| Location | Toledo |
| Age | 44 years |
| Cause of Death | Cancer |
| Date of Birth | 26/08/1962 |
| Date of Death | 05/08/2007 |
| Visitors | 4,921 since 18/09/2008 |
| Creator |
My dearly beloved sister became little mommy shortly after I was born. We grew up as all sisters
do. I adored and admired her while at times she drove me nuts. We spent many sleepless nights
snuggling and talking while I was an adolescent and she was a teenager. Her life was anything but
easy. She had endured many terrible experiences but the one defining memory she lived to rectify
was an abortion when she was 16 years old. Like most daughters, she didn't want to disappoint or
embarrass our dad and mom. So she thought an abortion would be the easy way out. Little did she
know, this would shape the rest of her life. As we both became adults, family commitments and
relocation put distance between us. She continued to invest herself in personal excellence as she
climbed the predominantly male saturated construction project manager ladder. Then she gave birth
to two boys who adored her. She was told she couldn't have children so in the end, their 17 month
age difference didn't really matter. As they grew up, they became best of friends because their mom
modeled what is is to be a real friend. She had many, many friends who loved and adored her. Her
best friend and lover of over 23 years was her husband, Billy. Both came to the know Jesus as their
personal Lord and Savior. From that point on, their life took a dramatic turn as they chose to
selflessly live for Jesus. Over the last 8-1/2 years of their marriage, they adopted 6 children
from Lucas County Children's Services and she became a stay-home mommy. Two of the children were a
niece and a nephew. Over the years, she claimed many other children as her own spiritual children.
Her offspring just seemed to grow and grow. Then in 2004, she was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast
cancer. By October 2004, she had completed all her chemotherapy and enjoyed a celebration party
with family and friends to share what she had endured and learned through her fight against breast
cancer. Little did any of us know that the breast cancer had mestastacized and spread to the bones.
God granted them their last foster-to-adopt baby just around the time she found out she had the
cancer. Today, Serena, their last baby, is now 4 years old and her name brings peace to all who
know her. However, not all of our years were spent in peace and harmony. Differences caused us to
have a falling out 3 years prior to her cancer diagnosis. Then we began to work on reconciling and
rebuilding shortly after her chemotherapy was over. I helped her with cleaning the house, doing
laundry, and assisting with babysitting detail. At one point, she had 8 foster and adoptive
children under the age of 12 in her home. She named her family the Bad News Bears because they were
all the societal misfits nobody else wanted and she decided to bring them together as a dream team
for Jesus. Over time, I realized her strength and stamina weren't what they should have been. Her
energy took a dramatic dip the summer of 2006. Then she received a blood analysis that told her she
was anemic. Our LPN mother told us she was afraid the results might indicate that her cancer had
returned. Her oncology nurse told her not to worry or jump to conclusions so we continued to go on
as usual. Then in November she developed cellulitis in her calf. The infection was gradual so she
didn't really give it much attention until early on in January 2007. In panic, our mother called me
and told me to stop what I was doing and get her to the ER right away or she might need her leg
amputated. So this began the day of reckoning for us. Over the course of her time in the ER, she
had difficulties breathing as they tried to get her to the restroom and then while they were
transferring her from the examining bed to the X-Ray bed. That's when the hospital staff started
asking her specific questions while she was in delirium from the infection. Over the course of the
next few days, she was admitted and one test after another was ran on her. This is when they found
that her cancer hadn't just returned but that it had spread throughout her entire skeletal system,
her lymph system, and her adrenal system. Her family doctor didn't think she'd make 3 months but
her oncologist attempted to tell her she may have 18 months or 5 years to live, nonetheless her
diagnosis was terminal. After she made it home, we decided to work together very closely to map out
and prioritize her daily, weekly, and monthly agendas. During that time, I didn't realize that I
would become her main caregiver but that's what happened over the course of 7 months. The hospital
didn't set her up with a caseworker so I became that, too. Thankfully, CancerCare partnered with me
so that we could work to get umbrella coverage and care for the garden variety of complexities her
individual and family needs required. In the end, she gave me Power of Attorney over her medical
care decisions which has been my haunting since. We had discussed when she wanted to have hospice
called in and why she felt it important that we make sure to take care of her in-patient transfer
