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happy birthday Darling Mom and Nanna

To Our Darling Mom and Nanna ,

Wishing you a very Happy Birthday and many many more!

We hope you have had a lovely day and we hope that you have felt the immense love we, and so many others have for you

There are not enough words to express the love we have for you - the pride we have when we look at our Mom and Nanna, they joy we experience in your laugh, the safety we feel when you wrap your arms around us, the love you shower open us every moment, of every day!

We hope you enjoyed the special trip to the circus tent and seeing Uncle Ken before he jetted back to Germany tonight! We hope you enjoyed the hand made works of art from the kids, the kisses and hugs and 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY NANNA' the blowing out of candles with you, the cake , decoratet with so much love! We didnt get the trapeze right today for you Mom, but we sure will one day soon!!!!

Thank you Mom for always putting us first - we know that everyday is a juggling act for you in all you do to help us ! We know thats its a very fine balance on the tight rope to! But wow, do you look dazzling in your best outfit, your smile that just radiates love and warmth and light and peace

You know, i often tell you Mom, i know of no one else , who laughs as much and who is as positive as you, so slow to anger, never to judge - just love, love , love every moment of every day for everyone!

I am so incredibly proud to be your daughter, an honor and a gift that God gave you to me and to Deqlan as Nanna.

I am so touched at the unique bond you and Mark share, and so grateful for all you do for Logan, who adores you!

Stay the beautiful person you are, inside and out! May God continue to shower you with all His blessings and mercies and gifts - you deserve the world and so much more!

May He continue to give you fantastic health, may He strengthen you in the days were you feel down and lonely, may He guide you in all you do each day, may He continue to do His work through you , his loyal and beautiful servant

Thank you Mom , for all you continue to do for us, every single day - thank You for taking such incredible care of us and for loving us they way you do - always there for us , always ready to help, always ready to listen and hug and smile!

Mom, we know that this year, there is going to be a big something missing in your day , we know that your heart aches to see our precious Nan and to hold her and kiss her. I know that Nan is looking down on you blowing you kisses, and saying " dont cry Bevy, be happy and enjoy the chocolate eclair" I know Nan is so incredibly proud of you and so very , very grateful for all you have done for her- what an amazing daughter you are, a perfect example of unconditional love and respect for your Mom, what a privilige to have seen that and learnt from you and Nan ! May i be half the daughter you were to Nan, wow, i would have achieved something!

Sleep well My Mom, sweet dreams of our wonderful day and all the beautiful memories created! lets start planning for " Its show time"

God Bless you , we love you with our all and everything and more

Mark Samm Deqlan Logan

big walk 2011

Evie

nans requiem mass was beautiful in every way

from the beautiful blooming white baberton daises and lilies to the touches of lilac ( nans favourite colour) flowers in between

to the music my mom, grandpa and uncle ken so lovingly and carefully chose, for the choir and us to sing and sing we did

the beautiful collage of some of our favourite photos of nan

the readings so perfectly chosen

the homily given by father mahau, with such beautiful touching words about nan " saint on earth" " angelic"

the beautiful words of love and thanks and the memories shared by mom and uncle ken. megs and i

the roses, tied with lilac ribbons we placed on nans coffin

the outfits we wore with splashes of flowers and lilcac in nans honour

the many people , family and friends, some we havent seen in years, that came to celebrate nans life with us

the hugs and embraces and prayers and support, the smiles, the tears

all perfectly done with so much love for our evie, mom,nan, big nan, daughter, sister,aunt, cousin, most loyal servant of the lord

we miss you our darling nan, but know you enjoyed this perfect celebration of the amazing lady you were, always in our hearts and minds, we love you with our all, rest well now our beautiful nan

Happy 5th Birthday To Our Beautiful Deqlan Ross!

To Our Beautiful, Gorgeous , Deqlan Ross

HAPPY HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY TO OUR BEAUTIFUL BOY, AND MANY MANY MANY MORE!!!

We know you are going to have a wonderful day today and we wish you a beautiful, happy, healthy, blessed year ahead!

we are so very proud of you my sweet heart, our hearts swell with pride at all the giant leaps you continue to take each day!

Always know how much we love you - TO INFINITY AND BEYOND!! YOU ARE OUR moon, stars, galaxy and sun, our everything and we love you more each and every single day!

Stay the beautiful, loving, caring, spunky, clever boy you are - NEVER CHANGE FOR ANYONE, we love you just the way you are!!!!!!!

May Our Gracious Lord, continue to take such wonderful care of you, and give you a year full of laughter and smiles and all the things you love to do! May He continue to bless you with wonderful health and keep you NED forever and always. May He continue to guide you off the spectrum and reach every star you set your eyes on!

Big Nan took a very special message straight to Jesus and Mother Mary , to say thank you to Them for looking after you, and to ask Them to continue taking such precious care of you. You know, you now have your very own guardian angel my boy, thats going to take such good care of you!

What a privilige and gift to watch you grow up - we love hearing your beautiful words, and songs and stories, and we have learnt so much about brand logos and slogans from you Deqie, you would be an advertisers dream! We love watching you do things you didnt want to before, and getting confidence in them, riding bikes, sliding down firemans poles, climbing laders! We love watching you figure gadgets out, man, we shake our head in disbelief sometimes with the things you figure out! We love watching you interact with our children, especially Logan, Keaton and Khloe, it makes my heart sing to know that your bond is growing so close and strong! I love hearing all about your school day and what you did to make you smile! I love hearing you say "dada" " mama" with such delight in your voice when you see us, we are so very blessed!

