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susie bowden phillips (lafayette, LA)
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Dear Johnnie and family
I am so sorry for the passing of aunt helen....I know these last few months have been very difficult......My prayers are with you and the family.....I must say the pictures you have chosen were very beautiful
All my love
Susie
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 |
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Dena Smolsky (Port Arthur, TX)
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It was a joy to know Helen. She was a giving, sweet lady to me. My favorite poem as a tribute:
This Too Shall Pass
If I can endure for this minute
Whatever is happening to me,
No matter how heavy my heart is
Or how dark the moment may be-
If I can remain calm and quiet
With all the world crashing about me,
Secure in the knowledge God loves me
When everyone else seems to doubt me-
If I can but keep on believing
What I know in my heart to be true,
That darkness will fade with the morning
And that this will pass away, too-
Then nothing in life can defeat me
For as long as this knowledge remains
I can suffer whatever is happening
For I know God will break all of the chains
That are binding me tight in the darkness
And trying to fill me with fear-
For there is no night without dawning
And I know that my morning is near.
...Helen Steiner Rice
Sunday, May 13, 2012 |
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Shawn Griffin (Wasilla, AK)
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Uncle Boo,
I am so sorry to hear of your loss of Aunt Helena. I know that you two are life-long partners, and you will see her again. I wish I could be there for you all, but I am still deployed. My wife, Lindsey, would have just loved her, much like everyone else that knew Helena. If there is anything that my wife and I can do, just let us know.
Love,
The Griffin Family
Friday, May 11, 2012 |
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Kimberly Soileau (Ville Platte, LA)
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Uncle John,
I am thinking if you in this time of sorrow. I love you and will be praying for you. You were an inspiration in your love and devotion to Aunt Helen.
Kimberly
Friday, May 11, 2012 |
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Tess Pate (Beaumont, TX)
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"I've seen and met angels wearing the disguise of ordinary people living ordinary lives." ~Tracy Chapman
How blessed I've been to have experienced in times of need the unannounced appearance of an "angel" with the rare ability to assess both material and human "damages", apply the most immediately practical repairs, and depart as quickly and unassumingly as she'd arrived -- an extraordinary angel, indeed.
Love you so much, Helena, and miss you already...
Tess
Friday, May 11, 2012 |
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