shortly before she passed away. She wanted her home to continue to be a safe haven for her many
children and husband. She didn't want her death to haunt or cast a dark shadow upon their very
young and impressionable minds. Her biggest fear of staying at the hospice center was being alone
so our mom and I made sure she had round the clock visitors to stay and sit with her. She only
lived 5 days at the center before going home to be with the Lord but she slipped into quietness
3-1/2 days before she left us. I remember the day she died just like it happened yesterday. Our
mom was relieving me as I was on my way to church. During Sunday School, I begged God to take her
quickly because our mother's birthday was only 3 days away and mom couldn't bear to have lost her
mother AND her daughter on her birthday. Then just as I was getting ready to start playing the
piano for church, our step-father told me our mother had called from hospice and said we needed to
leave immediately because Rhonda was in the end stages of dying and only had maybe one more hour
left to live. Getting from church to hospice was a blur but I do remember what is was like when I
walked in her room. There was a glow just above her bed and a heavy presence filled the room. I
had to bow at the foot of her bed and pray to the Lord. I realized I was in our Lord's presence and
He expected me to acknowledge Him, worship Him, and set things right with Him before I could enter
into this holy of holies. Then I began to bathe my sister's feet with my tears and hands. Her dear
body was so cold and blue. The loss hadn't really hit me yet. Her breathing became very slow and
no signs of struggle were present. So I felt compelled to give her one last snuggle just like we
did while I was an adolescent and she was a teenager. I so loved my sister more than words can
express. I couldn't hardly bear to give her up to Jesus but I could see she needed to surrender
this life to Jesus so that she could enter into eternal peace with Him. As I peered around the
room, my heart was filled with joy and elation because there was standing room only attendance of
family and friends sending her off to the Lord. God made sure her request would be answered and
that this would be her last earthly get together with many of her loved ones. Then came the
rallying session just before she met Jesus. The entire group of us began to cheer her to hold on
because her eldest boys were on their way to join her before she died. Then her breath intervals
went from 1 minute apart to 2 minutes to 2-1/2 minutes and to 3 minutes. The boys had missed the
hospice center's driveway and had to make an erratic U-Turn in the middle of a busy thoroughfare. A
group of family were out near the entrance of the center trying to give them directions down to
their mother's bedside. All she needed to know was that they had safely made it to the hospice
center and at nearly 4 minutes between her final breaths, she let go and went home to Heaven. Her
boys had just missed seeing her take her final breaths by maybe 1 minute. She was a selfless mother
to her children to her last breath. This is what I remember about my sister.
As The Sun Came Up This Morning
I Watched You There Below
Your Hearts Seemed Oh So Heavy
But There’s Something You Should Know
I’m Not Gone Don’t Worry
I’m Just A Step Ahead
And I’m With You Every Single Day
As You Rise Up From Your Bed
I Am The Sun That Warms You
I Am The Moon’s Soft Glow
I Am The Stars That Twinkle
And Light Your Path Below
So When At Times You Miss Me
Just Look For Me I’m There
For You Cannot Hide My Spirit
It Is With You Everywhere.
POEMS SENT WITH LOVE FOR PRECIOUS ANGELS,HAVE A NICE WEEKEND, 20TH NOVEMBER 09
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥H ☆ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄ƷA ♥ ☆ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥HALINA ☆ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥ ☆ FRIDƸ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ H♥
Angels
May angels rest beside your door,
May you hear their voices sing.
May you feel their loving care for you,
May you hear their peace bells ring.
May angels always care for you,
And not let you trip and fall,
May they bear you up on angel's wings,
May they keep you standing tall.
May they whisper wisdom in your ear,
May they touch you when you need,
May they remove from you each trace of fear,
May they keep you from feeling greed.
May they fill you with their presence,
May they show you love untold,
May they always stand beside you
And make you ever bold.
May they teach you what you need to know
About life here and here-after.
May they fill you always with their love
And give you the gift of laughter
Unknown
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥HA ☆ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥ ☆ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥HA ☆ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥ ☆ FRIƸ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥ ☆ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ HA♥ ☆ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥ ☆ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥ ☆
Where Did You Come From ?
Where did you come from, Baby dear?
