June Chaisson

Hurts like a burn, this business of missing you, Mom. How nice it would be to share a cuppa and salmon sandwich down at Goldstream. You were love. ~j

With many memories over years beginning in Germany in 1957..... Continuing on return to Canada (0romocto,NB)and your leaving for the West and then to Victoria throughout the years.
Thinking of all of you. Ferne, Michele, Joanne, Bill.

Friends since 1957 when your mother and I met on the Scythia, heading for Germany!
So many memories.....Werl,Gagetown....And the friendship continued even when you allleft for the West despite the distance!

Will be thinking of all of you......Ferne

Hi Mom, Dad passed away early this morning. He was in no pain and asked for no life saving measures after his stroke last sunday.
Jill and Kim patiently waited for him to cross...while in hospital.

Oh Mom

This am I got email from Kim leaving a thought message. I stopped the Onoway corner to pay respect to fisherman and wife who passed away. This year I left flower for Lana for Mom's day. I still miss you very much. Please stay near me Mom, Hugs and much love . Paul.......

On the seventh anniversary:
How quickly time passes and our lives change and move on. Two thousand five hundred fifty five days later, your memory is a presence, always there, minding....Us.

Be kind to your web footed friends...

Kim

Dear Mom,
The past year I am not come to terms with Skruff gone. I did think about you today and how you made Easter always special for your kids. Ena made a rock with Skruff's name on it. I just received the urn from Dad and packed the box with a note from Dad.
Miss you Always
Love Paul and Skruff

Dear Mom, On Dec 14, 11 my dear beloved pet was diagnosed with cancer. I would ask you to take care of him when it is time. I know you loved him dearly and spent a few short days with him before you died. Much Love Paul & Skruff

Mom I built a custom Bird House for the Cross Cancer Clinic and they will not it to be installed due to maintance issues.
I do this to honor the memory of you and other people who have suffered from cancer. You always taught me to be giving and help others and in my heart it hurts that I cannot put up this house for patients to view.
Love Paul & Skruff

Today is two years since you went away,
Such sorrow we felt on that day.
We still see you, down by the shore,
Quoth the raven: Evermore.

I had to spend the day away from house because there is lots of memories there. Still it is a hard day for me but I did pray for her.
I miss my Mother. I did send ballons to Lana next door to me.

Mother's Day today. Isn't every day Mothers Day? You and Ruth have that special place in both families, and my heart is a little heavier today. I'm glad for others who still have the chance. KC

Still you are missed but I sure use her wildlife watching skills she taught me. She had a knack of finding wildlife at 100 khr while driving to her favorite campground. Eye sight of an eagle.

We have just returned from holidays at the 'camp' on Belleisle Bay on the Saint John River in New Brunswick. Bill and his family were home for a month and as always the old 'Log Books' come out and we recall memories of years gone by. Dear to our hearts are the years when we were at Base Gagetown and the days spent on the Belleisle. Those days made special by a dear friend who always found things to do outdoors, games to play, songs and stories around the camp fire. We had such fun. We were young, the children were young and who can forget 'Buz.'
Thank you, June.

When Guy came home in 2008 and in 2009 we made our pilgrimages to the camp.

With loving thoughts and memories

Ferne, Michele, Joanne, Bill.
and George, Crystal, Tobin, Roselie and Aidan, who never tire of the stories.
The LeBlanc Family in Fredericton and Burnaby.

A year ago in August we gathered on this date,
an impermanent space for you, we did create.

"Ashes to ashes, dust unto dust",
for that morning my mind was thrust.

You did love nature, the sun, and the sea,
In a gray swirl, what was left was set free.

Now as you rest, having played life's game,
look down upon us and call each by name.

Some are restless, the mind not yet at ease,
reach out and comfort them if you will, please.

I carry not sorrow or pain in my heart,
tho 'twas not without anguish that we did part.

You molded me, taught me, and then set me free,
For that I am grateful, and always will be.

