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for Karen McDonough
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Ali
June 12, 2025
Pray for me sis. I need more time with my granddaughter. I´m not ready to go. Cancer sux.
Allison
October 2, 2023
I am 2 days early, I usually am early because I always fear that I will forget to write on your anniversary. I can´t believe that you have been gone for 15 years. It has been 15 very long years without you.
I miss you so much more lately, wishing so badly that you were here to witness Sydney being pregnant and soon to become a mom. I am so sad that you are not here to share in my joy, like I was there when you had your children.
I love you my beautiful sister.
The years that you have been gone are adding up, but my feelings of your loss have not changed.
Happy Anniversary to you on your life in eternity with only peace in your heart.
I love you
XO Lil Sis
Allison
August 6, 2023
Just heard Barry Manilow and instantly thought of you. I still miss you so deeply Karen.
Sydney´s going to be a mom, a little girl. She is due in late November. I so wish you were here to meet her when she arrives. You were there during Sydney´s birth and were the first person to see her come into this world, because of that there is a special bond between the 3 of us. That bond was not broken when you passed on and it will never be broken.
I love you Karen and I miss you more today after all these years.
I will make sure that Sydney´s daughter knows you and how much Sydney loved her Auntie.
Rest in Beautiful Peace my big sister.
Feeling your loss a little extra hard today.
With so much love,
XO Allison
Lil sis
October 12, 2022
Listening to Barry Manilow lately. I Feel closer to you when I listen to your favorite songs. 14 long years gone, and I still miss you so deeply Karen. The sudden waves of grief come on so aggressively that it literally feels like a punch in the stomach that knocks the wind right out of me. They come without warning or triggers.
The pain is so intense during those waves.
You knew that terrible feeling. I am happy knowing that you are not feeling that intense grief anymore and you are with Brain.
I miss you so much Karen. Sydney is getting married in 79 days. I pray that you are watching her wedding from above. If you were here, I think she would have asked you to give her away.
I love you so much sis.
XO lil sis
Your little Sister
September 22, 2022
Missing you so much Karen.
I love you.
Allison
August 19, 2022
Missing you terribly tonight.
Allison
June 23, 2022
Miss you so much.
Allison
May 2, 2022
You have been on my mind so much lately. I feel the loss of you like it was yesterday.
I miss you today like I missed you the day you left me.
I pray that you are at peace and have no earthly worries.
I will forever cherish you, my big sister.
We were supposed to be enjoying life as adult sisters and laughing and happy. Life robbed me of growing old with you and Bri. and Mark.
My heart is forever broken losing you.
I love you
Your lil sis
Allison
February 27, 2022
Happy Birthday to my Favorite person in my entire life that I thought I would grow old with. My big sister and best friend.
I miss you more every day Karen.
Kelly has made sure that you will live on forever. She has become everything that you dreamed she would. She is happy and has a beautiful family. I know that you are at peace knowing that she is happy and living a happy life.
I miss you so much Karen.
Until we meet again.
I can´t wait to see you on the other side.
Love you more today than yesterday.
Happy Birthday to you.
Your lil sis
Allison
Allison
October 7, 2021
13 years without you. It feels like a lifetime ago, yet it feels like yesterday.
I still remember that last day we spent together like it was yesterday, just a few days before you moved on to a better place. I know, now, that you were saying goodbye. I wish I knew then, I would have grabbed your ankles and never let go.
I miss you more than I could put into words.
I love you
Allison
Allison
March 6, 2021
I miss you so much sis. . Every single day ❤
Allison
February 26, 2021
Happy Heavenly Birthday! I’m always a day early. I don’t want to forget.... which is impossible, because you are on my mind and in my heart every single day since you left us ❤
Happy Birthday, tomorrow, to you, my sister. I never did understand why you didn’t like your birthday, hopefully you do now.... forever a beautifully young 53.
I love and miss you so ❤
❤
February 12, 2021
Mom,
I been thinking alot about you this week. It brings me such joy to know that you and Dad are finally together again. He missed you so much I could hear it in his voice, I bet he is the happiest he has been in 12 years. He ALWAYS made sure that I knew how much you loved me.
I know you and Brian will take good care of him.
Love,
Jen
October 3, 2020
There are so many things to say, although I talk to you each day but some things are more important than others. I'm finally getting the house squared away - little by little. And many of the things I've held on to for all these 12 years are becoming problematic so I need to let go of some of them. The things that remind me most of you will, of course, stay. My day is full of your memory, from eating breakfast to lunch and supper and then the evening comes and I'm in between tears and sad memories - sad only because you are not here to have shared them with me. To say I miss you is an understatement. You were always my rock and I miss you so very much.
