Frank Paino
14 January, 2007
Happy Anniversary Mama! I trust you have found peace and happiness…away from all the suffering you had in this life.
If it is true we return for other lives, I hope you take a good long rest before returning here (or anywhere) and that you come back
to much happier circumstances next time around.
Thank you for being the truly unique and wonderful person you were.
I think of you often, and ever so fondly.
Frank
Gerrie
14 January, 2007
Four years since your passing and you remain in my heart. I will not forget you. I know you will not forget me, either, Mama.
When I turn my thoughts toward you in the Bright Realms, I know you are there, looking back at me.
My Love To You,
~ Gerrie
Anonymous
07 July, 2006
Linda,
I was thinking of you today and remembering how delighted you were when you received flowers from "A Secret Admirer."
( It probably gave the other women "something to talk about." )
In honor of your birthday, I am sending you some "flowers" once again.
I know that you are smiling and that you realize how much you are loved...
"A Secret Admirer"
gpaino
07 July, 2005
Happy Birthday, Mama! You are in my thoughts.
I Love You,
~ Gerrie
"Frank Paino" (FPaino@bw.edu)
14 January, 2005
Two years ago, you left this home for a new one. And, while we still miss you, it's good to know there are others who went before and who missed you for all the years you remained here on earth. For them, your death was a "welcome home" party. On your second anniversary, I take pleasure in knowing you are very much alive--and among friends, in a place where the pain you once suffered is nothing more than a memory...if even that.
All my love.
Frank
"Betty O'Brien" (BOBrien7@msn.com)
08 July, 2004
Dear Linda,
I'm so happy we met in this life. I knew as soon as we did, that you were
a kind and loving person who adored her children, my dear friends Frank
and Gerrie. I will always hold dear the little kitty pillow you made me,
the talks we had on the phone, the cards we exchanged. How I wish I could
have seen you one more time before you passed. (We have our talks,
though--don't we?) But I know you are in a wonderful place with all the
people you cared for in life, and your family who have gone before. I hope
my mother and father stepped forward as I asked. If so, I know you are all
having a great time in the beautiful realm those of us on earth will one
day know. Be at peace, my friend. And Happy Birthday! What a joyous one it
is, for the physical pain you knew is a thing of the past, and you have
ethereal wings to fly....
I love you...
Yours, Louis
"Gerrie Paino" (GPaino@bw.edu)
07 July, 2004
Dear Mama,
Today, you would have been 87. Happy Birthday! Though I miss you, I
delight in knowing that, rather than having spent another year in your
pain-wracked earthly body, you are instead free of suffering now.
I love you and miss you and think of you every day. I wish so much that I
could see you again...that I could give you a kiss and tell you how much I
love you and how grateful I am for everything you did for me and for
Frank...and that I could tell you how sorry I am for anything I ever did
that may have hurt you or made you sad. I pray you know this. I believe
you do, and that you hold me close in the embrace of your unwavering love.
Enjoy your rest. Enjoy your Heaven.
I love you, Mama!
~ Gerrie
"Frank Paino" (FPaino@bw.edu)
07 July, 2004
Happy Birthday, Mama!
How wonderful it is to consider you are able to celebrate in a world
where you don't have the pain you endured for so long during your latest
earthly incarnation. Rest in "The Summerlands" for a while and enjoy the
freedom... to fly, to see beyond what mortal eyes can see... and hear in
that same Magic way. I know you are aware of my love for you, but I want
to put it in writing here as a concrete way of showing that to you and to
anyone who will read this message.
As I reflect on your death, a quote from the poet Rabindranath Tagore
comes to mind... "Death is not extinguishing the light; it is putting out
the lamp because dawn has come." I believe that. Relish the dawn, Mama.
I love you,
Frank