i could never explain to anyone how much i miss you & how much it hurts. wish you were one of those harley riders zooming around town right now. season & brienn miss you terribly. we will take care of everything until we see you again. i love you and i wish you were here with your daughters.
Mother's Day / Debbie Wengert (Kevin Wengert's Mom )Read >>
Mother's Day / Debbie Wengert (Kevin Wengert's Mom )
Mother You filled my days with rainbow lights, fairytales and sweet dream nights, A kiss to wipe away my tears, Gingerbread to ease my fears. You gave the gift of life to me, And then in love, you set me free. I thank you for your tender care, for deep warm hugs and being there. I hope that when you think of me, A part of you, you'll always see.
Spring time / B. Bop (Daughter)
Dad, I never thought in a million years that spring time would be so hard for me. I've always loved the weather warming and be able to stay outside longer. But there's so many things that remind me of you and make me constantly miss you. It's been storming a lot lately and I really wish I could sit on the porch with you and watch the lighting and listen to the thunder. It seems this spring that everyone has a motorcycle and they're everywhere. Hearing the loud pipes makes me miss you to pieces. The worst part is I know that summer is coming around, and that dreaded day when you left us. Sometimes I just want to lay in bed in cry all day. But I couldn't do that, I know you'd tell me to get over it and wipe my tears...grow so thicker skin, something like that, right dad?
Happy Easter Dad! Another day and holiday that goes by without you, we miss you so much. Wish you were here with us. Not a day goes by that I don't think of you. Hope you're watching over us today and always. I'll love you forever. -Season-
happy easter & happy spring / Sue Norton (sister-in-law)Read >>
happy easter & happy spring / Sue Norton (sister-in-law)
al --
i stopped by woodlawn today to see how the tulips are doing. quite a few are going to bloom, in orange & black. we thought you'd get a kick out of the harley colors. i also put in a few hyacinths to keep the bunnies away. somehow, i don't think you're there -- i think you are in heaven watching over your daughters.
tomorrow is easter and i remember all the times we were all together, drinking home-made bailey's and eating honey-baked ham.
it's hard to listen to all the harleys around milwaukee, because i wish so much that you were riding one. if they have harleys in heaven, you deserve the best one. please let us know you're okay. we miss you and we love you.
It's Heather's 4th Birthday today, and she misses you so much Dad. She remembers last year when we had the Winnie the Pooh cake and you were here to celebrate with her. If I had only known what the future was to hold then, I would have done so many things different. I would have snapped thousands of pictures of you and camcordered you every chance I had. On other note, I talked to Grandpa yesterday and he is doing well. Carol on the other hand, not so good. I think Grandpa is preparing himself for when she is no longer here. Grandpa wants to rent a pontoon for a day and take us all fishing. He's even going to buy Ashley and Heather each their own little fishing poles as a remembrance from Great-Grandpa. It'll be a fun day, just wish you were there with us. I know though that if you are looking down and can see us, you'll be laughing your butt off, but none the less smiling ear to ear at us. Oh gosh Dad, I miss you so much it hurts inside. Nothing will ever be the same without you. I love you Dad!
i love you / Sue Norton (sister-in-law)
hey al -- just wanted to tell you that i love you and i miss you. i am glad i always sent you a father's day card to tell you what a great job you were doing with the girls. but, i just wish i could take back that day . . . when my cell phone rang and julie told me what happened. i couldn't believe it then and i kind of don't believe it now. last week i saw someone in pick & save that looked so much like you that i kind of yelled and whipped my cart around. I thought "al! you're ok! i gotta call season and brienn right away!" it will never make sense and it will never be "for the best." i wish you were here with your family that loves you so, so much. there is a huge hole in the world without you. Close
Dad-I can't believe that it's been 7 1/2 months since you were here. I replay everything over and over in my mind. Getting the knock on my door, having to call Brienn over and then telling her, calling Mom and sobbing for her to leave work and come over, driving to Grandpa's and then back when he wasn't there, having to tell Grandpa that his only child passed away, having to call the medical examiner's office a million and one times, planning your funeral service and all the details that are involved in that. Is everything that we picked out something that you would have picked out yourself? I can't help but think what if Brienn was moved in already, would it have made a difference? What if the doctors would have prescribed medicine, would you still be here. I just wish that I could change so many things. I miss you so much Dad and it terrifies me to think that I will never again see your face or hear your voice. Some days feel like it's not going to be possible to go on forever without you. I think things that I know are silly, but can't help it. I picture you at the cemetery and think that you must be so cold and that I need to get a blanket to you. I think that nothing can happen to your house, cause when you come back you'll be so mad at me and will have no where to live. What about all your clothes we donated, what will you wear? So many thoughts and so many emotions it's just to overwhelming and painful to deal with. One things for sure though, I miss you and love you so very much. I think of you everyday and you will forever be in my heart.
season & brienn miss you! / Sue Norton (sister-in-law)Read >>
season & brienn miss you! / Sue Norton (sister-in-law)
al -- i wish you could know how much season & brienn miss you and how muchthey love you. to them, you were the best father anyone could ever have. they are going to have a memorial party in july. wish we were having a party to celebrate season's anniversary or your birthday. your daughters are a true credit to you and the kind of man you were.
the warm weather is going to be really hard . . . i might cry every time i hear a harley go by.