Out of the everywhere into here.
Where did you get your eyes so blue?
Out of the sky as I came through.
What makes the light in them sparkle and spin?
Some of the starry spikes left in.
Where did you get that little tear?
I found it waiting when I got here.
What makes your forehead so smooth and high?
A soft hand stroked it as I went by,
What makes your cheek like a warm white rose?
I saw something better than anyone knows.
Whence that three-comer'd smile of bliss?
Three angels gave me at once a kiss.
Where did you get this pearly ear?
God spoke, and it came out to hear.
Where did you get those arms and bands?
Love made itself into hooks and hands.
Feet, whence did you come, you darling things?
From the same box as the cherubs' wings.
Where did you get that dimple so cute,
God touched my cheek as I came through.
How did they all come just to be you?
God thought of me, and so I grew.
But how did you come to us, you dear?
God thought of you, and so I am here.
George MacDonald, 1871
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥HA ☆ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥ ☆ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ HA♥ ☆ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥ ☆ SATURDAYƸ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥HA ☆ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥ ☆ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥ ☆ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥ ☆
Angels Always There
Whenever I’m in fervent prayer
I feel God’s holy angels there;
Protective, loving, and serene;
Who stay nereby, tho yet unseen.
Thus, when I feel my heart might break,
I try to smile for Jesus’ sake;
Whose angels let my faith not dim
That I might see the smile of Him!
Sancie Earman King
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥ ☆HA Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥SUN ☆ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥HA ☆ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥ ☆
Stone walls do not a prison make,
Nor iron bars a cage;
Minds innocent of quiet take
That for an hermitage;
If I have freedom in my love
And in my soul am free,
Angels alone that sore above
Enjoy such liberty.
Richard Lovelace
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥ ☆ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ HA♥ ☆ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥ ☆HA Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥ ☆
TAKECARE.LOVE FOR TODAY,TOMORROW AND FOREVER.
IN MY LOVING THOUGHTS ALWAYS.LOVE ALWAYS HALINA XXXXXXXXXX THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR CONTINUAL SUPPORT FOR MY ANGELS AND I XXXXXXXXX
On Angel Wings
On angel wings you do fly
On angel wings into the sky
On angel wings i do cry
Because those angel wings took you away
On angel wings the heralds sing
Is there no such lovely thing?
On angel wings you fly away.
I will see these angel wings again someday
When i am old and my time has come
On angel wings I will fly
Until I'm holding you once again
Smiling on angel wings.
Troy Nichols
Hello Beautiful Angel Rhonda
Tributes Till Monday
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♥ Life Must Go On ♥
♥ Grieve for me…
♥ For I would grieve for you
♥ Then brush away the sorrow and the tears
♥ Life is not over but begins anew
♥ With courage you must greet the coming years
♥ To live forever in the past is wrong
♥ Can only cause you misery and pain
♥ Dwell not on memories overlong
♥ With others you must share and care again
♥ Reach out and comfort those who comfort you
♥ Recall the years but only for a while
♥ Nurse not your loneliness
♥ But live again!
♥ Forget not….
♥ Remember with a smile
♥ A Navaho Prayer ♥
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♥ I WILL BE ♥
♥ IF YOU THINK OF ME AS GONE FOREVER....
♥ I WILL BE ♥
♥ IF YOU THINK OF ME AS SADNESS AND TEARS....
♥ I WILL BE ♥
♥ IF YOU THINK OF ME AS YOUR BROKEN HEART....
♥ I WILL BE ♥
♥ THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANT TO BE….
♥ BUT I WILL BE ♥
♥ IF YOU THINK OF ME AS MEMORIES TO CHERISH....
♥ I WILL BE ♥
♥ IF YOU THINK OF ME AS LAUGHTER AND JOY....
♥ I WILL BE ♥
♥ IF YOU THINK OF ME AS YOUR HEALING HEART....
♥ I WILL BE ♥
♥ THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO BE….
