Yoshie K. Sagerty

April 10, 2019 Dearest Mother, It has been one year and nine months since your “Celebration of Life”. Still missing you so much! Saw you in my dream the other day and was able to hug you and tell you how much I love you. Thank you for visiting me in my dreams. I certainly needed your smile, love and hug. You are forever cherished in my heart, memories and soul. Left roses at your resting place yesterday to let you know how much I love you. You are my rock and my constant “Angel”. I am always so proud of you. I am thankful and grateful to God for the Blessing and gift of you. God gave me the best mother in the whole world and Heaven above. Thank you God. I will always try my best for you and to try to carry on your legacy of who you were and what you represented with your faith in Jesus and God above. Everyday I saw all of God’s goodness in you. What a joyful, peaceful reminder of God. Please know that I will always love you forever in my heart. Never forgotten. Best friends always. Together forever. That’s how it will always be! That’s the plan here and in Heaven. Your loving daughter, Shirley

April 5, 2020 Dearest Mother, It has been two years ten months since your new rebirth into Heaven. This was the hardest day of our lives. Still so fresh in our minds as we continually miss you tremendously with our hearts. You are most certainly alive in our hearts and thoughts. We love you so very, very, very much. I believe you are always with us spiritually. Always together forever. That’s the deal, that’s the plan. Never apart. Best friends forever. I thank God above for the wonderful blessed gift of you. I have always had the best and most wonderful mother in the world and Heaven above. Thank you. I’m sooo grateful you are my mother. With all my love forever and ever. Your loving daughter, Shirley

June 12, Dearest Mother, I had a dream that you visited me on June 10, 2020. This would be 2 years, 11 months since your service. June 5 marked your rebirth into Heaven. I laid flowers at your resting site and many flower arrangements present from family. You are greatly missed beyond measure! Our family still says it feels like yesterday and I agree. How can I go on without you. We love you so much. You are always cherished in our hearts and thoughts. Never forgotten. Always treasured. I acknowledge you for your spiritual presence and love you for this gift. We thank God above for you! Such a lady with such grace, dignity, integrity and incredible love. Your faith is an ongoing inspiration to me mother. Missing you lots. Loving you forever and ever. Your daughter , Shirley

