To My Sweet and Dearly Loved Cousins & their entire Family...My heart aches with you, but all I can do is wander what it was like for my Aunt Donna, your Mom, to leave the secluded state of life she was held captive to so long...to seeing & hearing all that God had prepared for her in all His Glory!! Our prayers are answered, She is Healed and Complete in the God she had given her heart to so many years ago. She was handpicked by God to receive the Highest reward any human can ever be granted..Her Eternal Home in Heaven! She is Home...She is Forever Happy...She won her race!! We are left with another gift from God, our Memories. No one can take them away as they are forever embedded in our hearts and minds. Aunt Donna stole my heart from the moment we met. Her contagious smile lite up a room and when she opened her arms and I was wrapped in her love, we always picked up right where we left off the last time we were together. I loved her deeply and it is hard to believe all she had to face and live out on this earth. I only knew that God was with her every step of the way. We are rich because we knew her. We never seemed to get to spend enough time together. Aunt Donna shared her daycare children's stories with us that brought us to tears in laughter, and would take my grandchildren on a Bear Hunt that would capture everyone of us in her special ways of entertainment. She loved working with children, and Oh, how she could cook! Between your Dad and Mom, we strutted through the Rockies, sightseeing everything we could possible fit into our visit. She cooked chickens that we plucked the feathers out of and made homemade noodles, pies & goodies. She was a proud mother of all you, children & she took pride in making you, your clothes & home clean. We are so Blessed to have had her in our lives. She is reunited with your Dad, my Uncle Chester whom she loved, dearly. Somehow in all her illness, God spared her heart from ever knowing that God had called him home a few years back. We will never know the mysteries of God, But we all stand firm in knowing God is real and Heaven is Home. I cannot put into words what my heart holds for my Aunt Donna, but she was one Special Aunt who planted her love deep within me and that love will never die. We will meet again someday, and I will run to her arms, we will embrace and continue where we left off. Know how I long to be with you at this time. It is so hard not being there for all of you. I pray for all of you all the time and will continue. We need each other, and we will always love each other. God Be With Each one of You & May He pull you all together even more than ever.