Gloria Lee Sexton

Condolences from Kimberly, Tripp & Jonathan

Katie,Donnie,Tony,and all your families our love and prayers are with you. Tom/Nora and all us Harts

I am standing upon the seashore.

A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean.

She is an object of beauty and strength.

I stand and watch her until at length she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.

Then someone at my side says; ‘There, she is gone!’

‘Gone where?’

Gone from my sight only. That is all.

She is just as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side,and she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port. Her diminished size is in me, not in her.

And just at the moment when someone at my side says, ‘There, she is gone!’

There are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices ready to take up the glad shout, ‘Here she comes!’

And that is dying.

(Henry Van Dyke)

We were very sad today to hear of the death of our frind at Wal-Mart. We always looked for Gloria to check us out as she was such a joy to talk with. It will not be the same going into Wal-Mart knowing that we will not see her smiling face. We will miss her very much. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family at this time.

KATY,

IT HAS TAKEN ME SEVERAL DAYS TO WRITE THIS BECAUSE I JUST DIDN’T KNOW ANYTHING THAT I COULD SAY OR DO TO MAKE THIS ANY EASIER, OR LESS PAINFUL FOR YOU. IF I DID, I WOULD DO IT IN A MINUTE. I HONESTLY DO KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO LOSE BOTH PARENTS IN LESS THAN A YEAR. MY PARENTS BOTH DIED WITHIN 9 MONTHS OF EACH OTHER. NOT NEAR AS CLOSE AS YOURS HAVE, AND I DID NOT LIVE WITH MY MOTHER AS YOU HAVE. BUT, I CAN STILL FEEL YOUR PAIN, AND I AM SO SORRY. I AM GOING TO BE TRUTHFUL WITH YOU. YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE MANY, MANY, SAD AND PAINFUL DAYS, WEEKS, AND MONTHS AHEAD OF YOU. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY TO ESCAPE THE GRIEVING. I WISH THERE WAS, BECAUSE IT IS SO PAINFUL. BUT, WITH ALL MY HEART, I PROMISE YOU THAT IT DOES GET EASIER WITH TIME. AND, YOU CAN DRAW SUCH COMFORT KNOWING THAT YOUR PARENTS ARE ONCE AGAIN TOGETHER, AND THAT THEY ARE IN HEAVEN. CAN YOU ONLY IMAGINE? I WANT TO READ THE BOOK YOU TOLD ME ABOUT, ’90 MINUTES IN HEAVEN.’

I WILL NEVER FORGET WHAT YOU SAID TO ME ABOUT BEING BY YOURSELF. I TOLD YOU MY FATHER SAID THE EXACT SAME THING WHEN MY MOTHER DIED.HE MISSED HER SO MUCH,JUST AS YOU ARE GOING TO MISS YOUR MOTHER. YOU CANNOT LIVE WITH SOMEONE THAT LONG, AND NOT SUFFER A TREMENDOUS LOSS WHEN THEY ARE NO LONGER WITH YOU. I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE MANY PRECIOUS MEMORIES OF YOUR MOTHER IN YOUR HOME. YOU HAD SUCH A WONDERFUL, AND LOVING RELATIONSHIP.

I’M NOT TRYING TO HURT YOU BY SAYING THESE THINGS. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I UNDERSTAND. WHEN YOU SAID THAT YOU HAD A ‘MOMENT’ WEDNESDAY MORNING WHEN YOU GOT UP AND DIDN’T SEE YOUR MOTHER SITTING ON THE SOFA DRINKING HER COFFEE, JUST BROKE MY HEART FOR YOU.

KATY, PLEASE CALL ME IF YOU NEED ANYTHING. I MEAN THAT. I WILL COME AND STAY WITH YOU, VISIT WITH YOU, OR JUST TALK TO YOU ON THE PHONE. WHAT IM TRYING TO SAY, IS THAT I WILL BE HERE FOR YOU IN ANY WAY THAT YOU NEED ME TO BE.

EVEN THOUGH WE DON’T SEE OR TALK TO EACH OTHER AS OFTEN AS WE USED TO, YOU ARE STILL, AND ALWAYS WILL BE ONE OF MY VERY CLOSEST FRIENDS. I’M ALWAYS HERE FOR YOU, JUST AS I KNOW YOU ARE FOR ME.

ONCE AGAIN, I AM SO SORRY FOR THE PAIN THAT YOU ARE IN.

I DON’T GO TO CHURCH LIKE YOU DO, AND I DON’T EVEN PRAY LIKE I SHOULD. BUT, I AM GOING TO PRAY FOR YOU, AND ALL OF YOUR FAMILY.

I LOVE YOU,

SUSAN

I DIDN’T KNOW YOUR MOTHER VERY WELL, BUT WHEN I DID SEE AND TALK TO HER, SHE WAS ALWAYS SO SWEET AND KIND TO ME. I COULD TELL SHE WAS VERY SPECIAL!!!!

Dear Katy and Family,
Sorry about the loss of your Mother, especially so soon after the loss of your Dad. May God Bless and grant you His Peace during this most difficult time.
Sincerely,
Lisa S. Marrow, RN