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Aunt Di
November 21, 2024
So many years since you have been gone... but so near to our hearts and minds you are every single day and always will be sweet boy.
Love, Aunt Di
Aunt Di
November 20, 2023
Sending up love to you today our sweet Corey. Although we experience the coldness of November here every year, knowing you are experiencing the beauty of eternity brings peace to our hearts as we will join you some day.
Love, Aunt Di
Betty Riordan grandmother
November 20, 2023
Oh how we miss you so much Corey. So many memories we have of you especially at this time of year. I remember meals around my table for the family and one year I had everyone write what they were thankful for, and you were so sweet and wrote about being thankful for your family. We each have so many fond memories of you it's painful at times to remember them. I often wonder what our loved ones are doing in heaven and imagine they are congregating around the long table set with beautiful flowers of their choice and a big smile as they reminise about the good times they have had. Stay sweet Corey just as I remember you.
Love Nanny
Karla Jean Riordan-Winchester
November 20, 2022
I´m thinking of the beautiful eternity you are experiencing with the Lord and the promise of seeing you again some day sweet Corey...Love, Aunt Di
Betty Riordan
November 16, 2022
My dear Corey its been so long since you've been gone and we continue to miss you terribly. You and those who have gone before you like my mom and dad and your grandpa Gibbons and imagine you must be having a glorious time talking about old times. We will miss you as the holidays are coming and wish you could be here with us. I have lost my brother Steve recently who was someone special to me. Love you so much Corey~ Nanny
Kim Gibbons (Mom)
November 16, 2022
My Sweet Corey,
I am away with a group in Europe and Holy Lands for 3 weeks but no matter where I am...I always think of you.
In just a few days it will mark the date God took you home. How can it have been 18 years?
My heart hurts to think about it, my eyes fill with tears, my lips quiver with sadness and I can barely breathe. I try not to think about that night... the call, the accident or the state troopers horrible news to us.
Instead, I have chosen to focus on HAPPY times with you, the 19 years of loving memories, and how blessed I was that God chose me to be your Mama. YOU WERE OUR OOPS BABY BUT SO VERY SPECIAL .YOU COMPLETED OUR FAMILY! YOU, CRYSTAL AND KYLE WERE OUR TERRIFIC TRIO!
YOU ARE LOVED TODAY AND EVERY DAY more than you know.
Corey, I will never forget your voice, that grin, your ornery fun side, our long talks late at night, your hugs and how loving you were.
I miss you every day. We all do!
Your nieces and nephews know all about you and we keep your memory alive always.
I send you my hugs and kisses in the wind until I hold you in my arms again in Heaven!!
Love you my sweet Corey!
Love,
Mom
Karla J Riordan-Winchester
November 21, 2021
I can´t believe Its been 17 years since we saw Corey´s beautiful face. What love we all continue to have for him....an endless love with the assurance of seeing that beautiful face again in heaven.
Love and new life are God´s blessings to us all...your life will always be a blessing.
Kim Gibbons (Mom)
November 20, 2021
Another year has gone by....how can it be 17 years since you were taken from us? It's such a long time in so many ways but when I close my eyes and think about you, it's like yesterday. I pray I can always remember your face, your grin, your warm hugs, your voice, your laugh and all the love you gave every day. The amazing memories we had with you the 19 years I'll treasure forever. I always hold you close to my heart and wish so much your were here with us. GOD blessed me with the gift of being your mom. I treasure that gift and although it was so hard to lose you, I know our children are only on loan to us and that the Lord had another plan and took you to Heaven in his time not ours. It's hardest on those of us that are left behind to grieve and learn to go on without you.
This is always a sad week for me BUT I've learned thru the years not to be sad, instead to focus on the wonderful memories and giving thanks for the time we had with you. It's also hunting season which was your favorite season! Your nephews love to hunt. They are headed on their hunting trip with Michael today. It makes me smile remembering how excited you would get.
How I wish all your nieces and nephews got to meet you. THEY FEEL LIKE they know you as I tell them stories all the time. You would have been their favorite person!
I love you and miss you my sweet son. Until we meet again in Heaven, I send my love and kisses in the wind!
Love ,
MOM
Betty Riordan
November 20, 2021
As the holidays are upon us we will be sad because you are not here with us. It seems like a life time since you have been gone. Your momma continues to mourn for you and it's painful to know she misses her son terribly. The family continues to grow and we have many memories we will share with you some day when we are with you in heaven where you must be sharing stories with other family members who have gone before us. I wonder what your duties are while you are there and if they change daily. I love and cherish the memories I have of you Corey~
Love always Nanny
Kim Gibbons
November 18, 2020
My Sweet Corey,
Another year gone by....16 years... how can it be so long since you left us here on earth to watch over us from Heaven? Life goes on but with each and every day, week, month and year you are still in our hearts, our memories and we miss you so very much. This time of year through Christmas is the hardest on me. I'm always on edge and don't even realize why until I see the date. You loved this time of year and even at 19 years old you were still like a little kid at Christmas. It's funny what memories flash thru my mind at different times and bring a smile to my face or a tear to my eye. Your grin and hugs I miss more than you will ever know. The calls late at night to say "Mom are you up, can you talk"? I would give anything in the world for one of those calls. We had some of our best talks late at night. You passed 2 weeks before your sister had our first grandchild "Caleb". You would be so proud of him. He is tall like you and in a lot of ways has many of your mannerisms. I guarantee you would have been BUDDIES! He turns 16 in 2 weeks! My heart is happy for this teenage chapter in his life but also I will worry just as I did with every one of my kids as you started to drive. Even more so after we lost you in a car accident. Corey, the biggest thing I struggle with is when we are together as a family- dinners, vacations, fun outings etc. that you don't ever think you are forgotten. WE LOVE YOU ALWAYS and WE WOULD GIVE ANYTHING IN THE WORLD TO HAVE YOU HERE WITH US AGAIN but we know that can't be. We know your watching over us and your spirit and memory is with us always. We will all be together again one day!
This year has been a rough year for our world. A year most of us can't wait to put behind us. I am trying to spend as much time with kids and grandkids and plan "FAMILY" times this year to keep us all close. Having us all TOGETHER is what makes my heart happy but down deep also sad. Family times are the hardest as a mom. I want you ALL here with me, but I never show the other kids how much my heart aches that you're not here. I would never want it to make them feel bad.
At this time of Thanksgiving, I choose to focus on blessings. I thank GOD every day for giving you to us to love, for picking me and dad to be your parents, for giving us 19 years with you. You were such a blessing. You, your brother and sister...our TERRIFIC TRIO! I will never understand why GOD chose YOU and took you away from us, but that is not my place to understand. It was part of his plan. I find peace knowing you are in a better place and that we will be together again one day at last! Until that day, I send you my love and kisses in the wind to Heaven my sweet son!
I LOVE YOU!
MOM
Aunt Di
November 17, 2020
I know you have been experiencing God’s amazing peace, incredible love and beauty since he welcomed you into eternity. Your imprint is permanently placed in our minds and hearts. God’s gift of memory is a blessing to all of us.
Zach Anders
November 16, 2020
Thinking of the Gibbons family this time of year. Your son is still remembered by those who knew and loved him.
Barbara L Smith
November 16, 2020
Kim & family my heart goes out to you. Cory was an awesome young man and loved by so many. ❤
Betty Riordan
November 16, 2020
Dearest Corey, at this time of year we think of you and many other times during the year. We miss you so much and wished you could be with us, especially on special occasions. Your family has grown with new little ones and some are growing up before our eyes. I often wonder about who you would have married and how many children you would have. I wonder what life is like in heaven and know that your great grandma and grandpa Sheets and your grandpa Gibbons must be having conversations about things they experienced while here on earth. We love and miss you dear Corey~ Love Nanny
Betty Riordan
November 18, 2019
Good Morning Corey. We here on earth miss you so much and your Mom mourns for you daily. We each have our own memories of the day you left us. I am sure the Lord keeps you busy with His work. It's where we all yearn to be someday.
Love, Nana
Betty Riordan
November 18, 2019
Corey, we miss you so much, but know you are in a place, that we as christians long to be someday. I think of all the wonderful memories we have shared over the years. You left us way too soon, after your 1st year of college, a day that we will never forget. Most of us have our own memories of that day. Oh how your Momma aches for your presence, but she knows she will see you again someday. I think of all the wonderful times around my Thanksgiving and Christmas table, that we had. I suppose the Lord keeps you very busy with all the many things you do in heaven! We love you!
Aunt Di
November 18, 2019
Time goes by so quickly here on earth, yet in heaven life is eternal.
What a beautiful growing family there is that continue to love and remember you, Corey. All the nieces and nephews know your name, hear the stories about you.
Those that love you make sure that the memories of what made you...you...are shared so naturally and joyfully regularly.
Love is a bond which connects us all.
You are loved beyond measure.
Love,
Aunt Di
Kim Gibbons
November 18, 2019
My Sweet Corey,
We are coming up on another year of you being in HEAVEN and not here with us. How can it have been 15 years since GOD took you home. I miss you so very much....I know your with us in spirit but it's just not the same as having you here with us, seeing that sweet Grin, feeling your warm hugs, and oh how I miss your late night phone calls. And you were so excited to be an uncle. Corey you now have 8 nephews and 1 niece and you would have adored them. They feel as if they know you as we talk about you all the time and they ask me to tell them stories...WE WILL ALWAYS keep your memory alive. This past week the ducks have been on our lake more than usual and of course it always another reminder of you. That weekend you died you had come home from college to go duck hunting with your friends. The day you came home I was so blessed to get to spend time with you and as you hugged me at the car and told me you would see me in the morning for our breakfast at your favorite place...WAFFLE HOUSE and then go shopping, little did I know that would be my last hug from you or last time to see your sweet grin. Corey even when we have fun family times, just know that as a Mom, my heart is always aching for you to be here with us. There will always be a tear in my heart without you here as there is always YOU missing. I would give anything to have you, Crystal and Kyle back together again. Dad and I always called you our TERRIFIC TRIO!
