September 15, 2023
September 15, 2023
Precious Deanne, it has been 9 years since your death and still not a day goes by that I don’t think of you and miss you. I love you. Mom
NO FAREWELL WORDS WERE SPOKEN, NO TIME TO SAY GOODBYE,
YOU WERE GONE BEFORE I KNEW IT, AND ONLY GOD KNOWS WHY.
GONE, YET NOT FORGOTTEN - ALTHOUGH WE ARE APART
YOUR SPIRIT LIVES WITHIN ME - FOREVER IN MY HEART.
LOVE, MOM
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July 11, 2023
July 11, 2023
The hurt of loosing you never diminishes. They say it will get easier but it hasn’t. I miss you so much. Please forgive me for not being a good mother to you. You deserved better. I love you.
July 11, 2022
July 11, 2022
It’s been eight years since we celebrated your last birthday but it seems like yesterday. Today you would have been 55. Happy Birthday Precious daughter I love you and miss you.
September 14, 2021
September 14, 2021
Seven years today you left this earth for a better place. Seems like yesterday. I love you and miss your terribly. Love, Mom
September 18, 2020
September 18, 2020
It’s been 6 years now and the pain of losing you won’t go away. I pray that one day we’ll be united in Heaven and I’ll be able to put my arms around you and give you a long overdue hug. Love, Mother
September 18, 2019
September 18, 2019
9/18/2019 It’s been five years now since I found your lifeless body in the floor of your living room. I try to only think of you as you were, so thoughtful and caring, but the memory of finding you like that haunts me still. I’m not sure I’ll ever get that part out of my mind, but I try. I miss you so much Deanne. You’re always in my heart. Love Mom.
September 14, 2018
September 14, 2018
Today four years have passed since your death and it's as though it was yesterday.
September 15, 2017
September 15, 2017
Precious daughter yesterday was the 3rd anniversary of your death and I still miss you just like it was yesterday. Love, Mom
September 15, 2016
September 15, 2016
God's Garden
God looked around his garden
And found an empty place,
He then looked down upon the earth
And saw your tired face.
He put his arms around you
And lifted you to rest.
God's garden must be beautiful
He always takes the best.
He knew that you were suffering
He knew you were in pain.
He knew that you would never
Get well on earth again.
He saw the road was getting rough
And the hills were hard to climb.
So he closed your weary eyelids
And whispered, "Peace be thine".
It broke my heart to lose you
But you didn't go alone,
For part of me went with you
The day God called you home.
Love, Mom
God looked around his garden
And found an empty place,
He then looked down upon the earth
And saw your tired face.
He put his arms around you
And lifted you to rest.
God's garden must be beautiful
He always takes the best.
He knew that you were suffering
He knew you were in pain.
He knew that you would never
Get well on earth again.
He saw the road was getting rough
And the hills were hard to climb.
So he closed your weary eyelids
And whispered, "Peace be thine".
It broke my heart to lose you
But you didn't go alone,
For part of me went with you
The day God called you home.
Love, Mom
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September 15, 2023
September 15, 2023
Precious Deanne, it has been 9 years since your death and still not a day goes by that I don’t think of you and miss you. I love you. Mom
July 11, 2023
July 11, 2023
The hurt of loosing you never diminishes. They say it will get easier but it hasn’t. I miss you so much. Please forgive me for not being a good mother to you. You deserved better. I love you.
July 11, 2022
July 11, 2022
It’s been eight years since we celebrated your last birthday but it seems like yesterday. Today you would have been 55. Happy Birthday Precious daughter I love you and miss you.
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My favorite of Deanne
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I always referred to Deanne as my "Yellow Rose of Texas" so it was only fitting that her funeral spray be predominantly yellow roses.
Tribute flowers sent by my friends at SteelFab. This is a stock photo. The actual arrangement was much larger and also contained deep purple flowers as well. Purple was Deanne's second favorite color flowers. It was gorgeous.
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Left to right Deb (friend of Jimmy's), Jimmy Oliver (brother), Deanne, and Deanne's husband, Bobby Short. Taken App. Christmas 1990.
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Mom, Deanne, & Lucy Lu 07-11-2011
The First Man
Recent stories
Someone is missing...
July 11, 2021
by Karen Cook
Someone is Missing....
Every day since I lost my daughter DeAnne I wake up with the knowledge…someone is missing.
I go through my day and in the back of my mind I hear a whisper…someone is missing.
I sit down to dinner, and in the back of my mind I hear a whisper…someone is missing.
I wake up and think…there should be a birthday to celebrate today and I hear clearly…someone Is missing.
I wake up and think… this is the day my whole world changed and I hear clearly…someone Is missing.
