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mary madsen posted a condolence
Monday, August 27, 2018
For my Mom:
How many years of beauty do I have left?
she asks me.
How many more do you want?
Here. Here is 34. Here is 50.
When you are 80 years old
and your beauty rises in ways
your cells cannot even imagine now
and your wild bones grow luminous and
ripe, having carried the weight
of a passionate life.
When your hair is aflame
with winter
and you have decades of
learning and leaving and loving
sewn into
the corners of your eyes
and your children come home
to find their own history
in your face.
When you know what it feels like to fail
ferociously
and have gained the
capacity
to rise and rise and rise again.
When you can make your tea
on a quiet and ridiculously lonely afternoon
and still have a song in your heart
Queen owl wings beating
beneath the cotton of your sweater.
Because your beauty began there
beneath the sweater and the skin,
remember?
This is when I will take you
into my arms and coo
YOU BRAVE AND GLORIOUS THING
you've come so far.
I see you.
Your beauty is breathtaking.
J
Joseph Stephan lit a candle
Friday, August 24, 2018
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Rita King posted a condolence
Friday, August 24, 2018
A memorial was sent to St. Mary of the Angels Church. for a Mass. She was my best friend and neighbor
for over 50 years on Osgood Ave.
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debbie bump posted a condolence
Friday, August 24, 2018
Mrs. Stephans will be greatly missed I had her as a teacher in Allegany than years after I worked at the Pines Nursing Home and would sit and talk to her when she came to see her daughter Sal R.I.P Norma
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Mary McCaffery Davis posted a condolence
Friday, August 24, 2018
Dear family of Norma,
What a wonderful, smart, busy woman. My Mom Jane Lippert McCaffery was a cousin to Stanley and always spoke so kindly of them. While Mom was a resident of The Pines, Norma would come for the monthly Mass with Elaine, and they would always make room for Mom beside them, then she and Norma could chat after. I always loved talking with her and sending a few cards her way. She sent many cards to Mom during her stay at The Pines, and they were so appreciated.
Blessings to you all. I know you must have many sweet memories.
Sincerely,
Mary and Bob Davis
West Branch Neighbors
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Maureen Law posted a condolence
Friday, August 24, 2018
My heartfelt Love, Sympathy and Prayers to all of you.
Norma was a dear friend to me for so many years. She was a fabulous teacher & friend to Michele. Her love for her family and her friends will surely be one of her legacies. Her chocolate/peanut butter brownies were just the best.
She is soaring with the Angels now held dearly in God's Love.
May God Bless all of you with Love and Grace
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Thursday, August 23, 2018
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