In Loving Memory of

Patti McCoy

Mom, I'm hurting knowing I'll won't be able to see you smile, tell me you love me, or run your hands through my hair until the day I'm with you again. But I'm comforted knowing you are with the Lord. You are in a perfect place and you feel no pain or sadness- you only feel peace and see beauty. This is how you were on earth though. You saw beauty in everything. I wish you could've heard the things people said about you at your funeral. Do you have any idea how much you were loved? Not just by me and my brothers but by so many other people that I didn't even know about. They talked about how much you had touched their lives, inspired them, taught them. Even during your sickness when you could not do anything for yourself and could not speak I could see in your eyes all the love you had for me. I know that you knew I loved you. I cannot believe your strength- you had such a hard life. Some would say you died too young but you and I both know that God only takes us home when it's time. He has perfect timing and he took you to be with him. I can just imagine your last day... You were asleep and I just know that he was talking with you and called you home. It must have been the most wonderful feeling you've ever experienced! I stayed at your grave for a long time before taking the long drive home with my Husband- who loved you so much- and I cried. I couldn't believe that you were beneath my feet in the dirt. And then I remembered- that was just your body. Your soul was with the Lord. "To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord." Thank you for teaching me about love and showing me your faith- you were and are such an inspiration to me. As I go through your journals and read all the things you've written since before you were even a wife or mother you teach me even more. There is so much more but you know. I told you as you gripped my hand. We all love you and it's hard for us but we will all be together again one of these days.

You will never leave my heart, Brenna