July 10, 2020. July 5, 2017 was the most devastating day in our family lives. The matriarch, Yoshie Konuma Sagerty, passed from this physical world as we know it. July 5 marks the three year anniversary of my mother’s rebirth. Still seems so fresh and recent as yesterday. She is made whole with her faith in Jesus’s promise and God Almighty that she has eternal life. A place where eternal life, love, peace, joy and happiness exists. No more pain and no more illnesses. We, as a family, believe she is with God in Heaven. This is our peace. We miss her terribly so and love her beyond measure. Certainly never forgotten. My mother was the hub of our family. Her life remains alive with our memories, pictures and stories we tell each other daily. Mother was certainly a woman of God that showed his gifts daily. Why, she never even uttered one swear word. She was very hospitable and would always made sure you had something to eat and drink if you came to our home. She set an example for all of us to follow, and, most certainly, a role model. Try keeping up with this legacy! Yoshie was born February 18, 1933 to Genzaburo and Masa Konuma in Tokyo, Japan. Mother was one of seven children and the eldest daughter. She grew up during WWII. Mother use to tell us of living through the atrocities of the war. As a young school girl running hand in hand with a friend up a hill in the school yard to escape the strafing bullets from the planes she felt her friend’s hand slip away as she fell to the ground and died as my mother kept running for her life. She survived. Mother recounts having been buried in the bombed buildings and rubble as B-29’s bombed Tokyo. She and the family were dug out of the rubble three times. Mother told me of having seen neighbors, friends and other people dead, dying or burning in the streets of destruction and devastation of what was once Tokyo. My grandfather, a president of a soy bean company, was concerned for the family and sent them away to live with other family in the country during the war. My mother, stayed behind because she did not want to leave her father behind because she worried for him and who would take care of him? It was all about respect, honor and caring for the elders. They all survived the Great War. God’s blessing for us. While going to school she and her siblings were well educated, learned English and well schooled in the traditional arts such as the Green Tea Ceremony, Flower Arranging and traditional folk arts, songs and dance. She, herself, her sisters and brothers were very athletic and participated in sports activities, martial arts, dance and, particularly, ballet. I suppose, this is where her granddaughter, Anna, gets her love of dance. Mother loved volleyball. She always won a good game of Ping Pong and, all the while, wearing a kimono. Try to one up on that! As life restored back to normal and mother further educated she felt compelled as a young adult to learn about Jesus and Christianity. Mother gave her life over to the Lord and was baptized in the river in Japan and became a Christian believing in Jesus Christ and God almighty. Mother went on to became a book keeper in accounting at the Chase Manhattan Bank. It is here that she would meet a young army private, Bill Sagerty. He was stationed in Japan during the end of the Cold War. Father served his military duties operating the big guns, the Howitzer. He, also, was in charge of an officers club on base. Dad would make frequent visits to the bank for deposits and withdraws. He asked a friend if he thought she would go on a date with him. His friend said no and dad asked him to go ask mom anyway. His friend came back with an answer of yes. Dad just beamed. Father always thought his friend had shown interest in mother and felt he gave his friend more than enough time to ask mother out. He never did. So dad figured it was his turn. You snooze you lose! Their story was a fairy tale romance! In the beginning they would go on dates with other friends. After awhile they started to go off by themselves. They enjoyed going out to eat, theaters, sight seeing in Japan and dancing at the Rockaport Club in Tokyo. Mother and father said it was a fancy dinner club with dancing and big band music. I compare it to the old Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire movies. They dated the entire time father was based in Japan. Father was welcomed with open arms with her parents and siblings. Father was very fond of her parents, especially, grandmother. He enjoyed the brotherly connection of her siblings, especially, Keiichi and enjoyed her sisters as well. When father’s time was served he was shipped back to the USA. They said their good byes and said they would write to each other. Father has always told us how much he respected mother of her values and ideals of life that she held while dating. He thought of himself as one lucky man to have met such a beautiful woman. They loved each other. Mother was the first in her family to break away from the tradition of an arranged marriage. She was to be wedded to a young doctor her age but she did not love him. She enjoyed the friendship but that is where it ended, in friendship. Mother and father wrote to each other for three years by snail mail. Not like today. Dad and mom, despite being children of WWII and Hiroshima often said, “That they did not create the war. People are people!” They loved each other a lot. My grandmother, his mother, notice how my father would talk about mother. She told him, “If you love her that much then go get her!” He did just that! Dad asked mother’s parents for their blessing to marry mother and they wonderfully agreed. Mother and father were married April 13th, 1961 in Tokyo, Japan. They had a traditional and western style wedding at the Japan Embassy and a beautiful reception at a five star elegant Japanese Hall with 300 wedding guests. Our grandparents married their eldest daughter with a grand celebration of a six course meal and each guest had a miniature version of the wedding cake as desert. They honeymooned in Japan. Mother saw her name struck off the Japanese Census as a citizen at the Japan Embassy as she was coming to America married to my father and had wanted to become an American citizen. Mother had to have a physical, shots and x-rays to get into the USA. Not done like that today. Times have changed. Mother did get her citizenship after studying for it. The judge told mother she knew the answers better than he did and answered his questions before he got to finish asking the question. Proud day for mother and father! Once in Wichita, dad received a letter from his friend saying he heard the good news and who was the lucky gal. Father wrote back and told him it was Yoshie and never heard from his friend again. Once again, you snooze you lose. Father always said he gave his friend the first opportunity and he did nothing so it was his turn. Father said it was the best decision he ever made. He tells us that he asked God to please bring him a wife and mother in the qualities he asked and, that if possible, could she be a Christian. He felt that the Lord answered him. He further stated that he had to go half way around the world to go get her and he has never, ever regretted this decision. Father stated, “Your mother was the best thing that ever happened to me. She is my best friend and the LOVE of my life! There will never ever be another Yoshie!” Mother went to work at the Fourth National Bank downtown till she was pregnant with my twin, Sandra, and me. They agreed on mother staying at home to be a full time mother. Father worked in engineering, designs and etc. at Boeing for many years. Yes, Wichita, Kansas is the Air Capital of the World. Eighteen months later my younger sister, Carol, would join us on Christmas Day! Throughout the years mother cared, loved and raised us well. She tutored us while we went through school and instilled the values of honor, respect, quality, integrity, dignity and manners. Mother was very active in our school activities from elementary school, Brownies and Girl Scouts. Junior high and high school saw us on the Honor Roll, choir and Carol with Pom Pom and cheer leading. Mother and father made sure we went to church every Sunday at Hillside Christian Church and was very active as parents with various church and youth functions. College saw myself and my two sisters at Wichita State University and all in the Delta Gamma Sorority. Mother was active with all of these functions as well. She was very encouraging with our studies and goal degree pursuits. After college if there were lectures to be given in the health care realm she would ask us to go with her to keep up on all the latest in health. She constantly thirst for knowledge. My mother was a wonderful wife to my father and treated him like a King! She loved father so much. She was an incredible mother to all of her children guiding us in the direction of honor, respect, morals, manners, good character and love. Mother was present at her grandchildren’s birth and their active lives. Mother helped me get through my cancer journey and was at every appointment, surgery and chemotherapy session taking notes, and at home, caring for me. Mother’s love was unconditional! When I was getting back on my feet after my journey mother had a massive stroke. The doctors gave her four days. A neurologist, Dr. Mullinex, said, “If she is a fighter I will fight with you and her to take her as far as she can!” Mother went to rehab for six months and we brought her home by our choice. She was never able to walk again and she needed help with changing clothes and personal needs but she could still speak English, Japanese and use those chopsticks like no other person can. We all changed our schedules at home and work to care for her. I mean, it was only right! She took good care of us and she deserved the best care back from us! Nothing less! We are a close family and always spent time together doing activities. So this was no different. She just needed some help. We took her to symphonies, theater, the zoo and Botanica, festivities, weddings and, most importantly, church every Sunday. She enjoyed being at church and seeing her friends. Mother was able to stay at home for another 7 1/2 years till she had gotten appendicitis. She passed at the hospital. We are at a loss without her physically being here but know spiritually she is always with us and gives us familiar signs she’s around. All the way to the end, we as a family, saw mother give unconditional love, support, forgiveness, understanding, guidance, grace, dignity, integrity, faith, happiness, peace and joy. I realized, then and now, that these are the gifts of God and we were truly lucky to have the gift of mother from God. We as children realize how fortunate and lucky to have such a wonderful mother and are very proud of her and who she was! We miss her terribly so and a big void is present but we know she is always around. We are thankful for her. Mother, you are our Angel from Heaven always. Never forgotten. Cherished and treasured forever! We love you mother! Thank you for being who you are and giving the best of you. Thank you for showing us God’s gifts and I hope that we may live up to the legacy of you. Father loves you very, very, very much! Well, we all love you from here to Heaven!

August 14, 2020 Dearest Mother, I am so sorry to have not posted on Monday, August 10, 2020. This is the three year one month anniversary of your passing. The tenth was a Monday this month and it was a stark reminder of three years ago on July 20, 2017 that we had prepared the morning for your 1 o’clock pm funeral. So surreal. Beautiful day. I took flowers to your resting site. Yellow roses and purple flowers just like you like these colors. What can I say accept that we are missing you so much. I wish I could have that hug of yours and see your beautiful smile in person. I listen to your voice and watch a video of a recording. You are kept alive everyday in our memories, hearts and stories that we share. You are forever loved and never forgotten. I know you are with us in spirit and in Heaven with God. This is a comfort to us and, especially me. Come visit any way you can and even in my dreams. Loving you always deeper than the ocean and higher than the sky all the way to Heaven and back. Always grateful to God for the gift of you and being the best mother in the whole wide world. Love, Shirley

September 10, 2020 Dearest Mother, Today marks the three years and two months since you passed through Heaven’s Gates into Heaven. Everyday you are thought of fondly and with incredible love. We all miss you very, very, very much. I went and laid additional creme colored roses at your resting site. I love you very, very, very much. You are always in my thoughts, heart and prayers daily. Not a day does not go by that you are not thought of daily. How can it still feel so raw and fresh. There are days I still cannot believe that you have passed from this earthly realm. Then, I have to remind myself of this heartfelt grief. There are days I wonder how I can go on without you here. Then, I am reminded that you would want me to carry on. You told me how much you loved me, that you were tired and to please take good care of myself. Did you know then? I wish I could back up time and never let you go. To spend all my time with you. To hear your voice. To hug you once more and continue to tell you how much I love you and how lucky I am to have such a wonderful mother in the whole wide world and, now, Heaven above. I thank God everyday for you. I thank God and you for staying spiritually connected. This is the only way I can continue. I hope that I may carry the legacy of you somehow and make you proud. I know where you need to be in Heaven above. No more pain and illness. Just so much of God’s love, peace and joy. You deserve every bit of this for having been such a wonderful mother to us and a wonderful servant to the Lord with your beliefs. Thank you for being a shining example for us to follow with all of God’s gifts. Thank you God for my mother. Mother you are forever loved and never forgotten. Together forever. Best friends forever. That’s the deal. That’s the plan. How lucky I am to have had you for my mother. I was truly blessed by you. Loving you forever, your daughter, Shirley

