like CRAZY!!!! keep lookin out for us!!! Luv & miss ya MUCH!!! XOXOXO nanc
April 8, 2020
April 8, 2020
Hey girl, sometimes I still can't believe what's happening here. It's so crazy!!! I am trying to find the peace and purpose in all this. Some days I can see a lot of good coming out of all this chaos and other times I see people losing their lives and it's just so sad!!! I just needed to sit here with you for a bit!!! I luv and miss ya much!!!! Xoxo nanc
March 17, 2020
March 17, 2020
Oh man!!! I wonder.... Can you see us all down here? We are in crazy times right now!!! My heart hurts for you!!!! I would love to hear your voice . .. telling a joke and just being you!!! I miss you and all your sassy attitude!!! I just know you would scoop us all up and take charge. Please keep looking out for us!!! Luv and miss ya MUCH!!!! XOXOXO nanc
March 13, 2020
March 13, 2020
When I was little, there were a few times that I remember going to spend the night at Barb’s with Kristel; and for whatever reason, maybe just missing you, I would call you and you would say “Kimmy, do I need to come get you?” And without saying “yes or no” you would just show up and take me home with you...
I wish you could just come and get me and take me home with you.
I wish you could just come and get me and take me home with you.
February 16, 2020
February 16, 2020
Oh My Dearest Dar, how many times in the course of the day I think and talk about you to the kids, to friends, to people who notice my necklace, to those who benefit from the Good Deeds Project... you have become immortalized in my world. Hailey and Tyler have grown to "know" you from a name and picture of someone so very important to me, to realizing that you are my sister, Kimmy, John and Amy's Mom, a Dear Aunt to Kristel, and Curt and Natalie's Nana. They've grown up learning about the whole concept of death and what happens to your earthly body after you pass... It makes my heart smile when they shout out "There's Dar!" every time they see a butterfly... Oh My Dear, not only have you not been forgotten, YOU ARE A LEGEND... and I would want nothing less for your memory.
February 16, 2020
February 16, 2020
Hey girl, So, Barb and I have gone to the gym a few times and it's been so much fun!! I REALLY wish all three of us had gotten together and done things while you were here. Just know that as we are doing things together we are thinking of you ..... ALWAYS!!!! Wish you were here!!! You are remembered!!! and loved!!!! xoxoxo Nanc
February 15, 2020
February 15, 2020
I am standing upon a seashore.
A ship, at my side, spreads her white sails to the moving breeze and sets out for the blue ocean.
She is an object of beauty and strength.
I stand and watch her until, at length, she hangs like a speck of white cloud where the sea and the sky come to mingle with each other.
Then, someone at my side says “there, she is gone”.
Gone where?
Gone from my sight.
That is all.
Her diminished size is within me - not in her.
And just at the moment when someone says “there, she is gone” there are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices ready to take up the shout...
“Here she comes!”
And that is dying...
-Henry Van Dyke
I’m sure you were welcomed with cheers and open arms, mom! This poem is just perfect, I hope B and Nan like it too ❤️You mom, miss you SO much!
A ship, at my side, spreads her white sails to the moving breeze and sets out for the blue ocean.
She is an object of beauty and strength.
I stand and watch her until, at length, she hangs like a speck of white cloud where the sea and the sky come to mingle with each other.
Then, someone at my side says “there, she is gone”.
Gone where?
Gone from my sight.
That is all.
Her diminished size is within me - not in her.
And just at the moment when someone says “there, she is gone” there are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices ready to take up the shout...
“Here she comes!”
And that is dying...
-Henry Van Dyke
I’m sure you were welcomed with cheers and open arms, mom! This poem is just perfect, I hope B and Nan like it too ❤️You mom, miss you SO much!