Although I am sad that you are not here with us and it's so hard to believe it's been 15 LONG years...a part of me ALWAYS thanks GOD every single day that he gave you to us to love and allowed me to be your MOM! You were only on loan to us but we treasure those 19 years and hold them close.
I love you my sweet son. No matter how many years have passed you are always in my heart, and we always talk about you and keep your memory alive!
I will see you again one day, but until that day...I am sending you my kisses in the wind as I send them to you in Heaven!
I love you my sweet Corey!
Love,
Mom
Papa Riordan
November 17, 2019
Corey
Grandma Wanda and I think of you every time we see a yellow
pick up. And also when we geese at the farm.You would be proud
of your sister and brother.
We miss you!
Kim Gibbons
November 19, 2018
Sweet Corey...oh how I miss you. The last couple days I have been on edge as I always get this time of year. Remembering that TOMORROW Nov. 20th marks the day you went home to be with the Lord. My heart aches to think it's been 14 years! In some ways it seems like yesterday but in others it seems like FOREVER!
I miss your hugs, our long talks late at night and oh how I miss that "GRIN" of yours that everyone loved! You would be so in love with your niece and nephews. They feel as if they know you as they have heard us talk about you and tell them stories their entire lives. This year is harder than most,I can't put my finger on why...I think it's because we are leaving on a big family vacation with all the kids and grandkids for Christmas,and times like these when we are having fun and laughter together, as a MOM down deep those are the times my heart hurts from missing you because your NOT here with us. I know your watching over us and are with us in spirit but its never quite the same.
That brings me to another thought, Corey we were at a party a few weeks ago and someone asked me how I can always be so up and happy if I lost a child. Corey, for a moment my heart fell to my feet and my mind ran to you... hoping you know your MOM LOVES you and misses you EVERY SINGLE DAY. Although our life goes on even if we have good times,if I am happy or smiling, inside I am ALWAYS missing you! You know how I answered her question sweet son...I shared with her my faith and that I know I will see you again. I also shared the accident, the emotions, the FORGIVENESS that my heart gave to the person who was driving that car (that is where the healing begins) and told her that you SWEET Corey would want our life to go on, would want us to FORGIVE and that you had the most loving heart. It doesn't mean I don't get sad or hurt inside from the hole my heart will always have.
Sweet Corey, you know how much I love you and that I can't wait to one day be reunited with you again. Until that day....I will send my love & kisses to you in the wind! Love, Mom
Betty Riordan
November 18, 2018
I am remembering you dear Corey as it comes closer to the day you went home to be with the Lord. We think of you often, especially around the holidays, when we see you are absent from our celebrations. Oh how we miss you. Your Momma is always in mourning for you. It's been a busy year for everyone here on earth... waiting for the time we see you again dear Corey, when we can all be together.
Love,
Nanny
Betty Riordan
November 9, 2018
My dearest Corey, as Thanksgiving and Christmas are approaching, I Nanny is thinking about you. We think if you constantly and so wish you were here. So much news since I wrote last, but of course you already are aware of it. I love you forever, dear Corey and will see you someday in the future!
Betty Riordan
November 19, 2017
Good morning Corey. This is your Nanny. It's hard to believe you have been away from us all these years, but in many ways it seems like yesterday. We love & miss you so much. You would be so happy to know about all your neices and nephews. Kyle has married and now their family has increased to 5 children. Crystal married Michael, who you knew about, and their family is now 4 children. You would love all of them. But, I know you are watching from heaven and know all these things about them. And your Mom misses you so much it still hurts, as does your Dad.
I think of you when one memory or another passes by me, and I smile about them. I know you and my Dad, Mom, and your Grandpa Gibbons are catching up on old times. When I think about you sitting around our table up in heaven for your meal, I smile at all our memories here when we sat around my table for our Thanksgiving and Christmas meals.
Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas.
Love,
Nanny
Aunt Di
November 24, 2016
Twelve years ago today, we experienced the greatest sadness and deepest loss our family has ever known.... Corey leaving this world.
When we ended the day at dusk as the graveside service ended..... I remember as I was walking away thinking about the unbearable pain your Mom, Dad and siblings were feeling.... The sky was silent and the world seemed to stop for that moment.
The reality was that although your broken body lay there to be buried.... you had already entered the gates of heaven the moment you left this world. Undescribable, bright, beautiful light, pain free, no sense of earthly time or pressure, overwhelming love we cannot even fathom.
That is where you are and you will be greeting each one of us there in God's perfect timing.
Betty Riordan
November 21, 2016
Good Morning Corey. I'm wondering what you are doing this very minute in heaven. It's a rat race here on earth as usually, with people racing here and there to meet deadlines, suffering from physical pain and mental, etc. But, those of us who know the Lord has a consoler and comforter. Provers 3:5-6 tells us to trust in Him and not to try to do things on our own. It's a tough one at times.
I know you are working with the angels in heaven to do God's work, whatever that may be. Someday we here on earth will find out how much easier it is to work there in heaven than here on earth.
Hope you are catching up with your fishing experiences with Grandpa Gibbons and Grandpa Sheets! We love and miss you honey!
November 21, 2015
Another year of life as we know it. Knowing that you live with no pain, no worry, beauty beyond imagine, safety, love..... gives all of us peace, hope and promise of joining you in eternity. I am thankful for the legacy and testimony of your life and the blessings that have affected so many lives!
Love,
Aunt Di
Betty Riordan
November 21, 2015
Good Morning, Corey. I know heaven must be peaceful, compared to our chaotic life here on earth. We continue to miss you, but know you are in a better place. Yesterday would have been the anniversary of your death here. God has a plan for each of us, that is far better than anything we can imagine here on earth.
Love, Nan
kim gibbons
November 20, 2015
My Sweet Corey,
You are missed more than you will ever know. It's hard to believe that it's been 11 years since God took you home. I can't sleep tonight , been awake since 12:30 am and it's now 4 am. Oh, how I miss your late night calls, saying "hey Mom you awake, can you talk " :)
Tonight there is no call and I can't help but think about that horrible night that we received the call that you had been in an accident. You know your Mom, I always try to be strong and brave but it's nights like tonight my heart gets so very sad and the tears well up and I do all I can to focus on the wonderful memories. I give thanks to God that he chose me to be your Mom. You brought us so much joy and happiness those 19 years. I miss your grin that melted everyone's hearts, the long talks we had, your middle of the night phone calls to just say Hi, always knowing I would always talk no matter the time. I treasured those times so much. I miss your hugs. It's so funny how our senses work. If I smell your cologne, it will bring tears to my eyes. I miss the laughter and teasing when you, Crystal and Kyle were together. Dad and I always called the 3 of you Our Terrific Trio when you were young and how I would give anything to have the 3 of you together again. But we find so much PEACE knowing we will be together again in Heaven one day! Your nieces and nephews would have loved you so much, they feel like they do know you as we talk about you and continue to share our memories with them all the time.
Although our life here on earth has gone on, you know your memory lives on and we will never forget you. When we have our family dinners, vacations , birthdays ....we have fun and enjoy BUT they will never be exactly the same because we are missing YOU. As a Mom a piece of my heart will always be missing.
Tonight I choose to give thanks for Gods blessing of allowing me to be your Mom and for blessing me with you as my son. My sweet, gentle, onery son!Thank you for touching our hearts in so many ways, for always showing so much love and for bringing us so much JOY the 19 years you were with us. I love you my sweet Corey Ory! I am always sending you my kisses in the wind until we can be together again!
Love,
Mom
July 28, 2015
Good Moring, Corey. I am trying to create a Facebook Page for you for others to post memories of you over the years. We miss you. I'll keep trying!
Betty Riordan
May 20, 2015
Corey,
I like to go back to the many memories I have of you, of which you know all. Grammy also loved you dearly and know you two must be catching up on conversations you missed while here on earth. She baby-sit with you, your brother and sister so much as you were growing up and she loved doing it. I too spent lots of time watching all of you... such fond memories I will keep in my heart forever. I love and miss you, Corey!
Aunt Di
May 19, 2015
Corey,
We celebrate you in acknowledging your 30th Birthday! It seems so easy to reflect on the "What if, what would have been, ...". Today I reflect on YOU, as Corey, with all the one of a kind aspects that made you uniquely...... Corey. Mischievous nature, sly little
grin, long eyelashes with that seemingly shy side, quiet, avid outdoorsman, kind, Momma and Daddy's little guy, the awesome brother to Kyle and Crystal! Our love for you grows even larger as days and years go by. I love you.
Love,
Aunt Di
Aunt Robyn
November 22, 2014
Dear Heavenly Father,
I thank You for Corey Lee Gibbons. For the life You gave him. For who he was to our family. His red-headed temper as a little guy became a quiet, grinning presence in his young adulthood. We all know he would've been an absolutely incredible uncle to the nephews and niece that have joined our family since he's been gone from us.