October 15, 2020 Shirley Sagerty OosmscttaSpobloedr cnf1csodf1m aluSt nhil2fh:r40 eePMd · Shared with Your friends Wow time flys but feels like yesterday October 10, 2020. Was out to visit mother at her resting site and fresh flowers as I have weekly done. It’s been 3 years, 3 months since her Celebration of life and she was laid to rest. She was born in 1933. Her faith was always strong with God, Jesus Christ, the Holy Ghost, the Trinity (3). Missing mother and thanking her for being the greatest mother a child could be blessed with. Thanking God for the gift of my beautiful loving mother and all his blessings. Special day of 3 years, 3 months, 1933 and the Trinity. Love is all encompassing. Love you very much mother! Missing you so much! Loving God in all his glory and blessings! Thank you God! Together forever and never forgotten!😇⛩🎎💒💕 Your loving daughter, Shirley

November 5, 2020 Dearest Mother, It has been three years and four months since you entered your eternal rest with the Lord Jesus in Heaven. How we miss you so very much and treasure you so much. It is said that the person that you love so much is a part of your life. When this person becomes a memory this person becomes a treasure. It is this treasure that we must share with others to continue the treasure of this beautiful soul and legacy. I truly believe this with my whole heart and soul. I feel you with me including the other night in the recliner. I knew without a doubt you were with me and I was seeing the family room through your eyes. I could feel you and your presence and this made me so happy. I love you with all my heart and cherish the dreams and memories. Forever in my heart! I love you very, very, very much mother. Totally irreplaceable! A blessing and gift from God! I am grateful for his gift of you! Love your daughter, Shirley

November 12, 2020 Dearest Mother, November 10 marks three years and four months since your Celebration of Life. You are greatly missed beyond measure and loved forever. My beautiful and precious mother you are forever in our daily thoughts and memories of such beautiful love, grace, class, faith, peace and joy. Thank you for all of your gifts and being a great mother. How lucky we are as a family to have had you here and continually in spirit from Heaven above. When the body is absent the spirit lives on in Heaven. This I know to be true of you. Loving you forever! Say hello to Danny as it has been two years. Say hello to Leigh as it has been one year. Well, just give our love to everyone in the family that has passed with a big hug. Lord Jesus give mother a big hug from us. Blessings to you forever and ever. Love your daughter, Shirley

January 5, 2021 Dearest Mother, Hard to believe that this day marks three and one half years since your passing to your Heavenly home with God. I have been thinking about you quite a bit. I sure do miss you. You have been fondly missed by the family. This Christmas has been quite without you physically but know you were with us spiritually. Carol told us of the cherry blossom sign you gave her on December 23, 2020, to let her know you were with her and Anna and Joseph at their home in Memphis, TN.. We, as a family, acknowledge this lovely sign from you and God above. To have this sign comforted Carol a lot since we could not be together due to Covid-19. She had told us how she had been thinking about you and missing you so much. Her birthday, as you know, is December 25. Your presence made it warm and comforting. Children always miss their mothers no matter how old they are in life. You will always be cherished and treasured beyond to Heaven and back. I always love you forever. You are the greatest gift I have ever had from God and I thank him for you. I am grateful you are with me always in spirit. Thank you mother dear. Love, Shirley

February 5, 2021 Dearest Mother, It has been three years and seven months since you left us here and entered your eternal rest. How we miss you terribly so. We love you very, very, very much. You mean the world and Heaven to us. Your spirit lives on in each and every one of us in our hearts, memories and our daily conversations of you. Your physical presence is missed greatly because we all want to hear your lovely voice, see your beautiful eyes and your lovely smile. We, also, miss your wonderful hugs. You are missed beyond measure and always treasured. You are never forgotten. Today, I placed red flowers at your resting site and spent some time with you as I always do. You will always mean the world to us all. God, please give mother a big hug and kiss for us. Always wrap her in your arms and hold her tight. She is our Angel in Heaven. We are grateful for the beautiful gift of Yoshie to the family. Loving you always and forever, Bill, Shirley, Sandra, Carol, Steve, Anna and Joseph.

February 18 , 2021 Dearest Mother, Happy Birthday to you on what would have been your 88th birthday here on earth. Have a grand birthday celebration in Heaven! Always together. That’s the deal. That’s the plan. You and me forever. Mother and daughter best friends. Always treasured in my heart forever and always. Always in my memories I keep you with me daily till we are joined forever in Heaven. You are treasured beyond any rare gems or diamonds. Loving you and beyond to Heaven and back. Always together. Miss you lots as well as the rest of the family. The rest of the family loves you forever. Saw you and grandma, your mother, in my dreams and you both looked so happy together smiling, hugging and laughing with complete utter joy, laughter and love. You both looked so healthy, refreshed, joyful, happy, at peace with ultimate love for each other. What a wonderful reunion! It was so real and I was truly happy for the both of you and enjoyed grandmother and your presence. Thank you for this gift. I look forward to the day we are reunited in Heaven, too! Until then, we will remain connected with our own spiritual language mother. Never forgotten and forever treasured! Love you lots, your daughter, Shirley

April 5, 2021 Dearest Mother, It has now been three years and nine months since you left us. Time flys and it really seems surreal that you have been gone this long. It just still feels like yesterday. How I miss you terribly so. I went to Dillons on Saturday and felt a pull to look at the planters and garden statues. I usually do not do this but felt the need to go right of my usual path and check these out. I saw something blue green that attracted my eye and walked toward the statue. I could no believe it! The only one left was a beautiful statuary of two love birds sitting on top of an orb with flowers. I knew then and there that this was a sign from you since this April would be your 60th Wedding Anniversary to dad. With only one present and it being a beautiful blue with two love birds symbolizing “Together Forever” I knew I had to buy this and bring it home to dad. I showed dad and he teared up. He loves you immensley. We all do forever and ever. Thank you for these signs and communication from Heaven above. I know this was not a mere coincidence but you connecting. I always welcome and acknowledge this from you in Heaven, the spirit world. I will always love you forever. Best friend always. Together forever, Mother and daughter, that’s the deal, that’s the plan. Sorry I did not write something March 10. I did think of you on this anniversary date and every day as I continue to do daily. Seeing your picture keeps me going daily. This helps me. Thank you mother. Love you very, very, very much all the way to Heaven and back.