♥ PLEASE LET ME BE ♥
♥ BY ROB ANDERSON ♥
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♥ Love ♥ Always ♥ Mary ♥ xxxx ♥
Good Morning Beautiful Angel Rhonda
♥ღ♥ We Will Be Together Again ♥ღ♥
♥ღ♥ 2006 Katherine J. Cochran ♥ღ♥
Some believe A star shining brightly in the Heavens
Represents the love of someone they can't see
Others feel The butterfly dancing in their garden
Is a symbol of a Spirit flying free
But when a gentle breeze caresses your hair
Or you see an eagle soar in the air
Should you smile and remember me in prayer
Oh, I will be there
There's no need to say good-bye
One day we'll be together
Remember me and smile
I'm in your heart forever
I'll feel the love you send
Until we're together again
Close your eyes
You'll find me sailing in the sunset
Riding waves of bluest oceans ever seen
I'm holding hands
Of all the others here before me
With my head upheld to hear the angels sing
I can do all the things I've always dreamed of
I'll be watching over you from above
Don't be worried about me because
I brought along all your love
There's no need to say good-bye
One day we'll be together
Remember me and smile
I'm in your heart forever
I'll feel the love you send
Until we're together again
It doesn't matter where you are
My love will shine upon you from that star
I'm like the butterfly flying free
Ascending through the sky peacefully
There's no need to say good-bye
One day we'll be together
Remember me and smile
I'm in your heart forever
I'll feel the love you send
I can feel all of the love you send
And you hold on to all the love I send
Until we're together again
We'll be together again
♥ Love ♥ Always ♥ Mary ♥ xxxxx ♥
IITH NOVEMBER 2009
✿..LET US REMEMBER THEM...✿
✿ 'Please wear a poppy', the lady said
and held one forth, but I shook my head.
Then I stopped and watched as she offered them there,
And her face was old, and lined with care;
But beneath the scars the years had made
There remained a smile that refused to fade.✿
✿ A boy came wistling down the street,
Bouncing along, on care free feet
His smile was full of joy and fun,
'Lady', said he, 'May I have one?'
When she pinned it on, he turned to say,
'Why do we wear a poppy today?'✿
✿ The lady smiled in her wistful way,
and answered, 'This is Rememberance Day,
And the poppy there is the symbol for,
the gallant men who died in war,
and because they died you and I are free--
Thats why we wear a poppy, you see'.✿
✿ 'I had a boy about your size,
with golden hair and big blue eyes.
He loved to play and jump and shout,
free as a bird he would race about.
As the years went by, he learned and grew
and became a man--as you will, too.' ✿
✿ 'He was fine and strong, with a boyish smile,
but he'd seemed with us such a little while
When war broke out and he went away,
I still remember his face that day.
When he smiled at me and said'Good-bye,
I'll soon be back, mom, so please don't cry'.✿
✿ 'But the war went on and he had to stay,
and all I could do was wait and pray.
His letters told of the awful fight,
(I can see it in my dreams at night),
with the tanks and guns and cruel Barbed wire,
and the mines and bullets, the bombs and fire.'✿
✿'Till at last the war was won-
and thats why we wear a poppy son'.
The small boy turned as if to go,
Then said 'Thanks lady, I'm glad to know.
That sure did sound like an awful fight,
But your Son-- did he come back alright?'✿
✿ A tear rolled down each faded cheek;
she shook her head, but didn't speak.
I slunk away in a sort of shame,
and if you were me you'd have done the same;
For our thanks, in giving, is oft delayed,
though our freedome was bought-and thousands paid.✿
✿ And so when we see a poppy worn, let us reflect on the burden borne
By those who gave their very all
and asked to answer their country's call
That we at home in peace might live.
Then wear a poppy. Remember-- and give!✿
✿ Lest we forget......✿
Copyright ~ 2009 by Blair Leger & ilovepoetry.com
SENT WITH LOVE BY HALINA.GODBLESS BEAUTIFUL PRECIOUS ANGEL,LOVE HALINA XXXXX9TH NOV 09
My long lost angel, why did you go?
There's no answer, I may never know.
Smiling so bright, like white shiny gold.
"God, please give her back, I need her here.
I will die here without her, I fear.
There's an emptiness deep in my soul.
With her gone, I'll never be whole."
This aching pain is so much to bear.
When I wake up and you are not there.
You were with me for just a short while.
I'll never forget your sweet little smile.
You staying here wasn't meant to be.
God needed an angel and gave you wings.
You'll always have a place in my heart.
