Mom,
I wanted to write about all the good memories I have of our vacations. Of course the first that comes to mind is the RV and I remember your tireless efforts to get it ready for our trips and the joking that came along with that. How you were packing too much and etc....
Well now I have an RV and I must say I REALLY appreciate all the hard work you did to get ready for our trips. It seems it is so much work for a few days, maybe a week or two but there is so much that goes into make that trip happen and be safe and fun. So here are a few of my
favorite memories of our RV trips. In no particular order.
* Taking grandma down the boat ramp in her wheel chair in Florida
* Sledding down the snow fields in Colorado on a "dish pan"
* Riding the wild donkeys in ??
* The Michigan circle tour, and the fish refinery, and the stolen COHO
* Washington DC
* The lighted map in Gettysburg
* Cumberland Gap, Gatlinburg and bear wrestling
* Smokey Mountain mountains and the skyline drive
* My first dip in the ocean in Portland- Wow not what I expected of the pacific ocean - COLD!
* Sharing "raw" fish with the Indians on strawberry reservation.
* Disney World, just after it opened in 1970.
* Key West
* Royal Gorge and riding down the mountain on the solex, followed by the Winnebago
* Las Vegas
Mom, we all gather at Silver Lake and know you are there with us in
Spirit!
Love you,
PS. I just bought a new motorcycle, please watch over me and keep me safe.
jim
Tuesday, February 7, 2006
Letter from Sue - 2006
Dear Mom,
Time is passing with lightning speed. So many changes have happened with our lives. I wish you were here so we could share them with you. You would absolutely adore Shane. He is like sunshine on a dreary day. Collin and Allison are growing up fast too. Collin has a lot of love to give when you can tear him away from the computer and playstation. Allison is still shy and reserved, until you get to know her. Then she is loud and silly.
We had some great vacations together growing up. Our motorhome allowed us to see so much of the United States. Even though I don’t remember every trip, I still feel very fortunate. To this day, many of my friends have never been to the places I went as a child.
Your cheerful, confident and calm nature on our trips in the motorhome is hard for me to mimic. You always made me feel secure and comforted. Oh that “Hot Tottie” helped a little I’m sure. The trip up to Pikes Peak with grandma in the passenger seat saying her prayers. (I am pretty sure we won’t be taking a motorhome up Pikes Peak.) How about when we crossed the wooden bridge over the Royal Gorge(I think). Jerry walked in front of us to film it. Traversing down the most crooked street in the world in San Francisco. You and dad were daredevils, or dad was a daredevil and you trusted his judgment and prayed.
We had a lot of memorable times playing 31 and rummy. You spent lots of time singing songs and trying to convince us that vanilla ice cream and musk melon was the best dessert in the world. You made us all feel cared for and loved equally. Even though I know I was your baby. Ha Ha.
Now three years have passed and it still feels like yesterday you were at my house playing with my kids. My memories of you are present but less tangible. My thoughts of you are frequent but my emotions have dulled. I take comfort in knowing that you are watching over us and still taking care of us.
Loving you,
Susie
Time is passing with lightning speed. So many changes have happened with our lives. I wish you were here so we could share them with you. You would absolutely adore Shane. He is like sunshine on a dreary day. Collin and Allison are growing up fast too. Collin has a lot of love to give when you can tear him away from the computer and playstation. Allison is still shy and reserved, until you get to know her. Then she is loud and silly.
We had some great vacations together growing up. Our motorhome allowed us to see so much of the United States. Even though I don’t remember every trip, I still feel very fortunate. To this day, many of my friends have never been to the places I went as a child.
Your cheerful, confident and calm nature on our trips in the motorhome is hard for me to mimic. You always made me feel secure and comforted. Oh that “Hot Tottie” helped a little I’m sure. The trip up to Pikes Peak with grandma in the passenger seat saying her prayers. (I am pretty sure we won’t be taking a motorhome up Pikes Peak.) How about when we crossed the wooden bridge over the Royal Gorge(I think). Jerry walked in front of us to film it. Traversing down the most crooked street in the world in San Francisco. You and dad were daredevils, or dad was a daredevil and you trusted his judgment and prayed.
We had a lot of memorable times playing 31 and rummy. You spent lots of time singing songs and trying to convince us that vanilla ice cream and musk melon was the best dessert in the world. You made us all feel cared for and loved equally. Even though I know I was your baby. Ha Ha.
Now three years have passed and it still feels like yesterday you were at my house playing with my kids. My memories of you are present but less tangible. My thoughts of you are frequent but my emotions have dulled. I take comfort in knowing that you are watching over us and still taking care of us.