Hello Mom. Had a small anniversary dinner and evening for you Friday last. Ena organized it wonderfully, you would have been pleased. Baked ham dinner with all the fixins. All the family arrived, including Pam & Jason. Stories were told, memories shared, rounds of 19 played, silent prayers offered. Ena made a beautiful Memory Montage for you, everyone was quite moved as they watched. Dad was stoic, but very moved by it. I promised myself I would not grow sad and cry, but it caught up to me later. Everyone made their own way afterward, each left with their own thoughts and memories, reminders of you in our lives. Thanks for being there for me, Mom. Kim

Easter has come and gone with all of the awkwardness of 'what are we supposed to do this time' with it. It will be a year soon, Mom, a whole year since you passed. Along with you, I too was asking for a speedy release at the end for you. But oh how I miss you! Talking to you, bringing my troubles to you to sift through, often knowing I wasn't getting an answer from you but enjoying your presence in my life. You were a comfort to my tired head and heart over and over again and I remember thinking and saying to you that, "Gee, Mom, this parenting never does end, does it?!"

The close family will be getting together for a dinner in your honour on the day you died, Mom. I know how much you didn't want a funeral and believed that each of us live little tiny impact on the world when we leave it. That may be true for the world, but not for me. Your life had a huge impact on me. And I miss you so much, Mom.

I love you to the moon and back.

Love and big warm hugs to you,

Ena

Hello, Mom. It's Christmas eve, and you would be putting out the stockings for us. How hard you worked planning and making the Christmas season for us all, and for you too. What was it about Christmas that was so dear to you? I never really knew the answer to that. I wandered about in stores today, not there to buy anything I needed, yet everything I looked at brought memories. Candles for the Angel mirror holder, red doillies for the shrimp cocktail glasses, rolls and rolls of bright ribbon, pound blocks of butter for shortbread, decorative towels for the bathroom, that final tea and coffee in the mall coffee shop while we watched last minute shoppers scurry about.....the list goes on and on. Now, we have an aching place in our minds and hearts, for everything you brought us up for, for what you created as a family life for us, and how much you cared about each of us. Especially hard for Dad, you really were the light of his life, the flame in his lantern. Can I give you a BIG HUG now, and say " g'night, mom " ?

Mom, we gather today in your memory, to consign your remains to the four winds of the Earth, and to the water that makes up our existence, both corporally and in our world.

To the North, as represents my own life beginning, your early family life, and that natural wonder, the Northern Lights that fascinated us all.

To the East, as represents the life in New Brunswick, your early exposure to the family French heritage, and your ties to England.

To the South, as represents your life beginning in Kamloops, and our family experiences in Wainwright.

To the West, as represents the last 22 years of your life, gracefully and gratefully retired on Vancouver Island. With regret, fate intervened to make the last 2 ½ years much harder than you ever thought.

Last, to the Water, as represents your continued delight in being near the sea. In the natural water cycle, you will be carried upon the four winds.


May our thoughts for you, and about you, soar as the eagles do, above us all.

Saturday, 2008 August 30
With love and care and many memories
Kim

Mom, you would have been so happy watching the 2008 Olympics opening ceremonies. So full of symbolism, such skilled performers, what a visually exciting production. It reminds me of that appreciation for art that you gave to all of us. Your influence was strong and continues to be so. thank you....

Memories strike today..dried apricot candy..overflowing Christmas card holders..Cubs..Thrift Shop..Scouts.. volunteering..summer camping..Kaplun Kamper..S'mores..outdoor pool..Buzz and Sarah and Tuppence..Math flash cards..peppermint icing and spearmint leaves..summer vegetable garden. You always thought ahead. Thank you for your lessons, that I didn't know were there.

Mom, I miss you. I love you to the moon and back...but you know that. Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your last big journey. You are safe, protected and loved always.

You have your peace now, Mom. Would that it had been sooner as you wished, before dignity was given up. Your stoic calm was and is my strength. Your departure leaves a hole in my life that will never be filled or patched. May the memories of your life and compassion help guide me.

Ena, you are a testament to the wonderful woman you called "Mom". My heart aches for your loss.

Deepest sympathy Ena and family,with love from Claudia

With loviing thoughts and prayers, and 50 yearsof memories

Ferne (LeBlanc) Wolstenholme
Fredericton, NB

Ena and family,

You are in my thoughts and heart.

My thoughts and prayers are with you all during this time of loss. God bless you all.

Ena and family. My heart goes out to you as you struggle with letting June go. My thoughts and prayers are with you. Please let me know if i can help in any way.

As the days and weeks pass, and as you return to life’s routine, may you continue to feel comforted by the love and support of family and friends.

Kim.

Sincere condolences on the loss of your mother.