I found this beautiful site as I was reading some posts on POS. I am so very sorry Louise for the loss of your son. Only a Mother knows the devastating heartbreak that this brings. The poetry on your memorial is beautiful, it touches my heart. I am in my second spring without Stephanie, but sometimes I still cannot breath. I miss her so.
Please know that you will always be in my prayers,
Jean Mom of Stephanie For Always and Forever My Pride and Joy 08/05/70 11/19/07 GSWH Please Read About My Daughter's Life At : http://virtual-memorials.com/main.php?action=view&mem_id=13471&logoff=true
Hello Gary!!! / Mary E. Mertens (POS Member )
Louise, your Memorial site for Gary is soooo nice. I'm sure he loves it!! I told Mike and Gary that their Mom's are going to get together real soon. They think it's a great idea too :o)
I know they are great friends up there, rockin out to God's music and having a peaceful happy time now. It was impossible for them to do that here. I take comfort in knowing that they have a lot of new friends who left this world the same way up there with them and I know God is taking care of our babies until we can all be together again.
You be Happy Gary and tell my son to send me down one of his big bear hugs!!! Close
I keep asking why? Why did you leave? Why didn't I see the signs? What hurt you so bad? Did you really mean to go?If I had been here that day, would it have been different?
I love you and miss you so much. Life just isn't the same. I live everyday just waiting till the day I can see you again, hold you again!
The day you left changed my life Forever. It will never be the same. You were always there for me, I wish I could have been there for you in those last moments when your pain was so overwhelming that it was just easier to go, rather than to live with it. I'm so sorry baby, I would do anything to have you back just for one more day to change it all.
I feel you so close, I see you in my dreams. Thank you for coming to me. I know without no doubt that you are my Angel now watching over me. Please stay close to me, I need you now more than ever! Life is so hard.
You're Always In My Heart--Forever A Part of Me, Always My Baby.
I was just standing under the deck looking at your tag and your 8-ball you sketched there. I'm so thankful I still have pieces of your life, pieces of you, to cherish. I'm missing you so bad. Time seems to have stood still since you left. I wish so much that you were here. You had so many who loved you. So many who miss you. Each and every day I think of you, and wish I would have been there for you on that day, the day when your pain was too much to bear, the pain noone really understood or saw, the pain you didn't deserve. I'm so sorry, my baby, I wish I had been there. I wish I could put my arms around you just one more time, I wish I could feel your hugs. We always had a special bond, because we suffered so much of the same pain in your teenage years. I should have protected you more, I should have taken you away from it sooner. I'm so sorry, my baby.
I'm sure you are in a much more beautiful, peaceful place. A place you certainly deserve to be......no more pain, no more tears, no more hurt..that's where you deserve to be.
Yes, I so much wish you were with me, but I have to remember that you are in that beautiful place preparing a place for me, to be together with you again.
Thank you so much for sharing your son with us. It is a beautiful tribute to a beautiful young man. My heart and my prayers are with you always. My hope is that our children never be forgotten.
What a beautiful tribute, to your handsome son! My heart is with you. I so know how much we miss our son's! All that I have read today, could have been from me to Bri., everything in these pages, the love we can't deny. Each day until, our time comes, as mother & child we will be, together forever once again in ETERNITY!
My heart goes out to you, in these times of wander lust, as we wish for our children, once more to be with us.
Gary I Wish You Peace Forever / Argia M. Caines (A POS "MOM" )
Louise and Family: What a handsome young man. I always enjoy visiting our children somehow I always feel the closeness of them still being with us. They will be for eternity. I wish you so much comfort and I wish Gary so much peace.