Loving you,
Susie
Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Letter From Danny - 2005
Say Its Been Two Short Years, Each of us miss MOM is their own Special way.Today It was a Very Snowy frigid cold Day. But where MOM is It isn't Cold or Snowy,Its Heaven a utopia kind of place.We honored Mom today the best we could, Its still hard to do,we left some silk lilies,and some prayers at the Cemetery. And had a Big Dinner at Her House, Mostly Cooked by DAD...We Played some of her Acordian music during Dinner,and hugged each other a bit. This Day Will be on our minds the rest of our lives,and today you all savoried the special times Mom had on you personally. Mom loved all of us,thats what matters, and today we all loved her back..Long Live our Memories..so long danny
Monday, February 7, 2005
Letter from Sue - 2005
Dear Mom,
One of my favorite memories of you has to be Christmas time. Every year
you would wrap gifts to put under the tree. Many times you would not use a box, just wrapping paper. I would notoriously find a way to peekat the presents. There would, for some unknown reason, be a "peeky hole". You would laugh and laugh. I am not sure how interested I was
in the present, but I knew I liked making you laugh.
As I write this letter I am happy for the memory. Like finding something you have been missing for a long time. I am also sad, and a little angry, that you are not here to create new memories with. This sad feeling is like a cold, rainy, overcast day that is colorless and
dull.
I miss you and wish you were here.
Love,
Susie
One of my favorite memories of you has to be Christmas time. Every year
you would wrap gifts to put under the tree. Many times you would not use a box, just wrapping paper. I would notoriously find a way to peekat the presents. There would, for some unknown reason, be a "peeky hole". You would laugh and laugh. I am not sure how interested I was
in the present, but I knew I liked making you laugh.
As I write this letter I am happy for the memory. Like finding something you have been missing for a long time. I am also sad, and a little angry, that you are not here to create new memories with. This sad feeling is like a cold, rainy, overcast day that is colorless and
dull.
I miss you and wish you were here.
Love,
Susie
Letter from Jeanie - 2005
Dear Mom,
I miss you so much!! I still can’t believe you’re gone…. My comfort is that I know I’ll see you in heaven, and you will be healthy and sooo very happy!
I can never thank you enough for always being a mother to me…. In every beautiful sense of the word. I remember when Jimmy and I were dating in college, and you were worried about me, you treated me like a daughter even then. I remember when you spent the night with me and Debbie in our Ypsi apartment…. We went to the Irish bar and you were singing with the performer! What fun I had with you. I remember when Jimmy had moved to Colorado and you invited me and the guy I was dating to the family reunion! I remember all the advice and love you gave to me when my children were young, "You know, Rachel, when you take a nap you grow, come here and let me measure you". (tee-hee). I remember how you comforted me when my parents were sick, and dying….. you have always been there for me, so supportive, so caring, so loving.
I remember being in awe of you one ski trip about 16 years ago, I realized that you didn’t ski and stayed in the condo alone for most of the trip. As soon as we all came back from skiing, you were singing and happy and looking forward to playing cards etc….. never a mention of boredom or anything negative. I loved playing Balderdash with you, you and I would always wink at each other cause we knew which fake definition was each others (cause we both used Latin roots)….
I will always be thankful for that time at your kitchen table, (before we played the joke on Mrs. Kenzi), when we were alone and I got to tell you that you were the woman I most admired in the world…. I had felt that way for a very long time, but it never seemed the right moment to tell you….. and that was it… and I got to tell you these many things that I admired about you and how you’d always loved me as a true mother and we both cried…
I love you Mom, I miss you and can’t wait to see you again!
Love, Jeanie ("How lucky for me that his mother is my best friend")
I miss you so much!! I still can’t believe you’re gone…. My comfort is that I know I’ll see you in heaven, and you will be healthy and sooo very happy!
I can never thank you enough for always being a mother to me…. In every beautiful sense of the word. I remember when Jimmy and I were dating in college, and you were worried about me, you treated me like a daughter even then. I remember when you spent the night with me and Debbie in our Ypsi apartment…. We went to the Irish bar and you were singing with the performer! What fun I had with you. I remember when Jimmy had moved to Colorado and you invited me and the guy I was dating to the family reunion! I remember all the advice and love you gave to me when my children were young, "You know, Rachel, when you take a nap you grow, come here and let me measure you". (tee-hee). I remember how you comforted me when my parents were sick, and dying….. you have always been there for me, so supportive, so caring, so loving.
