Starting a Scholarshop foundation in Mari’s honor.

To find out more about the foundation I plan to start, please click on the page at the top of the website titled "Scholarship". If you would like to donate to this cause, please click the donate button.

I have included a meter to show the progress we are making towards one full scholarship. To find out more details, please see the "Scholarship" page at the top of the website.
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Winter

Winter has arrived bringing its fury; It’s cold, it’s wet the snow is our blanket

Winter is so dreary, it brings about sadness; The sadness no one wants yet it comes any way

Winter can be and almost always is depressing; It’s hard to get through when there are so many bleak days ahead

Winter seems like it will never end; The days merge one into another

Yet one day, the single piece of grass pops through; The green against the white is quite a sight to behold

Spring is coming, she shows her first sign; She brings us new . . . → Click Here To Read More: Winter

T’was the Night Before Our Lives Changed

I am asking for everyone’s help. I have rewritten a poem that is a dedication to Mari. If everyone could please read it and give me your comments, I would appreciate it more than you know. I have also put “T’was the Night Before Christmas” below my poem so you can put them side by side. My hope is that you feel my poem matches up with this poem. Thanks in advance for everyone’s help with this. Kristena

T’was the night before our lives changed, forever in our house, No one . . . → Click Here To Read More: T’was the Night Before Our Lives Changed

To The Love Of My Life – married 15 years February 18

To the man I love You are my partner, my friend You are the one I choose to not live my life without

You have become my everything I don’t know exactly when this happened But you are why I am here today

You have shown me what patience looks like You have shown me what true unconditional love really is You have shown me that God really does work in mysterious ways

Mari is gone and you are here We are here We are there for each other in both the good days and the bad When trouble comes . . . → Click Here To Read More: To The Love Of My Life – married 15 years February 18

Our Angel In Heaven

Our angel in heaven How quick she must be If you can imagine She flew like a bee

As soon as she arrived In heaven that first day You can just imagine How she wanted to play

Can you just see her Dancing and singing While everyone around her Is laughing and swinging

The clouds are no match As she wanted to paint So she took out her markers Just like a saint

The clouds are her canvas, I know it’s hard to imagine But somehow she did it Like no one could fathom

She wrote out . . . → Click Here To Read More: Our Angel In Heaven

T’was the Night Before Our Lives Changed

T’was the night before our lives changed, forever in our house, No one could have known, not even a mouse. For our hopes hung in the balance with all human care, In the hopes that our prayers would be answered right there.

The people who loved her went off to their beds, While they laid there and slept or prayed in their heads. And daddy had his hope, and mommy had her fears, Because the next . . . → Click Here To Read More: T’was the Night Before Our Lives Changed

A Poem to Mari

This is my very first poem I have ever written.  I know it is not like some of the great poetry out there today by some of the greats but it is from the bottom of my heart and in complete dedication to my beautiful baby girl.  I love you sweetie and miss you very much.

When I lie awake at night All I do is think of you as my guiding light You helped me to see That my life became complete because of thee

To have known you Is to . . . → Click Here To Read More: A Poem to Mari

Letter from Heaven

This poem was first introduced to me by a friend. He created the dedication video of Mari’s pictures that were put to music and then at the end he had a neat surprise for us. He had his daughter say this poem at the end of the show with Mari’s’ picture there. His daughter was going to read the poem at her funeral but it was just too hard for her to do because the reality was a little girl about her age had died and just too much for her. So her daddy read the poem. . . . → Click Here To Read More: Letter from Heaven

Today…

Today is a day I have been dreading Today is a day that sucks Today is a day that I wish had never come Today is just hard Today is just painful Today makes me think too much Today makes me relive the past

I wish I could go back somehow I wish I could go back any way possible I wish there was a time machine to take me back I wish there was a way I just simply wish

Today is a day that makes me sad Today is a day that makes me cry . . . → Click Here To Read More: Today…

I Will Always Remember Mari…

I will always remember Mari’s method of transportation… running.

I will always remember Mari’s laughter, trust, and innocence.

I will always remember Mari’s favorite foods.

In the context of the 23d Psalm, “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil,” I picture death saying:

Who is that running through my valley? She is supposed to walk!

And why is she laughing? She is supposed to be in fear!!

What magic marker? Where did she get a magic marker? What do you mean it won’t wash off? I have . . . → Click Here To Read More: I Will Always Remember Mari…

What does the word Mariana mean?

M is for the Most loved little girl you could meet. M is for Mischievous as she climbs out the window to go dancing in the street or to climb on the roof to dance her little heart out. M is for Meaningful in showing us what life is really supposed to be all about. M is for Magical for that sparkle she seemed to always have in her eyes. M is for Ming . . . → Click Here To Read More: What does the word Mariana mean?