Now that Christmas 2023 is behind us I have a few days to recoop. I'll bet Christmas in heaven is beautiful. I have been busy working part time, babysitting our little Malia, and was getting cookies made. Accomplished but left no time for anything else. Mom was the taste tester. Spent 5 days at Erics over Thanksgiving and they are doing well. Chapin is growing like a bad weed and doing exceptional in school. Billy is super busy with his work. Alyssa is in Houston and checks in occasionally. Jocelyn is working and is quite the little mother. Malia is now 2. Mom and I have a game of cards most every day and she insists on going out to eat most every day. That is one thing she really enjoys and it gets her out of the house. I sure hope you had a fantastic holiday with your family and friends in heaven. Love and miss you every day. Always in my heart,   

Well your another year older. Hope you had a great birthday in heaven with family and friends. We sure missed you not being here with us as we thought about you all day. It was a perfect day that you would have loved. 75 degrees with a nice breeze and the flowers are looking great. Your roses are getting ready to bloom. You are so missed and loved!

Well here it is another year without you here. You would be in your glory here spoiling our great granddaughter Malia. She would have you wrapped around her little finger just like the girls and Chapin did. I miss not sharing that with you. You would even be doting on mom cause she lives here now. You two always had a special bond. I will be heading to Erics in a month to celebrate Chapins 7th birthday. We had a real mild winter and it starting to warm up now so I will be starting on yard work and getting the garden in. I miss you every day but knowing you are at peace and pain free helps me get through it. Enjoy a piece of birthday cake with my brother. Love you!

Merry Christmas! You sure would be in your glory if you were here. Our great granddaughter just turned 1 and starting to walk. I can picture you beaming when you see her just as you did every time the girls or chapin would come around. Sure has been cold and windy the last few days. Mom is now living with me so my life continues to be busy but I enjoy having her here. You are missed and loved by all of us. Have a Heavenly Christmas with our family members that are with you. Love and miss you!

Happy 51st anniversary and fathers day. The last time our anniversary fell on fathers day we went to church where we were married. You have a big celebration with all of our family dads with you. You all deserve it. Love and miss you!

Happy Birthday Dad. We love and miss you. I know your keeping an eye on us down here. Chapin is really getting to be a big boy. We were just talking the other day about how you 2 would push trucks across the kitchen table for hrs on end and he wants to dig up the truck he buried next to your bench and give it a wash job and rebury it.

Happy heavenly birthday to you! Today I would have been making you your coconut cream pie. I hope you enjoy your special day with all of our family members with you. I have pictures to put on for you as soon as Jocelyn is here to help with it. Love you always!

Happy Heavenly Birthday with love.
So many birthdays I've missed with you and I'm sorry, but you can be sure every year it came around, I remembered you. I miss you dear brother.

I've been thinking of you today. I posted a remembrance for you on Facebook so others could share their feelings as well. I couldn't help but smile later when I remembered how anti-technology you were, yet it's the one thing that connects family and friends at times like this. I miss you dear brother and am sorry for the wasted years we weren't in touch. I carry you in my heart till we meet again. Love you.

3 yrs. ago today was one of the hardest days of my life. The day you earned your angel wings. I know you are now pain free but my pain of losing you is still deep. I think of you and miss you every day. Love you always!

Well here it is the day after the superbowl. Your Rams did it! They beat the Cincinnati Bengals. Jocelyn, Joe, and baby Malia are almost all moved in across the street. I am helping out with babysitting when I'm not working. Eric, Patsy and Chapin are coming this weekend for a week. Chapin is getting so big. Billy, Flora, Jocelyn and Malia spent 8 days in Florida visiting Mom. She was so excited. I am leaving on Mar. 2nd for a week to spend time with her. Happy Valentines Day!  Love and miss you!

Another new year upon us. The last month was really busy with the holidays but now getting back into the old routine. Holiday stuff put away and the house is looking normal again. Only thing missing is you. You are always in our thoughts. You are so loved and missed.

Wishing you a Merry Christmas. Another year of holidays without you and it isn't any easier. I know you are surrounded by love in heaven with our family members there with you to celebrate this wonderful day. Love and miss you!

Some big news for you. We are now great grandparents. Wish you were here to hold this sweet little dark haired little girl. Jocelyn is now a mom. You would be so proud of her. Her name is Malia. Chapin has also just lost his first 2 teeth in the last couple weeks. Christmas is almost here and I know you will be celebrating with our heavenly family members. Always thinking of you. Love and miss you!

Happy fathers day! You were a good dad and you had so much influence on our boys that shaped them into the fine men they are today. They miss you so much as I do. You are so loved and missed. Hope you had a great heavenly fathers day.

Happy Fathers Day Dad!! I Love you and miss you so much. Thanks for being the best Dad and teaching me to be the same.

Today is our biggest milestone of our journey together. Our 50th wedding anniversary. Although we aren't physically together we are in spirit. Many loving memories of our journey are being remembered today. You are so dearly loved and missed every day. HAPPY GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY MY LOVE!

Another special day without you. I kept busy working all day but still thought of you often. Right about now we would be eating that coconut cream pie you always wanted instead of cake. I am sure heaven has pie. I hope your special day was a joyous one. Happy birthday and I love you forever and ever!

Well here it is 2 yrs. since you left me. It doesn't get any easier but I find peace knowing you aren't suffering anymore. On days like today I just keep busy so I worked all day. I know you are having birthday cake with Jim. You are so missed here by all of us and know that you are loved by many. Enjoy the rest of your journey and know we will be together again. Love you!

