FOR THE FAMILY OF MATTHEW~ / CATHY~MOM OF DAVID GIRAUD (SPECIAL FRIEND )
THINKING OF YOU ALWAYS~*~ / CATHY~MOM OF DAVID GIRAUD
THINKING OF YOU!!!
I PRAY FOR YOU-ROSES I PRAY FOR YOU-LOVE I PRAY FOR YOU-BLESSINGS IN ABUNDANCE FROM ABOVE. I PRAY FOR YOU-HAPPINESS ONLY FRIENDSHIP CAN BRING I PRAY FOR YOU THE KIND OF DAY THAT MAKES YOUR HEART SING. I PRAY FOR YOU ALL THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT MAKES YOUR DAY SO BRIGHT AND A JOYFUL FEELING IN YOUR HEART MORNING NOON AND NIGHT. I SEND THIS SPECIAL GREETING IN THE MOST FRIENDLY WAY SO YOU WILL KNOW THAT SOMEONE IS THINKING OF YOU TODAY!!
GOD knows the heartache that lies behind our smiles and GOD knows how many times we have broken down and cried God is always by our side. We want to tell you something so there won't be any doubt You're so wonderful to think of but so hard to be without. ...........Author Unknown
~LOVE HOPE FRIENDSHIP~
Such a precious handsome angel Matthew♥ / Terri♥Mom 2. Angel Brent Bowden
Dear Diane First I am so sorry for your loss of your truly handsome young son. I too lost my son 18 months ago and I am still completely numb & totally heartbroken~life is so different & lonely without my angel Brent. Matthew and Brent sound so much alike. I bet they have become good friends in heaven and are really busy watching over all of us down here. I cried & cried when I read about the butterflies that keep showing up wherever you are. I am seeing butterflies everyday and I feel like it is Brent letting me know he is with me. He helped me build a beautiful rock garden in my backyard a couple of summers ago and it is my favorite place on earth right now. Every morning when I sit out there I have a very large monarch butterfly that visits me and I just know its Brent☻it so warms my heart. Your daughter-in-law wrote so beautifully about it and only confirms for me what I already believed. Thank you for sharing that with us♥ Matt's site is absolutely beautiful and a wonderful tribute to a very special young man. Wherever I go I also have been finding feathers. Before I never noticed them much but now I find them everywhere. Every time I visit the cemetery there is always a feather along the way to Brent's site. Its almost like he leaves me a trail. It makes me feel good everytime I see one and of course I have to pick them up I have quite a collection going. Keeping your family & your precious Matthew in my heart and prayers. Love Terri Bowden In loving memory of our handsome sons
CRYING AS I READ YOUR WORDS, DIANE~GOD BLESS U~ / CATHY GIRAUD~MOM OF DAVID ((VISITOR)FRM LAST-MEMORIES )
DEAR DIANE
YOU DON'T KNOW ME BUT OUR SON DAVID HAD A SITE HERE. WE CLOSED IT WHEN ALL OF THE VIRUS STUFF WAS GOING ON. I COME HERE NOW AND AGAIN TO LITE CANDLES FOR PRECIOUS ONES THAT WOULD COME TO OUR DAVID'S SITE AND LITE CANDLES FOR HIM. WE NOW HAVE A SITE ON LAST-MEMORIES.
I HAVE SPENT THE LAST 15 MINUTES LOOKING OVER YOUR HANDSOME MATTHEWS SITE. I CRY AS I READ KNOWING ALL TO WELL YOUR PAIN HEARTACHE AND DISBELIEF!! OUR SON WAS ALONE WHEN HE DIED. I SIT AND THINK OF WHAT HE MUST HAVE BEEN THINKING OR WAS HE IN ANY PAIN AT THAT TIME. HE WAS 32 YEARS OLD AND LIVED IN HIS OWN HOME. THE DIFFERANCE IS YOUR SON WANTED TO LIVE I'M SURE OUR SON MADE A LAST DICISION ONE HE CAN NEVER TAKE BACK. ON THAT DAY DAVID CHOSE TO DIE. HE HAD BEEN DEAD FOR TWO DAYS BEFORE HIS DAD AND YOUNGER BROTHER FOUND HIM. I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU DIANE THAT FROM THE HEART OF ONE GRIEVING MOM TO ANOTHER WE WILL SEE OUR BOYS AGAIN NOT FOR JUST A MOMENT DAY OR EVEN A YEAR BUT FOR ALL ETERNITY. GOD BLESS YOU SWEETHEART AND MAY HE GIVE YOU AND ALL WHO LOVE AND MISS MATTHEW COMFORT AND STRENGTH~*~
Thinking of you / Cheryl Radford -Jeremy's Mum (Connected by our Angels )
Matt, I have come here tonight to say 'Thank You' for bringing your precious family into my life. You know how hard it is for Mom, I understand her pain, and yet there is so little we can do to heal it. Matt does time make a difference? If so maybe you could let Mom know. It could give her something to look forward to.