As we mark the 10th anniversary of our life here on earth without him, I can't help but realize that in light of eternity, these 10-years are barely a blink of the eye. And if for no other reason, I do thank You that because Corey had only 19 years on earth, You've allowed his short life here to point all of us to the reality of eternity. As our lives continue here, we never forget his memory. He will be a 19-year old young man in our minds forever, and I thank You that we'll see him again as we each eventually leave this earth and enter into eternal life. Thank you, Jesus, that we have hope, "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whosoever believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life." (John 3:16) Comfort Kim & Ron as the grief of losing a son will never be truly reconciled this side of heaven. If anyone can understand their pain, it is You, who gave Your only Son.
In Jesus' name,
Amen
Your Mama [2nd left] and her siblings and your your Grandparents Bob and Betty
Betty Riordan
November 22, 2014
Barb Smith
November 21, 2014
How Blessed we all have been to have known Corey. Always in our hearts.
Wayne Hunsaker
November 21, 2014
Kim, As you know, I didn't know Corey but if he's anything like you he was a dandy of a person. It's got to be hard for you and I'm so sorry. Try to remember the good times because I know there were lots of them. Thank you for being our friend and take care.
Sue Stinson
November 21, 2014
It does not seem like 10 years since your great-uncle Steve called us in Houston to tell us about the accident and losing you. His voice broke and we cried! I remember your beautiful face and spirit. Your great-grandmother sat with you three and when in KC we got to see you. God may take you back home but you spirit remains in our hearts and memories. When I am alone and say my prayers I always ask God to put his arms around mom, dad, Tommy and Corey and keep them together. Your family carries you with them. Love aunt Sue
Kim Gibbons
November 20, 2014
My sweet Corey,
Today is the day God took you home 10 years ago. We miss you every day and my heart will always be broken without you here. I find comfort in knowing I will see you again one day in heaven!
How do I describe losing a child....I really can't. If I close my eyes and let myself dwell on it, my heart breaks into a million pieces... So instead I choose to close my eyes and think of all the things I loved about you, the happy memories, funny times and the special bond we shared.
I close my eyes and see you as a little boy, daddy's shadow, always getting in his boots, wearing his work glove, falling asleep with your Davy Crockett coon hat and your boots on. I see you as a young man, always with that GRIN of yours,I smell your cologne, I feel your warm hugs, I hear your voice as you would always call from college late at night and you knew I would always wake up and talk. I loved those calls. I still hear you teasing your sister, or the times as teens you boys would always tease me and sis. Your love of hunting, fishing and even golf when you were a teen. I treasure our family trips that were always so much fun and great memories. Little did we know that the one we took the few months before you died would be our last. We treasure those memories. We keep your memory alive always. You would love your nephews and your sweet niece Kennedy Grace! You were always a magnet to children...and had been so excited to become an uncle. Caleb was born 2 weeks after you passed away. I get so sad that they never got to know Uncle Corey in person. but we share stories with them all the time.
Ten years seems harder than the first years for me...as there are so many things you have missed that I want you here to share with us, that's selfish of me, as I know your in a far better place than we are.
Saturday night we are having a fish fry and will release lanterns and balloons as we remember you my sweet son. All your friends are getting married and having kids of their own, and they now feel the bond and unconditional love of having a child.
You were so special to so many and we want to keep your memory alive!
I thank GOD everyday that he gave you to Dad and I as our youngest son. God blessed us with 3 wonderful kids. We always said our terrific trio!
I am no longer angry at God, as our children are on loan to us. I know GOD has a plan although we don't always understand and I often ask God, why he chose you ? You were so special and loved. Your brother and sister miss you so much but it's harder for them to share their feelings of losing you. Please watch over us all until we meet again.
I love you forever and hope you always feel my kisses in the wind!
Love you Corey Ory! Mom
Keith Shubert
November 20, 2014
It's hard to believe that it's been 10 year's already, but you have not been forgotten. Your mom misses and talks about you all the time.
September 26, 2014
Corey, We thinkof you often and miss you. It doesn't seem possible it has been 10 years, coming up around the Thansgiving holiday. Your Mother misses you every day and the pain is unbearable. But, she is assured she will see you again someday. I hope you and your grandpa Gibbons and my daddy your great Grandfather are telling tales of your fishing and hunting days. We will see you again in paradise!
Love, Nanny
Ellen Jacobs-Imber
November 20, 2013
You continue to light up lives with your memory. I hope your family is never afraid to think of you and remember you. That's how we keep our loved ones with us.
Tracey Dallas
November 19, 2013
I remember all the overnights Corey and Jake had, fun times!
Kim, please know that all of you are in my thoughts and prayers as you continue your strength through this difficult time.It's hard to believe it's been 9 years!
Love to you all.
November 19, 2013
Kim I know you hurt. I can see why. Remember the good times and that will help keep Cory in your heart. Wayne Hunsaker
November 19, 2013
Corey,
I seem to forget each year exactly what day you joined our savior .
Some days, life is so difficult here that I yearn to sit at The Lord.'s table now. But I am reminded that he has always known the days, minutes, and hours until each of us go to meet him. I miss you very much and know I will see you again with that precious grin.!
Love,
Aunt Di
November 18, 2013
Good Morning to you Corey!
It's going to be a great day here on earth, but it would be even greater if you could be with us this season. But, you are always in our thoughts. My interpretation of you in Heaven:
Sitting around a giant long table above a white humongous cloud with Grammy and Grandpa [your Grandpa Gibbons, too] talking about old times together, while being served a glorious meal. Since there is no sadness or tears in Heaven we will weep here on earth waiting for our time to join you at that wonderful long table with many chairs reserved for us... what a time it will be!
Love,
Nan
Kim Gibbons
November 16, 2013
Sweet Corey,
Another year has passed since you have gone to be with the Lord. 9 years....and you would think time would make it easier but it doesn't. If anything it is worse for me at times as I want you here to share all our family times! You are so missed and this month is always hard. My heart still aches, I miss you so much and wish you were here to share our family times, and to enjoy YOUR little niece and nephews. Oh my...you would be their FAVORITE person! Corey, I never let sadness or the missing bring me down. Life has to go on and I go on by finding the blessings GOD has given me every single day. I thank him for the blessing of YOU!GOD gave YOU as my youngest son, he chose ME to be your Mom and what a blessing that was! You touched our lives in so many wonderful ways...you will be loved and remembered always and forever. I find peace knowing I will see you in Heaven again one day! If I close my eyes and replay in my mind that horrible night, the phone call, the entire experience...it takes my breathe away and my heart breaks all over again into a million pieces. Everyone says I am strong and I try to be but there are times when I am alone, I just break down and cry out to GOD asking why it had to be you ~ MY SWEET COREY ORY? I know it's not meant for us to understand. Those family times when we are all together for family dinners, family vacations, holidays , birthdays...as a MOM, when everyone goes home, my heart just aches for you to have been here to share it with us. Those are the times my heart aches for you more than anyone knows. But, I know your watching us from Heaven. I hope you see how much we keep your memory alive. We talk about you all the time and the grandkids know ALL about UNCLE COREY. They love ROOT BEER just like you did, they love Master Wok Beef Teriyaki and when they order they say "Mi Mi,just like Uncle Corey", those simple tiny things, make my heart warm with rememberance.
I love you my sweet son...and think of you every day.
I send you all my love and hope you feel my kisses in the wind!
Love you to HEAVEN and back!
Love,
Mom
Kim Gibbons
June 3, 2013
Dear Sweet Corey,
Today your Pa Paw Gibbons is being lay to rest after so much suffering. I am sure he is already in Heaven by your side. MaMaw Gibbons will be so sad and lonely without him but she will find peace knowing he is no longer suffering and that she will see him again one day! Corey, this year is difficult for me in so many ways. I cannot shake the sadness and yet every day I give THANKS to GOD for my life, my family , children and grandchildren. He has blessed my life in so many ways. The longer you are gone the harder it seems to be on me. I get so down when I look around and there are so many things I wish you were here with us to share and celebrate. Your brother and his wife Charity had a baby boy, named BENTLEE TODD, to incorporate both your and Kyle's middle names. YOUR NIECE AND NEPHEWS would have adored you. I sometimes get so sad because your not here with us. I know that GOD has you in his arms in a better place. It is those of us here on earth that feel the sadness and loss. I love you my sweet son. Not a day goes by that you do not enter my mind. I love you and hope you feel my love as I send you kisses in the wind!
Love MOM
Kim Gibbons
December 2, 2012
Good Morning my Sweet Corey Ory! We have just passed the 8 years since GOD took you home. It doesn't get any easier for us!I can't tell you how many times I replay that day and night in my head. It makes me so sad, but in so many ways GOD was preparing me for our loss. I miss you every single day but I have so few regrets. You and I were so close. I was one of the last ones to see you that day,you surprised me when you got home from college and jumped out at me in my office. I still feel your warm hug, I can smell your TOMMY cologne and see your sweet grin! We had the next day planned together, out to breakfast and shop for Ashley and you were so hoping Crystal would have that baby early while you were home. None of that was what GOD had in store. Not many hours later we received the horrible call. Life goes on and we find peace knowing you are in HEAVEN SMILING DOWN ON US! The holidays are here and for me they are never the same. YOU my sweet son are the one who LOVED Christmas as much as your mom! You would love your 5 nieces and nephews. I tell them stories about you and your brother and sister all the time. It helps me get through these times. I wish you were here with us in person! I want to hold you and watch you tease your sister and brother like you always did. I want to see you play with your nieces and nephews.But this will never be as you are now at peace with the Lord and we are the only ones that still feel pain and sadness. Please know as we fellowship as a family and laugh and enjoy, you are always missed. You are always loved and in our hearts every singe minute of the day. You will never be forgotten.
