Shane Ramirez

Sweet Angel Shane,

Always remember that you are in my prayers & thoughts.

I cannot tell you how I feel or there are not any words to express how I met such wonderful families on my babies site
and all the other beautiful families and their beautiful children. It is like I have known all of you for such a long time.
No matter which site I go to I read the whole life story of each child every time. Even though I have read them already.
That is why I feel like they are family to me. I also cry each and every time. I am trying to get back to each family that continue to write to my Joey. I just put my Mother in a Nursing Home and I am there everyday to feed her.
I was taking care of her for 5 1/2 months at home, until I could no longer do it by myself.
I am now taking care of my father, and I am just a mess. My father is starting to get the same thing as my mom. 
She has Alzmheimer's Disease and it is a nightmare. I have been a nurse for 38 years, when my baby was taken from me
I went out on medical leave and I did try to go back on 3 different occasion's and I could no longer do it I did not want to 
put my patient's at risk with my frame of mind. So I am still out on medical leave. Since my Joey, it took some time but, I did write a book.
I thought and prayed with all my heart that it would help many Mom's & families. I had to put everything on hold.
I had book signing, readings, etc. I am actually on my second book but of course I had to stop in the middle of writing and put that also on hold. As you know families of course come first.
I am still in mourning over my baby and will be until my time comes & I am reunited with my Joey once again. 
I am hoping with all my "heart" it will help others. You can also get any and all information at www.deborahdematthews.com
But I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for writing to my Joey.
To my dearest friend,
Love to each and every one,
Love,
Debbie/Joseph's Mom.  I also want everyone to know that any proceeds from the book is going to charity, school's, church's
any families that lost a love one unexpected, in Joey's name, to me it is keeping my Joey's name alive.
xxxooo
Precious Shane and Dearest Barbara, never forget you will always be in my daily prayers, and I hope beautiful Shane heard me this am.

      

                    

The gift of Easter is Hope !

     With LOVE from CAROLINE & her Nana!!

~ Special Angel Day ~

We do not need a special day
To bring you to our minds.
The days we do not think of you
Are very hard to find.
Each morning when we awake
We know that you are gone.
And no one knows the heartache
As we try to carry on.
Our hearts still ache with sadness
And secret tears still flow.
What it meant to lose you
No one will ever know.
Our thoughts are always with you,
Your place no one can fill.
In life we loved you dearly;
In death we love you still.
There will always be a heartache,
And often a silent tear.
But always a precious memory
Of the days when you were here.
If tears would make a staircase,
And heartaches make a lane,
We'd walk the path to heaven
And bring you home again.
We hold you close within our hearts;
And there you will remain,
To walk with us throughout our lives
Until we meet again.
Our family chain is broken now,
And nothing seems the same,
But as God calls us one by one,
The chain will link again.
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As long as we can dream
As long as we can think
As long as we have memory
WE LOVE YOU ღ
As long as we have eyes to see
And ears to hear
And lips to speak
WE LOVE YOU ღ
As long as we have a heart to feel
A soul stirring within
An imagination to hold you
WE LOVE YOU ღ
As long as there is time
As long as there is love
As long as we have breath
to speak your name
WE LOVE YOU ღ

So loved and missed Shane.  Thinking of you on this your 3rd Angelversary.  Barbara my heart is with you today and always.  ((((((Barbara))))))

A Mother's Crown


Heaven lit up with His mighty presence,
As all the Angels looked down, 
Today the Lord was placing the jewels,
In all the mother’s crowns.

As He held up a golden crown,
As all the mother’s looked on,
He said in His gentle voice, 
"I just want to explain each stone."

He held the first gem in His hand 
But the radiance couldn’t match His own. 
For He was the light of Heaven,
Reflecting off each of the stones.

"The first gem," He said, "is an emerald,
And it’s for endurance alone,
For all the nights you waited up.
For your children to come home.

For all the nights by their bedside,
You stayed till the fever went down,
For nursing every little wound,
I add this emerald to your crown."

"A ruby, I’ll place by the emerald,
For leading your child in the right way,
For if you hadn’t taught them about me,
They wouldn’t be here with you today.

For always being right there,
Thru all life's important events,
I give you a sapphire stone,
For the time and love you spent."

"For untying the strings that held them, 
When they grew up and left home, 
I give you this one for courage." 
Then the Lord added an amethyst stone.

"I’ll place a stone of garnet," He said,
"For all the times you spent on your knees, 
When you asked me to take care of your children,
And them for having faith in me."

"I have a pearl for every little sacrifice,
That you made without them knowing,
For all the times you went without,
To keep them happy, healthy, and growing."

"And last of all I have a diamond,
The greatest of all gems,
For those mother’s who lost their children, 
When they came home to heaven before them."

"This is the most precious sacrifice,
So I give the most precious stone,
For I know just how you felt,
I too lost a child of my own."

 

After the Lord placed the last jewel in,
He said, "Heaven is now complete, 
For every mother has her crown of jewels,
And all her children are at her feet."

Shane,
You are in my prayers always.
Love,
Debbie

(Barbara)