Always know how much we love and treasure, you are our world! Have a beautiful birthday and reach for the stars!

God Bless you always our precious boy, we love you to infinity and beyond and back again

Dada, Mama and Logan

REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAYS AND AGAIN I SAY REJOICE

rest well beautiful Nan

our merciful lord called our beautiful nan home at 1130am this morning.

god planned it so beautifully, nan even waited for uncle ken to land from germany and get to the hospital and spend an hour with nan, we all believe nan was waiting for uncle ken so we could all be together.

i also had time to tell nan that last night, deqlan looked at some photos of his big nana and spontanesouly said " i love you big nana" that was amazing to hear

we are doing ok and holding each other up and letting god hold us to.

plse continue to pray for my grandpa and mom and uncle ken as they are all heartsore at the loss of our beloved wife ,mom, nan, big nan

nan, we know you waltzed into heaven this morning, we know you are happy to be with you lord that you loved so much and mother mary who was so important to you to. we know you are free from illness and suffering and pain and worry, and you are now perfect in everyway

there are not enough words to explain the immense love we have for you and always will

the beautiful memories we made together, the laughs we shared, the challenges you got through which only made you stronger. nan our iron lady right up to when jesus called your name today.

we are going to miss you everyday. we are going to have tears for a long while to come as our hearts try to mend, but we are also going to celebrate that amazing lady you were, such a loyal servant to our lord, such a loving , giving, caring saint on earth.

im already missing you so very much nan

knowing im not going to hear your voice or see you laugh or song , or watch grandpa kissing you again, is very hard to try and process and we just ask god to help us take one day at a time as we try and settle into our new family dynamic, without you precious nan

i hope you knew you were loved and adored and treasure, i wish i told you more, i wish we took you for tea and cake more often, and come to sing songs with you

i have learnt so much from you nan and id like to think i have lots of you in me, my birthday girl. i see you in my mom, and in khloe to. i will always remember your incredible fighting spirit in so many different challenges that you were faced with

ill always be grateful to god for giving us so much time together, for so many laughs and good times and precious moments, i will treasure them always . the trip to the movies, esp watching never ending story which we both loved. the sleepovers that never ended , you always let us stay longer cause we didnt want to leave. the songs and music that followed you wherever u were . that implanted such a love of music in us all. its lovely to see that all of us know the songs you loved so much and have always and will always remind us of you " close to you" " five pennies" all the greats, sinatra, dean martin, shirley bassey. your love of sweet things, man you enjoyed your chocies and halls sweets and chocolate eclairs. nan , it was a delight to watch you interacting with your great grand children and how you laughed and smiled around them. we thought we had the coolest gran in the world when we saw you get into your drums or go riding on your bicycle . it was so touching to see the love you and grandpa shared for so many , many years and how you two would often look like teenagers, still so in love, your teddy bear .

i promise nan we will look after grandpa and help him through missing you. i promise we will be there for your bevy and your kensy boy to. we promise to tell our children about their feisty, loving, clever big nana.i promise we are going to celebrate your life and the sunshine you brought into our lives

our song has different meaning today nan " everytime you go away, you take a piece of me with you"

always in my heart and mind and soul

rest well nan, you have deserved it, go and enjoy that poker game with your mom and dad and brothers and aunty gloria and aunty shirl

heaven gained a saint and an angel today, we know you will always be watching over us nan, thank you for taking our prayers and that "special envelope" straight to jesus for us

thank you for giving me the gift of my amazing mom

god bless you and give you rest my darling nan, i am so proud to be your grand daughter and have your name in mine

all our love, trying to smile for you " even though are hearts are aching"

mark samm deqlan logan

xxxx

Prayers

Hello everyone

Sorry been so quiet , have not had a chance to update our blog, but only on facebook

We have had a rough week

We have all had our turns being sick with strep tonsilitis, sinusitis, bronchitis, pink eye , throat infection, laryngitis and been battling to get rid of it completely

My Nan was admitted to hospital on Friday afternoon and diagnosed with pneomonia, UTI and eye infection- she was beginning to show signs of great improvement on Monday , even sitting up and praying and smiling and laughing

As my mom got to the hospital on Tuesday night they called her to say Nan had taken a turn for the worse and they had to put her on a ventilator- her body not able to get rid of the carbon dioxide or able to keep her blood pressure up .

They moved Nan to a more intense ICU unit last night with every second of the day nursing care - my mom just got a call from the doctor saying despite all the meds her kidneys are failing and carbon dioxide level climbing again, he doest expect Nan to make the night.

I am devastated -i believed and trusted so hard in her healing - and i am not going to let go of that i am still asking Our Merciful Lord to work His miracles on Nan and strengthen and heal her, please joing me in praying for my Nan, my " birthday girl" , great Nan, mother, wife, sister, aunt and what a loyal servant for the Lord

Please pray for my Mom and Grandpa , please pray for our family

Please Lord, nothing is impossible to YOU! Nothing!