Your husband,
Patrick
July 28, 2020
I love you sis. I miss you more each day. ❤ You probably knew before I got my diagnosis. Pray for me. I can’t leave Sydney and mom should not have to bury another child. I’m scared, but I know it’s very treatable. I worry it has spread. I would love to see you and Mark and Brian and Dad. But I can’t leave Sydney or mom.
Please be beside me through my surgery and treatment .
I never needed you more than I do now. You know What I’m going through
XO Allison
May 19, 2020
I picked up my phone to call you today. Almost 12 years that you've been gone and I'm still picking up the phone. I hope your new life is as wonderful as we were taught throughout our lives. I hope it's a feeling of such immense peace and joy that we have never known such a feeling here on earth.
I miss you, and love you more today than yesterday
❤ Allison
March 20, 2020
I miss you sis, and I miss Mark terribly. I hope you guys are together and watching over us. Missing you has become a part of me. I learned, after many years how to not let it control me. Now I lost Mark and my soul now has 2 holes in it. Please comfort him and let him know how much I love him and always did. We all did.
On an incredibly awesome note, Sydney has graduated and passed her Nursing Boards. She is officially an RN, in your remembrance.
All my love forever and more...
❤ Allison
January 4, 2020
I pray that you were there to meet Mark when he made his journey to his new world on November 30.
Losing another sibling is a pain I can't even describe. The physical hurt makes it so hard to let the real crying out, it's a pain I wouldn't want an enemy to feel. Please watch over Mark, he had a horrific couple of months before he left this earth. I pray his heart is at peace and no longer feeling the immense pain that he suffered through. Please pray for Emily and Zachary. Please ask God to have them remember the wonderful dad he was and for that to be his legacy.
Danny's wife, Annie, left us on December 13, just 13 days after losing Mark. You should remember her as Danny's first love. They found each other again and married a few years after you left us.
Annie suffered terribly for the short time after her diagnosis. It was so painful to watch her go. Give her a hug for me please, and thank her for allowing me to share in the most intimate, humbling time as her life ended. I have so much respect for her bravery, thinking of us, knowing she was leaving us within days.
Please watch over Danny, he lost his brother and his wife in a short 13 days. Pray to God to Keep him safe and heal his crushed heart.
Please pray for mom, losing one child is hell, losing 2 is unimaginable. She's already a different woman. Please stand with her every day and bring her all the comfort that her heart will accept.
I love you big sister. I hope you're playing hopscotch with your little brother and smiling that beautiful smile that I miss so.
❤ Allison
Allison
November 9, 2019
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October 11, 2019
I miss you terribly. 11 years and my tears still soak my face when I think of you❤
I adore and love you immensely..
Until I see your Beautiful face again, Rest in the Sweetest of Peace.
Allison
October 4, 2019
Thinking of you always, but today is especially hard. I can't believe you've been gone 11 years. It really never does get easier.
Happy Anniversary to the beginning of your new home, full of peace, love, serenity and nothing but pure happiness.
I could never explain how much I love you, but you know❤
I miss you so.
Until we meet again
Allison
Allison
June 18, 2019
Our girl did it! She got the Childrens Hospital Role Transition Clinical for her final semester! The best placement you can get, and all she wanted! I know you have been watching over her! Thank you❤ We miss you so much, I know youre with my girl. I love you and I miss you more today than I did yesterday. Keep my babygirl safe, as you have been doing.
Well see you again, ❤❤ . I love you Sis
Allison
February 24, 2019
I wish I could call you. I miss you❤ I literally never gets easier. I love you, my beautiful big sister.
Allison
January 19, 2019
I love you sis, you're always in my heart, always on my mind. I feel like I was robbed. We should be out shopping, going to the movies, laughing until we can't breath. In my dreams, that's what we are doing... but it's only a dream, and you never come to my dreams..
I miss you so much, it hurts, physically. It literally never does get any easier, if anything it gets harder. At first the grief is so bad that the constant sobbing is everything. Once the sobbing stopped, I wasn't thinking about when the sobbing would stop, I was left so empty and sad... I miss what we never had, I miss my sister, I miss my best friend. I still pick up the phone to call you when I have good news. I hope you're smiling and happy... when I think of you, I smile through tears. I'm convinced that my heart will forever be broken... Always know that I adore you and I love you immensely ❤
Allison
December 20, 2018
Uncle Lenny passed away. It made me think of how much pain I felt when you left us, and realizing that that's how mom is feeling. Please pray for mom...
I miss you so much, it really is never going to get better.
Allison
October 21, 2018
The Red Sox are going to the World Series!!
I was so excited when they won the division, then I was immediately taken back and felt like I was punched in the throat. You were wearing a Red Sox scrunchie in your hair when you left us... Every good thing is a lot less good without you.
I miss you so much Karen, its been 10 years and the pain is still so heart wrenching, at times it takes my breath away.
I cant wait to hug you when I see you again. I dont think Ill ever let go.
