Mary Lucia Shantz
(1935 - 2008)

Hey grandma it's your birthday today I just wanted to say happy birthday I love and miss you so much I wish you could see my kids and how big they are getting now :) my oldest will be 6 and my youngest will be 4.. I still wish I could call you ever day and tell you everything I hear on the news...

It is Christmas day today, and I miss you soo much. I know that this is your favorite day of the year, and I am trying to be jolly for you. Your kitties will be getting Christmas dinner in your honor this year also. They are doing fine, but I know they still miss you very much.

Mom i love you and miss you very much. you have been a part of my life for 20 years. you are mother-in-law, but i always thought of you as my mom. I am going to miss visiting you,seeing your face and hearing your voice. I miss calling you from work,just to say hi. I am glad you were able to make it to katrinas graduation and i know i am really going to miss you at leroys graduation, but you wil...

spend all your time waiting for that second chance for a break that will make it o.k theres always some reason to not feel good enough and its hard at the end of the day. i need some distraction oh beautiful release. memories sink through my pain. they may be empty or a waitl...

I never knew I could hurt like this And everyday life goes on I wish I could talk to you for a while Miss you but I try not to cry As time goes by And it's true that you've Reached a better place Still I'd give the world to see your face And be right here next to you...

i love you and miss you so much mom. i miss being able to talk to you on the phone anytime i want to. i miss stopping by your house after taking theresa to work. almost everyday for coffee. i miss walking in your house when your still asleep in the morning and getting the coffee ready sometimes you wuold wake up and say leroy is that you and sometimes you wouldnt wake up at all, thats when my h...

Cuz you always hated the smell! But guess what? Toulouse loves it!! I miss you soo much Mom. Sometimes I still cry so hard. Will I ever stop? I don't know. I know that your cats miss you so incredibly much that it just breaks my heart, and know matter what I do, I cannot be you for them

I am so glad you got to see pictures of your great-granddaughter. I just wish you could have actually seen her and that she could have seen you.

So many things, I didn't say. Is it too late now that you've gone away? So many words, so many ways If you can hear me now, there's something I gotta say. Just one more talk, Just one more turn, if ones too much then I just want to say; Thank you for everything yo...