Richard M. Smoot

Has it really been seventeen years? How is that possible! I remember you like it was yesterday. Like you will walk in that door or leave a message on my answering machine. But there are no more answering machines. There have been so many technological advancements in that time. I cannot list them all, but I know you would love them. You have a nephew JR and he reminds me so much of you. I recently saw one of your friends Sara at his baseball camp and she looked at him and it brought tears to...

Missing you on your Birthday

Thinking about you today. My dream is your energy has transformed and your enjoying your time in the vanilla sky..

The chef prepares a special menu
For your delight oh my
Tonight you fly so high up
In the vanilla sky
Your life is fine
It's sweet and sour
Unbearable or great
You gotta love every hour
You must appreciate
This is your time
This is your day
You've got it all
Don't blow it away
Melted tin beads cast your...

Remember me. I will always remember you. Times marches on and people get busy and people forget. I will never forget you. I miss you every single day. I placed flowers and M&Ms on your grave today. I remember. I love you. Always. Mom

You are in my thoughts every single day. I miss every thing that would have been and all that was. You would love your little nephew James Richard, JR for short. He is a little sweetie and reminds me of your baby years. So much has happened in our family in these last nine years, but you already know that. I miss you. I love you. Your spirit resides within me on this ninth anniversary of you death. Love Mom.

Happy Birthday Ricky. You would be 36-years-old today. It's always a bittersweet day for me. I miss you every day, but I also cherish the time I did have with you. This year brings a special change for our family. Amy had a little boy on January 1, and she named him James Richard. When I look at him, I remember you as a baby. It has helped me this year not to be so sad. He had those chubby cheeks just like you. There is nothing greater than a mother's love and it withstands all time and...

Ricky, It's been seven years. It's like yesterday for me. For some reason, this year hit me harder than the last few. I keep wondering what your future would have been like. Would you have been married, had any children? So many changes have taken place, but when I sit in my backyard and remember when...I see you swinging so high on the glider. Our neighborhood has kids again. I hear them playing in the evening and I remember the sounds of you kids playing in the summer. For some reason, I...