M. Bernadette Bowers

Happy Mothers Day Bernie
We think of you often and miss you.
Ree

I am feeling a little melancholy so I thought it would be nice to remember the good times all of us had. Bernie was so much fun to be around. I have memories from the time I was a very little girl. I even remember going to visit in an apartment on the hill. I don't know where it was -- I just know I was really little. I remember Schuylkill Street. All of us went to Our Lady's together. I can't ever forget Melrose Street -- especially when I lived next door with Aunt Peep. I remember...

HI MOM,
JUST HAVING A MOMENT WITH YOU DEEP IN MY THOUGHTS. PAM AND I WHERE ON THE PHONE TODAY JUST CRACKING UP AND QUOTING YOU..WE WHERE JUST LAUGHING AND LAUGHING. MOM, WE SURE DO MISS YOU AND THINK OF YOU DAILY. WONDERING IF YOU HAVE CAUGHT UP WITH DAD AND DOING THE POLKA THAT YOU BOTH SO LOVED TO DO. WELL MOM KIMBERLY IS PREGANAT AGAIN..YES I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE SAYING AND I HOPE THAT YOU ARE RIGHT. MISS AMANDA IS HAVING A GIRL AND SO IS MISS KARLA..ALLYSON HAD A BABY BOY AND MOM...

Nanny, this is so hard for me to do. I have so many things i want to say but all that comes out are tears of sadness. It's so hard to believe your not down the street anymore. I wish i could hear your voice and know that your just two feet away in another room.

Although it was due to unfortunate circumstance's, I am so grateful we had the opportunity to spend so much time together the past year. Watching Sylvia was one of my favorite times. You and I looking at each other &...

Mom,

I sure do think about you a lot. I always had it in my head that you would beat this thing. You were definitely a strong fighter. This is only the beginning of my sadness. Once I go up that road you left, there will be plenty of tears and memories of you. You sure did your best to direct me on that correct path in life but I wouldn't take your advice. Now I'm positive you will do your best in heaven to look over all your love ones.

You will be greatly missed...

I really miss my friend. When I saw that so many of you wrote that she liked dancing, I remembered how we used to go to the Saturday Movie and watch Judy Garland and Fred Astair movies and then go back to either her house or my house and try to duplicate the moves of the dancers in the movies. Those were the days of musicals! Now I see the old movies on TV and again think of Bernie. I miss you, Buzz.

My Dearest Mom:

Words cannot express the sorrow I feel. It has been difficult to write for my eyes fill with tears with every attempt. Your were such a trooper. You always enjoyed when your grandchildren came to visit whether it be Jamie and Kristi from across the street or Mandy from Virginia or the Florida girls.

I will never forget our talks. This loss weighs deeply in my saddened heart. In looking back over those last weeks, NOW I see so many signs that you were...

Dear Nanny,
It has taken me a while to write to you because I, like many others, have found this to be unimaginable. I feel as though I should be able to pick up the phone to talk to you. It is pretty incredible to read and hear the wonderful things that everyone dear to you have been saying since you have been gone. You truly were a remarkable person. I will always think of you with a smile on your face. I am grateful for the fond memories that we share and will never forget them. ...

IMAGINATION IS A POWERFUL THING. We can choose either to call up images of comfort or to dream scenarios. Often, we employ it in an attemp to answer that consuming question, What if...?" We can be held hostage by our imaginations or use them to draw closer to God. The choice is ours.
Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right,
whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-
if anything is excellent or praiseworthy- think about such things.. i...