The service was the most touching I've ever been to ever. It was held
in a non-demonitional church as my sister had gone from Catholic to just
Christian. What a difference. It was truly a joyful celebration of her
life. I think the best part was the pastor has arranged for cards to be
present for everyone to write their favorite memory of her and tack it
to a decorated board for people to read. I was even able to go on stage
and share a tribute I wrote to her and my favorite memory I could think
of when I wrote it was a kitty litter box cake she made for me for my
40th birthday. It was disgusting looking but as good in taste as any
other cake but being served in a litterbox and a scooper for the cutting
utensil was over the top. When I read this story to the people who came
to celebrate her life, and it was a huge crowd, they laughed
hysterically about the litterbox cake. I was glad to make them laugh.
Janet would have wanted that. Nothing sad, just memories and joyful
praise that she was now whole and out of pain.

The kids will be able to keep all of the cards written by the guests of
their favorite memories of her. They seem to be adjusting well. I
think they already knew she was going to die soon. I'm also glad they
will live with my brother and his wife rather than their father who is
basically missing, but my brother has been in touch with him and he's
not going to contest them getting custody. Getting custody takes a very
long time, so they found out about something called kin-ship that will
at least allow them to change schools so they are closer to here rather
than the school system so far away that it is almost impossible to get
them there unless they continue to stay with the youth pastor. It
really is time for them to get used to a new home and new school. I'll
be taking them both to therapy next friday with the old therapist but
since they are changing counties, she's helping to find someone in our
county to take over therapy for them. We as a family will make sure
they continue to worship in the same church they have for years, and
also a youth group they attended each wednesday night.

Another special moment was when the pastor read a passage from her own
bible. She had little tags all throughout the pages of her favorites
and he felt reading from hers meant more than reading from his own. He
even pointed out all of the sticky tabs she added to her bible showing
how she had been trying to learn from the bible and these were her
favorite parts. People who grew up with her, very good friends, even
came today. It was very special.

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On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 00:02:54 -0500, Cheryl >
wrote:

>The service was the most touching I've ever been to ever. It was held
>in a non-demonitional church as my sister had gone from Catholic to just
>Christian. What a difference. It was truly a joyful celebration of her
>life.

> People who grew up with her, very good friends, even
>came today. It was very special.

I'm happy for you. It was a difficult day but you were able to share
to joy of your sister's life.

On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 00:02:54 -0500, Cheryl >
wrote:

> The service was the most touching I've ever been to ever. It was held
> in a non-demonitional church as my sister had gone from Catholic to just
> Christian. What a difference. It was truly a joyful celebration of her
> life.

I know you have me kill filed, but I still want to say that I am very
sorry for your loss.


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"Cheryl" wrote in message
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The service was the most touching I've ever been to ever.
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These are very special memories. I am glad for you, her children, and other
families and friends that the service was so joyful and inspiring.

MaryL

I'm so sorry for your loss. It's nice your sister got the celebration
her life deserved.

Tara

On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 00:02:54 -0500, Cheryl >
wrote:

>The service was the most touching I've ever been to ever.
snip
I'm truly sorry for your loss. Be well.
Janet US

On 11/23/2014 12:02 AM, Cheryl wrote:

> The service was the most touching I've ever been to ever. It was held
> in a non-demonitional church as my sister had gone from Catholic to just
> Christian. What a difference. It was truly a joyful celebration of her
> life. I think the best part was the pastor has arranged for cards to be
> present for everyone to write their favorite memory of her and tack it
> to a decorated board for people to read.

Cheryl, what a wonderful service, and such good memories for the
kids. Thanks so much for posting about it.

And the children seem like they are in great hands.