I love you so much!I count my blessings every day that GOD chose me to be your Mom. I am so blessed! Sending you kisses in the wind! Love you and Merry Christmas my Sweet Son
Love, Mom
May 22, 2012
Corey,
It's birthday time and my thoughts are with you, as others that knew you. If you were still on this earth with us I know your career would have been something to do with the outdoors and this beautiful earth... like conservation. It brings to mind the Missouri Conservation magazine articles. I gave you over the years, because a certain article reminded me of you. In fact each month I receive it I think of you when I see certain articles.
We will meet again one day. I hope you and my dad are busy telling fish stories and that Grammy is catching up with her stories too. She dearly loved you, Corey.
Love, Nanny
KIM GIBBONS
May 22, 2012
My Sweet Corey,
As I read the post from Zach Anders,it brought tears to my eyes. Tears of thanks that people still remember you and that you touched their lives in ways far beyond what we ever knew GOD had in his plan. I am so happy to hear that this young man survived his accident and that he thinks of you, our families loss and that he clings to the cross thanking GOD for his life and praying for you and our family. That is such a special gift! I love you so much my Sweet Corey Ory! Not a day goes by you don't enter my mind, my heart doesn't ache to feel your warm hug and see that "grin" that was part of who you are and what so many remember most!I find peace in knowing I will see you again one day. You would now be 27...where does time go? You were 19 when GOD took you home. You now have 4 nephews and 1 niece and you would have been their favorite person, I am sure of that as you were such a magnet to children. We talk about you all the time and they feel as if they know you a bit. The boys love ROOT BEER, their favorite treat and every time we go to drink it, I smile and say who loved Rootbeer and they say UNCLE COREY! Life has to go on and that is part of GODS plan for us here on earth until he takes us home to be with you in that wonderful place of HEAVEN but I can't say it gets easier...As a matter of fact it's harder for me to go to the cemetary now more than ever before. I know it sounds weird but I get so sad and I feel empty when there as I know you are in heaven. Your friends have all grown and having families of their own. I know they think of you and I hope that they always remember how you died, that someone's careless driving while drinking is what killed you. It is so important to me that people remember that and that in some way your dying prevented someone else from losing their life to a drunk driver.
Mothers Day was so hard because you always made it special for me and always wrote me a sweet note in my cards. I love so many things about you Corey, but I loved your HEART most of all. You were such a loving son!
I love you today, tomorrow and always! SENDING YOU MY KISSES IN THE WIND!
LOVE
MOM
Aunt Di
May 22, 2012
I'm thinking of Corey today as this is a couple of days past the date that he entered this world. This year, as I step back and look at my precious sister and niece and nephew, it is amazing to see that in their children... I see glimpses of Corey.
It's hard to try to imagine where life would have taken Corey, but I realize today that where he has gone, is better than any place he could possibly be here on earth. That doesn't take away the yearnings that those that love Corey continue to have to see him again.... but ultimately, to know that each of them has their salvation in Christ, brings a comfort to them that they will each be reunited. To see how they share with their children, just what Uncle Corey was like, is an example of how he truly "goes on".
I love you, Corey.
Love, Aunt Di
Zach Anders
May 20, 2012
I did not know Corey very well. We did go to Pleasant Hill together and I was in the class ahead of him. When I was in 5th or 6th grade I played on a little league basketball team with him. I remember it so well because Corey was our best player and all of our plays ended with him taking the shot. He was nice enough to feed me a few though for all the screens I set for him. :) Anyway, with a school as small as Pleasant Hill, you might not know everybody, but you knew who everyone was. Kyle was in my grade, and Krystal graduated the same year as my sister, and one of my best friends was good friends with Corey. So in a roundabout way, I knew him.
Anyway, I was in a very serious head on collision in January of 2008 just outside of Pleasant Hill. A driver crossed the center line and hit me head on. I survived, but it was a VERY, very close call. Ever since my accident I find myself thinking about Corey at random times. I don't remember a lot about him, but I can still remember his face. I am very sorry for Corey's family and I hope that as time has passed it has gotten a little easier to handle, although no one would ever expect you to fully get over what a tremendous loss this must have been and still is to your family.
When I think of Corey I clutch my Cross that has hung from my neck every single day since my accident and say a little prayer for the Gibbons family, and anyone who had the pleasure of knowing Corey. God bless your family, I am sure he is taking good care of your son in heaven...
November 10, 2011
I want to write a message today because today is the present....not the past and not the future. Right now, I am remembering Corey's face, his grin, his ornry look and batting of his eyes! I too try at times to imagine what he would look like now, if he would be married and have children. What a gift those
grandchilren would be to MiMi!!!
Instead,he gave Kim, Crystal,Kyle and Ron the gift of living each day in the present because of experiencing how quickly life here on earth can change.
You are a present to all of us, Corey.
A gift from God who contiues to touch our lives and always will.
We love you!
Aunt Di
Betty Riordan
November 9, 2011
Corey,
Doesn't seem possible it has been 7 years and yet in many ways we all remember it like it was yesterday... that terrible night! We all miss you very much and always wish you could experience the many happy times in our lives. I wonder sometimes, if you were still here with us, if you would have a family, just like Crystal and Kyle do. After your short life, we try to cherish every moment with loved ones. I know you are in a better place. I hope at the table that is waiting for the rest of us, we find you, Grammy, and Grandpa, catching up on things. I can just picture you and my Dad telling your fishing and hunting stories. Of course you will get tired of hearing about, 'the one that got away', from my dad. We love you still!
Love, Nanny
November 8, 2011
Hi My Sweet Corey,
This time of year is always so hard on me. As November 20th marks 7 years since that awful night you passed away.
The night we never had a chance to say goodbye.
I want you to know we never forget you. We miss you every day and I would give anything to hold you once again. I will never understand why GOD chose OUR sweet son but I have to think he needed another ANGEL in heaven and Corey he picked you!
Holidays are hardest as well as the anniversary of your death. Family times are never the same without YOU but I know you are watching us and with us in spirit. I wish there was a little door that would allow us to peak inside heaven on those occasions when our hearts are aching more than normal, just to hold you one more time. Just a chance to see that YOU truly are at peace with GOD, making it easier until we meet again in Heaven.
Of course that isn't the way it is but wouldn't it be nice!
It's hard to believe that Thanksgiving is only 2 weeks away...even though I feel so much heart ache this time of year, I have so much to be thankful for....
GOD has blessed my life in so many ways. He gave me YOU our Corey to love and nurture for 19 years...He chose "ME" to be your mom! What a blessing that was....How could I ever be ungrateful for that. I thank GOD every single day even through my tears for giving me you as MY SON!
I hope as THANKSGIVING rolls around, others will remember you and treasure happy memories as well as time to look around their own lives and count the many blessings GOD has given them. We all have so much to be thankful for this time of year. I love you my sweet COREY ORY! I am thankful GOD gave me you! Love you so much my sweet son.
Love mom
Aunt Di
November 20, 2010
Today is a day of sadness, longing and and yet thankfulness. Sadness that Corey's life here on earth was so brief, longing to experience him face to face and yet thankfulness for your gift, Lord, of his life!
You are a lord that works all things for the good- thank you lord for being a comforter, a restorer and the "giver" of life- life everlasting for Corey and for all who seek you.
Thank you for giving us the ability to "remember" Corey and his mother's ability to remember all the intricate details of her son that you so graciously have provided for her.
I pray that today will be a day of trust and restoration- trust in knowing that you, Lord, will continue to be a comforter and restorer.
Love to Kim, Crystal ,Kyle and Ron...
and gratefulness for the time that Corey blessed our lives.
Aunt Di
Mom Gibbons
November 19, 2010
Hi Corey Ory,
It's mom again.Corey I am in my hotel about to board a ship today. I can't shake the down feeling I have. I miss you so much!! I wonder if it will ever get easier...then again if it did I would also be sad. Because I never want to forget you!It just isn't fair that your not here with us. Life goes on and years pass quickly and at times it feels you have been gone so much longer than 6 years but then other times it feels like just yesterday we were chatting as we often did LATE at night. I can't describe how it feels to lose a child. I don't allow myself to dwell on it very often because if I did the tears would not STOP. There are days I stop and close my eyes and think of you...I see your face, your GRIN, hear your raspy voice and feel your warm hugs. I let the tears fall, start calling to GOD to explain why it had to be you, and then I am okay. I know GOD needed you. I always thank GOD for giving you to us to love. Then I am better until next time. I love talking about you, it helps me. I reminesce about the happy times. This is why we talk about you with the grandkids as I want them to know who UNCLE COREY was.
I love you my sweet son...this time of year is hard on me but I am okay. I realize that He had a plan of which we do not always understand but that doesn't mean I have to like it! I am so thankful GOD chose me to be your MOM! Sending my kisses in the wind!
I LOVE YOU!
