Remembering...

Memorial Day is today...

SO, I just wanted to take a minute to honor some of the people I have lost in the past 2 years.

October 21, 2004 a co-worker that I became fast friends with was killed in a car accident on her way to Moab with her husband. Brenda Wilding. She was a great person! So funny, hard working, and kind. She was only 29. I miss her smiling face every day at work.

November 22, 2005 my wonderful, dear, loving, kind, gentle, (not enough words can express her), Grandma. Esther Faye Ashton. My dad's mom. This was the hardest one by far to deal with. I still get choked up when I even mention her name. She was diagnosed with cancer early September '05, went through all the treatments/radiation, and was on her way to recovery. But then she got an ulcer, and the ulcer tore open. They did surgery on her, it looked like she was going to make a full recovery...but her body was too weak from just finishing radiation 3 days earlier. She caught phenmonia* and passed away 2 days later. I miss her so much! Only 64, too young. I love you Grandma, and I miss you more than I could ever describe!

Finally, my Grandma-Kay. She was my step-grandmother, Angie's mom. As long as I knew her, she struggled alot with illness. She had been in the hospital for 6 months when she passed due to heart problems. She suffered a great deal with many illnesses. But was taken early at the age of 60. She was another great lady. Very kind. Very loving. She is missed tremendously by all that knew her.

So you see, I have dealt with a few in the past couple years. Not as many as others out there, but still just as hard to deal with. Watching others in pain, dealing with death, has humbled me into a new person.

I miss my loved ones. But I know that I will get to see them again.

In Memory of: Brenda Wilding, Esther Faye Ashton, & Kay Howes.