Mom, missing you a little more today than yesterday...but, always missing you and holding you in my heart. As I get ready for work this day, the words you would say to me each day as I would leave for work just a few years ago still echo in my head and heart, "Play nice." I will try mom. Playing nice seemed easier when you were here. Now, all things have a little less meaning. I love and miss you with all that I am...you were my meaning and purpose. Help me find you in my life this day and say to me again, Play nice.

Miss you everyday, mom. 

On this third Anniversary of your passing into Eternal Life I offer you this pink carnation to bring a smile to your face and warm your heart.

A beautiful flower

Today is the 10 month anniversary of my mother, Mable Hoedl's, death. I can't help but feel sad. It seems as if the rest of my life will be marking milestones. Thank you to my little sister Patty, for listening and being there, for putting up with my tears. This is the greatest pain my heart has experienced. I can handle physical pain...at my age, and with my background, it is a way of life. Never any easier, but no comparison. Where there is much love, there will inevitably be great pain. I love and miss you mom with every fiber of being.

A pink carnation to bring a smile to your face and warm your heart.

I love you with all that I am, mom and miss you even more.