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a prayer inside me
June 7, 2004
It's not easy to fight the tears away
when I think about how yesterday
marked one year you went away
so strong the pain and so much sorrow
even though we'll see you some tomarrow
at times I feel you in someone
I see you in the eyes of our sons
I'll remind him often to look in the mirror, and I'm glad
"Look inside, you'll see your Dad."
Mikey's graduating eighth grade today
I know you're not too far away.
Kimberly Dermit
June 4, 2004
A year has gone by so fast - still hard to believe that you're really gone. The bitterness of your leaving us is now replaced with the peace that comes with knowing you are keeping an eye on us and enjoying the laughter that life continues to bring. None of us will forget Mikey and will forever have his big smile and sweet spirit in our hearts!
Always - Kimmy
Carla Litton
June 3, 2004
This Sunday will mark 1-year of your passing. We will all get together as a family to think of you, to remember your kind spirit, and most importantly to Celebrate the better place in which you now live! Although you are missed, I can smile just a little knowing you are at peace with God and amongst all the angels.
I Will Forever Love You!!
CC
A prayer inside me.
March 3, 2004
Thinking of you so strongly today,
remembering a moment with our son.
Looking at a picture,
when he was only one.
His eyes so bright and glad,
to be in a fishing boat with Dad.
As every year since then,
he's shared a week agian and agian.
His eyes light up, and I am glad, he shares it with your Dad.
Every day we think of you,
and sometimes we even cry.
Although we know what became ofyou,
we always ask why?
There is no answer to what is fair,
but I am so glad we got to share-
two smiles when we think of you,
and all the laughter caused by you.
Forever in our hearts.
Tracey, Michael III (14), and Daniel (12).
(I'll submit picture later)
P.S. Daniel is working on a project for school about the ethnic group of his family. He's only claiming to be Italian. (Just like his Dad).
Carla Litton
September 29, 2003
It was a hot day in August
When you came into this place
It would be a cold day in June
When I saw your precious face.
It was a forty year span
Of which I was not a part
It will be a long time coming
To get you out of my heart.
You were a stranger to me
Someone I did not know
I grieve now so strongly
For all I did not show.
I think of you so often
Not sure where it takes me
For the memories are distant
Nothing vivid I can see.
Although we were strangers
We shared the same name
The hole it’s left inside me
Tells me nothing will ever be the same.
I miss you my brother
While you gaze at me from up there
How I wish we could go back
But I still don’t know where.
What I could do different
Remains a mystery to me
But I know one thing’s for certain
Twas blind but now I see.
Carla Litton
August 15, 2003
It's been 2 months since your passing, and as I stop to think of you, I remember only the good. You had a kind-hearted spirit, and I beleive you would have done anything it took to be accepted and loved! I grieve for your passing, though I know you are in a much better place. I am deeply saddened by the relationship we did not have in your short stay here on earth. It's tough not to blame myself for not being there for you. But somehow I feel that as you look down upon your family, you have to know that we were always on your side. Just helpless to what we could have done to make you better! Your memory will live on in my heart, as I am reminded of you each time I gaze into your sons eyes.
Love to You Always,
CC
Mikey, Daniel & Tracey Crandall
August 5, 2003
Happy Birthday, we miss you!
Cherishing the good times, learning from the bad. R.I.P.
A Prayer Inside Me
July 3, 2003
A Prayer Inside Me
July 3, 2003
Always in our thoughts, living in our hearts.
Tracey Crandall
July 2, 2003
Mom and Dad,
I struggle to find the words that could or would ease your pain. Though I have suffered much loss, I can not imagine the pain of losing a child.
I hope that you know what wonderful parents you are and how much you are loved. I have learned so much about being a parent from watching the love and kindness that you provide to all of your children and their spouses.
Sometimes children choose a path that even to love of a parent can not alter their course or remove that child from dangers set before them. Though Michael is gone, he lives on through the precious memories of the past. Michael will not be forgotten and I know this as I gaze into the eyes of his children.
I love you so very much and thank you for embracing me as one of your children, I feel as though I am the luckiest woman in the world.
Love,
Tracey
John & Laura Wierema
June 27, 2003
I am so sorry for your loss. I did not know Michael, but I know the rest of you well enough to know that you are a close family who will miss him. You are in my thoughts and prayers during this tough time.
Love, Laura (Picture taker)
debbie gasbarro
June 21, 2003
this is probally the hardest thing ive ever done..saying goodbye..although with me its different..i didnt have the kind of brother sister realtionship i should of had with my brother...guilt..i have lots of that..all the things i should of said that i never said, all the things we should of done that we never did, all the things that he wanted from me, all the things that he needed from me....all the things i should of given but i didnt..i wish these moments could be given back to me..i wish i could tell him i did love him..couse i know he loved me..your sister, debdo
Dan Clark
June 17, 2003
"Mikey" was one of the good guys.
(And a pretty good drummer back when we were loud rowdy kids!)
My heart goes out to the Crandalls.
Diana McCarthy
June 17, 2003
I will always remember Mikie from our childhood vacations where we just lived to go to the Crandalls and be with our favorite people -- Mikie, Carla & David. I loved him very much. He never lost the sweet nature that he had inside him.
I wish life had gone differently for him but I am at peace knowing he no longer struggles or suffers.
You are all in my prayers.
Love,
Diana
Kim Dermit
June 16, 2003
He was my only brother growing up - the "Mikey, Carla, David" part of my life where hours were spent playing in the woods and loving our childhood. He may have lost his way, but his gentleness and heart were always on display and I will have sweet pictures in my head of our precious times together.
I love you Mikey and hope you have found the peace in heaven that you couldn't find here on Earth.
Always, "Kimmy"
French & Mary Lu Wetmore
June 13, 2003
Dear Crandalls,
We were so sad to read about Michael. We can only imagine your pain and sorrow. Hold on to all the wonderful memories and we will keep you all in our prayers.
Love, French and Mary Lu
Carla Litton
June 13, 2003
My brother Michael had an incredibly kind spirit. While my memories of him are both bitter and sweet, he will live on forever in my heart. He is (finally) at peace, no longer does he run, he is in God's hands. I Love You Mickie......
john atwater
June 11, 2003
mike and wanda, i'm sorry to hear about mike's passing. will say a prayer for you. regards and regrets to all the family.
john
Tracey Crandall
June 11, 2003
I pray the pain you leave behind subsides in all of us, and that we can continue on with good memories of you and who you really wanted to be and truely were.
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