Kim/MOM Gibbons
November 16, 2010
My Sweet Corey,
As another year rolls around to the anniversary of your passing, my heart gets very heavy and I feel on edge. It is so hard to believe it will be 6 years since that horrible accident that took you away from us. I miss you every day. I often close my eyes and picture your grin and try to feel your hugs and remember the sound of your voice. I always pray to GOD to never let me forget anything about you! As time passes that is my biggest fear.I remember the last time I hugged you goodbye just hours before and we were planning our day of shopping and breakfast the next morning.YOU wanted waffle house as always! Little did I know that would be the last time I would see you...the last time I would ever hold you in my arms. I will remember that day forever!! You were so excited that Crystal was ready to have your first nephew. You were hoping he would come that weekend you were home. Corey, you now have 3 wonderful nephews and a little niece that would melt your heart! You would have loved these kids and they would have adored you! We talk about you all the time and I share with them little things about their uncle Corey. They understand as best they can that GOD took you home.We have just received the good news that your sis is expecting baby #4! She wanted 4 and after this her family is complete! Kyle has little MASON...they are best buddies and he is a great daddy!I know your brother and sister miss you so much. It is still hard for them to talk about their loss. Michael misses you so very much too! He feels he lost one of his best friends! We went to ALASKA for my 50th birthday and you were in our hearts every day. We know how much you loved ALASKA the 2 times you went with your Pa Paws. That is why this trip meant so much to me! I only wanted to be with the kids for my 50th. The boys looked at me one day out on deck and said, Mi Mi ...I bet Uncle Corey is watching us from heaven. I smiled with tears in my eyes...I am sure you were watching us and knowing we were thinking of you every day!I have just returned from a 2 week trip to Spain with a group and now we are off again for the Inaugural of RCCl's newest ship! I hope to then come home and have a quiet Thanksgiving. At this season, I still count my blessings. I thank GOD for giving you to us to love. You touched our lives in so many ways over the 19 years you were here with us. GOD gave you to us as a gift and you were only on loan to us. I love you with every bit of my heart.
Please watch over all of us! Always know I love you and I am sending you my kisses in the wind!
Love,
Mom
Betty Riordan
November 13, 2010
Corey,
It seems like an eternity since you left us. I think writing in the legacy book gives us peace and comfort. We miss you sharing the good times with us. This is getting into the holiday season and we all miss you not sharing it with us. Keith will fix breakfast for all of us. I give them their money envelopes and they shop and come back in the late afternoon for Show & Tell. Each takes a turn showing what they bought with their money. It's fun for everyone. We then have our dinner. Wished we had you here to take part with us. But, we know you are watching from a much better place. We all love and miss you.
Love,
Nanny
Kim ( MOM) Gibbons
May 18, 2010
Happy Birthday My Sweet son,
Oh how we miss you! My heart aches to give you a big birthday hug today. I know you are watching us from heaven and I also know you can see how deeply your missed. You would be 25 today! Oh how time just keeps clicking away.
I will go to the cemetary this morning and bring your birthday balloon and rose. It's certainly not the same as birthdays past, but my heart feels a little better when I go (thinking to myself) that you know I am there with you.
Corey, Mothers day was hard on me as the kids came to fix me breakfast and came to be with me...I enjoyed the morning but when everyone leaves...and I am alone ...my heart will always ache because you are always missing.
Corey, I try NOT to let others see my sadness or missing you. I don't want others to feel bad or sorry for me. You know me, I am strong and I know that life must go on . MY faith in GOD and knowing I will see you again gets me through every day that your not here with us.
No matter how many smiles you see or how much laughter you hear from us here on earth...always know there is another side that misses you so much it hurts, a side that if I let it, it can bring me to knees in tears always crying to GOD why did it have to be you,or days I break down crying in the car when I hear a song you loved....But, then I realize GOD needed another angel in heaven and he chose you! I know there was a plan and even if we don't understand that plan one day we will. Please know you always have a huge part of my heart, a part that was only yours.That part of my heart is torn/lost with losing you. Time will never heal that.
So , today I wish you a Happy Birthday! To my youngest, I thank GOD today for giving you to us to love and I am sorry that your time here with us was so short but we will see you again one day in heaven.
Today as every day I am sending you my kisses in the wind.
Love,
Mom
May 18, 2010
What a beautiful day it is today-the sun is shining after such a long time of gloom and rain. Certainly, it is a day to celebrate Corey's life in a similar way.
In the midst of all the sorrow, as time passes, our memories of Corey do not pass or fade, rather they come consistently. Our memories of Corey are a gift from God....and today we will celebrate that gift.
Love,
Aunt Di
May 17, 2010
"Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same."
Those are my feelings right now Corey. I know tomorrow being your birthday [May 18th] your mom will mourn her loss. We all miss you and think of you often, especially on special dates like this. You left us at 19 and would have been 24. I sometimes think, "He's missing out on so much!" But, you're not! You're watching it all happen...have fun doing that."
Love,
Nanny
Betty Riordan
April 23, 2010
Hello Corey,
Today is your sister Crystal and brother Kyle's birthdays. I just left a message for Kyle and Crystal. Kyle just called and we talked a few minutes. Crystal is down at her Aunt Karla's or Aunt Di's, as she always called her, visiting her new shop in Rocheport, called Grace.
I think of you often and know you must be busy working for the Lord there. I'm always curious what your days are like. I would like to think that you, grammy and grandpa Sheets are catching up on things at my big table reserved for my family.
Your birthday is coming up soon...May 18th. God bless you, honey...and I know He does. You were 19 when you went to be with the Lord so that would make you soon to be 24.
I might add that your mom is still in mourning. She misses her baby so much. She is an awesome grandmother...known as Mimi.
Love,
Nanny
Kim ( mom) Gibbons
April 12, 2010
Corey,
Today I see where your cousin Joey wrote in your legacy book! It made me feel so good to know others still think of you! I miss you all the time...it's getting close to your birthday and that always brings a sadness to my heart! You loved your birthday and Christmas....you were such a "little boy" inside about things like that even at 19. The weather is so nice...the lake outside my back door is so calm and ducks everywhere. This weekend everyone was fishing...your brother went fishing this weekend and was looking for someone to go with him...I know you would hav!! You and he loved the outdoors, fishing, hunting and you would have loved Kyle's little MASON and Crystal's Caleb, Maddox and Miss Kennedy Grace. At times I get so sad that your not here to enjoy them. You loved little ones so much and they would have adored you.
We have told them all about you. We have taken them to your grave and they understand as best they can. When they say your name it's so cute.
I love you so much my sweet Corey. My surgery went well and I am cancer free. I am getting better every day. I know GOD truly answered my prayers and that you and he were watching over me.
It's been 5 years since you left us and that too makes me so sad. I don't ever want anyone to forget you, I keep your memory in the forefront of my mind always.
Please always know I love you and that I am sending kisses to heaven in the wind! Love Always, Mom
Joseph Stinson
April 10, 2010
Corey:
Hey buddy. It's been over six years since you left but I think about you everyday. The day Grandma left us was hard but she always considered you one of her favorites if not her most favorite. I know you two are having a blast now, however, I must admit I am jealous you get to see her and Grandpa all the time and I don't!! Hahaha!!! I know your looking down on evryone you love and you will always be in my heart. Take care buddy.
Joey
Cheryl Schifferdecker
November 22, 2009
May God's arms reach out to each of you and send Corey's love to you directly from heaven. You know his love is still with you every day.
November 21, 2009
Time has passed but our thoughts of Corey have not and never will.
My heart is warmed when I look at Corey's niece and nephews and see a familiar grin, mischevious look, playful demeanor.
What a blessing that god's gift of children continues to bless our entire family.
We will always love Corey, and how marvelous that we can show that love through our love we give to Kim, Crystal, Kyle, Michael, Caleb, Mason, Maddox and Kennedy Grace.
November 20, 2009
Corey,
Your mom is morning for her loss. Even though it has been 5 years...seems impossible, she misses you every moment of her life. We know you are in a better place, but in our own selfish way we want you here on earth with us. We love you and miss you. I only pray that your mom finds peace in knowing that you are safe in the arms of our savior.
:Love,
Nanny
Shelly Leach
November 20, 2009
No bond is as great as that between a parent and child. My deepest condolences are with you as you grieve.
kim Gibbons
November 19, 2009
My Sweet Corey, I am laying here thinking of you tonight. 5 years ago tonight we received that horrible phone call (12:20 AM Nov.20)that FOREVER changed our life. You had been in an accident and all the way to the hospital I prayed that you were okay. We got to hospital and waited as they brought the other kids in but as time passed and you did not come, my heart was breaking inside, knowing that was bad news.You know up until that time, I always heard of people losing a child and my heart would break for them but NEVER did I think that would happen to us or one of our kids. You our youngest and our surprise baby! SO many emotions run through my mind at the time. I went from being so angry at GOD ( why would he take my son)to being angry at you ( for riding with your friends and not driving your own car that night) to finally being hurt and allowing myself to cry and feel the loss. I finally came to terms with GOD needed you with him in heaven and that you are in a much better place!We miss you and the hurt we all feel will never go away. Life does go on and we have to take a day at a time and live. Knowing that we will see you again one day gives us peace! At times it is harder than others, such as tonight the anniversary of your death ,or on your birthday or our family nights or holidays etc.I miss your hugs, your GRIN, your calls to me late late at night just talking to me about everything. I miss you teasing your sister and brother, I miss your smell (anytime I smell TOMMY cologne I get tears in my eyes). It's all those little but special things that made you - YOU! I miss your loving ways most of all!We always miss you, every single day- remember that. Don't ever think that when we have family times,laughing and sharing or if I am traveling all over the world on business ...that you are ever out of my mind because you are not.We all miss you ALWAYS! For me as a mom, it is so hard because one of my kids is always missing...YOU! Dad and I have 3 children and our family will never be complete again without you here.To others you might be forgotten or a distant memory or maybe passing thought but to us, you are in our hearts and minds always.We love you, miss you and talk about you all the time. Those memories make us smile,sometimes laugh and even cry.I thank GOD every single day that he gave YOU to us as our son and that he picked Dad and I to be your MOM and DAD! You brought us so much joy for 19 years!I am sad he took you home so soon, but I know our children are a gift from GOD and on loan to us. That faith gets me through, knowing I will see you again one day.I love you my sweet Corey. Send me kisses from heaven and know I am always sending you MY kisses in the wind.