When my time comes, we won't be apart.
My world is dark, no sun and no moon.
Wait for me angel, I'll be with you soon.
Briana Hall
can’t comprehend just how sad you must feel
For the loss of someone you love.
This sorrowful time must still feel unreal
And you’re looking for strength from above.
I hope, from my heart, that your pain will decrease,
That your spirit will gain strength again,
And I pray that your faith will create inner peace
And that God will send blessings–Amen.
Till then, if you need me to lighten your load,
I’m waiting to come to your aid.
Just call on me, and I’ll walk down that road,
Until the dark times start to fall
By Karl Fuchs
GODBLESS SPECIAL FRIEND,HAVE A NICE WEEK.THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR CONTINUAL SUPPORT.LOVE AND HUGS ALWAYS,YOU AND YOUR ANGEL ARE ALWAYS IN MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS 9TH NOV 09
10TH NOVEMBER 2009
♥
~Life Beyond ~
Let them go, but not completely.
Hold on to them, but not too tightly.
Love them as you know you will,
as you always have.
Rejoice that they are well, the only difference
now is that you cannot see them,
But you feel them still and they will always be with you.
The spirit does not die as the body dies
and Love is of the spirit.
Nothing you have experienced together can be taken from you.
And your loved one shall be eternally yours in that love.
Weep not too long, that they may also cry,
But rejoice in their life and in yours also.
Let yours continue to be a celebration of all life; of your shared love,
Knowing that God holds you both in the palm of his hand
And in loving you both shall reunite you.
~~ Author Unknown.~~
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SENT WITH LOVE BY HALINA.GODBLESSS BEAUTIFUL PRECIOUS ANGEL,LOVE HALINA XXXXX9TH NOV 09
My long lost angel, why did you go?
There's no answer, I may never know.
Smiling so bright, like white shiny gold.
Then you were laying there,
"God, please give her back, I need her here.
I will die here without her, I fear.
There's an emptiness deep in my soul.
With her gone, I'll never be whole."
This aching pain is so much to bear.
When I wake up and you are not there.
You were with me for just a short while.
I'll never forget your sweet little smile.
You staying here wasn't meant to be.
God needed an angel and gave you wings.
You'll always have a place in my heart.
When my time comes, we won't be apart.
My world is dark, no sun and no moon.
Wait for me angel, I'll be with you soon.
Briana Hall
can’t comprehend just how sad you must feel
For the loss of someone you love.
This sorrowful time must still feel unreal
And you’re looking for strength from above.
I hope, from my heart, that your pain will decrease,
That your spirit will gain strength again,
And I pray that your faith will create inner peace
And that God will send blessings–Amen.
Till then, if you need me to lighten your load,
I’m waiting to come to your aid.
Just call on me, and I’ll walk down that road,
Until the dark times start to fall
By Karl Fuchs
GODBLESS SPECIAL FRIEND,HAVE A NICE WEEK.THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR CONTINUAL SUPPORT.LOVE AND HUGS ALWAYS,YOU AND YOUR ANGEL ARE ALWAYS IN MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS 9TH NOV 09
My long lost angel, why did you go?
There's no answer, I may never know.
Smiling so bright, like white shiny gold.
Then you were laying there still and cold.
"God, please give her back, I need her here.
I will die here without her, I fear.
There's an emptiness deep in my soul.
With her gone, I'll never be whole."
This aching pain is so much to bear.
When I wake up and you are not there.
You were with me for just a short while.
I'll never forget your sweet little smile.
You staying here wasn't meant to be.
God needed an angel and gave you wings.
You'll always have a place in my heart.
When my time comes, we won't be apart.
My world is dark, no sun and no moon.
Wait for me angel, I'll be with you soon.
Briana Hall
can’t comprehend just how sad you must feel
For the loss of someone you love.
This sorrowful time must still feel unreal
And you’re looking for strength from above.
I hope, from my heart, that your pain will decrease,
That your spirit will gain strength again,
And I pray that your faith will create inner peace
And that God will send blessings–Amen.
Till then, if you need me to lighten your load,
I’m waiting to come to your aid.
Just call on me, and I’ll walk down that road,
Until the dark times start to fall
By Karl Fuchs
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