I recently found this image and was taken back by the resemblance  to Karen.  I put it on my computer screen and told Ashley to take a look.  She responded with, "Who took that picture of my Mommy?"  That was reassurance enough for me that this does look like Karen and I had to add it to this page.

Winter Angel by Jon-William Brown was sent to me by email a few weeks before Karen died.  I do not know who sent it, nor have I heard from them since.  I copied it and gave it to my granddaughter, Ashley, the day of her mother's funeral.  I told her this is how Mommy looks now and that she lives in Heaven.  I saw her taking it out and looking at it several times during the funeral service and I felt it helped her understand how an angel is different than the way we are in this life.  How can a 6 year old comprehend that her mother is gone?

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Starlight Angel  ©  Linda Gabdois.  Ashley and I used to play a little game at night when we saw the stars.  I'd tell her to find the brightest star in the sky, and she would anxiously search and finally say, "There she is, there's Mommy!"  One night, Ashley said, "I can even see her wings moving Grandma, can't you?"  I told her that her eyes were much better than mine.  The Starlight Angel reminds me of all the nights we looked at the stars searching for Karen.

The Angel of Light and Sound,  ©  Atmara Rebecca Cloe of New World Creations, struck me as an angel greeting someone that has just begun their journey to Heaven.  I can almost hear her  saying, "This way!  Come, let me help you."   

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