I wake up and the holiday season is here and I hear loudly…someone is missing.
I try to get into the holiday spirit and I hear a whisper…someone is missing.
I gather with family to celebrate the holiday season and I look around the room and inside my head I hear screaming…someone is missing!!
Please understand I enjoy spending time with family but this voice that I hear squeezes my heart…
I love each and every one of you but please understand…Someone Is Missing!
DeAnne, Mom misses you to the moon and back
In Loving Memory of my beautiful daughter DeAnne Marie Oliver.
I go through my day and in the back of my mind I hear a whisper…someone is missing.
I sit down to dinner, and in the back of my mind I hear a whisper…someone is missing.
I wake up and think…there should be a birthday to celebrate today and I hear clearly…someone Is missing.
I wake up and think… this is the day my whole world changed and I hear clearly…someone Is missing.
I wake up and the holiday season is here and I hear loudly…someone is missing.
I try to get into the holiday spirit and I hear a whisper…someone is missing.
I gather with family to celebrate the holiday season and I look around the room and inside my head I hear screaming…someone is missing!!
Please understand I enjoy spending time with family but this voice that I hear squeezes my heart…
I love each and every one of you but please understand…Someone Is Missing!
DeAnne, Mom misses you to the moon and back
In Loving Memory of my beautiful daughter DeAnne Marie Oliver.
Thelma and Louise
August 10, 2015
by Karen Cook
Deanne and I often jokingly referred to each other as "Thelma and Louise" after seeing the movie. She nicknamed herself Thelma and I was Louise. Life got pretty rough sometimes, but I assured her 'we are in this together, Sweetheart'.... "but I ain't driving off any cliffs, Thelma".
I was the only constant in her life and she was the only constant in mine. Thus, we had a very special bond.
The card she never got .....
August 9, 2015
by Karen Cook
I had Deanne heavy on my mind one day and stopped and got her this beautiful greeting card. No special occasion, just a card to encourage her and remind her how much I love her. I rarely told her often enough.
I read each card trying to find just the right words to encourage her. I saw her the next day, and we went to Cracker Barrel to eat a late lunch. I meant to give it to her then, but in my haste, I forgot and left the card at home. We had plans to see each other the following week, since we were going on a shared vacation, so I thought 'no big deal, I'll give it to her then'.
I found out later, that the day she and I went out to eat, was also the day she died. It happened several hours after I dropped her off at home. Losing her was bad enough, but it also breaks my heart that she never got the card.
Lesson learned - love them and encourage them while you can. Don't take for granted that you will see them next week. Because you might not.
Here's what the card said. I hope she will see it from Heaven.
Daughter,
I wish you could see yourself through my eyes.
The world may sometimes hurt you. You may trust people and be let down, leaving empty places in your heart. When that happens I hope these words can help...
When I look at you, Daughter...
I see someone who has the courage to overcome many obstacles. No matter how many times you fall, you get up again. Even when you want to give up, you don't.
In my eyes, I see someone who has been blessed with not only outer beauty but inner beauty. This is the kind of beauty that is everlasting. Time can never take that away from you.
It's true that some of your choices have not been good ones. Yet you always take responsibility and never make excuses. I think those are the times I'm most proud of you.
If I could give you only one thing, it would be something I couldn't find in any store and money could never buy. I would give you my eyes, so you could finally see who you really are.
Love, Mom
I read each card trying to find just the right words to encourage her. I saw her the next day, and we went to Cracker Barrel to eat a late lunch. I meant to give it to her then, but in my haste, I forgot and left the card at home. We had plans to see each other the following week, since we were going on a shared vacation, so I thought 'no big deal, I'll give it to her then'.
I found out later, that the day she and I went out to eat, was also the day she died. It happened several hours after I dropped her off at home. Losing her was bad enough, but it also breaks my heart that she never got the card.
Lesson learned - love them and encourage them while you can. Don't take for granted that you will see them next week. Because you might not.
Here's what the card said. I hope she will see it from Heaven.
Daughter,
I wish you could see yourself through my eyes.
The world may sometimes hurt you. You may trust people and be let down, leaving empty places in your heart. When that happens I hope these words can help...
When I look at you, Daughter...
I see someone who has the courage to overcome many obstacles. No matter how many times you fall, you get up again. Even when you want to give up, you don't.
In my eyes, I see someone who has been blessed with not only outer beauty but inner beauty. This is the kind of beauty that is everlasting. Time can never take that away from you.
It's true that some of your choices have not been good ones. Yet you always take responsibility and never make excuses. I think those are the times I'm most proud of you.
If I could give you only one thing, it would be something I couldn't find in any store and money could never buy. I would give you my eyes, so you could finally see who you really are.
Love, Mom