Having one of my tough days realizing Im really not ever going to see you again in my life.
I love you my beautiful sister❤ So so much. XO
Patrick
October 6, 2018
My Dearest bride;
10 years is a long time but I miss you more today than ever. Like Alison said, this was supposed to be our time. Usually, I'm the one with the words but today, Allison has said it all and I could not agree more. God played us all a hard hand when he took you ... way too soon and I'm not sure I'm not still angry with him. I am still angry. And I still love you, more today than yesterday but not as much as tomorrow.
Patrick
Allison
October 4, 2018
10 years, 10 long years without you. Feels like a lifetime ago, yet it also feels like yesterday.
I miss you terribly. This was supposed to be our time together. The kids are grown and we should be going to the movies, having dinner together, reminiscing, laughing at our stupid jokes. I didnt have enough time with you, although no amount of time would have been enough time with you.
You are my big sister, my confidant, my best friend.
I cherish the memories I have and am able to smile when I think of you, that smile comes with tears rolling down my cheeks, but I know you are at peace, and I find comfort knowing you are without, pain, guilt and confusion. I find comfort that you are my sister and you were amazing, and caring and thoughtful and selfless here on earth.
I miss you big sister, and the tears and pain of being without you will never fade.
Happy 10 years being at peace, my big sister. Until I see you again, I will keep smiling when I think of your beautiful soul.
I love you so. XO
Allison
June 30, 2018
Hey sis, I was bored a little while ago and was trying to figure out who I could text that wasnt on vacation. I started texting you. For the first time since youve been gone, I smiled instead of breaking down. I felt the most wonderful feeling come over me. I know youre at peace. I felt it. I think you made me feel it.. I love you my big sister, and my heart will be forever broken without you here.. but I think everything is finally going to be okay ❤❤ all I wanted to know was if you were at peace... and I felt it myself. Thank you
Allison
April 12, 2018
Youve been on my mind so much lately, which means almost 24/7 because youre always on my mind.
I have felt lately like you are at peace. I pray to God that my feelings are true.
I miss you so much Karen, it really never gets easier, Ive had to learn not to allow my grief to consume me, because it has for years.
I love you and am so proud to call you my big sister. You will forever be my best friend, my first love , and my hero.
I miss you so much Karen, my heart aches. Until we meet again, rest in the sweetest of peace.
I love you❤
Patrick McDonough
February 27, 2018
My Dearest Karen,
On your birthday,which I always forgot, I always got you a plant. You said you didn't like flowers but sometimes I got you roses and you liked them. It is only now, after 10 years gone, that I can clearly see how wonderful you really were. I miss you terribly and it doesn't get any better with time - perhaps worse because now I can more truly appreciate what your loss has meant.
Happy birthday, My Love,
Your husband, Patrick
Patrick
February 26, 2018
My Dearest Bride, partner, friend on the 24th anniversary of your 39th Birthday tomorrow and just past the 10th Anniversary of your leaving us ...... I love you. STILL.
Donnas daughter sent this to me today, thinking it was your birthday. Tomorrow is happy Birthday my big sister
Allison
February 26, 2018
Donnas daughter sent this to me today thinking it was your birthday. Tomorrow is your birthday, 2/27. Happy Birthday in Heaven my big sister. I love you and miss you terribly. ❤
Alkisin
February 23, 2018
My big sister ❤ I miss you so. I miss what we should have had ❤ You were my everything
Allison
February 1, 2018
I miss you sis, so much. Lately I have been remembering my younger years when you would take me on your vacations, and I would stay at your house all summer. You were such a great sister. I feel cheated that we cant grow old together. My memories of you are of a loving childhood that you gave me. I love you, I dont know if I ever told you in words, but I LOVE YOU, it never gets better, I have just accepted that this is my life now. I hope you are resting in the sweetest of peace with beautiful Brian. I even hate to stop typing, its like saying goodbye again. All my love.
Allison
October 3, 2017
Another year gone. Another year of heartbreak. I miss you so much. It never does get easier, you just learn to move on. Sydney is a sophomore in college for nursing, please watch over her, it's a very hard program.
I miss you, I miss what we never had. We were supposed to grow old together and spend time together.
I love you my big sister, so much.
I hope you are at the sweetest of peace.
You little sister loves you❤
May 4, 2017
I miss you... I love you....you are always on my mind and in my heart my big sister. I pray you are resting in the sweetest of peace.
Till we meet my big sis.
Allison
Allison
April 7, 2017
I miss you so much ❤
February 27, 2017
Happy belated Birthday my love
February 27, 2017
Happy Birthday to my beautiful sister. I miss you every single day. It's still hard to accept that you are gone.
Losing a sibling, your only sister, your best friend, is like losing a limb...you always feel like a part of you is gone...
I love you more today and will love you more tomorrow.
Karen, Rest in the most beautiful peace.