Argia, mother of my beautiful Raphael,My Healer, My Angel, My Baby
Dear Louise and Family / Johanne Amonson (none)Read >>
Dear Louise and Family / Johanne Amonson (none)
Your gift to the world about Gary, his website, your feelings and poems are really, to me just what I would like to do for my Matthew--wonderful, moving and memorable. I am so so sorry for your loss. We live with tragedy but still go forward. My prayers are with you. Love, Johanne Close
Louise/ Pam Golding
What a beautiful and moving website. The poems and tributes are amazing and heartbreaking. I mourn your loss. A handsome young man, gone far too soon. Pam Mother of Elliot POS Close
The Good Ol Days / Jodi McNulty (Friend)
I remember the days that a couple of us would always meet up at the church in cressona to skate. Judd, Shane, Mikey, Goob, Justin, etc.etc. It was the one of few places that they would accept us. I have many many memories of Gary. All of which make me laugh. One in particular was when he drove that brown boat that he called a car and somehow use to have to get inside by crawling through the trunk. What a mess.! LOL I have pictures of it actually that I will have to dig out and post. We use to spend days after school hanging out a my moms house swimming in the pool and just having a good old time. Him and Mikey even let me Billy and Beth dress them up like girls.. Have pics of that too! Then hanging out at his place in Haven by stoyers dam. Yeah have to admit gary threw one of the first parties that I have ever attended.. Thank You Gary. Love You buddy.. Close
A Sure & A Most Wonderful Hope / DI Gordon Read >>
A Sure & A Most Wonderful Hope / DI Gordon May I offer you my sincere condolences on losing Gary. Your website is very heart rendering. I also lost my son at 33years of age a very busy and community minded young man. With support and encouragement from others but especially comfort for a wonderful future which simply delights the heart I wish to share. In reading the Gospel of John Chapter 11 it reveals the deep love and care Jesus has for us all. It's an account Jesus shares with us of his friend Lazarus. In the 33rd and 35th verse John tells us he (Jesus) "groaned and became troubled" and shortly afterward he "gave way to tears" when he heard his friend Lazarus had died. But what Jesus said and did when he arrived in Bethany was a cause for astonishment for the family and townspeople who had gathered. When he arrived his friend had already been put to rest in his memorial tomb four days earlier. After Jesus prayed to his heavenly Father (John 11:41,42) he called, "Lazarus, come out!" To the amazement of all Lazarus walked out with his burial wrappings on him. Jesus had resurrected his friend to life and returned him to his family and friends. This is why Jesus said in John 5:28, "Do not marvel at this, the hour is coming when all those in their memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out." Jesus also had the Apostle John write the book of Revelation. In Revelation 21:4 it reads: "And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes and death will be no more neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be any more. The former things have passed away." ... Can you imagine death itself "having passed away! Verse 5 continues, "and the One seated on the throne said: Look, I am makingall things new." Also, he says: "Write, because these words are faithul and true." ... A Guarantee and in writing! It is no wonder in Psalm 37:29 it reads, "The righteous themselves will possess the earth, and they will reside forevery upon it." ... What an absolute thrill to look forward to seeing Gary running to meet you with outstretched arms with a glorious smile. God's Word also reads in Isaiah 33:24, "No resident will say I am sick." What does this all mean? It means-living foreve on a paradised earth! There is a brochure that explains it even more along with practical help during this grievous time for you. It is entitled "When Someone You Love Dies'. It is available at no charge from any one of Jehovah's Witnesses you may come in contact with or call a local Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses to make your request. Also, some funeral homes now carry it. Draw close to God in prayer and he promises that "he will sustain you." May God's Word and peace and holy spirit support you during this difficult time.Close
this is a great tribute / Barbara Mckee (pos)Read >>
this is a great tribute / Barbara Mckee (pos)
Gary is very handsome guy. i am so sorry for your loss Close
Your precious son / Linda Dionisio (POS mom of Joseph John )Read >>
Your precious son / Linda Dionisio (POS mom of Joseph John )
I walk this hard road along side you, sisters in our terrible grief. I know that you miss your child, your son every day just as I miss my Joseph. We are forever longing for our dear son's. But, I believe that our children are always a part of us, that we have an emotional connection that can never, ever be broken. Your son is your angel, your son is a very precious part of you always, and forever alive in your heart, your memories and your spirit. I pray that you will find strength and peace and please believe that your son, as mine, walked through to the light of God's love and that they live, they live and they hear us talking to them and that your son is with you always. The cord can never, ever be broken. Our connection to our dearest child can never be destroyed, not by death. I truly feel that our children are with us and know our eternal love for them. Your beautiful son, Gary, is in paradise and he watching you and sending you his healing and his love. I pray that he show you the signs of his eternal presence in you life. God Bless you. Close
A Very Handsome Young Man!!!!! / Charlene Hardin Marvo's Mom (Friend of Mom's )
RIP Gary.
Your mom has done you proud with your web sight.
She loves you so very much. Let mom know that your still with her, tell my Marvo that I could use some signs also.
Louise, you have done a great job on this sight.
Take care of yourself, God Bless You.
Charlene Close
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