February 14, 2020
February 14, 2020
Hey there!!! HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!! :) Just sitting here listening to your tunes and thinking about you.... yet again or still :) Missing you and just wanted to say Hi!!! The kiddos will be here soon but I needed to visit for a minute and hang with you!!! Luv & miss ya MUCH!!!!! xoxoxo Nanc
January 26, 2020
January 26, 2020
Hey girl, I've been thinking about you a lot lately. I'm always thinking about you and how things would be if you were still here but i've been thinking about how long you've been gone. Almost 10 years!!!! I miss you so much and when I say that it doesn't feel like it covers my feelings nearly as deep as they are!!! I'm still missing that piece of me that I lost when I lost you!!! I miss you and the me I was when you were here!!! I need another visit PLEASE!!!!! You are ALWAYS remembered and ALWAYS missed!!! Xoxo Nanc
December 31, 2019
December 31, 2019
Hey girl, Well, today is New Year's Eve day and another year has come and gone and I'm still missing you as much as ever!! I'm learning to be okay by myself and actually enjoying it (most of the time) but I DO miss our talks, our breakfasts, our dance parties, our car trips, well.... I miss just being with you!!! I'll probably check in with you later tonight.... Just know you are loved and missed!!! Xoxo. Nanc
December 25, 2019
December 25, 2019
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!! I'm missing you!!! I have no words right now..... so I'm Just gonna sit here and "be with you" and listen to your tunes. Xoxoxo Nanc
December 12, 2019
December 12, 2019
Good morning!! Hanging out with you and listening to tunes with you again!!! I love that I can do this!! I watched the video of us singing to Mom that Christmas and it makes me smile, laugh and miss you even more!!! Wow, I am a hot mess emotionally!! If you only knew how much you are missed!!! Words can't even begin to describe it. I try to focus on the good times and memories but sometimes I just feel so sad that you are not here. We ALL miss you soooo much!!! You are definitely remembered!!!xoxoxo Nanc
December 11, 2019
December 11, 2019
Hey girl, I miss you!!!! WOW!! There is so much going on!!! Sometimes I feel like I'm drowning in everything. I really cant even think right now so I'm just going to listen to your tunes and hang with you for a bit! Luv & miss ya much!!! xoxoxo Nanc
December 8, 2019
December 8, 2019
Hey Dar, B here...REALLY missing you more tonight than usual, which is strange because I miss you every single day. I guess it's because tonight has a more melancholy vibe. I love when someone comments on my "Dar" necklace or my "Dar" ring and I tell them about you... or when I'm doing something for the "Good Deeds Project" and get to tell people about the Darlene Kay Neilsen Paulette Memorial Foundation. I tried to upload a video to share with you, but I'm going to have to pirate it onto my phone and go that route so, stay tuned... XOXOXO "B
November 7, 2019
November 7, 2019
Good morning!! Just wanted to hang with you and listen to some tunes with you this morning. I absolutely LOVE that I can do this!!! I think of you ALL the time but somehow when I'm on here listening to the music, scrolling through the pictures and poems, stories, etc... makes me feel so close to you in a special way, I gotta remember to thank Barb for setting this up, it's been a mental life saver for me!!! Of course I have different Dar tunes I listen to in my car, so yeah... you get the picture... I'm always thinking of you!!! And you thought you might be forgotten!!! You couldn't have been more wrong!!! You are remembered and missed by ALL of us!!!! Uh oh... kids are arriving... gotta go... Luv & miss ya MUCH!!!! xoxo Nanc
November 4, 2019
November 4, 2019
Hey girl..... I'm back!!! :) Oh wow, life just seems so different now. I don't know if it's because you're not here or if it's just that the world is crazy and I'm noticing it more. Probably a bit of both!! We all miss you so much!! You were/ are so much to so many and we feel your absence in our lives. Kimmy was right.... you were the glue... Elmer!! :) That's so funny to me!! But true. Barb is awesome, she is there for everyone that needs help. I wish I could help more and I think I need to be more verbal about wanting to be helpful but I'm just so far away and I'm trying to keep Mom happy, comfortable and peaceful until her time comes. We miss you so much!!! Barb and I celebrated your birthday together and it was good, I enjoy hanging with Barb. I wish we all had hung out together more... Well I guess we'll have to do that in Heaven!!!! I went to church in Wilton and lit a candle for you and Dad and John. It was a nice service. My first kid just arrived... gotta go.... Luv & miss ya MUCH!!!!! xoxoxo Nanc
November 2, 2019
November 2, 2019
Hey, Birthday Girl! So, our options are to Light a Candle, Lay a Flower, or Leave a Note...hmmm, and I wanted to give you birthday balloons! Ah, well, you know what's in my heart, and that's what counts. Visions of German Chocolate Cake danced in my head off and on all day in celebration of your birthday. On another note, I'm glad you "visited" Nanni the other night...she REALLY needed it! But I am saddened by all the turmoil, sadness, and other things going on. I pray that cool heads and kind hearts prevail...in time. In the meantime, feel free to sprinkle a little love over us all. Loving you Always and Missing you Forever... Mu-ah! "B
November 2, 2019
November 2, 2019
Happy birthday mom! I miss you today and everyday. My heart hopes you’re watching what’s happening down here and that YOU ARE PISSED! With your righteous anger and need to set things right, I hope you will send us ALL some winds of change (not literal wind tho cuz who actually likes wind ) that blow in some much needed happiness and relief.
