Contributor: Candace Wragg
Anniversary Rose Contributed on April 12, 2009 | View Photo
Cole Family After Worley Cole Passed Away Contributed on May 30, 2008 | View Photo
Mother's Children, Grandchildren, and Great-Grandchildren Contributed on May 24, 2008 | View Photo
Norma Age 16 1944 Contributed on May 24, 2008 | View Photo
Norma 1945 17 Years Old Contributed on May 24, 2008 | View Photo
Norma, Josephine and Karen 1940 Contributed on May 24, 2008 | View Photo
Norma 8th Grade Contributed on May 24, 2008 | View Photo
Norma in Mrs. Martin's Good Chair Contributed on May 24, 2008 | View Photo
Norma the Career Woman Contributed on May 24, 2008 | View Photo
Norma and Bob Contributed on May 24, 2008 | View Photo
Norma and Robert 1967 Contributed on May 24, 2008 | View Photo
Norma, Robert and Sandra Contributed on May 24, 2008 | View Photo
Freda Howland, Norma, Sandra, Candace and Robert Contributed on May 24, 2008 | View Photo
Norma, Vince and Candace Contributed on May 24, 2008 | View Photo
W.C. Cole, Norma, Martin, and Vince Contributed on May 24, 2008 | View Photo
Robert and Norma Contributed on May 24, 2008 | View Photo
50th Wedding Anniversary Contributed on May 24, 2008 | View Photo
50th Anniversary, Norma and Josephine Contributed on May 23, 2008 | View Photo
Norma, Bob, Joey and Martin and Norma, Sandra and Kerri Contributed on May 23, 2008 | View Photo
Halloween Fun - Norma and Bob Contributed on May 23, 2008 | View Photo
Norma, Jackie, Josephine and W.C Cole and Vince and Martin Contributed on May 23, 2008 | View Photo
Norma at Disneyworld Contributed on May 23, 2008 | View Photo
Young Family Contributed on May 19, 2008 | View Photo
Norma and Candace Contributed on May 19, 2008 | View Photo
Nineteen-Sixty-Four Contributed on May 19, 2008 | View Photo
Four Generations Contributed on May 19, 2008 | View Photo
Five Generations Contributed on May 19, 2008 | View Photo
The Cole's Contributed on May 19, 2008 | View Photo
Norma and Leona Contributed on May 19, 2008 | View Photo
Young and Happy Contributed on May 19, 2008 | View Photo
Portrait of Norma Contributed on May 19, 2008 | View Photo
Newlyweds Contributed on May 19, 2008 | View Photo
Norma Howland Contributed on May 19, 2008 | View Photo
Robert Howland Contributed on May 19, 2008 | View Photo
Norma, Robert and Candace Contributed on May 19, 2008 | View Photo
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Daughter
Another Christmas has come and gone. We saw a lot of family, but I guess that it will never be the same without you and daddy. I think about you both often and many times when I see others who are not so fortunate, I thank my lucky stars that I was raised by 'goodly' parents. Ernie and I discuss it every now and then and how grateful we are. We more and more appreciate the sacrifices that were made for us and our siblings. It's almost the New Year, and I know now that although the missing only is painful occasionally now, the good memories and once in awhile a not so good one, come to mind often. You will always be missed and thought about often, almost daily. I'm grateful for my photo collages and enjoy looking at them and seeing the pictures of you and daddy from almost birth to your old age. I'm happy that you were both my parents.
Contributed on December 28, 2011 | View Entry
Daughter
I miss you Mother. I know you are in a better place, but you are missed. I love you.
Contributed on February 22, 2011 | View Entry
Daughter
The holidays are almost gone and even though there were a lot of happy times I missed you and Daddy everyday.
Contributed on December 30, 2010 | View Entry
Daughter
Wish heaven had a phone so I could hear your voice again. I thought of you today but that is nothing new. I thought about you yesterday and days before that,too. I think of you in silence. I often speak your name. All I have are memories & a picture in a frame. Your memory is a ...keepsake from which I'll never part. God has you in his arms & I have you in my heart.
