My deepest condolences. May these few words from the Holy Scriptures bring you comfort in your time of grief...
John 11:32-45
32 And so Mary, when she arrived where Jesus was and caught sight of him, fell at his feet, saying to him: “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” 33 Jesus, therefore, when he saw her weeping and the Jews that came with her weeping, groaned in the spirit and became troubled; 34 and he said: “Where have YOU laid him?” They said to him: “Lord, come and see.” 35 Jesus gave way to tears. 36 Therefore the Jews began to say: “See, what affection he used to have for him!” 37 But some of them said: “Was not this [man] that opened the eyes of the blind man able to prevent this one from dying?”
38 Hence Jesus, after groaning again within himself, came to the memorial tomb. It was, in fact, a cave, and a stone was lying against it.39 Jesus said: “TAKE the stone away.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, said to him: “Lord, by now he must smell, for it is four days.”40 Jesus said to her: “Did I not tell you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” 41 Therefore they took the stone away. Now Jesus raised his eyes heavenward and said: “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 True, I knew that you always hear me; but on account of the crowd standing around I spoke, in order that they might believe that you sent me forth.” 43 And when he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice: “Laz´a·rus, come on out!” 44The [man] that had been dead came out with his feet and hands bound with wrappings, and his countenance was bound about with a cloth. Jesus said to them: “Loose him and let him go.”
45 Therefore many of the Jews that had come to Mary and that beheld what he did put faith in him;
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My dear sweet little girl, Sierra will be five years old very soon; she looks like you when you were about her age-she's so dramatic at times- I called her on the phone one day and she said oh grammie my toe hurts and my belly hurts- I told her I was so sorry that she didn't feel well and maybe she should lie down- she said oh no! She felt better when she ran all over-and if she put her foot up instead of letting her foot dangle when she sat -it didn't hurt anymore.- well I did the best I could to make her feel better(over the phone)- I do wish you could be with her- she needs a mommie sometimes- because mommie always seem to say the right things when children don't feel well.- You always knew what to say to every one- I'm so sorry you aren't here with us- We all miss you terribly! I'm sorry you have missed out on all of these wonderful memories mother's have as there children grow. I try to tell Sierra about you- so she'll at lest know that you were always special even as a child- maybe she can see a little of you through a childs eyes hearing about her mother when she was a child- I love you with all my heart pumkin- love mommie
Jessica; we celebrate the holidays without you very year because you would have wanted us too. We miss your presence when we are together- one night Sierra told me that when she sleeps you visit her- I asked her if you are sleeping then how do you know it's your mother?- she said because she knows it's you!- I showed her a picture of you when you were 12-Sierra reconized you -honey! She is a wonderful little girl-but so were you! but you had better manners!- I am truly sorry that you have missed out on being her mother-she will never have a better one than you- you had only two years with her I pray she will remember the deep love you had for her-I am so sorry that you have gone to heaven, I miss you terribly! I go on each day- but a piece of me is missing- you once told me that you had never gotten over Heather-skye's death- that you learned to live with the grief- you were so right Jessica- you just learn to live with the grief.
I held together for your family-for you children and your husband because you my dear child taught me how to burry a child- I will never get past your death as you were such an important part of my life I will love you for the rest of my life
I was always so very proud of everything you did- I have always had such respect for you, for your choices,for your intelligence, for your determination, and your success- I have always been so very gratifull that you my dear child were my sweet loving girl- I smile, I laugh, I cry, I dance, I live until we see one another again-
love mommie
I am and will be etenally sorry that you could't grow old to see how very special your daughter has become. She is her own person even at three; she has learned to stand up for her rights-just as you did, she loves to shop, she loves clothes-
My heart is broken- honey- We will go on but we will never forget the light ou brought to us.