Love,MOM
Betty Riordan
November 2, 2009
Dear Corey,
It's hard to believe it has been almost 5 years since you left us. We continue to miss you. Your mom wishes you were here with the family to enjoy all the little blessings God has given her as a grandmother. Crystal and family have a new house and are in the process of moving in now. Lots of yard space for the boys and Miss Kennedy to enjoy.
My children's history book was published a year ago this month...The Imaginary Journeys of BJ and Dobbin. I can see you reading chapters of the book to your nephews and niece.
Your Aunt Karla has a new decor shop in Rocheport, that just opened. She is still a recruiter for DeVry University
though.
I miss you and wished you could be here for our fun holiday events. But know that you are safe and secure in God's arms.
Love,
Nanny
Kim Gibbons
November 2, 2009
Hi My Sweet Corey,
This is the season that reminds us ALL of you in so many ways. Good as well as sad. Hunting season is here and the deer are everywhere! I miss you so much during these cool fall days. Your favorite holiday CHRISTMAS is right around the corner. Your the son who still had "a Christmas list" a mile long as a teenager just like you did as a little boy!I always have you in my mind but there are little things that remind me of you more than others...They are silly things really but still things that put you in the front of my mind. If I smell a man who is wearing Tommy cologne, I get tears in my eyes as I can still remember your scent when wearing that and how you hugged me at the car a few hours before you died I had commented on how good you smell! Little did I know that would be my last hug from you! Crystal's little boy Maddox has so many cute expressions and he so reminds me of you as a little boy the way he talks and the things he says. Kyle's little guy Mason has the raspy voice you had as a little boy! They all remind me of you in many ways. They bring me so much joy... all 4 of them! If I let myself sit and think about you for very long, I get this overwhelming feeling of sadness and the hurt I feel in my heart from losing you come to the forefront of my mind! I can't believe in 3 weeks it will be 5 years since GOD took you home to be with him. At times it seems longer and other times it doesn't feel like that long. They always say GOD doesn't give us more than we can handle??? I often ask GOD "why did he think we could handle losing our child"??? Does anyone ever truly handle it the right way? I have strong faith and knowing I will see you again is what gets me through. Life does go on and YOU are always in our thoughts and our memories. YOUR SMILE AND GRIN are truly missed!We had 19 wonderful years with you and I thank GOd for that gift! You brought us so much joy and laughter....there will never be anyone like YOU my COREY ORY! ALL of our children are special in their own way!Of course, I will always wish you were still here with us and enjoying your little nieces and nephews...I often wonder if you and Ashley would have been married, what you would have decided to do in your life etc. BUT then I stop as I guess that was never in GODS plan.
No matter how much it hurt to have you taken away from us, I am so glad I never knew that GOD would choose to take you at 19. That way we all LIVED and LAUGHED with you AND made great family memories, otherwise I think we might have lived in fear.
I learned so much from losing you- most of all to NEVER take life for granted and tomorrow is NOT promised to any of us. Live each day the way GOD wants us to live it. It's hard to always do that but we ask him to guide us and watch over us! I know your watching over us and always know I love you!I am sending you MY kisses in the wind!
Love, MOM
Betty Riordan
May 18, 2009
HAPPY BIRTHDAY COREY. WE'RE ALL THINKING ABOUT YOU, BECAUSE WE LOVE AND MISS YOU!
LOVE, NANNY
Kim Gibbons
May 16, 2009
Hi My Sweet Corey!
We miss you so much- especially on your birthday. Time flies as I can't believe how long you have been gone:( Crystal turned 27, Kyle turned 25 and you would be turning 24! I often wonder what it would be like if you were still here with us? Would you be married...and having your own little ones like Crystal and Kyle? We talk about you often and Caleb is old enough to understand a little bit about you being in heaven. I have also explained to Mason that Daddy had a brother and he says COREY! Maddox and Miss Kennedy aren't old enough to understand but when they are I will show them pictures and tell them stories just like I do the others. You would have loved them all so much. They all bring us so much joy! We have our family nights as we always did, and the house is a bustle with little ones. We all enjoy our times together but as always when everyone goes home, I sit and reflect of our time together, and I get so sad inside because there is always YOU missing. As a mom, I had 3 wonderful kids and there will always be a spot in my heart that is empty without you. You completed dad and I's Terrific Trio! I love you and miss you so much! The missing gets harder the longer your gone. I thought it would get easier in time. I know you are with us in spirit and are watching us from heaven. I make it through knowing you are in such a wonderful place. Always know that wether I am home or traveling the world I think of you all the time. Many times I hear a song that reminds me of you, or the little ones will say something that reminds me of you as a little guy! You are always remembered in so many ways.
Happy Birthday my sweet son! I am sending you all my love and kisses. Send me your kisses in the wind!
I love you!
MOM
Betty Riordan
April 30, 2009
Corey,
It's May 1st tomorrow and I am thinking of you because your birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks.
We miss you! Your mom continues to have moments wishing her family was complete again... which will be when everyone will meet in Heaven someday.
I wonder if you and grammy visit about times spent here on earth or if you are aware of those things there. Just curious.
I'm getting ready to have a book signing at my house the end of May. My book is a children's history book, called 'The Imaginary Journeys of BJ and Dobbin' which was published in Nov. 2008... 2 months after grammy left us. She knew I was writing the book 3 years before she died. I wished I could have seen the look on her face when it was published. She played a big part in choosing that title, because of an incident that happened when I was just learning to read as a child.
Crystal and Kyle's little ones are adorable. You would spoil them I'm sure if you were here.
I continue to think about you and love you. Can you feel it?
Love,
Nanny
Kim ( MOM) Gibbons
April 18, 2009
Hi My Sweet Corey,
I am missing you so much! Spring is here and your birthday is 4 weeks away. You would be 24...my time flies. Crystal and Kyle turn 27 and 25. I am feeling old!!! LOL ALl my little ones are grown up with their own little ones.
At times it feels you have been gone for longer than 4 years but then there are other times it feels it couldn't have been 4 years ago that God took you home!
Your little nephews and nieces are growing! YES Corey,we finally have a little girl as Crystal and Michael had Miss Kennedy Grace and she is now 11 weeks old. (Of course I am sure you saw her before we did as she is definitely a blessing from above!)
She looks just like Crystal did as a baby and those little chubby cheeks are adorable. Caleb, Maddox and Mason are all growing. At 4, 2, and 3 they are at the best ages! The 3 of them are quite the buddies. Corey sometimes I get so sad (if I let my self dwell on you not being here) as I wish you were HERE to ENJOY them with us. YOU had such a love for little children and were such a magnet to them.
ALWAYS know how LOVED and MISSED you are. Even though I don't write in your legacy book as often (its because it gets harder not easier) I still think of you every day.
Please watch over all of us.Your brother Kyle needs his little brother right now. He has been going through alot! I know your with him in spirit. Ask GOD to watch over him and GUIDE him a little closer these days! Watch over your sister Crystal as she has not been feeling good since Miss Kennedy arrived and they are trying to find what is wrong. Keith and I are traveling alot as I have many groups on the books and business is busy and it just keeps getting better. I thank GOD for that every day...The worlds economy is a disaster right now and I thank GOD that my business has survived! You know Corey I would rather have you here with us and give up all the business or material things of this world, if there was a way for you to be here with us again...But I realize that isn't the way it works and cannot happen so I will just look forward to the day I meet you again in HEAVEN and we hug/hold each other tight again one day.
I know you are in a wonderful place that is free from anything bad! You are safe and living with the LORD. AND that is how I make it through every day losing YOU my sweet son. Just knowing that you are in heaven and that I will see you one day makes it easier to accept. I will always wonder why GOD chose you, but I know there was a reason but sometimes that reason isn't for us to understand while here on earth. And that is the hardest part...not understanding why it had to be you.
I love you forever and send you kisses in the wind!
Love,
Mom
Aunt Di
November 29, 2008
Corey-
I am at Aunt Robin and Uncle Brian's for Thanksgiving. Brandon, Taylore Kathryn and I are together and as in every holiday- we are thinking of you. Brandon just turned 22 and Andrew is 15! I always wonder what you would be doing now in your life, and I feel sadness that we do not get to experience seeing that- but joy knowing that you are eternally young with Christ. We love you so very much sweetie.
Betty Riordan
November 21, 2008
A great day to make an entry in your legacy book...the sun is shining!
It was 4 years ago yesterday you left us to be with the Lord. We truly miss you here, but know you are in a place where there is no sadness, where you are wondering... why we are sometimes sad, lonely, angry, bitter and down on our family and friends. We should be so lucky to have what you have found these last 4 years where we struggle every day to stay focused on what is truly important in our lives...LOVE. When you live for Him everything else will fall in place. Our lives will not be as fulfilling here on earth if we die not having lived by His teachings.
We love and miss you Corey!
Love, Nanny
Kim Gibbons
November 20, 2008
To my sweet Corey!
Today is the hardest day for all of us. 4 years ago today GOD took you away from us as he needed you with him.
