Today is Thanksgivng Day 2008. Jim and I spent the day at Jeanne and Joe's house we all ate so much turkey and all the fixins and especially the stuffing that you loved so much I know that you were there with us I could feel your spirit all around the table.I am so thankful for everything in my life and I know it's all because of you and pa's love and the strong bond that us siblings have for one another thank you again Mar everything you gave us!!!! love always Janis oxox

I made this Christmas banner for Mars tribute, I wanted it to be Happy and colorful just like she use to make it for us at Christmas time. I will change the banner during the upcoming weeks as the holiday gets closer. If there is a scene or a color you girls would like to see please let me know and I wil try to do it..... Love Barbie

I made my stuffing today and all the while I thought of you Mar. It was so odd making it at my own house to be given to Amy for the turkey she will be preparing for us tomorrow. I didnt even test taste it... you use to do that. I miss you so much...... Love you always Barbie.

Happy Thanksgiving! I will give Thanks for my many blessings. May you have a gracious and happy holiday season.

today is Jeanne and I 49th birthday we both thought of you in labor for us not sure if we were going to survive or not being we were two months early but with your love and god's grace we are here today so thank you Mar for giving us life. Jeanne made us a devil's food cake with peanut butter frosting just like you would make for us on our birthday thanks for all the wonderful birthday cakes and memories...love you and miss you! oxox your daughter Janis

Halloween was on a Friday night this year Mar I remember when we were kidswe would get home from school and start putting on our face makeup and costumes and start out as early as we could . we would pile in car and you would take us all threw Hamlet Holmes. Shaw road anywhere we wanted to go with our pillowcases full of candy we would go home dump out our treats and start all over again thank you Mar for being our personal taxi on Halloween night it was so much fun!!! love you miss you Janis oxox

I had the most wonderful dream about Mar last night, it made me happy. Hope I have many more.... Love and miss you.... Barbie

I remember Mar making peanut butter frosting for some of our birthday cakes. When I woke up this morning I felt sad knowing this will be the first time that I will not hear your voice wishing me a Happy Birthday. You were the best mother in this world Mar Love and miss you always... Barbie.

I went to visit you today Mar with Brenda. We left a beautiful light purple Mum and a Pumpkin.... love you always.

I remember how much Mar liked the autumn season with all the pretty colors in the trees. I love you Mar.

I know it has been 6 months since you left Mar, and my heartache remains the same. I wondered today what the passage of time was like in heaven.... Love you always and forever..... Barbie.

Mar it's been six months since you left our lives and I'm still aching in my heart and soul for you . I talk to you everyday and wish I could hear your voice and see your face one more time but I know I will see you again someday.. love you miss you so much your daughter Janis....

Mom, It has been 6 months and I am still in disbelief how time has managed to go by and yet you are here with me in such recent memories and feelings that won't let go..... I always thought and took for granted you would be there and yet I am adult enough to know this is not the truth!!! I am so overwhelmed with the reality of you not here for me to say "Hi, how are you?" As far as me, I thought I could say I am Fine but the truth is I am not..only time will tell me I have to get on but your strength will carry me I am certain.......I love You So Much and Have always I Miss You SO MUch!!..love-Jeanne x0x0x0

I have not written in quite some time but I keep you forever etched in my heart . Mom -I missed you at Joey & Katy's Wedding but I felt you there with us. Everything was so beautiful ,you would have loved the flowers and the way all the boys were so dressed up in Tuxes!! I have had so many days when I just want to call you up on the phone and hear your voice once again...I treasure the times we did talk and I will always remember you were there for me whenever I needed you. I love you so deeply and miss you even deeper in my soul...Love Jeanne xoxox

Hi Mar your great grandson Andrew just started first grade today he is all grown up and very much ready for first grade.....I remember when we kids you and mrs.oliveria would wait with all of us kids at the top of kane street for the big yellow bus to come we were all wearing our new school clothes the bus finally came we all hoped on board sat in our seats looked out at you waving and blowing us kisses as the bus drove away it was so comforting having you there with us on that special day.. love you miss you so much!

We celebrated Emmas 1st year b-day at Amys and Seths Mar it was such a nice day. She got lots of new clothes and some baby dolls. Amy gave her a special cake just for her to eat. I think of you often, love and miss you.

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Hello baby Emma-Auntie Jeanne missed your 1st year celebration and I am sorry for that!You must be getting bigger and more beautiful every day. I know I bought you big size clothes but I am sure you will continue to grow with all the love your Grandma gives you!!!! I hope I get to see pictures next time we get together...until then, I love you precious little girl love Jeanne xoxox

This is not a memory post I just miss and love you so much mar, and I think about you all the time. xoxoxoxo Barbie.