I love you always and think of you daily, especially lately cuz I think about what you’d be saying and doing to change this epic “shit show”
Love you always,
Dolly
I love you always and think of you daily, especially lately cuz I think about what you’d be saying and doing to change this epic “shit show”
Love you always,
Dolly
November 2, 2019
November 2, 2019
Hey girl, Happy Birthday!!!! I will write more later, right now I'm off to celebrate your birthday!!! I'll be back......
Luv and miss ya MUCH!!!!
Xoxoxo Nanc
Luv and miss ya MUCH!!!!
Xoxoxo Nanc
October 18, 2019
October 18, 2019
Hey there, yup me again. Just wanted to "stop by" and hang with you and listen to some tunes with you again. WOW, sometimes, HELL, all the time actually.... I wonder how things would be different if you were still here. So many things would not be the same. You know how we're all struggling, PLEASE keep looking out for us, we need it!!! I miss you and think of you each and every day!!! That will NEVER change!!! xoxo Nanc
September 20, 2019
September 20, 2019
Dar
I know how loved you must be feeling what with all the love being poured by all your loved ones . I too wish you all the love that this cosmos can contain and some more .
I know how loved you must be feeling what with all the love being poured by all your loved ones . I too wish you all the love that this cosmos can contain and some more .
September 20, 2019
September 20, 2019
Hey girl, what can I say??? Life is not the same without you! If only you knew how very much you are loved and missed!!! (well hopefully you do,) I think of you EVERY day but today is the day that I have a hard time remembering the good times, I just remember this is the day you left and I didn't get to be with you!!!! I would LOVE a visit!!!! I need to see you again!!!
Just know you are loved and missed each and every day!!!! Xoxo Nanc
Just know you are loved and missed each and every day!!!! Xoxo Nanc
September 20, 2019
September 20, 2019
Life without you has shifted massively. I know if you were still here it would be different - good, bad, or indifferent. Our family is unrecognizable from what you would remember and it’s truly sad. Regardless of how loud, boisterous, and overbearing you could be at times, you still were the glue that held us all together; maybe I’ll just refer to you as Elmer from now on. I miss you and love you, especially during all the hard times. Love, dolly
September 19, 2019
September 19, 2019
Hey girl, I've tried to write and add a tribute twice and you keep messing with me!!! Not sure why but.... Gotta love your sass!!! You know I'm thinking of you and you know why! Keep lookin out for me!! Luv & miss ya MUCH. XOXO Nanc
September 4, 2019
September 4, 2019
Hey girl, God I miss you!!!!! I need you so bad right now!!! What I wouldn't give to be able to talk to you again and hang with you!!!! Please, keep looking out for me!!!
I luv and miss ya MUCH!!!!! XOXO Nanc
I luv and miss ya MUCH!!!!! XOXO Nanc
September 4, 2019
September 4, 2019
Hey Dar, B here. I promised you that I would look after your family as best I could. I'm trying. While we are seeing some dark times right now, this morning I saw a flicker of light. With God's grace and a lot of hard work, I KNOW that this will all be behind us one day and life will be better. In the meantime, I will continue to keep my promise. I love you with all my heart...always have...always will. Love, "B
September 4, 2019
September 4, 2019
Mom, I know if you were still here that life would be different, for everyone! Sometimes I feel like everything bad that’s happened to each of us since you left us wouldn’t be happening if you were still here. PLEASE, for the love of ALL of us, send us some light and take away all this dark.
Miss you so much right now...love Dolly
Miss you so much right now...love Dolly
August 13, 2019
August 13, 2019
Hey girl, I miss you!!! There is so much I wish I could still be sharing with you and all the crazy times we had together that I wish we could still be having!! I just keep reminding myself that you can see me and see what's going on in my life and that you are smiling at me with that sassy smirking smile! We are getting ready for this year's walk and for some reason I feel like it is going to be extremely special this year. I have met some people and spent time with new people recently that I think you would love and of course they would love you!!!!! I really wish they could have known you, trying to describe you to them... Well, it just doesn't cut it!!! Anyway, I just wanted to say hi and I love you and I miss you so much!!! Even though I don't get here as often as I want.... You are still remembered each and every day!! I luv & miss ya MUCH!!!