I ask you also to help Dad with his grief and also his work. Matt, this is one anniversary that is so hard for us. Not a time to celebrate, rather a time of reflection and an opportunity to give thanks for all the special memories that have been created around you with such love and devotion.
May your time with your angel friends bring joy, peace and love to you and your family that miss you so much. May your find comfort in the knowledge that Mom is loved and she is working away down here bringing joy to her many friends that have come to know and love her. I am so glad that we are friends and I say a huge thank you...
Matt's site...from Peggy Scholl / Diane Rodgers (Good friend of Moms ) Hi Diane, I have been on Matt's site, for over an hour... Diane, it is so beautiful, I can't even describe it... I think it is like visiting heaven...the beautiful pictures, and poems, and letters...and everything you have put together... I felt so much love just reading through... thank you for being you and sharing so much... I love you, and thank God for you... I am so choked up, please know I love you... and you are in my heart always... Talk to you soon, Love, Peggy
My brother from Florida ~ Matt's Uncle / Diane Rodgers (Uncle Ang ) Hi Sweetie, God bless you on this anniversary date for Matt. Just wanted to say I love you and think of you always. You are very special and the Lord loves you very much. I pray that the comfort from the Holy Spirit will bless you in all that you need. . What a beautiful web site you have made for Matt. How is Timmy with his job? I pray that the Lord will give him all the work he needs. Tell everyone hi and we love them. Miss you very much.
God bless. I love you! Your brother, Angie
A Poem I found tonight on Matt's angel day... / Diane Rodgers (Mom) Give me all your tears and I will take them to the sea I am the keeper of all tears for it is I who will set them free.
They will mix with other tears from the world both far and wide folks just like you in stressful times who felt such a need to cry.
Those tears of hurt and pain of loneliness in your heart burdens you’ve carried for so long for in the oceans they will depart.
Tears you’ve shed because of loss of someone loved so very much Those tears I will release for you and your loved one will keep in touch.
If you have trouble finding them and your well of tears have dried bring up the ones deep in your heart those tears that you’ve tried to hide.
Give those tears that drag you down that weigh heavily on your mind the tears locked up in your past the ones you are afraid to find.
I will take all the tears you give and as I release them to the sea your heart will feel so much lighter that you gave them unto Me.
From Peggy for Matt's angel day ... / Diane Rodgers (friend of family ) Dear Diane, I know how hard this day is!! Just getting through is about all we can do...Please know you and Timmy, Kerri and Todd, Shawn and Jenn, all your family are in our thoughts and prayers.... You are always in my heart... Love You Always, Peggy
From Diane Jones ~ Friend of our family / Diane Rodgers (friend of family ) Hi Di!! Just wanted you to know I have been thinking of you and Timmy all day today. I wish I could make your pain go away and give you peace again in your life but I don't know how to do that. Just know that I keep you in my thoughts and prayers everyday. I pray that God will give your souls the rest and peace that you so deserve and yearn for.
Call me or write if you need anything at all.
Love ya.
Di
For Matt's 4th angel date by Carol - Pap's x wife / Diane Rodgers (family) DIANE,TIM AND FAMILY,
YOU ARE IN MY PRAYERS ALWAYS AND SO MUCH MORE TODAY SINCE THIS IS MATTS ANGEL DAY OF 4 YRS. HE IS LOVED AND MISSED SO VERY MUCH.