All my love to the birthday girl. XO
Allison
One of Sydney's fondest memories in her life. LOVE
Allison
February 26, 2017
I wish I had more pictures with you, more memories with you. I spent all of my childhood summers with you, and I loved every minute of it.
Allison
February 26, 2017
February 25, 2017
Missing you like crazy❤ I love you. Forever in my heart.
Your "little" sister, and Best Friend.
Allison
Allison
October 15, 2016
I miss you so much. Life is really hard without you. Know that you are always in my heart . I love you sis
Allison
April 16, 2016
I wanted to grow old with my sister. I feel lost without you still. The hole in my heart is obviously not going to mend.
My beautiful sister, I miss your beautiful smile, and blond hair, and your crazy, "santa threw up in your house" Christmas decorations.
Sydney going away to college, and its supposed to be our time to go to movies, to laugh, to love.
I KNOW you're watching our baby girl, I just wish it was from 3 Essex Terrace
its so hard :(
-Your Baby Sister
April 16, 2016
Hi Sis.
I miss you so much.
Pat Gave Me your scrubs and i have them tucked away and only take out if extremely bad day thinking about you. They still have your smell. I love that smell, and am so afraid of not smelling it anymore.
Sydney's going to college for nursing because of you. You were everything to her, and me.
I wish you knew how absolutely perfect you were.
We make mistakes, thats how God teaches us how to live. We aren't perfect, but you were so close to it.
Im sure you were so happy to see Brian, but he didn't want to see you there, it wasn't your time Karen.
I miss you so much my beautiful sister. Rest in Peace, and I want your face to be the first I see when its my turn to leave this place. If it weren't for Sydney I would have already met you there.
Pray for us Karen. My sister, my best friend, my babygirl's inspiration.
Meet me in my dreams, Im still waiting.. its time..
Patrick
October 5, 2014
Hi, my sweetie. A very overcast day, both outside and in my heart. Sean and I went to visit you today. We "talked shop", the thing you hated when we got together. He and I are soldiers, whether in uniform or not and I trust we always will be. We both said our greetings and I love you's and we both said what was on our minds. You would have liked that we were there together - with you and Brian. This crazy time of year continues, for me. As you know, it begins in Sep. and continues through Feb. There are so many things I'd like to talk to you about and yet, when I get there I forget them all. I guess it's like when you were here with us - the sight of you always took my breathe away and my memory along with it - even at your gravesite. I guess I'll just be a lonely man until I next see you.
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Allison
October 4, 2014
6 years have gone by. I miss my big sister. I love you so much, and miss you more each day. Till we meet again. "Sisters are forever" ??
July 7, 2014
So it's been 5 years, 9 months and 3 days and I still miss you. There is not a day that goes by that I don't think about you. It hasn't gotten easier - I think it's gotten harder. I, too, had a dream about you the other night. The first one in a long time - too long but not only did I see you and all your beauty but I actually woke up smelling your wonderful smell. It was bittersweet to say the least. Even now I can see you and smell you there next to me in bed. It is a lonely bed now and I ask each day to have another dream so vivid and so heart wrenching. Crazy, huh? but I'd rather have my heart wrenched out of my chest than have your memory taken from me. It hurts so bad sometimes that I can't help but cry. Sean told me a wonderful thing the other day - you know what it was - and I'm glad I could have done that for you. I only wish you would have told me yourself - or maybe you did and I don't remember - either way I'm glad.
So, as another year with you and Brian gone comes complete, I'll just remind you that you two are forever in my thoughts and each day that goes by, I get closer to the time when we'll be together again.
Patrick
Allison
July 6, 2014
I'm missing you so badly, I love you so mucho big sister. ??
Allison
April 5, 2014
watched the funeral yesterday of the firefighters that lost their lives in Boston last week, like you, they were first responders. When the song "Here I am Lord" came on, you would have thought that I lost you an hour before, God Forgive me, I can't even go to church anymore. The songs haunt me. They are supposed to be beautiful, but to me, they remind me of the worst day in my life. People say it gets easier, you never did, so you know what I mean when I say "every day it gets harder and harder. The pain gets worse and the sorrow grows. I had a dream about you the other night, first one. I prayed to you for years for a dream, all I can say is be careful of what you wish for. It brought me back to that Thursday night when Pat had to make the hardest call he's ever made in his life. He tried to play it down so I wouldn't worry, but I knew you were gone. Pat gave me your scrubs and they still smell like you, i don't take them out of the drawer much because I'm afraid I'll suck the smell out of them. It is the most beautiful smell on this earth. I miss you my big sister, no one could have had a better sister than me. Do you realize we never had a fight in our entire lives? That is unheard of,,,that is how special our love was (or maybe the 11 year difference) regardless,,, all our memories are perfect. I haven't been able to visit you, I'm sorry, just can't look at the soil. you are in my heart every single day. love love love...