love, aunt sue Close
love always / Sue Norton (sister-in-law)
al -- thinking of you today and always. i still wish it was just a bad dream. season & brienn miss you so much. we would give anything to have you back here. you surely are in heaven, fixing something for nana! love always from aunt sue . . . remember the thank-you card season sent one time that said "anut sue" -:) Close
Happy Valentine's Day Dad! I love you and miss you so much. Brienn and I are going to a spa this Saturday for a little relaxation, so I'm really looking forward to that. I'm in the process of planning a party in your memory this July, thinking of maybe doing a pig roast or a big BBQ, not quite sure yet. I know you'd love it and I plan on inviting all your biker friends and friends from C & H. I just wish that instead of planning a memorial party for you, I was planning a birthday party. It's hard to believe that by the time the party is here it will be a year since you've been gone. It seems to overwhelming at times and I feel like I can't breathe, like it's all still just a bad nightmare. I think of you everyday Dad and can't wait until one day when I will see you again. Say Happy Birthday to Nana for us. I love you!
Happy Valentine's Day Pop-Pop! / Ashley &. Heather (Granddaughters)Read >>
Happy Valentine's Day Pop-Pop! / Ashley &. Heather (Granddaughters)
Happy Valentine's Day Pop-Pop! We love you so much. I (Ashley) lost my first two teeth last weekend, and was calling everyone. I told Grammy and Titi and Great-Grandpa. Miss you so much.
Dad - It's the first birthday that I have to celebrate without you. I'm so used to you calling and then bringing over a belated birthday card a few days later. My birthday wish is to have my Dad back with his family who loves him so. No presents, no cake, no cards, no one calling or stopping by to wish me "Happy Birthday", I just want you back. I'm not much into the celebrating mood, just another day that I try my hardest to get through. Not really a "Happy Birthday", just a birthday. Just another day and another tear. I love you Dad and think of you everyday.
Six Months Ago Today! / Season (Daughter)
Well it's been six months since I got to see my Dad's face, six months since I've heard my Dad's voice, six months of a living nightmare. On one hand it seems like yesterday when there was a knock on my door. I go to answer it and a police officer is standing there. Strange I think, what does he want? So, he asks me if I am Season, I reply "yes" and he then comes in. I should have known it wasn't going to be good news, and part of me did, but never in my wildest dreams could I have known what he was going to say. I don't really know what I thought at that exact moment, maybe car accident? But then the words came out and he said my Dad was gone. It's hard to even describe how I felt, but I knew that it had to be some kind of mistake. I started sobbing uncontrollably and even asked him to just give me a ticket and tell me he was joking. After he said he was sorry but couldn't do that I thought I was maybe dreaming. I had a really bad cold and thought maybe just maybe I was imaging it. Nether of those were true and the truth was in fact that my Dad had passed away in his sleep. On the other hand it seems like it's been years since this nightmare began. I think of my Dad everyday and I am afraid one of these days I won't be able to hear his voice in my head, I'm afraid that as time goes on I won't be able to remember what it sounded like. Everyday seems like a blur and everyday I pray that somehow my Dad is still here. I've never felt pain like this and I miss my Dad so so much. I'm glad that I was blessed with him as my Dad, I couldn't have wished for anyone better. I miss you Dad and my heart will always be broke.
I love you Dad, and oh how I miss you!
Seafoz - I used to hate it when you called me that, and now I wish that I could hear you say it over and over and over. Close
almost six months / Sue Norton (sister-in-law)Read >>
almost six months / Sue Norton (sister-in-law)
al -- thursday will be six months since you passed away. it's hard to get that day out of my mind, when everything seemed fine but then my cell phone rang and julie told me what happened. your daughters miss you so much that there are no words in the english language to explain it. season is taking very good care of your dad. why, oh, why? i would give anything on earth for season & brienn to see you again. they love you so, so much. they are incredibly brave and strong but they miss you beyond words. i still can't believe you are gone. it feels like there is a huge hole in the world.
oh, al . . . Close
I can't even begin to say how much I miss you, or the size of the hole in my heart. I think of all the things I'm doing, and all the things I've done, and it seems silly and worthless without you here telling me you're so proud. I was at a friends house the other night and heard the song, "No woman, No cry" I know how much you loved that song and I could not stop crying. My friends don't really understand, they try to but they don't. It's hard for me to explain and put in words what you meant to me, how much you influenced me and how much I miss you. You were a one in a million dad. There are so many times when I look back, and remember the times when I needed you, or just someone, and you were always always there. Mom and I watched a show about a little girl having surgery and I could see in her Dad's face how scared he was of losing her. I thought about when I had surgery and how you were the only one there with me, how you watched movies with me, feed me from the couch, wheeled me to the bathroom, and woke me up when I fainted. You were always there, always. I could always count on you to be there for me. Even if you yelled at me the whole way home, for doing something stupid, you were there to save me, there to make everything ok again. Now who do I have to count on? I close my eyes at night and see your face, and here your voice calling me briebeeps or b bop. I have dreams about being on that big green chair sitting on your lap and hugging you goodnight. Sometimes I wonder if I'm just dreaming or if somehow you're really there with me in my dreams. I can't wait to see you again in heaven. I love you and miss you with all my heart.
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