xoxo Nanc
xoxo Nanc
June 11, 2019
June 11, 2019
Hey girl, oh man, not sure what's goin on with me but WOW what an emotional day!!! I miss you so much!!! My life is crazy, I feel crazy!!! I can't wait for our next get together at your house, I'm hoping that will help me feel connected again!! I feel so disconnected from everything and everybody and I don't know how to fix it because I know it's me. So, keep lookin out for me okay???? You are still remembered and missed each and every day!!! Luv & miss ya MUCH XOXO Nanc
April 12, 2019
April 12, 2019
I "talk with you" every day, but I'm hoping to "connect with you" tonight. Fingers crossed. You have a way of letting me know you're around with little signs here and there, but the fiasco with my Dar Ring was epic! I had only lost it for a few hours but was totally heartbroken. So glad to have you back! XOXOXO "B
February 21, 2019
February 21, 2019
Hey there!!! Sometimes I feel like I'm CRAZY!!! I will be happy and then BAM I'll hear a song .... sometimes it will remind me of you and I'll be even happier and sometimes... Oh, it makes me miss you so bad I can barely breathe!! You know the saying that says.. It's better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all? Yeah, I know it's true but sometimes when the sadness of missing you is so intense... I question that! I don't know what the problem is today, but I'm close to tears all day thinking of you. I hope I'm not in this frame of mind on Saturday!!! So, you hanging with Uncle George? :) I just needed to come say "Hi" and listen to your music for a bit. The kiddos will be here soon. Luv & miss ya MUCH!!! xoxo Nanc
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February 4
February 4
Hey, Dar. I finally caught you up to the winter scenery. Been a bit preoccupied with Skip's never ending issues...but, of course, you know that. And, you also know that you are never far from my thoughts...ev-er. SO wish we could hang out a bit like the old days...I could use the light-hearted laughs. More than anything, now that the kids are getting older...I know, I haven't posted pics of them in YEARS! (sorry!)...I KNOW that they would get a real kick out of your take on life. Dang! They're missing out on really knowing someone really special to me, to Kristel, to Nanni... sucks. Kristel started a little book club with Kimmy, me, and Nanni...it's good when we get a chance to all be together for an afternoon...and we all wish you were there too. I'll never stop missing you. XOXOXO "B"
January 9
January 9
Hey girl, Well, first off ..... sorry I didn't come chat sooner!!! Although I was here "hanging out" I couldn't quite get my thoughts together enough to "chat". So, here's a VERY late Merry Christmas to you and Happy New Year!!! I made it through the holidays and now the snow has arrived!! I should be glad it held off this long and I am, I just know that now my anxiety had tripled!! Ugh!! On a good note... I am really excited about our new book club. I had to miss the first one because of snow but hopefully I'll make the next one. I need to stay in touch so I don't feel so detached. Well, I suppose I should go get ready for the kiddos. Give Mom and Dad a big hug for me!! and Keep looking out for me, okay??
Luv & miss ya MUCH!!! xoxo Nanc
Luv & miss ya MUCH!!! xoxo Nanc
December 7, 2023
December 7, 2023
Hey girl, Me again. Just wanted to hang with you for a bit and chat. Again, I have nothing good to report but I wanted to come say hi and browse through your page and pics and listen to your music for a bit. I miss Mom but she isn't afraid or in pain anymore and she is where she has been wanting to be for quite a while. So I am actually happy for her, it's just an adjustment for me. Well, the kids will be here soon so I'd better go. Luv & miss ya MUCH!!! xoxo Nanc
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Thinking of you Darlene. Missing your Walk this year. I still have this paperweight you gave me
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I'll Always Remember Us This Way
November 22, 2018
ALWAYS REMEMBER US THIS WAY
by Lady Gaga
That Arizona sky burning in your eyes
You look at me and, babe, I wanna catch on fire
It's buried in my soul like California gold
You found the light in me that I couldn't find
So when I'm all choked up but I can't find the words
Every time we say goodbye Baby, it hurts
When the sun goes down and the band won't play
I'll always remember us this way
Lovers in the night Poets trying to write
We don't know how to rhyme but, damn, we try
But all I really know - you're where I wanna go
The part of me that's you will never die
So when I'm all choked up but I can't find the words
Every time we say goodbye Baby, it hurts
When the sun goes down and the band won't play
I'll always remember us this way
Oh, yeah
I don't wanna be just a memory, baby, yeah
Oooh……
When I'm all choked up but I can't find the words
Every time we say goodbye Baby, it hurts
When the sun goes down and the band won't play
I'll always remember us this way, oh, yeah
When you look at me and the whole world fades
I'll always remember us this way.
May 10, 2017
Happy Mothers Day!!
I know I'm a little early but I have a busy weekend and may not get to a computer so I wanted to chat and wish you a Happy Mothers Day now so I wouldn't miss it! I still miss you like CRAZY and trust me, you will NEVER be forgotten!!
I luv and miss ya MUCH!!! xoxoxoxo Nanc
September 20, 2015
Here we are Dar!!! Our 5th Annual Six in the City Memorial Walk!!
You are loved and you are missed more than I can say!!!