Allison
April 5, 2014
Karen today was Opening Day at Fenway and all I could think about was you. you loved "The Boys of Summer" as you called them. all i could think of was going to the hospital and seeing the Red Sox scrunchie in your hair. Every beautiful day reminds me that your not here with me anymore... Sydney is growing up to be a beautiful young lady and has such fond memories of you. She has lost all that dreaded baby fat and is ridiculously beautiful. we always thought she was anyway, but i wish you were here to tell her because your opinion was the only one you cared about. after all, you were Auntie. the God, The Savior, THE BEST. She has no one now that your gone. She hasn't seen Scott in 3 years, i now know how much your kids loved me and looked forward to seeing me, it was a day without "you" their parents, it was a treat. No one could have been better to Sydney than you and Pat. i miss you sis, more than the day you left me. Rest in Peace my angel and please look after Sydney and keep her safe. Till we meet again, i will hold onto the plaque you gave me. love you so..xoxoxo sis
Allison
April 5, 2014
The sun doesn't shine like it used too. i miss you my big sister ..
Don Carey
March 1, 2013
My deepest condolences. I cannot begin to fathom the depth of your loss, Pat.
February 27, 2013
Happy Birthday my sweet wife,
It has been 4 years, 4 months and 23 days since you left us - and me in particular. Sean reminded me the other day about my continuing confusion over the date of your birth. Silly that it is this that reminds me so vividly of our life together. My memory has gotten better in these years. Birthdays were always my downfall and your strength. But my memory of you and our love has gotten stronger and more affecting for me.
Another friend of mine from work just recently died. He was a younger man in his early 50's and a veteran Ranger as well. I didn't go to the wake or funeral but sent an e-mail to his fiance'e . I just couldn't take another funeral. I don't know when this pain will subside. I do know that my love for you will not so I guess I'm stuck with the pain.
Are you still looking out for Brian? I'm sure you are. He will always be our baby and you are the only one of us to look after him now.
I miss you so much that it hurts. Just small things will remind me of your life with me and our family and I end up sobbing alone. It is at these monents that I miss you the most and look forward to the time when we will be together again - young and vibrant and so in love.
So, Happy Birthday, my everlasting love!!!
Patrick 143
Doris Lewis
August 2, 2012
I came across this and could not believe what I was reading. Although it has been years since I have seen Karen she was always in my thoughts... I am with out words, I think of Karen I smile she was a beautiful person inside and out and I have such fond memories of our childhood. God Bless You, one day maybe I will see you again and we can laugh and giggle and play one more time. My heart and prayers go out to Pat your children and your parents and siblings....Wish I stayed closer, people go on with their lives and before you know it years past...I will always remember you my dear childhood friend with those beautiful green eyes and that smile that lit up a room. Always Doris Saltmarsh Lewis
Patrick McDonough
February 22, 2012
I know it has been a while since I wrote but you know that you are always near me. I had to tell you that a friend of mine from work passed away the other day. She'll probably be coming your way soon. As with everything else, the wake reminded me of your wake. She was a beautiful person and I think you'd like her. All the same memories came flooding back when I entered the funeral home. You are most asssuredly still, and forever, in my heart and in my soul. I saw all the guys that were at your wake and they all asked how I was doing. Of course, I couldn't tell them the truth. I told them I was OK and doing well. I didn't tell them I miss you even more each day and I miss Brian, too. How is Brian doing? Are you looking out for him as you did before? I'm sure you are. He was our baby and he always will be - no matter how BIG he got!
Well, just wanted to tell you that I am always thinking of you and I'm looking forward to being with you again when the time comes.
I miss you my Dearest Kav 14365
Patrick
Patrick
October 4, 2011
My Dearest Kav,
I can hardly believe it's been 3 long years today. I went to see you and Brian last month on his anniversary and I'll be by today, too. I cannot tell you how much I miss you! You are in everything I see, everything I touch, taste, smell and hear. You are still a very big part of my life - and you always will be! I try to go on, that is to say move on but everywhere I go, there you are.
The kids will be coming soon. I have your pictures ready for them to show them how beautiful you were and to tell them how much you still love them and will always look out for them. They are getting so big! Scarlett is so beautiful and William is very handsome. They are most assuredly your grandkids.
It is a very dreary day today and in my heart it is raining, too. Each day it rains in my heart. Without you, there is no sunshine or warmth or anthing good and sweet - except your grandkids - for me. You were everything for me.....and I miss you...not less but more each day. Each day is like an ache but today is like a knife to the center of my being which you were. I wish I could see you and talk to you even if just to know you are OK.
Ma misses you, too, and prays for you daily. She says a Rosary each day for you. But I'm sure you know that!