April 13, 2021 Dearest Mother, Happy 60th Wedding Anniversary to father from here on earth to Heaven above. Thank you for being a role model of taking God’s vows in marriage and holding true to these vows of this institution of marriage for all to witness under the eyes and love of God. We acknowledge this today with father with an anniversary cake celebrating 60 years together forever here on earth spiritually and in Heaven. We acknowledge your presence and love with us always and today in honor of you and father. We love you soo much words cannot express how much we love you forever and ever. We are together forever mother. I bought a pretty statuary of two birds on a globe of flowers in honor of you and dad for the 60th Anniversary. Love reigns on here and in Heaven. Loving forever. Your daughter, Shirley

May 5, 2021 Dearest mother, I can hardly believe it is now 3 years and ten months. Time flys however it still feels like yesterday. I do not think I will get over the loss of you. You are my beautiful, loving, caring, supportive and forgiving mother. You showed the gifts of God everyday. You are a blessing and gift from God. I am grateful to him for you. How lucky I am to have such a wonderful mother. I truly believe I have the greatest mother in the world. The other day while shopping for Carol and Anna and going to the food court at the mall I truly believe and know in my heart you were right beside me as we talked of your favorite two spots to eat. I acknowledge your presence and do this so that a new form of communication exists between us. You see mother, a child always needs her mother regardless of how old she is. You are our confidant and safety net. We cherish you always and forever. Best friends forever. Remember that’s the deal that is the plan. Pinky promise. We stay together forever. Loving you soo much I will never let go. Thank you from the depths of my heart. Missing you lots and loving you lots forever into eternity! God give mother a big hug and kiss from me to her. Thank you always in deep gratitude.

June 5, 2021 Dearest Mother, It has been 3 years and 11 months since you went to your Heavenly home to be with our Lord Jesus. Not a day goes by that we don’t think of you. Missing you so much daily. Still seems so fresh and recent. There are days it is so hard that you are physically gone, however, I know you are with us spiritually and a better place. My love for you is never ending and reaches out to you in Heaven. You are my best friend, my confidant, my supporter that lifts me up and, above all, my blessed, beautiful mother. How lucky I am to have you for my mother. You are a true gift from God and I am so thankful for the gift of you. My sister’s and I are the luckiest children in the world and Heaven above. Thank you for all you’ve done and continue to do in Heaven. Loving you always and forever. Your daughter, Shirley

July 12, Dearest Mother, We Honored you on July 5th and July 10th, 2021 on your fourth anniversary of your new birthday and entering your new home in Heaven. What can I say except it still seems so fresh to us all in the family. We shared what we were doing four years ago being by your side in the hospital as we watched you go to be with God. How we miss you terribly so. I could honestly tell you that you have been on my mind a great deal this past week. I love you so much. I cry tears of love for you. You are so special to all of us in the family. Words alone cannot express the amount of loss we feel in our emotional hearts. However, I do know you are in a wonderful place where no pain, no sadness or grief belongs. All that you are experiencing with incredible and unmeasurable love, peace and joy is yours to have as promised by our Lord and God. For this, I am very happy for you and know that we shall be together again. I love you forever very, very, very much. My love for you will never end. It is endless. Eternal Love, Your daughter, Shirley

Shirley Sagerty JuhadtufSrheSplgouyns tc1odo0r at n7:17 nPMauesd · Shared with Your friends Four years ago we laid you to rest. Today I honor you. Rest in peace my precious loving mother. You are in Heaven with God. You will always be my Angel! 😇 Forever love. 🎎💞

July 10, 2021 Four years ago we laid you to rest. Today I honor you. Rest in peace my precious loving mother. You are in Heaven with God. You will always be my Angel! 😇 Forever love. 🎎💞

August 10, 2021 Dearest Mother, It has been 4 years one month since we laid you to rest. You have ascended to your new home in Heaven to be with God, Jesus and your family and friends past. Still feels like yesterday and hard to believe it at times. Seems so surreal. I miss you a lot and there are days I do not know how to go on without you physically. Then, I am reminded you live on spiritually and are with me. So, for now, I will accept this. I know we will be reunited for good, one day, in Heaven. Until then, I know we are always together in spirit. I am grateful and comforted by this knowing. You are my Ichiban Okasan, my Ichiban Sensai, my Kawaii Okasan. I will love you forever. You are treasured forever in my heart, thoughts and my soul. Never apart. I promise. Your daughter, Shirley

September 13, 2021 Dearest Mother, I’m sorry I didn’t write on the tenth of September, four years two months since your Celebration of Life. I did go visit you and added more water to your flowers I bought. Still looked good. Sandra cares after them, too. Hopefully, we can put out more after the storm passes. We miss you so much and love you very, very, very much. Dad, Sandra and Steve went over to Betty’s house for a fajita dinner. Her daughter, Joni, joined in. All had a good time and shared wonderful memories of you and Max. I didn’t go due to being under the weather. I think of you often and talk to you often. I think you can hear me. Sometimes I truly feel like I sense you. Early this morning I smelled your cologne and knew you were there by me. Thank you mom for being present. This reassures me you are always with us. You know Anna, your granddaughter, says she sees you and talks to you. She says you’re doing great and are in Heaven. I believe her and feel she has inherited that sixth sense. She is comforted by you. Sandra enjoyed you walking with her as she saw the butterfly flying next to her. This has given her peace. She and Steve went to church and after service enjoyed sitting by your fountain. Everyone always says such nice things about you and how they enjoyed your friendship. You certainly have touched many lives. We hope to continue this legacy. Carol has sensed you as well and loves you very much. Dad looks at your pictures, shares memories and tells us how much he loves you. He always says, “There will never be another Yoshie!” Well mother this is true. You are such a beautiful soul and uniquely blessed from Heaven above to have such a goodness about you. I certainly saw the gifts of God in you everyday. Thank you for being the best mother in the whole wide world! I thank God for the gift of you. How lucky I am to have such a wonderful mother! Arigato to Heaven and back. I love you so much! Together forever! Never apart, ever! Your daughter, Shirley

October 11, 2021 Dearest Mother, Oh how I miss you terribly so. I was by on October 10, 2021, your four years three months Celebration of Life, and gave you some beautiful pink roses and purple, pink and magenta flowers in honor and respect for you, my beloved and gracious mother. I feel you in spirit and thankful for you always. I am in constant gratitude to the Lord for having blessed my sisters and I for having the best mother in all the world and Heaven above. Thank you with deep gratitude from my heart for everything you have done for me, my sisters and the rest of the family. You are cherished beyond words and loved for all eternity. Jesus, will you please give my mother a big hug and kiss on the cheek from us to mother. I will always love you. Your daughter, Shirley

December 5 2021 Dearest Mother, I visited you today. Beautiful 65 degrees with blue skies. Missing you so much. You are my greatest blessing of all times! Thank you for everything. I love you very, very, very much! Your daughter, Shirley

December 25, 2021 Dearest Mother, Merry Christmas in Heaven and here. I am sure you are celebrating in Heaven with everyone the grand cekebration of Jesus’s birth! What a beautiful celebration you must be enjoying. Sandra and I put flowers on everyone’s resting site as well as you to say Merry Christmas to you from the family. We know you are with us all in spirit! Thank you for watching over Anna for a safe flight home from Hawaii. You are always our gifted blessing from God and Carol on this day. We thank God above! We miss you so much and love you so very, very, very much! Merry Christmas mother from our heart to yours in Heaven! Love the entire family!

