Hoping to catch your eye
Circling around you, oh my
Butterfly, butterfly, come into the light
Oh, what a beautiful sight
Flying so gracefully Into the sky, the butterfly
Trying to catch a butterfly
Fly, fly, fly, butterfly
There he sets upon the mums I'm having so much fun
Here's another on the sill Your standing so still
You go to touch him 
There he goes, the butterfly I hear a tapping on the window
It's the butterfly, fly, fly, fly
There he goes into the sky Flying so high,
the butterfly I'll see you another day
Butterfly, butterfly, away      

Dear Pat, 

What an amazing gift to be given on your birthday ..... a beautiful grandaughter ...Addison Rose...what a blessing !

We celebrated Jon's birthday a few days earlier this year so Bobby could be here with us. Me and Josh made him Peanut Butter Oreo Cupcakes *Death by Oreo* from scratch for him. He was completely surprised. We got him a tablet that he wanted. Well I remember how me and you would talk about his 18th birthday, so I had to get a card from you for him. He opened it, not knowing who it was from. Mom, he broke down and cried so hard. We all had a moment and even Bobby had soft eyes at that moment. We had a family hug and Jon said "I know you're smiling right now mom-mom, I miss you." You are here with us, EVERYDAY! We love you!

Sitting here remembering when you were four years old,On your birthday dad and I took you to the store,we wennt to the toy department and told you to pick out anything you wanted.Well no doll for Pat,you picked out the ugliest stuff wolf I ever saw.It was almost as big as you.We couldn't change your mind and that is what you got.Don't know how long you took it to bed with you,probably until you were much older.Love you.

This is the time of year for some fishing.....we all know the you love fishing....catching those big fish !!!!  Love Ya !!!

Mom it's Amy I am putting this on stories.It's been 10 months since I last seen you,and I cannot get anymore honest with myself than this.Growing up I wasn.t very grateful and held grudgs that were never yuors for me to hold.I was never able to ask for your forgiveness,and I'll live the rest of my life trying to make it up to you by doing right by your boys.I.m so sorry from the bottom of my heart.Being sober this is something that was way overdue.I didn.t know I loved you this much until it was too late.I'm so sorry miss you.

Got a letter from Barb where she thanked me for her birthday card.It had butterflies on it.She said it was so pretty she framed it and it reminds her of you.She knows how much you liked butterflies.   

I cried when you passed away.I cry today still.

Although I loved yoy dearly I couldn't make you stay.

A golden heart stopped beating,hard working hands at rest.

God broke my heart to prove to me He only takes the best.

  Remembrance is a golden chain

   Death tries to break but all in vain

   To have,to love and then to part

    Is the greatest sorrow of one's heart

    The years may wipe out many things

     But some they wipe out never

      Like memories of those happy times

       When we were all together.

               Love you Pat

This was sent to me from her friend Barb in Ark.She writes Pat always loved butterflies,and she was  out on her swing relaxing,and a real pretty blue butterfly sat on her shoulder.I only seen 3 since I lived here 21 yrs.So I know it was a sign.I feel it strongly that she is okay and happy.After the butterfly flew off I felt such a sense of peace,and calmness.I wasn't even thinking about anything.

This story was told to me byCyndi.She remembers the night in1975-1976 Pat and her were roaming the streets,probably smoking something illegal,and they went back to the house on Reese St,,and Pat made a square box of frozen brussel sprouts,and they whipped up a meringue and ate it out of the bowl.Said she was thinking of us both as she was eating her brussel sprouts with a great big smile.

When Hurricane Katrina hit, we went without power for almost 10 days if i remember correctly..you had just came home from the hospital...and me, the boys,  and danny made sure you managed just fine..but during the time when we had no tv and we all played poker the one night....none of us could bluff at all..so we all put on disguises..you put on your sunhat with some shades and me and danny put on some bandanas to cover our face..you whooped our ass that night...thats also the same night you did your walrus imitation and i did a dolphin laugh..and we sat there and talked whale for a good while.. you had us worried at one point cause you laughed so hard that you caught your breath..but you made sure you let us know that it was worth laugh..btw..you were fine... well thats my memory of you today....i do love you and miss you but these thoughts and memories makes me feel you still close to me and your boys...we love you always!! :)

Hi Pat remember how you went to G.e.D. classes at church at night so you could get your diploma.It was a lot of work ,but well worth it.You passed your tests with flying colors.You earned your G.E.D. diploma,and graduation was held at LaSalle University in Olney.We were all so proud of you.Your kids whistled and screamed,and yelled"way to go Mom'

Remembering all the nights Anita,Arleen,you and I would sit arpound your dining room table til 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning doing ceremics.We would drink coffee,laugh and joke and have a good time..YOU  had a wonderful gift in your hands.Your work was beautiful.I'll never forget the Nativity set you made Deb.I still have a few things you made me and treasure them.