The rest of the year will be tough ..... as it has been every year since you've been gone. You were so much a part of our lives and a good part at that. Your memory, at least for now, will be the pain deep in my soul. I do try to remember the good times but, you know what? That's even more painful! You left a big hole in my universe when you left.
Some day I'll see you again and we will be together for all eternity. Who knows what God has in mind for us. Maybe sooner, maybe later but some day.
I LOVE YOU, KAREN.XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO
Allison
June 13, 2011
Karen, I feel you in the wind, I feel you when the sun shines on my face, I hear you when the birds are singing in the morning, I feel you when I laugh, and I feel you when I cry. So why is it still so painful? I miss you so much my big sister, and I long to see your face.
Allison
March 14, 2011
And the days go on.....
Allison
January 5, 2011
God how I miss you....
Pat McDonough
January 1, 2011
Kav,
I saw the kids for Christmas and New Years. They are getting soooooo big and beautiful. They remind me so much of you. Just know that they are OK and Sean is OK, too. He misses you as I do but I will never let your memory fade from his children's memories. They will know of you as I remember you....as a kind, beautiful, loving Grandmother who loved them and wanted only happiness for them. I will do my best to provide this because I know you would want it. I missed your kiss at midnight last night, as we always did on New Years eve.
I miss you so much.
Patrick
kay MacPherson
December 30, 2010
Merry Christas Kav
Mum
Kay MacPherson
December 30, 2010
Dear Karen
This is the third Christmas without you.tach day you are nor with us has beem so hard for me.I see you everywhere in my thoughts, in my memories and it gets harder with each day. I know you had to leave us it was God calling you to come home, but I wish He could of left you with us for much longer. Karen, you were the best of me and I thank God for the years He gave me with you. I'll never be at peace until we meet again, pray for us.
I'LL love you always.
MUM
were the best of me
October 5, 2010
Hi Kav,
Can't believe its been 2 years since you left us. I put some flowers on your headstone yesterday and had a mass for you and Brian today at Holy Family Church.
There isn't a day that's gone by in these 2 years that you two haven't been in my thoughts and prayers. The loss of you and Brian has left an empty shell of me. I am far less now than when you both were here with me.
I look forward to the day when we'll see eachother again.
I miss you so, so much.
Patrick
Allison
October 1, 2010
Miss you so much...
Allison
August 25, 2010
Missing you more than ever...It gets harder every day.
I love you.
Allison
June 16, 2010
missing you sis
Allison
March 5, 2010
Hey sis, How can I tell you how much I miss you? There are no words. I still want to call you all the time, and the urge doesn't go away. I still can't believe you're gone Karen. I miss you more than I ever could imagine missing anyone or anything. The pain is so intense.
Karen, know that I am always thinking about you and how wonderful and blessed I was to have you as a sister. I wish we could have grown old together sis.
I love you more than you could ever know.
Forever in my heart.
Patrick
February 28, 2010
Hi Kav,
I forgot to tell you that I went down to Ft. Benning and our names(yours and mine) will be etched in stone together down there at the Ranger Memorial soon. I thought you'd like to know that and I saw the Grandbabies, too. Isabella, Scarlett and William are wonderful. I will keep your memory alive with them for as long as there is air in my lungs. I promise this to you, my dear sweet bride. You will always be my bride.
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Patrick
February 28, 2010
Hello My sweet,
Yesterday was tough for me. I posted your Birthday on Facebook. I know I had a tough time remembering your B-day but this year, I think I got it right. I go to see you all the time and the stone is beautiful, but not as beautiful as you were. I find myself wanting to share all these things that happen to me with you so I go to the grave and share it with you. I hope you hear them. That would make me feel a lot better. How's Brian doing? I know you're watching out for him. He is a handful. Deb and Britt both commented on my post on Facebook. They were both very nice. Sweetie, I miss you so very much and sometimes I think I'm going to burst with all the stuff I need to tell you. Retirement is going along and I should get paid this month, finally! Don't worry though, I've been keeping up with the bills and I've decided that I'll probably never part with this house. It's our house where we grew together and raised our children and had so many good and bad things happen to us.....but it was US and WE could handle it. I'm just not sure if I can handle it.....but I will try.
So, Happy BirthDay(yesterday) belated and I look forward to the time when we'll be together again. It couldn't be too soon for me.
I LOVE YOU, KAV
14365
September 5, 2009
Hi Sweetie,
It's been awhile since I wrote on your memorial. I think about you every day and particularly since the headstone went up. We are coming up on 1 year that you're gone. I hope you like the mums, too, that I left for Brian's 4th annivesary. I have been lost without your advice and your love and your companionship. It's hard to know how to go on without you.
The new headstone is very nice. You would've liked it. It has your picture right next to Brian's etched in the stone, too as your heart and soul are etched on mine and your memory etched in my being. You were everything to me and being without you is sometimes more than I can bear.