"Miss me but let me go, for this is a journey we all must take and each must go alone; it's all part of the Master's plan, a step on the road to Home."
Thinking of you today dear brother. I wish I had made it home in time to see you once more, but I was 4 months late. I hope you know how much I love you. RIP

Well yesterday was Easter and I bet you had a big celebration in heaven. I miss you every day and special days are still hard without you. I am going to Erics over my birthday weekend. Chapin is playing T ball this year and he has a game that Sat. I know you would really have enjoyed that. Sending you lots of hugs and kisses. You are loved and missed every day.

Just sending you a big hug so you know how saddened I am that Debbie got her angel wings yesterday. I know that just like you she is no longer in any pain. Love and comfort each other during your heavenly journey. I love and miss you all.

Just a note to tell you I love and miss you! Still snow on the ground and it has been cold but warmer days ahead. I spent 4 days with your 5 sisters and it was a bonding time. I have been going down memory lane a lot lately, thinking of a lot of our ventures through the years. I hope every heavenly day is joyous for you. xxxooo

Well a new year is beginning. I miss you every day but I know you are pain free now and I treasure every moment we had on our journey together. Your family loves and misses you so much. We hope your heavenly 2021 is a beautiful joyous year.

Thinking of you this Christmas Eve dear brother. You are missed by so many and remembered always. Our hearts are full of your memories. I hope there's much joy in Heaven this holiday season. I love you.

Has been such a busy summer with work, garden, fixing things and just everyday chores. They say God doesn't give you more than you can handle but please tell him I need a rest. Eric, Patsy and Chapin were here for a long weekend last week. We went to the cemetery and Chapin dug up the truck he buried there to make sure it was still there. He has grown into quite the little man. Billy and Flora are moving this weekend to Freemont St. You would be very proud of our family. Miss and think of you every day. Love you!

Well I finally got everything fixed that was breaking down at once. I miss you not being here. You always was able to fix most anything even if it wasn't quite right it worked. Just one of many adjustments without you. The biggest one is getting used to an empty house. Going into a room and you not being there is the hardest. The flowers were extra beautiful this year and you still have roses blooming. Miss you and love you.

Happy Fathers Day! Posted a few pictures of our family through different ages. You were a good father and we miss you! Love you!

Happy Fathers Day Dad! I miss you so much. I know you are in a better place now. Thank you for everything you have done and taught me in life, it has made me the son, husband and father I am today. I strive everyday to be the man you were. Love you

Happy anniversary to my favorite father in law. I'm spending quality time with your bride this week and find myself missing your crazy antics. I really love you and wish I could smooch your face one more time.

Happy Anniversary! Well today would have been #49. A lot of yrs. and a lot of memories. Missing you. Love ya.

Well here it is your 70th birthday. Hope you are having a heavenly birthday. We are having a small celebration for you this evening. I miss you so much but I know you are now pain free. Fathers day will be here soon and I know it will be a hard day for the boys. Enjoy your special day. I LOVE YOU!

Hey there. It has been a busy week with mothers day, Chapins birthday and today my birthday. Wish you were here as you always made us feel so special. Missing you so much. I video chatted with your sisters and Debs husband Rik as Deb is in the hospital. Her health problems are a lot like yours were. COPD and back problems. I hope she gets relief for her pain as I know how much you suffered. I will be in touch in a couple weeks as your birthday is coming. This would have been your big 70. Love & miss you. HUGS

Well here it is May already. We had our 1st orioles visit the feeder today. 3 of them. I haven't seen any hummingbirds yet. Going to get flowers for the flower beds later today. I know how much you loved looking at them.
LOVE YOU !!!!!

Well here it is Easter Sunday. We are in stay at home recommendation because of the deadly virus so it will be a quiet day. Hope you are gathering with our families that are in heaven with you. Love and miss you.

I saw a cardinal in the yard today and new you were sending me a message. You were wondering why no bird seed was in your feeders yet. Well I took care of it and filled them. It has been almost a year since heaven became your new home and I miss you so much. I am doing ok but things just aren't the same without you. Love you!

Happy Valentines Day. Missing and thinking of you every day. Hope you had a good day with all our loved ones in heaven with you. Love you!

Merry Christmas! Another holiday is here without you. We all spent last weekend together at Erics house and today Billy, Flora and I are having dinner together. I hope your heaven Christmas is spent with your family and mine that are there with you. You tell them all we love and miss them. I love you and miss you.

The year is almost over and it isn't easy getting through the holidays without you here. I spent some quality time with all of your sisters this summer when Lyn, Heather, Deb & hubby Rik were here. Thanksgiving I spent with Eric & family. Last Sun. was the Bennett X-Mas dinner here and next weekend I am going with Billy & Flora to Erics for a long weekend. Spending time with family but just not complete without you here. Miss you.

With Halloween approaching I think back to when we were kids riding in the back of our parent’s station wagon. As we were being taken house to house and our candy was overflowing, our bags were ready to rip open. It just so happened Bill’s did. And the rest of us siblings did what any other sibling would do.....and helped ourselves to his stash. We ended up giving him his candy back but we had fun “stealing” his. Oh....the good old days!!! I love and miss you, Bill.    Jackie

Well, Labor Day is over and that marks the end of summer. Your rose bushes are still blooming and I see you every time I look at them. I miss you! Love ya!

Just to share a few things with you this morning. Jocelyn passed her drivers test, I talked with Alyssa and she is doing ok and Chapin is getting to be quite the little man. You would be proud! Love you! Kathy

My heart is so full of love and memories of my brother, Bill. Although we lived miles apart, I always carried him in my heart. He was a good man, good father, good husband and grandfather! He was very opinionated and would let you know his views like it or not, but he was loyal and loved by most. I will miss him alot, but most of all, I will remember him.

Set this up for you so family & friends can connect with you. I picked roses for the background as you loved the rose bushes you planted. They were beautiful this year! I miss you every day but I know now you are in a pain free heavenly place. I love you! Kathy