Our lives must go on and we carry on with the daily trials and tribulations of life but my heart will never be the same. You see for me as a mom and I am sure the same for your dad....GOD gave us 3 children to love and cherish. You were our youngest and our SURPRISE baby but you brought us so much joy and we were so happy that you made our family complete! But, now that GOD opened our eyes to understanding you were a GIFT from him and on loan to us...it is so hard not to have you here with us anymore. I can't wait to see you again one day! I pray every day for you to watch over all of us and help us find peace on those rough days when the missing becomes so strong.
I miss YOU all the time...but sometimes it just hurts more than others. Like the times we have family time or vacations and you are not here. Or holidays when the kids are here with us and after everyone leaves...my heart aches as a mom because YOU are always missing.
I am strong Corey, and my faith is strong and I know your in a better place but that doesnt' take away the break in my heart or the ache I sometimes feel to hug you again or hear you voice or see your grin.
We all handle grief in our own way. I feel I have handled it quite well...I have always tried not to be angry at GOD( even though at first I went through all the emotions, angry at GOD for taking MY baby, then angry at you for getting in that car and getting a ride home that night, and then the anger turned to sorrow, and sadness. ) But I am NO LONGER angry at GOD. You were a GIFT and I THANK GOD for you every day. You touched our lives in such a special way. Your brother and sister loved you and the 3 of you were DAD and I's terrific trio as you were growing up! I find peace knowing you are in heaven...in a better place than here on earth. Yes, we miss you and I selfishly want you back here with us. But, we all know that is not how it works! I know that GOD had a plan when you died. We might NOT EVER understand his plan, but I am sure you have saved another child from being killed by a drunk driver or maybe you have touched someone else's life in a special way during your time here on earth. Corey to have 700 people at your funeral...that says alot about YOU and how special you were and still are!
I love you my sweet COREY ORY...my heart is always with you and I hope you can feel my kisses in the wind! Love , MOM
Kim Gibbons
October 19, 2008
My Sweet Corey Ory!
It's mom...missing you so much the last week.
This time of year is so hard ,as in just a few weeks it marks 4 years since GOD took you away from us taking you home with him.Our lives will never be the same.
It's also your FAVORITE time of year...HUNTING season!!!! Your brother Kyle and brother in law Michael are really into hunting this year...they even took little Caleb one time. He had fun at first but then didn't want to walk anymore! What do you expect for a 3 1/2 year old! LOL
Your daddy didn't take you that little...but you would beg to go with him! You would always stand at the door with your coon hat on, your cowboy boots and your little rifle. YOU were such a daddys boy even then! Kyle can hardly wait to take little Mason. I am sure he will be a daddys boy too!
Corey please ask GOD to watch over all of us and be with us during this hard season.
You know many of my friends have kids a lot younger than mine and their kids are all just going to college. I worry all the time when they talk about their kids going to parties and drinking etc.
I always BEG them to insist their kids STAY at the party or call for a ride... I know all of us were kids once and too others I probably seem to WORRY to much , but LOSING a child has forever changed our lives. If I can prevent anyone else from having to go through the pain and sadness of losing their child I will try by reminding them of our loss! NOTHING WILL EVER BRING YOU BACK OR CHANGE THAT HORRIBLE TRAGEDY. It might have been 4 years and to others time passes and they FORGET but to US...we will never forget. That one night changed our lives forever.
I hope in my heart that your DEATH HAS or WILL save someone else's child from having an accident or getting killed by a drunk driver. We always taught you not to drink and drive...but I guess I didn't stress enough NOT to get a ride from anyone else either as you never know if they have been drinking and if so how much.
Be with us...help me in some way make a difference for others lives.
I would give anything in the world to hold you again and to tell you I love you in person! I miss your sweet grin and your bear hugs. YOU were so affectionate..I miss that more than you will ever know.
I love you sweetie! Not a day goes by that my heart doesn't ache to see you again.
I hope you can feel my kisses in the wind!
LOVE
MOM
Aunt Di
October 1, 2008
Corey,
Aunt Di is thinking of you too. Alot of people where I live are hunters and it definitely makes me think of you and how when you were little you used to where your boots to bed! We miss you very much- Brandon and Taylore think of you and talk about you often. Time here on earth goes by very fast- but we know that this life is just a brief moment compared to the time we will spend with the Lord in eternity.
We love you, Corey.
Love,Aunt Di
Betty Riordan
October 1, 2008
We are all thinking about you at this time of year, Corey. It has been almost 4 years but seems longer, because you are missed so much. My mommy joined you in heaven September 4th. I miss her so much, too. I am putting together a scrapbook for your Aunt Robyn's birthday coming up Feb. 2nd and ran across pictures taken at my dad's funeral when the snow was so heavy March 1st 2001... day before my birthday.You are in some of them and it makes me want to see you more and more. Last year at Xmas at my house we did something different. Keith fixed breakfast and after we ate everybody opened their gift envelope and left to shop for gifts and then came back to my house for show and tell. Everyone loved it. Then my siblings and their families joined us at 6:00 for dinner, catered by Hy-Vee.
I love and miss you.
Love, Nanny
MOM Gibbons
September 29, 2008
My Sweet Corey,
I miss you so much. I have been wanting to write in your legacy book for weeks but time just slips away. By now I am sure you know that your GRAMMY is there with you. We were all with her after her stroke and up until she died. She could hear us and I kept telling her to kiss and hug you for me and watch over you until its my time to come home to see you in heaven! She loved you so much...I know the 2 of you are watching over us.
Corey, watch over me as I have not been feeling good and ask GOD to watch over me a little extra until they find out what is wrong.
Your favorite time of year is here..HUNTING season! But, with that comes the sad month of NOVEMBER when you passed away. It is a hard time for all of us! I cannot believe it's going on 4 years since God took you home. I still think of you every day. As time passes, when I think of you ...my sweet son, I get so sad inside. I want you here so badly to share our family times and I want to hold you close one more time. I want to hear your voice and have you call me late at night as you always did. I miss those talks!
I know your watching us from Heaven and that your spirit is here along with all the wonderful memories that we will always treasure.
I miss you Corey Ory....your little nephews would have loved you so much and you would have loved them as you always were so good with little ones! And guess what...Your SIS is having a GIRL ...this baby was a big surprise just as you were to DADDY and I ...but they are excited and the boys are so excited to be having a sister! Only a few more months and she will make her entry into the world! Watch over sissy from heaven!
I love you Corey...every single day of my life...I love and miss you!
Love
MOM
Aunt Di
May 14, 2008
Corey,
Aunt Di is thinking of you tonight as your birthdate is coming upon us. I think of you often as I watch your cousins and nephews grow up. I think of what you would look like, the man that you would have become, and whether or not you would be married or have a child. Although those are just question marks in my mind- who you were, what you looked like, what you enjoyed and were good at- those things are real for us today and the magic of those memories is that they will stay with us forever.
I love you, Corey.
Love,
Aunt Di
Betty Riordan
May 12, 2008
Corey, this is your birthday week. Yesterday was mother's Day and of course your mom thinks of you often. We celebrated Kyle and Melanie's boy, mason's 2nd birthday yesterday at Pleasant Hill park. It was a wet day, but they had a good turn out. Grammy is in Houston with Aunt Suzi now in an assistant living place, but came home a few weeks ago to clear out things at Uncle Steve's because that's where she lived for the last 5 years. Sue,mom and I stopped at the cemetery to take flowers for you. We did not get that done last Thanksgiving when Grammy left. We miss your presence here on earth but know you are in a better place. I love you and cherish the last entry on the page where we write what we are thankful for, at Thanksgiving at my house. Love, Nanny
Kim ( MOM) Gibbons
May 9, 2008
Hi Sweet Corey,
Sunday is Mothers day! It's a hard day for me as a mom. Then next week is your birthday! I MISS YOU SO MUCH!I LOVE YOU and WISH I COULD TELL YOU IN PERSON, OR PUT MY ARMS AROUND YOU!
I would give anything in the world to feel your hugs or see your sweet grin! We ALL MISS YOU, your shy grin, your gentle ways, your love of the outdoors and your funny side!!!! Crystal and Kyle always try and make Mothers Day special for me. I hold them both even closer than I did before ...since you died. We still have family nights as always, but they will never again be like they were because our family will always be missing you!
Every Mothers day I pull the last card and gift you gave to me.
I always taught the 3 of you that cards and writing in them is the most special gift you can give anyone. YOU my son, were the one who ALWAYS wrote in my cards. You also were the one who gave me on the MOTHERS DAY before you died the only thing I asked for.
To have each of you write on small slips of paper and put in a jar the things you felt were special that I taught you growing up or things you appreciated or wanted to also teach your children. You also wrote what you loved about having me as your mom! That was such a special gift to me. And now that your gone it means even more as you left a part of YOU with ME!
I know your in HEAVEN with the LORD and look forward to the day we see you again! Life gets so hectic but never a day goes by that I don't think of you, love you and miss you!
I hope you feel my love even way up there ! If you can please send me your kisses in the wind! Watch over us!
I love you,
Love
MOM
Betty Riordan
March 10, 2008
Dear Corey, I am thinking of you because it's so close to your birthday. Can't believe it's been over 3 years since you left us. What did you do all day? Just curious.I know the Lord must keep you and everyone else busy. If you had an e-mail address I would send you one,but I'm sure that would take you away from your busy life with Him. We all miss you Corey, and your mom aches for your presense here on earth. None of us understand why the Lord gives us life and then takes away at such a very young age. Your little nephews would love you Corey; I spend lots of time with Crystal and her 2 boys. We go on day outings in good weather and just got back from a road trip to your Aunt Robyn's. Missing you; Love, Nanny.