You are with me all the days of my life and I will await the day when I come to see you when my days are finished here on Earth. Then we can spend the rest of eternity together, if you still want me. I'm getting fat and more depressed each day away from you. There are so many things I want to say to you but most of all is that I love you always.
All my love,
Patrick
Allison
June 15, 2009
My big sister, I miss you so much. I still have the thought every day to call you. I miss talking to you, I miss seeing you. Nothing is right with the world without you in it. I miss my best friend.....
May 12, 2009
My dearest best friend, things have not been the same without you. I find myself still reaching for the phone to share things with you. I have been keeping in touch with the girls, more so jennifer than Kelly. She's wrapped up in her own things. I'm actually going out to stay with Jen in June I know that I could never take your place put I'm trying to be there for them. I'm going to spend some time with Allison as well I think we need each other. As for Pat, it's difficult for us to see each other cause the memories run deep but I'm going to give him a call and make some time. Can you imagine Deanna is now a senior in college and Jillian just returned from a fabulous vacation in London. These are the things I wish I could share with you. As for me well you know me... Tough cookie. I miss you Deb
Allison
May 11, 2009
Hey Karen,
Mother's Day wasn't the same without you, nothing is the same without you. I saw your name on my caller ID and gasped with excitement that you had called me, then instantly the excitement turned to tears when I realized that you couldn't have. Pat had called to wish us a happy mother's day and your name is still listed on your phone...
Karen, life just isn't the same without you....I miss you more than I ever imagined I could miss anybody, or anything.
I love you sis....
Patrick McDonough
May 9, 2009
Dearest Karen,
Today was a tough one. Tougher than usual and tomorrow looks like its going to be even worse. I miss you so much that some days I can't even get out of bed.
I went down to see you the other day and to tell you what's going to happen with your headstone. I hope you like the idea. I can't say It was my first choice but it will be tasteful and worthy of respect even though a bit costly. Money means very little to me now. Without you I have no one to share my life with. Many have offered their time and sympathy. You were the light of my life and always will be.
Happy Mother's Day!
From Your Husband
Patrick
February 27, 2009
Happy Birthday, Sweetness
Dearest Karen,
Many years ago God gave you to your mother and then 37 years ago He gave you to me. It is hard to realize that I won't be sending you Roses anymore on your birthday...at least at work.
I went to see you and Brian today to tell you all about what's been happening. I had a very tough day today but going to see you guys really helped. When spring comes, your favorite part of the year, hopefully we'll have a headstone for you. It probably doesn't mean much to you but I think it needs to be there and will mean an awful lot to all of us who are left without you. Those who love you and miss you so horribly. Please help me find the strength to do all the things that need yet to be done. The worst thing is just going on without you.
I went to see your Mother, Sister and Sydney on Sunday. I gave them some of your things that they've been asking for. I also gave Sydney a pair of your earrings with your birthstone. I'm sure you'd have wanted her to have them. She loved them.
I can only speak for myself when I say that I hope you now know how much you were loved and continue to be loved and missed. The void that is left in my heart is empty without your love to fill it. I know how much you loved me and how much I will need your guidance but I hope also that you know that I will love you for the rest of my life,
Allison
February 27, 2009
Happy Birthday Sis.....I miss you soooo...
Allison
February 4, 2009
It's been 4 lonely months without you....
Missing you sis
Allison
January 16, 2009
Missing you more each day sis....
I Love you
Allison
December 19, 2008
Karen
I don't know how we are going to get through Christmas without you.
It is getting harder to live life without you. I feel like a piece of my heart is missing, and the pain it is causing is, at times, unbearable.
I just wish I could come to grips with the fact that I'm never going to see you again. But I can't, it hurts too much.
I love and miss you more every day.
Sisters Forever
Allison
December 12, 2008
Karen
I'm having a hard time today. I miss you so much it hurts. I just can't believe you are gone. I still wait for your phone calls, then realize that they aren't coming anymore. I really wanted to hear your voice today.
I wonder if you hear me when I speak to you. If you do, you are probably laughing to see me walking down the street looking like I am talking to myself, people are probably noticing, but it makes me feel a little better.
I miss you more every day......
I love you my beautiful big sister.
Kathleen MacPherson
December 8, 2008
Dear Kav.
It's been two months, so long since I saw you last. Each day it gets harder and harder, I pray each night that you found peace and happiness . I can't seem to find much peace in my life knowing I will never see your beautiful face until God calls me to be with you. I have spoken to the girls and they are coping. I feel you left them in my care even though they are adults and I promise you I will never lose contact with them or their children. We will miss you Christmas Eve .I remember all the past Christmas' that we were all together. I cherish those memories. So long for now.
Love
Mum
Allison
December 5, 2008
Karen,
I am finding it so hard to make it through the day. The days are longer, and the nights are shorter since you've been gone.