January 10, 2022 Dearest Mother, Thank you for coming by in my dream. You looked well and I loved the big hug I gave you. I just could not stop loving and hugging you. This is etched in my mind and heart for now and I appreciate this gift from you! I just sent a letter of encouragement to Carol for Anna’s National Pom Dance Cheer competition and included you in it to your granddaughter as I know you are very proud of her. Today or tomorrow I know you will be celebrating with Grandmother Sagerty, her forty year celebration of her new rebirth into Heaven. Please give her a big hug and kiss from all of us. We miss all of you very much and cherish you all in our hearts. Best friends forever. We stay together forever. That’s the deal. That’s the plan. I will always love you in my heart and soul. You are my Ichiban mother, my Ichiban Sensai, my Kawaii Okasan! How lucky I am to have you for my mother. I thank God every day for the gift of you! Love you forever always, Shirley

February 5, 2022 Dearest mother, It has been 4 years and 7 months. Still hard to believe. I believe you are in Heaven but with us daily as well. Just know I love you very, very, very much. Never forgotten. Forever treasured in our hearts! Love your daughter, Shirley

February 18, 2022 Dearest Mother, Happy 89th Birthday! You are fondly and lovingly remembered as you are remembered with incredible and everlasting love. Thank you for all you have done and continue to do. How grateful I am to God for the gift of you. How Lucky I am to have such a wonderful and beautiful mother. I wish you all of God’s continued blessings in Heaven upon you eternally ever after. Enjoy your day in Heaven as we honor and love you always cherished in our hearts forever. I love you very, very, very much! Never forget it! Best friends forever. I stay with you. You stay with me. That’s the deal, that’s the plan. I am with you forever. Love your daughter, Shirley

March 13, 2022 Dearest mother, I miss you so much. I am thankful you are always with me in spirit. Thank you and God and his angels for being with me when I picked up my car from the auto repair shop and allowing me to be safe. I kniw you have been with me to protect me as my car had a mechanical mishap. I took my car back and they fixed up the mistake. I still think they did a good job placing in a new engine. I will always love you very much and treasure you forever. I am ever so grateful to God Almighty for you from the depths if my soul and heart. Much love from your daughter, Shirley.

April 10, 2022 Dearest Mother, I reflect on you with such kind words I hear from the neighbors. You certainly had a way to make such a lasting wonderful impression and friendship on all those you met. How very proud of you I am. I miss you dearly and still find it difficult to believe it is now 4 years 9 months. Your memory lives on daily. You are never forgotten. Sakura Sakura has begun in Japan and here. I am reminded of a fresh new Spring, new beginnings and new rebirth. I know you have that in Heaven. I cannot blame God for wanting you back. You’re quite an exceptional mother. How lucky I am you are mine. I will forever treasure you in my heart. You and me together forever. I love you very, very ,very much! Never forget this! Your daughter, Shirley

May 10, 2022 Dearest Mother, I have been really missing you a lot. This past Mother’s Day my sister’s and I and dad felt your presence with your signs and reminisced wonderful memories of you. We love you so much. We laid beautiful yellow and white roses and beautiful purple and white irises from Lexington where Sandra and Steve live, the very home you owned where you planted these pretty irises, on your resting site. So beautiful. Just like you. The same flowers were additionally laid on grandmother’s, Aunt June and great grandmother’s resting site. We love you all and cherish you all. God please give a big hug and kiss to my mother, grandmother, Aunt June and great grandma. Mother you mean the world to us and are forever in our memories, prayers and hearts. Never forgotten. Always treasured beyond measure. Keep watching over us and communicating to us. We are open to this new form of connection. Loving you always, Shirley, Sandra, Carol, Dad

June 10, 2022 Dearest mother, I am at your resting place saying hello and how much I love you all the way to Heaven and back. I am so grateful to God for the gift of you. I am soo proud of you and that you’re my mother forever. Pretty lucky child I am. The grass I planted on your resting site is coming in beautifully well. I will continue to tend to this. It is looking so pretty. I will forever love you and cherish you always. Lots of love, Shirley

August 5, 2022 Dearest mother, I cannot believe that it’s five years and one month. I was looking through pictures and ironically landed on the day you passed and your funeral. So many emotions and tears. I told you I missed you and loved you. I felt a really big comforting hug from you to me at that time. I know it was you. Thank you. I know you already know this news of Keith Sanborn passing at 20 till 12 on August 1, 2022. Wendy was by his side. I know you welcomed him into Heaven with your big smile, warmth and outreached arms. Please give him our love and a hug. 100 years. That was remarkable. He did say he would miss you old friend and he would see you again. I can just imagine the both of you visiting in Heaven. I love you very, very, very much! Together forever mother. That’s a promise!

September 6, 2022 Dearest Mother, It is the day after your five years and two months passing from this Earthly realm into Heaven. I am sorry I did not post yesterday on time. I did think of you, talk to you fondly and had two wonderful dreams of you shopping for beautiful blouses and helping me with my studies. It was so real and I enjoyed spending my time with you. If this is as close as I can get to you in the 3D sense then I will take it. I know you are with me and the family always and I am thankful to God for your continued presence but there are days I miss you terribly so in the physical sense. So, I will take the dreams to be close to you physically. I do enjoy your presence with me always. You are a continuous blessing in the spiritual sense always. I thank God for you every day and night. I feel my sisters and I are the luckiest children around to have such a loving mother. Thank God for the gift of mother. It does not matter how old or young we are. We always want our mothers. This will never change. We have such a loving bond that will never break. Not even in death. Until we meet again in Heaven. Please know I will love you forever, deeper than the ocean and higher than the sky all the way to Heaven and back. I will always love you forever. Love, Shirley

