Anna Agneta

Dear Nan, You filled my heart with so many great days and loving memories. I miss you so much Nan! All my love until we meet again

Nanny -

My daughter Lilly turns 11 this year, she was born in 2006; her middle name is Anna, after you, her great-great-grandmother.

Lilly recently had a family tree school project and I was able to introduce her to you through the life story you wrote down around your 100th birthday. I'm so happy you took the time to write that for future generations to get to know you better. It means the world to me that she knows you, it's a treasure.

The Agnetas (Lilly, my wife...

Nan,
As we all agree you are an ongoing presence in our lives. My faith in a god sometimes escapes me, not because of bitterness or anger but because I don't always know that a god, created by the image of men and women, flawed and sometimes evil can really get it right. My faith comes from feeling the love you gave and I received growing up from my parents and family. Even though that love was imperfect, it was always accessible and unwavering. My concept of god does not come from...

Dear Nan,
I was looking through your bible last week and found all of your Rosary cards; it reminded me of the night before you passed when you said the Rosary twice. I am constantly amazed of how strong your faith was. We sure still miss you and talk about you often. I saw you on our videos last week. We were so lucky to have you for so many years. You influenced us all, luckily our children too. My mom really misses her sidekick but she is doing well. Rest in peace and watch...

Dear Mom,
I can't believe you're gone almost six years. It has been a long time since I have written to you but know that I think about you always; mostly hoping that I did enough for you while you were with all of us on Gilham Street. I pray that you are happy now that you are with Dad and the rest of our heavenly family. Mom, please keep me in your prayers. I need all that I can get. All my friends and the foot doctor still talk about how lucky I was to have a Godlike mother. ...

Grannie-

The time has passed and so many things are different now... Sometimes I think I have been away so long, that you are really in Philly and I can come visit with my kiddies next summer.

I sit here in California and wonder why things happen the way they do? But as you would say and believe it is all for a reason, God's plan. Somedays it is hard to hold on to that, my faith, that has been passed down from you to Nan, Nan to Mom and Mom to me. I have a picture...

Dear Nan,
Miss you so, Your 109th Birthday was last week and it seems only natural that I wish you a Happy Birthday. Your are my shining light and a great source of love. Your ways of comfort help me today in comforting my children. I went through the old camera slides from the 50's and 60's and felt your closeness once again. We have so many wonderful memories and I like to visit them ever so often. Time continues to tic-tock and life continues to change, but I am so happy to feel the...