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What you taught will never be forgot
You gave us life and the strength to live.
You watched us grow, as we did you,
following each example that you lived through.

Life was hard but the love came easy.
The lessons you gave each and every day
will stay with us along our way.
We question not why you have to go,
We're just glad the women we got to know.
Each of us has a part of you,
that no matter what life may hold
will get us through.

Some have your courage, others
have your soft heart.
While some have that forgiving nature
to turn the other cheek.
A few have that temper we've
seen come through,
never knowing what to expect
or just what to do.

Remembering the good times
when you laughed and you danced.
Remembering the way
you and dad had romance.
The love that lived between you
for 48 years, knowing full well
you wanted to be there.

Though your body is gone
your spirit lives on,
The vessel that we all knew as
"Our Mom"
You can never be taken,
can never be gone,
you'll never be far,
I know this down deep,
you'll be with us even as we sleep.

You had a plan as a young girl,
You saw our dad and made
him your world,
You saw in him the
children you'd have.
That girl carried that plan
through 48 years of
laughing, and crying, so many tears.

You would never give up,
you fought for what we had!
You worked side by side with
that man breaking your back.
Your body you damaged over the years
with neglect and torment
and again so many tears.
The lessons you taught us
are now being passed on from
your children to your grandchildren.

We will miss you mama,
but know that we are strong
because through each one of us
you do go on.
You do get to have another dawn.

We love and miss you Mom
Your loving husband, Leo
Your children Leo Paul, Marie, Leola,
Lee, Sandy, Linda.
Your grandchildren, your Great-grandchildren.
And the many you adopted with your love.