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Monday, August 18, 2008
Betty would have been 83 today ...
Betty Lou Bundy
circa 1928
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Click here for a "This Is Your Life" slideshow ...
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... and join me in giving thanks for her life well lived!
dang it, Susan...now here I am crying at work. I give thanks for Betty and her life. I give thanks for you and the work that you have done, are doing and will continue to do. I am quite certain that Betty must be proud of you. love Barbi
This has moved me to tears. What a beautiful tribute to your mother. You are an incredible woman. Thank you for sharing this and prayers for all your family.
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dang it, Susan...now here I am crying at work.
ReplyDeleteI give thanks for Betty and her life. I give thanks for you and the work that you have done, are doing and will continue to do.
I am quite certain that Betty must be proud of you.
love
Barbi
This has moved me to tears. What a beautiful tribute to your mother. You are an incredible woman. Thank you for sharing this and prayers for all your family.
ReplyDeleteYes - here I am too, all teary eyes. What a tribute and what a family you have.
ReplyDeleteRest in peace Betty and rise in glory!
I have no doubt about that!!
Thank you for sharing this so generously, it is like a big light into the world.
What a wonderful tribute. (Gee, do I echo everyone else?) I didn't realise she died so soon to her birthday...
ReplyDeleteHope you had a gentle day as you marked her day...
Thanks so much for putting the slideshow up.
+Requiem aeternam dona eia, Domine; et lux perpetua luceat eia+
ReplyDeleteA beautiful tribute.
ReplyDeleteA wonderful "I Remember Mama" tribute. Betty is pleased, I'm sure.
ReplyDeleteSusan -- crying and loving my mother as well as yours. Bless you.
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