PAT WAS GENTLE LOVE SOUL FILL OF THE LOVE OF CHRIST.HOW SHE IS IN THE ARMS OF JESUS, SEE YOU LATER.
Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Dear Don and Family,

I am so sorry for the loss of Pat. I know she is with the angels.
Our prayers are with all that loved her .
Love Grady and MJ

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

How is it possible to sum up my mother’s life in just a few minutes or just a few words. The last couple of days I’ve pondered what I could say that would even begin to paint a picture of my mother and the life she lived for 77 years on this earth. And there simply isn’t enough words to do justice to the memory of mom. But, if I could use one word to describe mom’s life it would be Beauty. Beauty surrounded my mother like a royal garment. And I’m certain that this beauty was a result of Christ’s love in her heart. Mom was never shy about sharing her love with others. She was compassionate to a fault, forgiving, and giving. It is only natural that her life would be surrounded with things of beauty. Her rich smile and sparkling eyes were her most beautiful features and made everyone with the good fortune to be near her feel warm, welcome, and loved. She was a beautiful woman her whole life, even when this devastating disease crippled her she was able to find the beauty in her situation. I know those of us who had the opportunities to travel with her to the mountains learned how big, heavy, ugly rocks could to mom be a thing of beauty. Her gardens today are a testament to mom’s foresight and vision of how a rock could be a thing of beauty. There are so many things to say about mom, but none of them would fully do her justice. Her life was simply one of beauty. Beauty in her relationships with others, beauty in her faith and devotion to her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, her inward and outward beauty, beauty in how she presented herself, beauty in the nature she so loved and surrounded herself with. I think if mom ever had a slogan it would have been, “If you look closely enough you will find beauty in all things”. And now, for her, the veil has been lifted. Mom is no longer looking at heaven through cloudy glass, but she is living in eternity with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. And Heaven’s Gardens are going to be even more beautiful from now on and probably a lot rockier too.
Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Pat was such a dear, sweet friend. I don't always remember what she said, but do I remember how she made me feel - special. She had a gift of making everyone feel special. Her heart was as big as Texas.

I love and miss you, Pat.
Monday, December 2, 2013

We would like the family to know we are thinking about them and that they are in our prayers. It is hard to lose a loved one but we can take comfort in knowing they lived a full life and loved their family.
Sunday, December 1, 2013