I have created a place to honour the people I love so dearly who have lived, loved, and laughed with me for many years. They are forever missed and each and everyone hold a place in my heart that will remain there until the day I die. They were all good and kind people, who were unique in their own way that left their stamp on me and my family. Most of them are family, but I do have the odd friends that I loved dearly and will include them as part of my family. Unfortunately, many of us take our family for granted and forget to say I love you or give a little hug once in awhile. Don't! You can lose the people you love in the blink of an eye, and you don't want to find yourself saying things like, "I wish I would have told them I loved them more", or " I should have told them I loved them and hugged them more often", or " I should have visited them more, or called them more, ect...do it now while they are still with us! And if you're the type that's shy and don't show your affections often, well it's never to late to start.
Sadly, the first person in my family that I will be honouring is my youngest grandson Andy who is celebrating he 10th heaven anniversary.
October 15, 2014
Andrew Arthur Claude
(my youngest grandson)
October 9, 1987 - October 15, 2004
October 15, 2014 marked 10 years since my grandson Andy passed away from an accidental overdose of a prescribed drug at the age of 17. Andy was born Oct. 9, 1987 and passed away 6 days after his 17th birthday and devastated our whole family. Andy was a very handsome young man who was loved by everyone who knew him. He was kind and gentle, a hard little worker who was very respectful of the elderly, and even though he wore many different hairstyles and sported many piercing, he was very respected by the everyone... the elderly as well! Andy was very active in all types of sports and was always first to participate in any event or activity. He was in tiptop shape and because he was so handsome and had the body to go with it, everyone assumed he would someday try his hand at modeling. I miss him terrible, but I will love him forever. He was the only one who could fix the cd player in my car, and for some reason after his death the cd player in my car never worked in that car again. I guess it needed Andy's magic touch. He is so loved and missed and will be forever.
Andy has a website in his honour at http://andrew-andy-tessier.memory-of.com/About.aspx
October 30, 2014
Alida Hardy-Madden
(my mom)
Dec. 17, 1918 - Oct. 30, 1974
October 30, 2014 marked the 40th anniversary of my mom's passing. Gosh I remember that day so well, yet it's been 40 years already. I guess when we love someone as much as we loved our mother we never forget and it will always feel like yesterday. She was such a kind and caring person and even though she had eleven children she never shrugged her duties and a wife and mother. She will forever be in my heart, and I made sure my children knew her as well even if they never met her.
Richard David Tessier
November 2, 1969 - November 2, 1969
Richard David Tessier was born an angel on Nov. 2 1969. Our hopes and dreams of a healthy baby was shattered that cool Nov. day when the doctor told us they could not hear a second heartbeat and that it was very possible our son would be stillborn. At 4:30 p.m. that day our son was born an angel and it's a day I will never forget. I guess God had plans for him, and I was going to be "Mom" for this child in name only. Even though I never got to see him or hold him in my arms, my heart filled with love for him automatically so that I would never forget him and would love him for the rest of my life.
Rest in Peace my sweet baby!
I miss you very much!
December 9, 2014
David William Claude
July 9, 1971 - December 9, 2008
My Dave just celebrated his sixth heaven day today, yet at times it still feels like he's only just left yesterday. Dave was a big cuddly teddy bear with a very deep voice and a big, big heart. He loved to talk, and always enjoyed having company over. He was filled with pride about everything his two girls did, and bragged constantly about them. His wife was his soulmate, and leaving her was the last thing he ever wanted to do. He was fun to be around, and he always liked making people laugh. He was ecstatic the day his first grandson was born, but never got to see him grow as he past two months later. He is so terribly missed and I'm positive he knows that. We always told him how much we loved him many, many times, so I know he knows!
Time is passing quickly for everyone else Dave, but not for Dad and I. We love and miss you something awful and every day we wish you were here. Save us a seat Dave so we can all sit together when we meet again.
Dave has a website that honours who he was at: http://david-tessier.memory-of.com/About.aspx
January 13, 2015
In Memory of my sweet sister
Lena
June 9, 1954 - January 13, 1978
Lena passed away tragically in a house fire at the young age of 24 years. She was the sweetest yet toughest person you ever met. She would give you the shirt off her back if she felt you needed it, and was always there for you. When it came to family she was rough and tough, and would defend her family with everything she had. She came from a family of ten other siblings and we miss her something awful. She was a beautiful young woman with her whole life ahead of her, but one faithful night everything was taken from us. Rest in peace my dear sister, because you will never be forgotten by me or anyone else who's path you've crossed. Love you alway and forever!
January 18, 2015
In memory of my dear father
Alfred Barnabas Madden
July 31, 1921 - January 18, 1983
Thirty-two years ago my father (pictured on the right) passed away from pancreatic cancer at the age of 62. During his illness we got to spend a lot of time together talking baseball or watching it on television. We talked about a lot of things especially my mother. I knew he loved and missed her so much and he knew that before long he would be reunited with her and that it would be fairly soon. Those conversation gave me the opportunity to really get to know my father and who he really was. When he passed it was extremely bittersweet for me. I was fill with grief because I didn't want him to go, but at the I was relieved he was gone and finally free of all the pain he was in, and he was gone to meet my mother whom he longed for after she passed eight years before. I still miss him terribly even after all this time. Rest in peace Dad...we are all doing okay and we made sure the younger ones were cared for after you left us to be with mom. I love and miss you terribly and will forever.
Hugs...Shannon
April 2nd. 2015
In Memory of my Precious daughter
Dawn Alida Shannon
(Sept. 25, 1975 - Apr. 2, 2011)
It's hard to believe that four years has passed since my Dawn left us. She died April 2, 2011 from a Pulmonary Embolism at the young age of 35, and I miss her something awful. She and I were almost like the Bobbies Twins, and pretty much did everything together. She was always so happy-go-lucky and a real joy to be around. She was liked by everybody who had the pleasure of coming in contact with her, and she especially liked little children. It was hard to find a nice picture of her alone because she just loved those tiny little beings, and alway either had a baby in her arms or a young child sitting on her lap. She was such a wonderful daughter, and her father and brothers love and miss her as much as I do. She had a heart that was kind and as pure as gold. She left me such good memories, but I'm still having difficulties appreciating them because my heart is still filled with grief because I'm still yearning for her so we could continue making memories. The memories we made together were suppose to be for her to appreciate after I was gone, not the other way around! Unfortunately, what will be, will be, but, re-adjusting my life to try and move on is a lot more difficult then one thinks!
She was an avid Mickey Mouse collector and loved cats!
Dawn's website can be found at http://dawn-tessier.memory-of.com/About.aspx
Dawn's website can be found at http://dawn-tessier.memory-of.com/About.aspx
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