I TRIED OVER & OVER TO LITE A CANDLE ON HIS SITE BUT SOMEHOW IT KEPT SAYING THE CODE WAS INVALID. I DIDN'T WANT THIS DAY TO PASS WITHOUT SENDING YOU ALL OF GODS BLESSINGS FULL OF COMFORT, LOVE, AND PEACE. MATT HAS HIS PAP WITH HIM AND NOW GRANDMA GALLO AND OF COURSE OUR BELOVED LORD AND SAVIOR. WOW !!!!!! JUST PICTURE THE WALKS AND TALKS THE 3 OF THEM ARE HAVING WITH JESUS.
MATT IS WATCHING OVER ALL OF YOU TOO AND OF COURSE WE WILL ALL BE TOGETHER SOME DAY IN HEAVEN.
DIANE, MATTS SITE IS SO VERY AWESOME AND I KNOW HE LOVES IT TOO. LOVE YOU ALL, ALL THE WAY UP TO JESUS AND MATT.
CAROL XOXOXOXOXOXO
For Matt by Karen Hall...Kasie's Mom / Diane Rodgers (Mom)
From Markie Medovitch - my best friend June's son. / Diane Rodgers (good friend ) Hey Diane- I know today is hard for you and I just wanted to write and tell you how much I love you and how proud I am for how strong you all are! It was so sad to lose Matt but I am still so lucky to have warm, loving, people like you in my life. Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers,
-Markie
Stacy Medovitch daughter of my best friend June / Diane Rodgers (friend as a sister ) Hi Diane,
I just wanted to let you know that I am thinking of you all today on Matt's Angel Day. I know it must be so hard but I want you to know you are loved and so is Matt and I am thinking of him so much today. I was telling my friends stories about him and Tommy and Josh today of when they were all little and causing mischief. I can't believe this much time has gone by. Please stay strong and know he is with you always!! Love you so so much!!!
Xoxo Stacy
Anemail to me fromMatt's best friend TomMedovitch / Diane Rodgers (Best friend of Matts Tom Medovitch ) hi diane - i just wanted to let you know i'm thinking about you and your family today. i can't believe it's been 4 years already! can you believe it's been 16 years with my mom!! unreal how time is flying by, but i guess that we are true testaments that we are still able to move forward with our lives and live them with the people we currently love. this has been and always is, a tough month. with my mom's anniversary of her passing on may 15th, then mothers day following immediately, then her bday on june 7th, then matt's anniversary today. almost a month to the day. i thank God for the 8 grand angels you have running amook your house! i know they bring a smile to yours and timmy's faces and that's all i could ask for from God. i think about matt every day still, as i do my mom. i have every day since they both past and will for the rest of my life. ill never forget the words your mom spoke at matt's service, saying "for our own selfish reasons, we want them to come back from heaven, but they're now in a sea of love, an ocean of love and we would be selfish to want to take them from there". when i heard your mom say that, it made me feel good and it gave me a sense of "everything is going to be okay" type of feeling. you remember that peace lilly i have from matt's funeral? well im still taking care of it and it's still alive. it hasn't bloomed any flowers since the summer matt died and i thought it would never bloom flowers again as the years have been going by. it has been my goal to get the flowers to bloom and wouldn't you know it, i've had 3 flowers bloom in the past 2 months!!! thanks matt!!!!
anyways - just wanted to let you know im thinking about you and yours. I love you and your whole family very much!!!!! kristin, dave and the kids are gonna be at my dads next wknd, so ill be up for the whole wknd, so ill make sure we stop down for a visit.
love - tommy
ps.....i saw todd and jenn at the pens game, they had FRONT ROW TICKETS!!!! those sons of bitches!!! im all the way up in peanut heaven with my binoculars still wondering if my seats were in the state of pennsylvania and they're smack dab right up against the glass! i couldn't believe it - well i guess being in there is better than not being in there at all, but still! front row tickets! i asked todd how he got them and he said some guy, one of his vendors, from work just gave them to him. i dont know how in this world, some guy just "gives" away front row tickets to the stanley cup finals!! hahaha okay im done ranting - good for todd and jenn, i was just so envious!!!
A candle burning for Matt on his Angel Date. / Diane Rodgers (By Starry (Natalie) Ralston )
Starry has this burning in Australia all day Matt for your 4th Angelversary.... She took a photo of it so I could see it and it's ever strong burning light ... So blessed you have put so many wonderful Moms into my life to help get us through each day...
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