nancy

"Cheryl" > wrote in message
eb.com...
> The service was the most touching I've ever been to ever. It was held in
> a non-demonitional church as my sister had gone from Catholic to just
> Christian. What a difference. It was truly a joyful celebration of her
> life. I think the best part was the pastor has arranged for cards to be
> present for everyone to write their favorite memory of her and tack it to
> a decorated board for people to read. I was even able to go on stage and
> share a tribute I wrote to her and my favorite memory I could think of
> when I wrote it was a kitty litter box cake she made for me for my 40th
> birthday. It was disgusting looking but as good in taste as any other
> cake but being served in a litterbox and a scooper for the cutting utensil
> was over the top. When I read this story to the people who came to
> celebrate her life, and it was a huge crowd, they laughed hysterically
> about the litterbox cake. I was glad to make them laugh. Janet would have
> wanted that. Nothing sad, just memories and joyful praise that she was
> now whole and out of pain.
>
> The kids will be able to keep all of the cards written by the guests of
> their favorite memories of her. They seem to be adjusting well. I think
> they already knew she was going to die soon. I'm also glad they will live
> with my brother and his wife rather than their father who is basically
> missing, but my brother has been in touch with him and he's not going to
> contest them getting custody. Getting custody takes a very long time, so
> they found out about something called kin-ship that will at least allow
> them to change schools so they are closer to here rather than the school
> system so far away that it is almost impossible to get them there unless
> they continue to stay with the youth pastor. It really is time for them
> to get used to a new home and new school. I'll be taking them both to
> therapy next friday with the old therapist but since they are changing
> counties, she's helping to find someone in our county to take over therapy
> for them. We as a family will make sure they continue to worship in the
> same church they have for years, and also a youth group they attended each
> wednesday night.
>
> Another special moment was when the pastor read a passage from her own
> bible. She had little tags all throughout the pages of her favorites and
> he felt reading from hers meant more than reading from his own. He even
> pointed out all of the sticky tabs she added to her bible showing how she
> had been trying to learn from the bible and these were her favorite parts.
> People who grew up with her, very good friends, even came today. It was
> very special.

Thank you for sharing, Cheryl. The warmth and love are very evident. It is
touching and an inspiration!

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On 11/22/2014 11:02 PM, Cheryl wrote:
> The service was the most touching I've ever been to ever. It was held
> in a non-demonitional church as my sister had gone from Catholic to just
> Christian. What a difference. It was truly a joyful celebration of her
> life. I think the best part was the pastor has arranged for cards to be
> present for everyone to write their favorite memory of her and tack it
> to a decorated board for people to read. I was even able to go on stage
> and share a tribute I wrote to her and my favorite memory I could think
> of when I wrote it was a kitty litter box cake she made for me for my
> 40th birthday. It was disgusting looking but as good in taste as any
> other cake but being served in a litterbox and a scooper for the cutting
> utensil was over the top. When I read this story to the people who came
> to celebrate her life, and it was a huge crowd, they laughed
> hysterically about the litterbox cake. I was glad to make them laugh.
> Janet would have wanted that. Nothing sad, just memories and joyful
> praise that she was now whole and out of pain.
>
> The kids will be able to keep all of the cards written by the guests of
> their favorite memories of her. They seem to be adjusting well. I
> think they already knew she was going to die soon. I'm also glad they
> will live with my brother and his wife rather than their father who is
> basically missing, but my brother has been in touch with him and he's
> not going to contest them getting custody. Getting custody takes a very
> long time, so they found out about something called kin-ship that will
> at least allow them to change schools so they are closer to here rather
> than the school system so far away that it is almost impossible to get
> them there unless they continue to stay with the youth pastor. It
> really is time for them to get used to a new home and new school. I'll
> be taking them both to therapy next friday with the old therapist but
> since they are changing counties, she's helping to find someone in our
> county to take over therapy for them. We as a family will make sure
> they continue to worship in the same church they have for years, and
> also a youth group they attended each wednesday night.
>
> Another special moment was when the pastor read a passage from her own
> bible. She had little tags all throughout the pages of her favorites
> and he felt reading from hers meant more than reading from his own. He
> even pointed out all of the sticky tabs she added to her bible showing
> how she had been trying to learn from the bible and these were her
> favorite parts. People who grew up with her, very good friends, even
> came today. It was very special.
>

I'm happy that the service was a fitting tribute. I held a memorial for
my husband here at home about 6 weeks after his funeral in New Jersey.
We had about 60 people at the memorial and many of them got up to speak.
I had made a little slide show with photos of him since babyhood. It
was a nice tribute.
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From somewhere very deep in the heart of Texas