Contributed on September 11, 2010 | View Entry
Daughter
God saw you getting tired and a cure was not to be. So he put his arms around you and whispered "come with me" With tearful eyes I watched you, and saw you pass away. Although I loved you dearly, I could not make
you stay. A golden heart stopped beating, hard working hands at rest. God
... broke my heart to prove to me, he ...only takes the best...
Contributed on July 30, 2010 | View Entry
Daughter
If roses grow in Heaven, Lord
Please pick a bunch for me.
Place them in my Mother's arms
and tell her they're from me.
Tell her I love her and miss her,
and when she turns to smile,
place a kiss upon her cheek
and hold her for a while.
Because remembering her is easy,
I do it everyday,
but there is an ache within my heart
That will never go away.
Contributed on June 12, 2010 | View Entry
Daughter
Going home, going home
I'm just going home
Quiet light, some still day
I'm just going home
It's not far, just close by
Through an open door
Work all done, care laid by
Going to fear no more
Mother's there expecting me
Father's waiting, too
Lots of folk gathered there
All the friends I knew
All the friends I knew
I'm going home
Nothing's lost, all's gain
No more fret nor pain
No more stumbling on the way
No more longing for the day
Going to roam no more
Morning star lights the way
Restless dream all done
Shadows gone, break of day
Real life begun
There's no break, there's no end
Just a living on
Wide awake with a smile
Going on and on
Going home, going home
I'm just going home
It's not far, just close by
Through an open door
I am going home
I'm just going home. -Annie Haslam
I miss you everyday Mother, but I know that I will see you and Daddy one day. I love you both.
Contributed on June 12, 2010 | View Entry
Daughter
It's been a year and two days since Mother has passed away and she is still sorely missed and not forgotten. I only hope that she and my father are together and happy in a much better place and watching over us with the same love that they had for us in life. I know that we will be together later, and that they are loving being with those who they had missed in their lives.
Contributed on April 12, 2009 | View Entry
Daughter
It's hard to believe that it has been almost a year since mother passed. I spent this morning looking at the album she made me, and reading her poems. I wish that I had realized how special she was when I was younger. Both my parents showed such courage when their ends were near, I only hope that I can be half as inspirational to my children. I am so proud of them.
Contributed on February 18, 2009 | View Entry
Daughter
We are well into the holidays now, and even though there is the usual excitement and pleasure, it just isn't quite the same without you and Daddy. You are both thought of lovingly and often and will never be forgotten by those who love you.
Contributed on December 3, 2008 | View Entry
Daughter
It is hard to believe that Mother has been gone for over 3 months. Life seemingly goes on just the same, but there isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about her, sometimes happy memories, sometimes sad, and oftentimes regretful of things that I wish I had done better. I often think, as I realized when Daddy passed away, that our passing is kind of like throwing a pebble in the lake. We create a ripple which affects peoples lives, but life has to go on just the same. I have heard, and I know now that it is true, that we never regret the things we did to help, only the things we didn't do.
Contributed on July 17, 2008 | View Entry
Miss Kellison Leach - Cousin
Norma, we were cousins but raised as sisters. I miss your letters to me and your poems. We went through good times and bad, poor but never knew it because in our day everyone was. I look forward to joining you in heaven.Love, Miss
Comment by Miss Kellison Leach
June 11, 2008
Contributed on June 12, 2008 | View Entry
Daughter
Mother, you have been gone for over a month now, but I still feel like you are here with me. I hear a noise, and I think Mother needs me, and then I realize. I miss you a lot, and think about you constantly. While looking for photos, I realized that I took you for granted, and didn't realize how beautiful that you were. Until the end, you didn't think so, but there were remnants of that beauty and they were enhanced by your sweet spirit. You had much to complain of, but you hardly ever did, and you were almost always cheerful, even with the horrible worries of your illness. I can only aspire to be like you, and I realize more and more how much I love you.
Contributed on May 25, 2008 | View Entry
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