Mommy found peace at 9:22 am this morning. We were with her. Bill brought over a rose this morning....from a rose bush that Bill planted for mom. A perfect rose blossomed this morning and Bill brought it to mom. We took a picture of the rose before we gave it to mom. After we said our good-byes, we glanced out the door, and we saw two angels on the lawn, waiting to escort mom home. I guess in Florida, the stork brings you, and the Sandhill cranes carry you home.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Final Good-bye
Mommy found peace at 9:22 am this morning. We were with her. Bill brought over a rose this morning....from a rose bush that Bill planted for mom. A perfect rose blossomed this morning and Bill brought it to mom. We took a picture of the rose before we gave it to mom. After we said our good-byes, we glanced out the door, and we saw two angels on the lawn, waiting to escort mom home. I guess in Florida, the stork brings you, and the Sandhill cranes carry you home.
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My prayers are with you all at this very sad time.
The tears are flowing here.
Anne
Dear Dina,Gina,Toni, Samantha, Please know I am with you guys during this time. My heart has a warm place i will keep my second mom rosemary who taught me many things about love forever. I have a million memories growing up around the house that go from her bringing me pink roses on my sweet16 to dropping dina and i off in port jeff at the movies, driving us on snow days to junior high, to singing in the kitchen to making italian cookies and decorating christmas trees, special coleslaw,laughs with harry, bagels, seeing her with bill here in ny at cousing christophers wedding....its all that and so much more that made me love her through the years, and made her a second mom to me!
I love all you guys so much, you are my family as well. Please know I am with you each and every day.
I am so sad but i know she is at peace....you guys gave her so much love!
xoxo
kathy
i carry your heart with me
i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)
ee cummings
Dear Dina, Gina, Toni & Samatha,
I have come to this place every day for weeks now and have seen a family who loved their mother in both word and deed. I could see Rosemary, happy to have her family around her and finding comfort in all the things you did together every day.
I never met Bill but like the song says "no ordinary guy".
We went to Mass this morning and lit a candle and prayed for peace for mom. Later in the day Kathy called and told us that she had passed on. But she is not alone in her journey, she travels with all the love and care that you have surrounded her with. All the laughter and happy hours that you have shared with her and each other will be with her always and she will always be near you.
Be comforted by her love for all of you and her peace.
You will be in our thoughts, our hearts and our prayers.
We love you,
Virginia & Michael
This poem/prayer has always helped me,may you all find comfort.....
Do not stand at my grave and weep;
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a 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 awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there. I did not die.
love, kathy
The few days I was there, I was touched by the love, care and respect you girls showed towards your mom. My thoughts and prayers are with you. Thanks for sharing this blog with me. Some of it brought chuckles and some brought tears. Take care of each other!
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Gina:
Even though this is such a sad time for you and your family I am so glad that you were all able to be with your Mom so that she knew how much you all loved her - you all are so fortunate. Even though I never had the chance to meet your Mom, reading your blog speaks to the quality of her life that so many of her family and friends have wanted to be with her as she made her final journey. I had been saving a candle, handmade by a friend from New Mexico - I have lit it this morning in honor of your Mom. I hope it will pick up all the wonderful scents of Aspen and Lodge Pole Pines as it wafts through the mountains here in Colorado, and will accompany her as she does walk down her final path.
My heart is aching for your family...much love,
Terri
Dear Gina, Dina, Toni, Louie, Joyce, Charlie and Charlene, and Rosemary's Family Members I have never met, friends, the list goes on and on,
I was devastated when your Grand Aunt Gloria called me to say Rosemary passed. She gave me this blog. I have read what I missed to have closure, so saddened yet knowing that Roe knew I loved her and will miss her with moments of memory. You will have more moments than I, but oh so deep those moments are.
She had a Pajama Party last night with her Cousin Joanie and Grand Aunt Helen waiting for us to come join the party.
This was so fast, so unexpected. We would not have wanted Rosemary to see her Uncle Gil in his last days and understand that you are glad she is at peace and without pain. She will be so missed. Such a wonderful niece, mother, sister, friend and my cousin, who will be with me forever.
So much is left unsaid...
Tears with Love to Each of You,
Gil
Dear Gina, Toni, and Dina, we were so saddened to hear about your loss. Your mom and our mom were so important in each other's lives. Now they can live in peace together (and play cards). Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your families. Love always, Jackie and Bobby Magnuson and family. xoxo
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