October 5, 2022

Dearest sweet mother,
It has been 5 years and three months. It really just doesn’t seem so. I miss you every day. I love you lots and lots. This never changes. How blessed I and my sisters were to have such a beautiful and incredible mother. You have taught us so much about kindness, love, joy and the list goes on. I am always reminded of this from Corinthians. You are, indeed, our special angel from Heaven above. We thank God for the gift of you. I am eternally and humbly grateful to God for you. We are lucky to have the most wonderful mother in the world and Heaven above, if I should say so myself. Thank you for everything here and in Heaven. I cannot thank you enough. I will always love you forever more. Your loving daughter, Shirley

November 6, 2022

Dearest Mother, It is a day after what would mark 5 years 4 months since you went to be with the Lord and your family. This marks four years since Danny passed. Say hello to him from Carol, Joseph and Anna and the rest of our family. Still hard to believe you are gone. I know it’s true but there are mornings or days I forget and still think you are still with us. Then, reality hits and my heart hurts. I know you are in Heaven where you belong and that gives me peace but I still miss you terribly so much. Thank you for being such a great and wonderful mother in all the gifts of what God shows. Pretty lucky to have you physically and spiritually. I thank God for the gift of you. There are times I look to my left where we always sit in church and envision you next to me and honestly feel you next to me. I enjoy your spiritual hugs and visits in my dreams protected by God. My heart is always and forever with you my dear sweet mother. Together forever. That’s our deal. That’s our plan. Never apart. I will always love you forever to Heaven and back. Infinity. Love your daughter, Shirley

December 10, 2022

Dearest Heavenly Mother,
Sorry I didn’t post on the fifth due to my flu and I slept. You were and always are in my heart and thoughts. A little girl/daughter always wants her mommy no matter how old we are. I miss you terribly so and love you immensely.

January 10, 2023

Dearest Loving Mother,
Here it is five and a half years since you passed. I sure do miss you. We all do. The memories are a comfort of love when thoughts of you come to mind and our heart. I talk to you daily hoping that I can by some miracle get to hear your beautiful voice. I sure wish I could give you one more hug or have some moments in your presence. It is true that no matter how old you are, you will always miss your mother. That is a fact and I do. I do not know how you did it. There are days that I feel like I cannot go on without you. You mean the world and Heaven to me. Then, I realize, if you could do it so can I. I, also, am reminded of our faith in the Lord Jesus and God that life is everlasting and that we will be together again. I enjoy talking to you every day. This will not ever stop. You are my constant and my champion to always encourage me on a daily basis. I am grateful to have you as my mother as a gift from God. How lucky my sister’s and I are. We believe we have the best. I will always love you. You are never forgotten. I like to think that you hear me talking to you daily and that you are in conversation with me. I do believe there are times you talk to me back in my mind telepathically. If this is so, I will continue to work on this new form of communication and acknowledge the signs you give me that you are with me. I could never live without you by my side in some form. You are my best friend, my comforter, my supporter and my encourager. Your love is expansive and I know you can do even more in the Heavenly realm than the earthly realm and I am grateful for your everlasting presence with me and the rest of the family. Heaven sent you are from God above. I truly believe this. Thank you for everything mother and being the best mother in the world a child could ever have. How lucky I am. I will always love you forever and eternally.

Your grateful daughter in constant love,
Shirley

February 10, 2023

Dearest Mother,

Here we are at the five year seven month mark. Still surreal. I miss you terribly so. I did appreciate you sending me the sign of the smell of your cologne the other morning and the wonderful dream of you with Sandra and I yesterday. It made me so happy I did not want to wake up. You were showing us what you ordered in Japanese foods and treats. You were smiling, walking and standing. You looked so happy and well. You stated that you were going to make some of these wonderful treats. I thought they were manju, but mom said they were like sweet bean cakes. Any way, it was wonderful to have enjoyed this time with you. I love you so very, very, very much! You make me so very, very happy, happy, happy. Treasured forever in my heart and soul.

Your daughter, Shirley

March 8, 2023

Dearest Mother,

Sorry, I missed the fifth. I went to church and later got sick and slept a lot. I’m feeling much better now. Sandra and I went to your grave site to say hello, chat and say I love you. We still cannot believe you have been gone from this earthly realm five years and eight months. We miss you so much. We know you’re in a better place in Heaven. You were and still are a great mother. Your unconditional love is always with us. We will always cherish you all the way to Heaven and bavk. You are never forgotten. Your memories live on through us. I am so happy the grandchildren love you so much and want to have beautiful memories live on with them. Both Anna and Joseph want to stay connected to you and their heritage. That is wonderful! It is always great to see you in my dreams and I know and feel and acknowledge your presence. This gives me great comfort. I will try to my best in what I do in life. I love you very,very,very much!

Your daughter, Shirley 🎎⛩🥰💞💞💞

May 7, 2023

Dearest Mother,

The fifth of May marked 5 years 10 months since your Heavenly new birth. I am still missing you a great deal but know you are in Heaven with God and Jesus. Today, in church I thought of you and the song “How Great Thou Art” was sung by the choir. I know one of your favorites. It so reminded me of you and how much I love you. Also, how much you loved God and his love for you and his promise for your eternal life. What a beautiful and wonderous life you have now in God’s home and Kingdom. This gives me peace and how we will be together in spirit one day. I will always love you and stay connected to you forever. Nothing will separate us ever!😇🌸🥰🎎⛩💞

Your loving daughter, Shirley

JUNE 5, 2023

Dearest Mother,

First, I want to tell you thank you for being present for my 60th birthday. I gave thanks to the Lord and God for allowing you the gift to be my mother and to bring me into this world as I know this was physically difficult for you and what you went through to get Sandra and I here. Thank you mother for everything and your love always. I sensed you with us. I, also, believe that you enjoyed the Riverfest boat tour with us. Thank you. I, also, want to thank you for being with me along with God, Jesus and my Guardian Angels for keeping me safe from a terrible car accident on the way home from a high speed driver heading in my lane head on. He was reckless and all of you kept me safe. Thank you from my heart and soul for my safety. I love you all. Mother It has been 5 years and 11 months. Still does not seem so. I miss you all the time. I love you very, very, very much all the way to Heaven and back. Together forever!😇🥰💞💗🌸🎎💞❤

