In Loving Memory
MY WONDERFUL DAUGHTER DEBORAH

by SONDRA METZGER
(SAN CLEMENTE,CA. USA)

YOU WERE A CHILD BORN WITH LIGHT IN YOUR HEART, IN YOUR EYES, IN YOUR SOUL.

YOUR LOVE OF FAMILY AND ANIMALS KNEW NO BOUNDS.
YOU WERE MY HEART FROM DAY ONE.

WHEN YOU BECAME SO TERRIBLY ILL, YOU NEVER COMPLAINED...EVER.

I REMEMBER OUR ALONE TIMES WHETHER IN THE HOUSE OR TRAVELING ABROAD. YOUR LAUGHTER COULD BE HEARD ON TWO CONTINENTS..IT WAS SO CONTAGIOUS.
I LOVED YOU THEN, I LOVE YOU NOW, I LOVE YOU INTO ETERNITY.

DEBBIE, YOU SUFFERED SO MUCH AGONY OF PAIN, I WATCHED YOU SMILE EVEN THO YOUR BODY WAS WITHERING.

WHEN I SAID GOODBYE TO YOU IN TORONTO , I KNEW IT WOULD BE THE LAST TIME I'D SEE YOU ALIVE.

A MOTHER CANNOT EXPRESS THIS PAIN. THE HOLE IN MY HEART IS FOREVER FILLED WITH SADNESS, GRATITUDE, THAT I HAD YOU FOR 54 YRS, AND LOVE FROM MY INNER SOUL.

I WILL TRY NOT TO CRY ANYMORE, KNOWING YOU WOULD NOT LIKE THAT.

AND, DEBBIE, YOU ARE ABOUT TO BECOME A GRANDMA...HER NAME WILL BE...'EMILY DEBORAH FORREST. I FEEL SURE THAT I WILL SEE YOU AGAIN IN EMILY'S EYES.

OH... HOW I LOVE YOU MY DAUGHTER