I miss you so much Karen, my heart aches to see you again, to talk to you again, to feel your arms around me and your kiss on my cheek, just to hear your voice saying "hey sis".
I feel so alone Karen, you were part of my every day. Although you still are a part of my every day, I just don't get a response anymore.
I'm so sorry you went through this alone, I wish I could have been there with you to hold your hand.
My heart is swollen for you.....
Allison
December 3, 2008
Thank you
Patrick McDonough
November 29, 2008
Kav
My dear wife,
The pain each day that I feel from you being gone in indescribable. I miss you so, all the time but especially at this time. The kids are here with lovely Isabella and that is wonderful but to share this with you would have been much better. I think of you all the time and my only solace is that I know you are with our Brian. Remember when we went to Hawthorne's with Sean and Scarlett? Well, we went with Sean, Abbie, Isabella and Ma on Thanksgiving. It was great! No cooking and no dishes but no leftovers either.
I miss you so much, sweetie that it physically hurts all over. I'm no wus but I don't know what to do. Please, if you have some time, let me know how things are and how I should go on without you. I don't write in here very much but you know I talk to you every day. Talk to my Dad or your Dad or Mabel and see if they have any advice. I know life was difficult for both of us when Brian left but now I have to go on for our Grandkids.
The world is a much colder and less colorful place without you in it.
For me it is particularly cold and without joy except for the Kids and Grandkids. You are in the better place and I am glad for you but I still miss you each day.
The Man Who Loved you Most
Patrick
Allison
November 24, 2008
Hey Karen,
It is the week of Thanksgiving and I feel that I don't have much to be grateful for, but I do. I am grateful that God gave me such a wonderful, beautiful, caring, big sister.
Although I didn't have you in my life for as long as I wanted, I DID have you in my life, and I feel like the luckiest girl in the world to have you as a big sister.
I love you Karen.
Be happy and at peace.
Kathleen MacPherson
November 17, 2008
My darling Daughter.It has been 7 weeks since you left us. I don't
know why God chose to take you so early in your life but He must of had a plan. Each day I wake up and think of you, each night I cry myself to sleep trying to make sense of why you had to go. I cherish every day that you were with us and wish you were left a little longer so we could have said "so long". You were so caring and loving, a wonderful nurse. My heart aches for you each day. I look at your picture and I can't believe God gave me such a wonderful daughter. So long for now Kav.
God bless you
Sis
November 9, 2008
My Wonderful Sister Karen,
Words cannot express the extreme grief I am feeling over losing you. You were my best friend, my confidant, and the best big sister a girl could ever ask for.
I was so blessed to have you in my life for 42 years, and I will continue to miss you for the next 42.
Karen, I know that you never believed this, but the world has truly lost one of its most beautiful, caring and loving people God has ever created.
My heart aches to see you again, to hold and kiss you again, but especially, to call you again. I have thought about calling you every day since God has taken you from me, it breaks my heart knowing that you will never be on the other end of that phone line again.
I Love You More Than Words Could Ever Express.
Goodbye, my sweet sister.
Rest in Peace.
Patrick McDonough
October 11, 2008
My dear Wife,
I will remember you always. I will try to make myself worthy of the love we shared and the pain we endured together. I know you are with Brian now and forever and I will look forward to seeing you both soon.
Right now, I'm so lost. You were everything to me.
Please know that Sean was a great help and a great sourse of strength through this time. Abbie and Isabella were here, as well to help.
They are a great sourse of joy as I'm trying to come to grips with your departure and this overwhelming sadness.
I will love you always and think of you always.
We will talk again soon.
Patrick
Mallory Maloney
October 9, 2008
Dear Scott, Pamela, & Family,
We are so sorry for your loss of such a beautiful young lady. Please know our thoughts and sympathy are with you and we know this will be a difficult time for all who knew her.
Regards,
Mr. & Mrs.
Mallory Maloney & Everett Springer
Joan McDonough (Macrillo )
October 8, 2008
Dear Alison and Family,
I am deeply sorry for your loss. Prayers are with you and your family at this very difficult time.
With sympathy,
Joan Macrillo ( McDonough )
Dan & Andrea (Dimino) Risteen
October 8, 2008
Scott, Pam & family,
So sorry to hear of the loss of your sister. Please know you and your family are in our thoughts and prayers.
Deb Broderick/Bryan
October 8, 2008
My dearest, bestest friend. I miss you more than words can express. The world has become a bit darker now that you are gone. You always brought a "ray of sunshine" with you. My life has been blessed having you for my best friend. I love you
Theresa Cinq-Mars (Zahner)
October 8, 2008
With Deepest Sympathy for your loss. You are in our thoughts and prayers.
linda and uncle allan macpherson
October 8, 2008
our hearts are breaking for all of you
you are in our thoughts and prayers
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