"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
eb.com...
> On 11/22/2014 11:02 PM, Cheryl wrote:
>> The service was the most touching I've ever been to ever. It was held
>> in a non-demonitional church as my sister had gone from Catholic to just
>> Christian. What a difference. It was truly a joyful celebration of her
>> life. I think the best part was the pastor has arranged for cards to be
>> present for everyone to write their favorite memory of her and tack it
>> to a decorated board for people to read. I was even able to go on stage
>> and share a tribute I wrote to her and my favorite memory I could think
>> of when I wrote it was a kitty litter box cake she made for me for my
>> 40th birthday. It was disgusting looking but as good in taste as any
>> other cake but being served in a litterbox and a scooper for the cutting
>> utensil was over the top. When I read this story to the people who came
>> to celebrate her life, and it was a huge crowd, they laughed
>> hysterically about the litterbox cake. I was glad to make them laugh.
>> Janet would have wanted that. Nothing sad, just memories and joyful
>> praise that she was now whole and out of pain.
>>
>> The kids will be able to keep all of the cards written by the guests of
>> their favorite memories of her. They seem to be adjusting well. I
>> think they already knew she was going to die soon. I'm also glad they
>> will live with my brother and his wife rather than their father who is
>> basically missing, but my brother has been in touch with him and he's
>> not going to contest them getting custody. Getting custody takes a very
>> long time, so they found out about something called kin-ship that will
>> at least allow them to change schools so they are closer to here rather
>> than the school system so far away that it is almost impossible to get
>> them there unless they continue to stay with the youth pastor. It
>> really is time for them to get used to a new home and new school. I'll
>> be taking them both to therapy next friday with the old therapist but
>> since they are changing counties, she's helping to find someone in our
>> county to take over therapy for them. We as a family will make sure
>> they continue to worship in the same church they have for years, and
>> also a youth group they attended each wednesday night.
>>
>> Another special moment was when the pastor read a passage from her own
>> bible. She had little tags all throughout the pages of her favorites
>> and he felt reading from hers meant more than reading from his own. He
>> even pointed out all of the sticky tabs she added to her bible showing
>> how she had been trying to learn from the bible and these were her
>> favorite parts. People who grew up with her, very good friends, even
>> came today. It was very special.
>>
>
> I'm happy that the service was a fitting tribute. I held a memorial for
> my husband here at home about 6 weeks after his funeral in New Jersey. We
> had about 60 people at the memorial and many of them got up to speak. I
> had made a little slide show with photos of him since babyhood. It was a
> nice tribute.

That was a lovely idea))

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On 11/22/2014 11:02 PM, Cheryl wrote:
> The service was the most touching I've ever been to ever. It was held
> in a non-demonitional church as my sister had gone from Catholic to just
> Christian. What a difference. It was truly a joyful celebration of her
> life. I think the best part was the pastor has arranged for cards to be
> present for everyone to write their favorite memory of her and tack it
> to a decorated board for people to read. I was even able to go on stage
> and share a tribute I wrote to her and my favorite memory I could think
> of when I wrote it was a kitty litter box cake she made for me for my
> 40th birthday. It was disgusting looking but as good in taste as any
> other cake but being served in a litterbox and a scooper for the cutting
> utensil was over the top. When I read this story to the people who came
> to celebrate her life, and it was a huge crowd, they laughed
> hysterically about the litterbox cake. I was glad to make them laugh.
> Janet would have wanted that. Nothing sad, just memories and joyful
> praise that she was now whole and out of pain.
snip...

Keeping you and your family in my thoughts. Wishing you the best of luck
training for that 5k fundraiser.

Becca

Cheryl wrote:
>
> The service was the most touching I've ever been to ever.

That will help to hold the memory as time passes, and don't neglect to
plant that tree, a living memorial.

On Sunday, November 23, 2014 12:03:03 AM UTC-5, Cheryl wrote:
> The service was the most touching I've ever been to ever. It was held
> in a non-demonitional church as my sister had gone from Catholic to just
> Christian. What a difference. It was truly a joyful celebration of her
> life. I think the best part was the pastor has arranged for cards to be
> present for everyone to write their favorite memory of her and tack it
> to a decorated board for people to read. I was even able to go on stage
> and share a tribute I wrote to her and my favorite memory I could think
> of when I wrote it was a kitty litter box cake she made for me for my
> 40th birthday. It was disgusting looking but as good in taste as any
> other cake but being served in a litterbox and a scooper for the cutting
> utensil was over the top. When I read this story to the people who came
> to celebrate her life, and it was a huge crowd, they laughed
> hysterically about the litterbox cake. I was glad to make them laugh.
> Janet would have wanted that. Nothing sad, just memories and joyful
> praise that she was now whole and out of pain.
>
> The kids will be able to keep all of the cards written by the guests of
> their favorite memories of her. They seem to be adjusting well. I
> think they already knew she was going to die soon. I'm also glad they
> will live with my brother and his wife rather than their father who is
> basically missing, but my brother has been in touch with him and he's
> not going to contest them getting custody. Getting custody takes a very
> long time, so they found out about something called kin-ship that will
> at least allow them to change schools so they are closer to here rather
> than the school system so far away that it is almost impossible to get
> them there unless they continue to stay with the youth pastor. It
> really is time for them to get used to a new home and new school. I'll
> be taking them both to therapy next friday with the old therapist but
> since they are changing counties, she's helping to find someone in our
> county to take over therapy for them. We as a family will make sure
> they continue to worship in the same church they have for years, and
> also a youth group they attended each wednesday night.
>
> Another special moment was when the pastor read a passage from her own
> bible. She had little tags all throughout the pages of her favorites
> and he felt reading from hers meant more than reading from his own. He
> even pointed out all of the sticky tabs she added to her bible showing
> how she had been trying to learn from the bible and these were her
> favorite parts. People who grew up with her, very good friends, even
> came today. It was very special.