Beautiful page, beautiful photos.

hi Mar I'm siiting outside looking at the vegetable garden that Jim and I planted a few months ago summer is flying by. when we were kids I remember going in back yard to where dad had his garden picking one or two cucumbers also a few tomatoes going inside cutting them up with lotsof salt and vinegar and enjoying every bite.. love you miss you so, so much....janis

I picked a bunch of cukes and tomatos from my garden yesterday. I remember when Mar would go in the back yard and search for the biggest and best ones she could find. She would come to the front yard and show me what she had found. Love and miss you.

Tommy and I had a water fight at mars today, it reminded me of when I was small and how mar would let us put the hose over the clothes line and we would just laugh and be kids:) Wow I had almost forgot how cold that water is!!!

I wanted to share this because it touched my heart. Tommy was at mars using the flashlight davie gave him, he went all over the house. When Brenda asked him what he was looking for he said "my nana she has been in heaven along time she must be bored and should come back now. Is that the sweetest thing you have ever heard from a 3 year old.

Please accept my deepest sympathies. I lost my mother in 2004,-and I still miss her,-so now when I look up at night and see the stars,I look for the brightest and think of her.

I remember all the summer months growing up how the hydrangeas would come out so big and so blue. I know how much you liked them mar. This year there is a new addition to the row of hydrangeas. This little one will grow to be big and colorful several different shades I am told. I watered it tonight and it already has a blossom! I love you.

I saw this picture and it reminded me of all the cats and kittens we had. I brought Oreo home and swore up and down to mar that it was a boy kitten and before you knew it she was having her first litter!

Well mar I was thinking about some things you really liked. I put a picture of a maine lobster boat it reminds me of the stories you would tell of growing up there. The shells hold so many fond memories. I also added a Grandma picture you were the best, I love and miss you so much.

Thomas wanted me to add this memory, He remembers when his nana would sit in the chair outside and play pass with the ball. :) He misses you alot mar.

Thank you for your kind words and prayers. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family in this time of sadness x

I remember when summer would come and the ice cream truck would come down Kane street we could hear the bell from the top of the street. one of us would run inside to tell Mar that the ice cream truck was coming she was already looking in her wallet for money to give us. she would come outside go over to the truck buy a whole box of popsciles 24 to a box I think. start handing them out to us and the neighborhood kids who had no money to buy anything. that was the kind of mother and person she was ! I miss you mar so much my heart still is heavy with greif and sadness but I know that you will wrap your arms around me and help me threw it. love your daughter Janis.

I planted the flower garden in the front yard yesterday for you mar:) This year me and David choose impatients pretty flowers with lots of different colors. I remember how much you liked going outside and sitting near the flowers in the spring and summer. I sit there often now and think of you.... Love you Barbie.

our mother was a kind loving caring person with a huge heart who know matter what always made sure that her chilldren always came first before herself. she would know if something was wrong with us without us saying a word she would fix it with a smile she taught us to be the people that we that we are today. passing that torch on to our children and their family to never quit just keep going no matter how bad things get hold your head up and keep going.myself and my sisters and two brothers miss our mom very much but we know she is still looking over us today and everyday ! thank you for being such great mother to all of us

as like the rest of my family i to have wonderful memories of mar i always think back to when we were in elementary school and a notice was sent home about class pictures the next day . having five daughters and wanting our hair to be just right must have been overwelming to her but she never complained once about the time it took to get it done she just kept going. she would start with me and then barbara and brenda would get their hair pincurled the clock is now ticking toward 10.30 at night with jeanne and sandy still to do.. all five of us woke up the next morning with curls curls and more curls we love you mumma for everthing you did and the time you took for us on picture day.

It has been such a short time since you have gone away and left our lives here to be home with other loved ones so dear. The first Mother's day in my 48 Years not to be able to have you there...You are missed so badly and I know the pain and sorrow will somehow start to fade but it is all so real right now that it is overwhelming!! I Love You Mom deeply in my Heart,and I know we will be together someday. Thank You For being such a great Mother and Human Being...love, Jeanne xoxox

This is the first memorial day without you mar, so now it will become a day like everday since you have been gone that I think about you. I love you very much.

I remember that evertime nana got fudge or any other special treats I would always be the first one she would share with, if I didn't take any at the time she would ask me eveytime she saw me and save atleast one piece of fudge for days until I finally took it. I also remember after Amy and I got married during my dance with her she told me I may not have been born her grandson but she said I will always be.

Nana used to tell me the story of when I was really small and we were talking about names and she asked me what her name was, so I said Nana. So she asked me what her real name was, what other people called her, so I climbed up on her lap and got really close to her face and said, "MALIRYN"!!! She loved that story. :)

I remember when we had the old blue and white station wagon and mom would pile us all in to go swimming at the beach down sconticut neck:) She wasnt one of those moms who would put sunglasses and sun herself, she always knew where everyone was.