GIVING THANKS TO EVERYONE.. GOD BLESS

 GIVING THANKS, ALWAYS..

 FIRST AND ALWAYS TO GOD, .. AND ESPECIALLY NOW FOR HIS GRACE, COMFORT, INNER PEACE, AND MERCY...

THEN THANKING DONALD, DONNA AND THE MEMBERS OF THE LONE STAR CHURCH FOR THE USE OF THE CHURCH FOR A FAMILY MEAL AFTER ASHLEYS   (extra sad) FUNERAL YESTERDAY...

AND THANKING EVERYONE THAT SHOWED UP AT THE FUNERAL HOME AND FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL ACTS OF KINDNESS. (most we know nothing of..) BUT GOD DOES... AND WE THANK EACH OF YOU..

ALSO I WANT TO THANK MY PARTNER AT WORK.. FOR ALL THE EXTRA KINDNESS SHE HAS SHOWN AND ALL THE SUPPORT SHE HAS OFFERED, THANKS BEV ..

AND THANKS TO ALL OF THE LADIES (MY BOSS AND CO-WORKERS) FOR THE FLOWERS AND THE CARD, AND THE CARE AND CONCERN.. BRENDA, JR, BARBARA, AND JENNIFER, AND TO ASHLEY FOR BEING AT THE FUNERAL HOME FRIDAY AND SATURDAY .. THANKS TO MRS FLEMMING, THE TEACHERS AND AIDS FROM HEAD START FOR BEING THERE SHOWING SUPPORT FOR THE GIRLS..  AND THANKS EVERY BODY FOR ALL THE CALLS, THE HUGS, AND ACTS OF KINDNESS SHOWN TO EACH OF OUR FAMILY MEMBERS DURING THIS VERY TRYING TIME... GOD BLESS EACH OF YOU!

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 THANKS SANDY FOR BEING SUCH A STRONG LADY AND FOR ALWAYS BEING OF SERVICE TO OTHERS.. (WE PRAY FOR YOU THROUGH YOUR ILLNESS.. AND YET, WITH THE HEALTH ISSUES YOU HAVE... THERE YOU WERE, WORKING HARD AS EVER.. GIRL, WE LOVE YOU AND YOU ARE IN OUR DAILY PRAYERS... 

 THANKS GOES OUT ALSO TO RUBY, PAM AND KELLY FOR HELPING SO MUCH.. YOU ALL ARE LOVED AND APPRECIATED..

THANKS NORMAN, NATHAN, ABIGAIL AND CHYANNE FOR HELPING GET THE TABLES AND ROOM SET UP AND THEN FOR HELPING SOO MUCH WITH THE CLEAN UP ... IT WAS ALL DEEPLY APPRECIATED AND WE LOVE EACH OF YOU! AND I LOVE YA HONEY FOR YOUR HELP...

THANKS EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE PORCH LIGHT IN SUPPORT OF ASHLEY AND THE FAMILY.. THE SHOW OF SUPPORT AND LOVE IS SO VERY TOUCHING!

                           AND APPRECIATED!

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SOME ARE ALREADY SAYING THEY ARE GOING TO KEEP THEM LIT UNTIL "HE" IS CAUGHT!... "GOD BLESS"
                                                              
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TO MYA, ALLISON, SARAH, AND GABRIELLA ... GOD BLESS AND COMFORT EACH OF YOU, and bless you each with happy, love filled lives and safety!.. (now without either parent).. And to...

DAVID daddy, PAULA mother, CANDI sister and her family, JUSTIN brother and his family, and  MRS KIMBERLIN- TERRY her nanny... and to all the other Aunts and Uncles, the cousins, and other family members, friends loving co-workers and all who knew and cared about Ashley.. Prayers for comfort, inner peace, God's grace, and His loving arms and guidance ....

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Romans 12:19 King James Version (KJV)

19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
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times, and situations like this makes you realize without a doubt that ... life truly is precious!