Those we love must someday pass beyond our present sight... Must leave us and the world we know without their radiant light. But we know that like a candle their lovely light will surely shine to brighten up another place more perfect... more divine. And in the realm of Heaven where they shine so warm and bright. Our loved ones live forevermore in God’s eternal light.
 

Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there... I do not sleep.
I am the thousand winds that blow...
I am the diamond glints on snow...
I am the sunlight on ripened grain...
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you waken in the morning's hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of gentle birds in circling flight...
I am the soft star that shines at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry—
I am not there... I did not die...

                               Tears From Heaven

When someone looses someone we tell them not to cry.

That life will still go on

Without a reason why

If God were to come down from heaven

and see one tear fall

I know He'd say it was okay

and that its the love we recall

God wants us to remember all the good time that we shared

Tears do not erase the memories 

They remind us that they 're there

So do not stop yourselves from crying 

Over someone that you love

As long as you remember

That they are safe now above.  xoxoxo Sharon

Sweet smile on your face as you sleep the pain away,
Resting in God's arms now,
He needed another angel in the Heavenly choir and that's why you had to go.
As you promised, you are still with us watching your children here below.
I never would have imagined the end would be like this, me comforting you.
Holding your hand, telling you not to worry was not an easy thing for me to do.
And even in your weakest hour you tried to comfort me too,
Caressing my face, and calming my soul as only a mother can soothe.
You have always been there through the thick and the thin
No matter what I've done, unconditionally you love never wavering.
When I told you of the mistakes I made and all the times people saw me fall
You simply nodded and gently replied 'so have we all'.
The key to success is learning from the past
Ensuring a brighter future is now the present task.
A pillar of strength even until the end
Fighting all life's battles, knowing it's triumphantly you would win
Pushing me to be the best that you know I can be
Reminding me to keep the faith and allow God to lead me.
Knowing it's through Christ that I can do all things
And as He never makes a mistake I will come through victoriously.
I miss you more than these words could ever say
The pain in my heart is from one unimaginable day
After I cried all that I could; my eyes still shed countless more tears
And when I try to sleep, I have nightmares of ten-thousand fears
I walk in footsteps on an unsure path
My load feels so heavy I am not sure I will last.
Silly though I may be I am afraid of life now that you're gone
Because I've always had a mother.
I wish you could have stayed just a little while longer, there's so much left to do
I wonder if I prayed hard enough and if so, did they get through.
Finding relief in knowing I will see you again someday soon
Remembering all you taught me as my soul I continue to groom
I will walk in footsteps you have walked before me
Seeing the path you walked lead you, Mommy, straight into victory.
So as you sleep Mommy, in the cradle of the Lord,
I am reassured of God's promises in His Holy Word.
I dream of the day when Heaven's gates open to receive me
And with your smiling face and loving eyes, reunited once again I will be.
 

Don't grieve for me, for now I'm free!
I follow the plan God laid for me.
I saw His face, I heard His call,
I took His hand and left it all...
I could not stay another day,
To love, to laugh, to work or play;
Tasks left undone must stay that way.
And if my parting has left a void,
Then fill it with remembered joy.
A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss...
Ah yes, these things I, too, shall miss.
My life's been full, I've savoured much:
Good times, good friends, a loved-one's touch.
Perhaps my time seemed all too brief—
Don't shorten yours with undue grief.
Be not burdened with tears of sorrow,
Enjoy the sunshine of the morrow.

                       Love Ya,,,Sharon

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 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 our hearts to lose you but you didn’t go alone, for part of us went with you the day God called you home.

Well Pat i am sitting here remembering how you always took tour two boys Tim and Wil to all their baseball practices and games.Sometimes you would pick them up from school and stop at the food wagon get something to eat and then off you would go.No matter how far away their games were toy went with them.Practice time sometime you would stop for Cyndi and boys and you would all walk from her house to practice.Many a time I was with you and enjoyed myself.Thanks for the memories.Love you'

lol..i dont know why but this story stands out the most at the moment..i was 18 when i got pregnant with Jonathan...i remember calling my mom the nite i went into labor and she got to the hospital faster than i did..lol...when i was in the middle of pain i held hers and Angel's hand...my mom was on my left side and him on my right...well i would look at him when the pain struck and yelled at him "god i hate you soooo much" lol and then i would turn to my mom and say "god im soooo sorry, i promise never to do it again"...it went on for almost 5 hours of pain and she never left my side... at the end of it all we had to laugh about..i think i almost broke Angel's thumb that day...lol..but its one of the gr8est memories i have..there are more to come..of that i promise..ill post them as i think of them...love you mom...

Remember when you use to chase me around Reese street in the middle of the summer ... we had no shoes on and we would run through the parking lot over the broken glass ... and never think about cutting our feet...the asphalt was so hot..we were crazy...we also played wall ball..and threw our sneaks over he wires...haha..love ya sis...