KIM ( MOM) Gibbons
March 9, 2008
Hi Sweet Corey,
It's a cold day in March and I am missing you. I am working as I always seem to be doing. BUSINESS IS SO VERY BUSY!
I have been thinking of you so much lately.
I think of you all the time but there are sometimes such as these days that I think of you even more.
The emptiness a mom feels with out having "ALL" of her children here with her, I cannot describe. I seem to grow closer every day to Crystal and Kyle and I TREASURE every minute with them as I never want to lose them as we lost you!
I know your in a wonderful place waiting for us to join you IN HEAVEN one day. But, for us here on Earth, the day to day, year to year family events ....I ache that your not here in PERSON with us. I love you so much! I know your here in spirit. The kids and I talk about you all the time. You brought us all so much joy and happy memories!
Your little nephews would have loved you! They hear about you and see your pictures and I tell Caleb
(as the others are still to young) all about you. I'll say you know Mommy's brother COREY and he'll say "Yes, MIMI he died and went to heaven with JESUS! " He understands as best a 3 year old can understand. At times none of us understand why it had to be YOU...but GOD had a plan and that is all he wants us to know. Please watch over all of us....be with me as I am traveling in Europe alot this SPRING....hold me close COREY and send me kisses in the wind!
I love you!
Love,
MOM
MOM Gibbons
February 12, 2008
My Sweet Corey,
Your best friend Nicholas- his Grandma Ederer died yesterday.
Please be waiting for her when she arrives in Heaven. Watch over Nicholas and his family giving them comfort during this hard time.
I love you my sweet angel!
Love
MOM
Kim - MOM Gibbons
February 11, 2008
Hi My Sweet Corey,
I have just returned from a group to the Mexican Riviera. We went to the same ports as we had on our last family vacation with you,3 months before you died.
Your brother Kyle and Melanie were with us on this group and the day we went to Puerta Vallarta, we went whale watching for the day and then Kyle insisted we go back to Chica falls where you and the kids jumped from the rocks into the spring. It looked so different as I had taken you in the summer and the water was high. IT was very dry this time.
Your brother was happy as he said it brought back HAPPY times/ memories of you!
I was afraid as he jumped as I am always afraid that GOD is going to take another child from me and I can't bare to think of it.
That vacation with you was one of our best and we all hold those memories very close!
I love you and miss you so much. If I allow myself to think of you for long periods of time, I feel like I am going to suffocate. I still can't believe that losing a child happened to us...
Please watch over all of us every day!
I am traveling alot this year as business is booming! I get very tired though and sometimes just like to stay home close to the kids and be with them and their families!
I love you so much my sweet Corey!
Always know I miss you every day and my heart aches to feel your warm hugs and sweet grin again!Love ,
Mom
Kim ( MOM) Gibbons
December 25, 2007
Merry Christmas my Sweet Corey!
The kids came and spent the day yesterday as they always do on Christmas eve and PaPaw and Grandma Wanda came to our house this year to celebrate with them as it is easier with the little guys.We had such a great day together and Keith fixed a wonderful lunch. We celebrated Keith's birthday the day before so it would be more special for him!
As everyone left and I was cleaning up, my heart had an aching that only you can understand. God gave me 3 children to love and nurture,and you my youngest was missing! I could feel you here in spirit, but oh how I wish we could have seen your little grin that made us all laugh or hear your voice or watched you play with your little nephews as you loved little kids so much and I know you would have had so much fun with them! They were so much fun this year! I can already see that when they are a bit bigger, what one won't think of the other one will...we are in for fun and surprises! They are all so well behaved and your sister and brother are very good mommy and daddy's.
I know that today you are celebrating Jesus birthday right next to him.
You are in a wonderful place and I hope you are saving a place for all of us to be near you again one day! I miss you so much and even when my heart aches, I make it through knowing we will see you again one day. If you have time, blow me a kiss in the wind or send me a sign that your okay.
Merry Christmas my sweet corey ory!
I love you so very much!
Love
MOM
Kim ( MOM) Gibbons
December 11, 2007
Hi My Sweet Corey! CHRISTMAS IS UPON US AND OH HOW I WISH YOU WERE HERE! You loved this time of year!
Memories light our hearts and minds at this season and always. I hold every happy memory close and it keeps me close to you!
We have just completed remodeling the entire house. Keith did it all by himself and it looks amazing! You would love your room...The little grandsons will love it too!
Caleb turns 3 tomorrow. He was born 2 weeks after you died. He helped me/us through so many rough times more than he will ever know.
But, I know that you are watching and you know! Between your brother and sister they are having their kids like your dad and I had the 3 of you! CLOSE TOGETHER!!!! Everytime I would announce I was pregnant AGAIN, Pa Paw Riordan would ask if we knew what caused this?!!LOL
It's so much fun with the little ones and brings back so many memories. The 3 of the grandsons are so different just like you and Crystal and Kyle were so different!It is very special!
Christmas is a time to count our blessings and be thankful and celebrate the birth of our saviour.
I count you as such a special blessing and I am so thankful GOD gave you to dad and I as our son.
I loved being your MOM!
I love you sweetie! Know that even though it's busy this time of year, thoughts of you are always in my mind!
Merry Christmas my sweet corey, I send kisses to you in heaven.
I hope I will feel your kisses in the wind!
Love
MOM
Betty Blake
December 7, 2007
Kim,please know and remember you and the family are in my prayers every day. We love you.
Janet Berry
December 3, 2007
Kim, It meant so much to me to see you come to my Dad's visitation, I know How hard that was, I am glad that Anita invited you to come with them! I know How hard it is with the Holidays, they will never be the same for me and my family! When my dad left us a piece of our Hearts wents with him, we will always have a broken heart. You know my daddy was my Hero and like the song we played Heaven Must of Needed another Hero, He decided to take mine! I didn't understand at first because I have always believed that if you Believe and put your whole faith in God that all things were possible through him! I prayed and prayed and for some reason God still wanted him, I guess he wanted to make him My Angel now instead of my Hero! I also wanted you to know that John and I were at the cementary today as the sun was starting to set and the glow of the sun shined down and around my dad's and Corey's graves and then a large flock of geese flew by the sun and over us, what a sign from Heaven! Dad's grave is just west of Coreys in the same section behind the chapel.
Kim, You have been a great friend and I hope I get to see you some this Holiday! My dad also as a legacy site on here, it makes you feel better to write to your loved one! Love, Janet
Tina Frey
December 1, 2007
Kim, I am so sorry that you have to experience this loss of a child so young in life. I can't even imagine losing one of my kids. My heart and prayers go out to you and your family in this difficult time throught the holidays. I wish I could have met Corey. It is obvious that he is very loved and missed. If you need anything please let me know. We are always here for you. Your such a sweetie! Much Love and best wishes to you!
Cathy Lewis
November 26, 2007
Kim,
Just know we are all here for you...Corey is very much alive in all our memories. Looking forward to visiting with you and Keith over the holidays...take care
Cheryl Schifferdecker
November 25, 2007
Kim, Keith, Ron, Melissa, grandparents, friends and family: I know that there is not a day that goes by that you don't think about Corey. I want you to know that his memory is still very much alive in this town and his name comes up frequently- always in a good way, and I know that Corey was a great kid. Kevin loved hunting with him, alongside Justin and Nick. I know holidays are especially hard. He is still with EVERY one of you and smiling down from the heavens! Please know that people in this town care and our heart goes out to you for the loss you suffered.
Keith Shubert
November 24, 2007
Corey
You are not forgotten. This time of year is extra hard because of the holidays and your not being here.Your mom misses you so very much.We will be togeather again!
Kim (mom) Gibbons
November 24, 2007
My Sweet Corey,
TODAY the 2nd hardest day of my life, the day we had to bury our youngest! You know me and how I always said I couldnt' be buried in the ground as I am too CLASTROPHOBIC- and that everyone would need to put a night light in my casket. I was going to be buried above ground in a mosoleum. But, since you were taken before I was, I will now be buried in the ground next to you. Dad on one side of you and me on the other!
I know our spirits will be in heaven, it's just thinking of the cold dark place that just breaks my heart! I want you here with us! To make our family complete again.
I wish I could hold you and tell you I love you! But, I know you hear me talking to you and telling you I love you every day.
We had our first snow on Thanksgiving and the weather is the same as it was the day of your funeral!
Cold and dreary.Great for hunting!
CRYSTAL,KYLE AND THEIR LITTLE GUYS KEEP ME GOING!We spent Thanksgiving evening with Kyle,Melanie and Mason. Mason is getting big and he is so cute! His red hair reminds us of you, but he looks like his daddy too. He is a good daddy with Mason and Melanie is a wonderful mommy!Crystal and Michael were away with the kids on a cruise with their church.I missed them so much and they return home today.
I stay so very close to both sissy and Kyle as I want to always be there when they need me. I don't let a day go by that I don't talk to them on the phone or see them.
Work is amazing and very busy! I thank GOD every day for the blessings he has given me, including YOU and for allowing me to be your mom for 19 years! He gave YOU to us as a gift to love and nurture,and you brought us so much joy and happy times!
Your room is about complete and you would love it! The colors and border I chose are so soothing and you would be very pleased at how COREYESQUE it had become!
The 3 little guys will love spending time in Uncle Corey's room!
I love you my sweet Corey Ory, your little grin and sweet smile will forever be in my mind.
You are loved today and every day!
I love you!
Mom
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