Jane is a Widow

While they are alive says a lot about you as a person. I’m going to make some big changes that will affect people after I’m gone. If you want nothing to do with me when I’m alive then don’t expect me to think of you after I’m gone. We should always treat others the way we want to be treated., it’s part of our legacy. Be nice to people, quit acting like you are a better person than others. Be kind, say kind things, do kind things.

Dad, I miss you. I miss your advice and your many stories of your time being on the front lines of the army. Your time as a machine gunner and mortar man. I have such admiration for what you contributed. You gave so much and in return received so little. You were always such a hard worker. I like to think that I took after you. I’m a lot like you. Thanks for teaching me. I’ll always love you and miss you. There have been countless times I have needed your advice….

has passed since Troy last celebrated the holidays with us. Hard to believe he’s been gone 10 years. Sometimes it seems just like yesterday. I took some of Ashley’s sports memorabilia to her. It was nice watching her look at all the articles that Troy had laminated for her. She made a lot of news in the papers when she was in high school. It brought back lots of memories for her. I’m glad he did that for her. It was priceless watching her look at the articles and see all her old team shirts. It would have made him so happy to see her enjoy it all. He wasn’t there in person but he was in spirit. He was always thinking of what he could do for somewhere else…..

it’s been a year since Lucy left this world. I so miss her, she was an exceptional dog. She was bashful in her own way, and often very stubborn. I remember when we first brought her some she kept eating all the bushes we would plant. One Sunday we bought two wisteria bushes and Troy planted them both, she managed to demolish one of them. Troy was so mad, he put a little fence around the other one so she wouldn’t kill it. She was always trying to eat roses or tomatoes. She was my prettiest schnauzer with her long eyelashes and big brown eyes. She became white just like her mother. I will love you always Lucy and miss you forever…..