July 5th, 2023

Today is the exact day six years ago that our mother went to be with her family and God above. We know she is in a wonderful place and that gives us peace. However, she is still missed greatly by my sister’s and I, father, grandchildren, her siblings, nieces, nephews and cousins. Hard to believe it’s been this long. Still fresh as today. Our hearts still ache so. We thank God above for this beautiful gift of our mother. We know we were very fortunate to have had such a loving, caring, nurturing, understanding and supportive mother. How lucky we were. She demonstrated and lived the gifts of God every day. What an incredible example and guide to all of us. Her class, respect, morality, integrity, dignity and values as well as her love to all was well noticed on a daily basis. She never had to work at this. It was engrained in the nature of who she was. A child of God. Yes, we were incredibly blessed on this physical plane but still are on a spiritual plane. She is always with us. I always notice the Godwink signs. Gifts to be sure. An incredible legacy to follow. We love you deeper than the ocean, higher than the sky, all the way to Heaven and back! Together forever! That’s our promise! We love you very, very, very much!
Today represents your Heavenly birth date.🌸💐🙏🙏🙏💞🎎🇯🇵🇺🇸💞❤❤❤🌸

Your daughters,
Shirley, Sandra, Carol

August 5, 2023

Dearest Mother,

It has been 6 years and one month. It still doesn’t seem possible. The time goes by quickly but still seems like yesterday. I miss you so much. There are days I forget you have gone to Heaven and I innately look forward to seeing you and talking to you. Why even to give you you a big hug! Then, I have to remind myself you’re in a far better place with your family in Heaven. How can I take that away if I love you so much. You deserve to be in Heaven with our Lord and God. So, we keep you alive in our dreams, our hearts and our memories sharing your legacy with the grandchildren, the family and friends. You are never forgotten. You are treasured beyond measure all the way to Heaven and back. We will always love you forever!

Your daughter, Shirley

September 10, 2023

Dearest Mother,

It has now been six years and two months. Still so fresh to us as a family. Sorry, I did not write on the fifth of September but you were close in thought and my heart. Carol came into town for her 40th Southeast high class reunion. What fun she had! She enjoyed visiting dad, Sandra, Steve and I, as well as her friends. I believe you were with Carol and I shopping at Von Maur and JCPenney. I honestly felt, believed and know you were with us. I could feel your presence like wonderful old times. You’re such a class act and would enjoy the beautiful classic styling of the clothing such as the blouses, suits, formals and evening wear along with your pearls and stylish hand purses. Carol and I visited your resting site and she took pictures, spoke to you and kissed your beautiful resting marker. I feel this meant so much to her. She loves you so. Thank you for her safe travels to Wichita and to her Memphis home as she has just called to let us know she has arrived safely. Thank you for always being present for us. We love you so much all the way to Heaven and back. You are forever cherished and treasured beyond measure. We thank God for you always! You’re our world and rock. Thank you mother for everything. You’re a true blessing to the family.

Lots of love,
Shirley, Sandra, Carol, dad, Steve, Joseph and Anna

October 13, 2023

Dearest Mother,

I will always love you to infinity and beyond all the way to Heaven and back! Infinity! I am one lucky daughter to have such a wonderful and great mother. Thank you God for my mother. I am eternally grateful.

Love, Shirley

November 10, 2023

Dearest Mother,

It has been six years and four months since you left us physically and we miss you a great deal. We know you are spiritually with God in his Heavenly home and that gives us all great peace. Say hello to Danny on his fifth birthday in Heaven. He is missed and loved by the family, Carol, Joseph and Anna. We all love you dearly and are forever grateful to God above for the beautiful gift of you to our family. My sister’s and I, your daughters feel very grateful, fortunate and thankful God gave you to us. We are very lucky to have had the best mother, in our opinion, in the world. How lucky we are?! We love you forever. All the way to Heaven and back and eternally forever. Together we are. Never apart. That’s the deal. That’s the plan. A great plan. You are treasured beyond measure.

Loving you with our thoughts, hearts, memories and prayers. You will always live on through us and your grandchildren and other family members.

Always and forever,
Shirley, Sandra and Carol

December 27, 2023

Dearest mother,

It is our seventh Christmas without you here physically. Oh my, how we miss you so much. I know you celebrated with our Lord and God in Heaven. What a wondrous time I’m sure. I do feel you spiritually and I thank you for your presence. I thank God for the gift of you! Carol and Anna stayed in Memphis for the big Liberty Bowl. You would be proud of them. Joseph went to Vegas with Gigi for Xmas. She is doing better. We had a quiet Christmas but nice. We love you so so very, very, very much. That will never change. Merry Christmas mother.

All our love,
Dad, Shirley, Sandra, Steve, Carol, Joseph and Anna and Rosie, too.😇💕🙏🎄🎅💕💕💕

January 6, 2024

Dearest Mother,

Sorry I didn’t get this in yesterday. It is now six and a half years since you left us. Still missing you. It certainly is a heartache that never truly goes away. Always adjusting to the daily new norms of your physical presence not here. However, I am at peace knowing that you are safe with the Lord and our God in his home in Heaven as promised by him. You were always such a good servant and continue to do so in spirit. I feel your presence and talk to you in my heart and mind. I will continue our new way of communicating. I will acknowledge your signs. This gives me a smile, peace and above all love. I am grateful to God for the gift of you. Thank you for being the best mother a child could ever half. I love you deeper than the ocean and higher than the sky, all the way to Heaven and back! Happy New Year!

Lots of love,
Shirley, Sandra and Carol

February 5, 2024

Dearest Mother
I felt your presence a lot yesterday and this past weekend. Thank you for being present. I believe you were here to watch over dad after his fall off the front porch. Good news. No broken bones. Thank you for taking care of him with the Angel’s and God. Miss you so much. Love you lots forever and always.

Your daughter, Shirley

March 5, 2024

Dearest Mother,
It has now been six years and two months since you left this earthly realm to go to your Heavenly home. How I miss you terribly so. Celebrated your birthday in February. You would have been 91 years of age. However, your ageless Gene’s never revealed your age. Many always commented on how young and youthful you always looked. I agree. I love you very, very, very much! This will never change. You are my mother forever and, I, your daughter. I always ask God to take good care of you in his Heavenly home where you reside now. I know he does and this gives me peace. Did you see Carol, Joseph and Anna came to visit. Keep them safe on their Spring Break vacation and travels. Watch over dad with Jesus for a good recovery from his fall off the front porch as he gets strong through physical therapy. This helps him. We want him to continue this therapy. Together forever and never apart mom. I will always love you forever. I am so proud of you! I thank God every day for you! My sister’s and I are very lucky. Keep giving me signs and I’ll acknowledge them so we can keep developing our new form of communication. I know when you’re around. I smell your perfume. This makes me so happy along with your messages and signs! Take good care.

Lots of love,
Shirley, Sandra and Carol

April 5, 2024

Dearest Mother,

I love you very, very, very much and forever!

