You could call it a week-end of emotions, as we gathered at John's house to celebrate Mom's Life with a gathering of close friends and relatives. It was amazing to see how a beautiful plan came together with the hard work of everyone, but especially Ronda for taking the initiative to create a wonderful DVD , to celebrate mom's life through songs and photos. Photos had been chosen after days of going through old albums by Emil and myself and John and Ronda. Together, the songs were chosen and in the end, it was a beautiful presentation. You know the saying ..."A photo is worth more than a thousand words!" We all watched it together and we cried and laughed and cried some more.We saw pics of mom with her boys, her husband, her granddaughters, her brothers and sisters and her mom and dad. We saw her at birthday parties, at anniversaries,at weddings and holding her baby granddaughters. We saw her in her garden, we saw her in her kitchen, and we saw her laughing. It truly was a tribute to the pillar of our family. Those great times won't be forgotten,and neither will she.
Thank-you so much to each and every one of you who came to pay tribute to mom. Thank-you for flying from afar, for driving through traffic jams and detours,and for taking time out of your hectic schedules to be with us on Saturday. It was a pleasure to laugh and cry and reminisce and see our relatives and friends that we haven't seen for so many years. You all looked terrific and certainly provided us with quite a few laughs as we dredged up old stories of pie fights and water fights, poker games and ball games, of little cousins grown into moms and dads, and no one admitting their age, except that they were either 29 or 39 or 29A or 38J ( thats me)!
Then there was the food...who could resist perogies that Emil and John and Annette cooked up? Even if they were from Costco, they were pretty darn good! We satiated ourselves with food and drink and by 9:00pm most of us were toast! Too bad it is a sad occasion that brings us together. Lets make it a happy one, next time!
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3 comments:
Mrs. Shumey's Celbration sounded so Special-just like the Women she was Wife,Mother,Grandmother and G.G.! I can't wait to see the Video! I know I was there for many of her Birthdays and she was always so Nice to me.
May she rest in Peace knowing she did a Great job of all she did.
Love cuz Lynn
The Shumey Family,
Our thoughts and prayers are with you. Brad talks about the good times with Auntie Ann and the Family. She is resting peacefully now and watch all you guys from above. I just lost my mom also so I know what its like. She was a wonderful woman and will be missed dearly. Just remember all your good times with her and keep celebrating her life like she would want you to.
Lots of love and prayers
xoxoxoxoxoxo
Brad,Jean,Jonathan
and Kayla Holowatiuk
Thank-you Lynn and Jean and Brad for the lovely words of sympathy for the loss of Emil's mom. Yes,we really did have some great times at her house and she treated everyone like her own children...We won't forget her ever.
Sorry about the loss of your mom, Jean and it was nice to visit with your dad, Brad.
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