I thought of you today, but that is nothing new.

I thought about you yesterday and days before that too.

I think of you in silence, I often speak your name.

All I have are memories and a picture in a frame.

Your memory is a keepsake from which I'll never part.

God has you in His arms, I have you in my heart.

Happy Birthday Mom and Dad! I am the young lady that I am today because of the choices that I saw the two of you demonstrate in front of me.  Never in life could I have asked God for a better set of parents. We have not always agreed with one another but I know that you loved me unconditionally. Today is my birthday but it’s a day that I celebrate the two that have given me life. You are the two that motivated me and continued to tell me to do my best. Today is the day that I thank God for the examples that the two of you have shown. Today is the day that I thank God for blessing me with two great mentors. Dad even though this is my first birthday without you here in the flesh I know that you are here in the spirit. I can hear the phone ringing and you on the other line saying Happy Birthday. I remember the birthday party that you threw for me at Pizza Hut and oh what a special day you made it.  Even though I will not be able to come to see you today and laugh with you the memories that you have created are priceless.  Mom I remember you saying that in 1982 there was a bad winter storm in NJ and you were in labor. Well on that day God gave the both of us life. He made you a parent for the first time and gave me life. I could not imagine life without you and the days and times that we have redeemed with one another. There are so many ways that we share alike and it times it may cause chaos and confusion but the love we have for one another is priceless. Today is the day that I celebrate and thank God for the both of you. I love honor and appreciate you both! Happy Birthday!!!

Tom,

It's been 5 months since you passed away. A broken heart can be mended, a heart with a missing piece cannot. My heart has been missing a piece since August 13, 2013; for it was not into my ear you whispered but, into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Tom, I miss your smile, your joking ways, I miss the things you used to say and when old times I do recall, it's then I miss you most of all.  Honey, when you spend half of your life with your soulmate it is hard to go on. I think of you with every waking moment of my life and dream of you with every dream that I have; this hole in my heart still burns so deeply with pain.

God has brought me through each day; He is carrying me through life and giving me the motivation to live each day to the fullest.   Honey, I understand that, grieving is a process and a slow healing process. I live each day with the day to day things that, needs to be done and the hope of seeing you again, helps me to move forward. 

Tom, life is a story in which we all play a role… only God knows how it will end. I understand that it is not my time. I know, that I am here still for a reason, and I must continue to follow this road of uncertainty. Although I smile and seem carefree, there is no one who misses you more than me.

Honey, your memory is a keepsake from which I will never part, God has you in His loving arms and I have you in my heart.

I love you,

Ellie

Tom,

Now that you're not here to share my life, each day I feel a sadness in my heart that just will not go away.

Honey, when the sun goes down and evening starts to fall, is when we were together we were as close as we could be and there isn't anyone on earth who could mean the same to me. "My Love, you're one in a million"!

Love always,
Ellie

Tom,

I was never ready to say good-bye, I embrace you so dearly! If, it was up to me Tom, I would have kept you here, but God has reasons of His own and plans I do not know, and this was for my good, even though it may not seem so.

Honey, my arms are empty, and my heart is filled with tears and grief, for I loved each day with you! I find those days too brief, yet if only I could see you once more... 

Tom, I know you're happy in heaven with our family members and our Heavenly Father. I cannot even comprehend the great joy and happiness, that you're having with our Savior Jesus Christ.

Honey, so what I try to do is live a bright and happy life in memory of you, for you brought endless sunshine to my life. I will always miss you!!! However; I know someday once more, I will hold you again when I reach heaven's shore.

I love you always,
Ellie