Your daughter,
Shirley

May 5, 2024

Dearest Mother,

It has now been six years and ten months. Cannot believe it. It still feels like yesterday. I miss you a lot. Everyday you are with me in my heart, memories and daily thoughts. I think of you daily. I always want to stay connected to you and never want to forget you. I smile with love with many wonderful memories. You are my mother. I am your daughter. Together forever. You and me. Never apart. That’s how it will always be. I am thankful to God for the gift of you. We are blessed and lucky to have you forever. Continue with the signs and I will continue to do my best to acknowledge them and to develop this new communication. Loving you forever and ever.

Your daughter and my sisters,
Shirley, Sandra and Carol 😇🥰🙏🎎💞🌸💐💮

May 23, 2024

Dearest Mother,

What a beautiful gift from God as you being my mother physically and spiritually. Sixty one years ago you labored hard to bring me into this world and I thank you for this. I do know that I noted your presence to wish me a “Happy Birthday” this morning by the scent of your cologne, Chanel No.5. You always make me so happy. How lucky I and my twin sister, Sandra were to be brought in by your loving care and God above. Thank you for your everlasting love and your continued presence. This means the world and heaven above. I love you soo very much mother. Together forever. Never apart. That’s how it will be. Loving you forever and connected forever.

Your daughter,
Shirley and Sandra (Your twins)

June 10, 2024

Dearest Mother,

Here we are at six years and eleven months. Still does not seem possible or that much time has flown by. Still loved beyond measure and treasured always. You always fill our hearts with so much love! Thank you for this. You’re always with us and we are grateful for your constant presence. We thank God above for the beautiful gift of you!

Loving you forever,
Shirley, Sandra, Carol and dad

AUGUST 7, 2024

Dearest Mother,

It has been seven years and one month since you left us. Here, today, as I do every day I think of you fondly, whole heartedly and ever so lovingly of you. I miss you so much and need you every day. I just have to go in faith that you are with me and the rest of the family. I know you are well loved and cared for in our Almighty God’s home a

August 10, 2024

Dearest Mother,
It has been seven years and one month since we had your Celebration of Your Life. I certainly miss you! Thank you for coming in my dreams last night for a short visit. I was pleased and happy and I will take what I can. I think of you often, talk to you often and have beautiful memories of you. Please know that I love you very, very, very much! You and me are together forever! That’s how will be! You are my Ichiban mother! I am your daughter. Together forever!

Love your daughter Shirley 🎎🧧🎋🙏🙏🙏🥰💞💓❤

September 10, 2024

Dearest Mother,

You are loved beyond measure and greatly missed. I (we) think and talk about you daily. Sandra and I visit you often at your resting site because this gives us peace. You are never forgotten. You are treasured beyond measure. I love you deeper than the ocean and higher than the sky all the way to Heaven and infinity and beyond and back. We have faith and are at peace knowing that you are in God’s home where you belong with your other family members. We are grateful and thankful for the gift of you as our mother. We just miss you physically. Please know that we feel you are around us and that you give us signs that we accept. This is our new way of communication from the other side and we humbling accept this new way of communication. I think that if we keep acknowledging these signs we are able to develop this communication between us all through the protection and blessings of God above. God please give mother a hug and kiss and let her know that it is from me. Please give her some of your beautiful flowers because she loves beautiful flowers and let her know this is a gift from me as well. Together forever, never apart. That’s the deal, that’s the plan mother. Always together. Just know I keep this promise. You and me forever. Love you very, very, very much!

Shirley, Sandra, Dad, Steve, Carol, Joseph and Anna

October 5, 2024

Dearest Mother,

It has been seven years and three months since you left us on this earthly plane. We sure do miss you and it doesn’t seem long. We keep you close in our hearts, memories and stories of what a wonderful mother we had and still do in God’s home in the spiritual world of Heaven. You are certainly never forgotten. You are treasured beyond measure! We will always love you forever!

Your daughters,
Shirley, Sandra and Carol

December 5, 2024

Dearest mother,

Just wanted to let you know that we sure do miss you a lot and it is really noticeable this holiday season. Cannot believe that is seven years and five months. We keep your memory alive in our thoughts, heart and stories of you daily. I sure do love you and appreciate you. Having reflected on your life with us I appreciated how much love, guidance, support, integrity and class you had and gave us as a role model. You are a saint to me. You never complained through all your ailments. You always were strong and resilient no matter what. I thank God everyday that he gifted my sister’s and I with you as our mother. How blessed we are and still are spiritually. God, you gave us a great mother. Truly a special gift and I am forever grateful for her. Thank you. Mother I will always love you to Heaven and back. Together forever and never apart! You and me! That’s the deal. That’s the plan. I have the greatest mother in the whole wide world, universe and Heaven above! I am so thankful for this and I thank God above for the gift of you forever!

Lot’s of love,
Shirley, Sandra and Carol

February 18, 2025

Dearest Mother

Happy 92nd birthday in Heaven! I love you very, very, very much! You are always in my heart and soul forever! Have a great Heavenly birthday sweetheart! Together forever, you and me! Never apart! Always together forever! Jesus, give my mother a big hug for me and some of your beautiful and colorful flowers from your garden and please let her know they are a gift from me please. Thank you. She loves beautiful flowers. Thank you God for the gift of mother to us girls, her daughters. She is never forgotten and forever loved.

Love always, Shirley, Sandra and Carol

April 5, 2025,

Dearest Mother,
I miss you daily and love you lots. Please keep an eye on Sandra for perfect health restored and a successful upcoming surgery. I’m sure between God, Jesus and you with all your incredible love she will be well. I treasure you forever! Always together. Never apart. That’s the deal. That’s the plan. I will always cherish you and I thank God for the beautiful gift of you as my mother forever. I will always love you. Nothing can separate us. Not even death. I ask God, Jesus and you to help me with my sugar problems and watch over the Memphis family and family in Japan. Thank you.

Love always,
Your daughter Shirley 😇🙏🥰💞💞💞

April 13th, 2025

Dearest Mother,

Today, on our earthly plane Mark’s your 64th Wedding Anniversary! You are always treasured and remembered in our hearts, thoughts and prayers for being the wonderful mother, wife, aunt, cousin and friend to all of us and everyone that knows you. What a beautiful gift from God you are to all of us. How lucky we are to have had you in our lives and spiritually every day. Thank you for all you’ve done, your love, your guidance and support. Couldn’t have gotten this far without you Okasan. You are our Ichiban forever! You are always Sakura my sweet and dearest mother! We miss you lots and love you very, very, very much! Never forgotten. Always treasured in our hearts!

Together forever!
Dad, Sandra, Shirley, Steve, Carol, Joseph, Anna and family of Japan 😇🙏💞🎎🎐💓💗