Sorry for your loss, but glad so many people cast light on the goodness of her life.

I would like to know her favorite Bible passages, if you can recall.

On Sunday, November 23, 2014 12:03:03 AM UTC-5, Cheryl wrote:
>
> > The service was the most touching I've ever been to ever. It was held
> > in a non-demonitional church as my sister had gone from Catholic to just
> > Christian. What a difference. It was truly a joyful celebration of her
> > life. I think the best part was the pastor has arranged for cards to be
> > present for everyone to write their favorite memory of her and tack it
> > to a decorated board for people to read. I was even able to go on stage
> > and share a tribute I wrote to her and my favorite memory I could think
> > of when I wrote it was a kitty litter box cake she made for me for my
> > 40th birthday. It was disgusting looking but as good in taste as any
> > other cake but being served in a litterbox and a scooper for the cutting
> > utensil was over the top. When I read this story to the people who came
> > to celebrate her life, and it was a huge crowd, they laughed
> > hysterically about the litterbox cake. I was glad to make them laugh.
> > Janet would have wanted that. Nothing sad, just memories and joyful
> > praise that she was now whole and out of pain.
> >
> > The kids will be able to keep all of the cards written by the guests of
> > their favorite memories of her. They seem to be adjusting well. I
> > think they already knew she was going to die soon. I'm also glad they
> > will live with my brother and his wife rather than their father who is
> > basically missing, but my brother has been in touch with him and he's
> > not going to contest them getting custody. Getting custody takes a very
> > long time, so they found out about something called kin-ship that will
> > at least allow them to change schools so they are closer to here rather
> > than the school system so far away that it is almost impossible to get
> > them there unless they continue to stay with the youth pastor. It
> > really is time for them to get used to a new home and new school. I'll
> > be taking them both to therapy next friday with the old therapist but
> > since they are changing counties, she's helping to find someone in our
> > county to take over therapy for them. We as a family will make sure
> > they continue to worship in the same church they have for years, and
> > also a youth group they attended each wednesday night.
> >
> > Another special moment was when the pastor read a passage from her own
> > bible. She had little tags all throughout the pages of her favorites
> > and he felt reading from hers meant more than reading from his own. He
> > even pointed out all of the sticky tabs she added to her bible showing
> > how she had been trying to learn from the bible and these were her
> > favorite parts. People who grew up with her, very good friends, even
> > came today. It was very special.
>
>
I am saddened to read of your sisters death but glad she is out of her pain. The service sounded like it was beautiful and comforting. So glad her children will be in a loving and stable home and they will continue to receive counseling.

On 11/23/2014 2:55 PM, Becca EmaNymton wrote:
>
>
> Keeping you and your family in my thoughts. Wishing you the best of luck
> training for that 5k fundraiser.

I'm going to have to train hard for that! But since it is a 5K for colon
cancer, there's no way I can miss it. Even if I have to sit for a few
minutes throughout the walk, I'm intending to finish it.

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Cheryl

On 11/23/2014 7:24 PM, Kalmia wrote:
>
> Sorry for your loss, but glad so many people cast light on the goodness of her life.
>
> I would like to know her favorite Bible passages, if you can recall.

Her kids have her bible and I honestly don't know right now as I'm
agnostic. But this fellowship is starting to change my mind. I guess
they can rub off on me if I decide to attend their services and they
welcomed me with open arms.

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Cheryl

On 11/23/2014 7:20 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> Cheryl wrote:
>>
>> The service was the most touching I've ever been to ever.
>
> That will help to hold the memory as time passes, and don't neglect to
> plant that tree, a living memorial.
>
I know I asked you for your recommendation of what tree, but since I
haven't been able to read much here, I can't find it. Would you please
repeat it?

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Cheryl

On Monday, November 24, 2014 5:09:54 PM UTC-8, Cheryl wrote:
> On 11/23/2014 7:20 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> > Cheryl wrote:
> >>
> >> The service was the most touching I've ever been to ever.
> >
> > That will help to hold the memory as time passes, and don't neglect to
> > plant that tree, a living memorial.
> >
> I know I asked you for your recommendation of what tree, but since I
> haven't been able to read much here, I can't find it. Would you please
> repeat it?
>

Pardon me for butting in, but oaks live a long time.