I remember being in awe of you one ski trip about 16 years ago, I realized that you didn’t ski and stayed in the condo alone for most of the trip. As soon as we all came back from skiing, you were singing and happy and looking forward to playing cards etc….. never a mention of boredom or anything negative. I loved playing Balderdash with you, you and I would always wink at each other cause we knew which fake definition was each others (cause we both used Latin roots)….
I will always be thankful for that time at your kitchen table, (before we played the joke on Mrs. Kenzi), when we were alone and I got to tell you that you were the woman I most admired in the world…. I had felt that way for a very long time, but it never seemed the right moment to tell you….. and that was it… and I got to tell you these many things that I admired about you and how you’d always loved me as a true mother and we both cried…
I love you Mom, I miss you and can’t wait to see you again!
Love, Jeanie ("How lucky for me that his mother is my best friend")
Letter from Jim - 2005
Dear Mom,
I wanted to write this letter today because I think about you often butdon't get a chance to talk to you. So this morning I want to say how much I love you and miss you. I miss your kindness, your smile, your humor, your que sera, que sera attitude and you're singing and music and much much more. I think about you when I see the ticker symbols go across the TV. I think
about you when I see the Daffodils peaking up through the snow. I think about when Barclay comes over and gives me a little nudge when he sees the last bite of my sandwich. I think about you whenever there is a card game mentioned. But most recently I have been thinking about you when my children are giving me some frustration. I remember how you would say
"when you get older and have you're own house I am going to come over and
jump on the bed and put my feet on the ceiling" ! So I was thinking....
Mom can you please come over today?
You're the best ! I miss you Mom.
Love,
Jimmy
I wanted to write this letter today because I think about you often butdon't get a chance to talk to you. So this morning I want to say how much I love you and miss you. I miss your kindness, your smile, your humor, your que sera, que sera attitude and you're singing and music and much much more. I think about you when I see the ticker symbols go across the TV. I think
about you when I see the Daffodils peaking up through the snow. I think about when Barclay comes over and gives me a little nudge when he sees the last bite of my sandwich. I think about you whenever there is a card game mentioned. But most recently I have been thinking about you when my children are giving me some frustration. I remember how you would say
"when you get older and have you're own house I am going to come over and
jump on the bed and put my feet on the ceiling" ! So I was thinking....
Mom can you please come over today?
You're the best ! I miss you Mom.
Love,
Jimmy
Letter from Marie - 2005
Dear Mom,
As always, just like everyday I am thinking of you especially today
March 1, 2005. It's hard to believe that two years have gone by since
the last time I was able to hug, kiss, talk, or confide in you for
complex or simply answers. Just wanted you to know how much you are
missed not only as a mother but a friend, and that I love you and miss
everything about you (your smile, laughter, Irish jokes and emails).
There is not a day that goes by that I don't hear or see you in some
form of action or looks that my kids or I had inherited from you. Andrea
has your quick wit (which get her in trouble at times), a beautiful
voice and smile. Ryan has your need for trivia, kindness (when he wants
to) and your dimples. Me, I hear myself saying thinks like "you don't
talk to me like that", "go to your room", but most of all I feel the
love that you provided me throughout my life that helps me try to be a
great mom and friend to my children and husband by always letting them
know how important they are to me no matter what.
I have some many fond memories of you but the one that I cherish the
most is how would help me figure the chords out for songs that I wanted
to play on my guitar and one of our favorites songs was "Hot Legs" by
Rod Stewart.
I love and miss you mom with all my heart!
Love
Marie
As always, just like everyday I am thinking of you especially today
March 1, 2005. It's hard to believe that two years have gone by since
the last time I was able to hug, kiss, talk, or confide in you for
complex or simply answers. Just wanted you to know how much you are
missed not only as a mother but a friend, and that I love you and miss
everything about you (your smile, laughter, Irish jokes and emails).
There is not a day that goes by that I don't hear or see you in some
form of action or looks that my kids or I had inherited from you. Andrea
has your quick wit (which get her in trouble at times), a beautiful
voice and smile. Ryan has your need for trivia, kindness (when he wants
to) and your dimples. Me, I hear myself saying thinks like "you don't
talk to me like that", "go to your room", but most of all I feel the
love that you provided me throughout my life that helps me try to be a
great mom and friend to my children and husband by always letting them
know how important they are to me no matter what.
I have some many fond memories of you but the one that I cherish the
most is how would help me figure the chords out for songs that I wanted
to play on my guitar and one of our favorites songs was "Hot Legs" by
Rod Stewart.
I love and miss you mom with all my heart!
Love
Marie
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