Shirley Mable Shorter - Site Memorial Online

My memories of mom could never all be written down because I have a lifetime of them.But I can say that I feel like I grew up with her and Rita.I guess it was because they were so young and I thought I was so mature.Mom was always so positive she would always say think positive ,I guess that is why she survived her life the way she did she had a lot of heartbreak from dad and from some of us.But I do know that even on the day she died she still loved dad. maybe not like when they got married but I know she still loved him, I can rememeber the day she took me downtown Chicago on a bus for school clothes because I was starting school I felt so special to have been spending that time alone with mom, I can rember the day they came and told her Debbie had been hit by a car and how it devastated her, I can remember when we lived in Canton Ohio and everytime it would even look like rain she would run us all to the basement, no wonder half of us are still hideing when it storms she instilled that into our heads(lol) she always wore her hair up in bobby pin curls at night and where she ever found the time to do it I'll never know. She was a special lady and I do mean LADY, we all know the love mom had for us and all her grandchildren, she was a very loving and giving kind person , so I can rest assured that Jesus has a place for her in heaven.My MOTHER,MY FRIEND ,I  WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU AND YOUR MEMORY WILL BE CHERISHED THROUGHOUT MY LIFETIME. SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE I HOPE LOVE FROM SHIRLEY ANN

MOM.

MERRY CHRISTMAS I WISH YOU COULD HAVE SPENT THAT LAST CHRISTMAS WITH US I KNOW YOU WERE SO LOKING FORWARD TO IT.IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY SPECIAL AND MAGICAL MEMORY FOR US ALL . BUT I GUESS THE GOOD LORD KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING.I KNOW THAT HE KNEW HE WAS GETTING A VERY SPECIAL LADY TO BE IN HIS KINGDOM.I HOPE YOU ARE DOING OK I WISH YOU WOULD COME SEE ME ONE TIME I NEED YOU TO I MISS YOU SO.I JUST NEED TO SEE YOUR BEAUTIFUL FACE AND SMILE AGAIN.MOM I KNOW I HAVE SPENT THE BIGGEST PART OF MY LIFE AWAY FROM YOU AND I WISH I COULD HAVE BEEN THERE MORE YOU WERE SUCH A GOOD AND LOVING MOM. ALWAYS CARING AND PUTTING EVERYONE ELSE FIRST. I WISH I COULD HAVE DONE MORE FOR YOU RATHER THAN BRING ON ALL THE HEARTACHE I DID . IF I HAD IT ALL TO DO OVER IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT. I HAVE SO MANY MEMORIES I COULD WRITE ON HERE . I SOME TIMES SIT AND SMILE WHEN  THEY ARE GOING THROUGH MY HEAD. YOU AND RITA WERE MY BEST FRIENDS WHEN I WAS A KID. EVEN WHEN I GOT MARRIED YOU SHOULD HAVE LOCKED ME UP. BUT I WOULDN'T TRADE THAT FOR ANYTHING BECAUSE AT LEAST I HAVE MY KIDS FROM IT ALL.I KNOW YOU LOVED THEM ALL  TOO. I WISH YOUR LIFE COULD HAVE BEEN EASIER BUT FOR SOME REASON GOD DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE THAT WAY. ITS FOR SURE YOU HAVE EARNED YOUR CROWN IN HEAVEN AND I AM GOING TO GET SAVED TO I CAN SEE YOU AGAIN. OH WHAT A GLORIOUS DAY THAT WILL BE. HOLD THE HANDS OF OUR KIDS IF YOU CAN AND GENTLY KISS GRANDMA AND GRANDPA FOR ME. I LOVE YOU

DEAR MOM

AS I SIT HERE TODAY AND THINK ABOUT ALL MY PROBLEMS I HAVE HAD THESE LAST FEW WEEKS.I WONDER HOW YOU WENT THROUGH ALL THE TOUGH TIMES AND STILL HELD YOUR HEAD UP AND WENT ON. I BELEIVE GOD MUST HAVE GAVE YOU AN INNER STRENGHTH TO GET YOU THROUGH IT ALL. I JUST WISH HE WOULD HAVE GIVEN YOU 20 MORE YEARS TO LIVE HERE WITH US SO WE COULD HAVE SHARED A FEW MORE MEMORIES. AND LAUGHED A FEW MORE TIMES AND CRIED TOGETHER A HUNDRED MORE TIMES, BUT I KNOW THAT HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING WHEN HE TOOK THE MOST WONDERFUL MOTHER IN THE WORLD AWAY FROM US. WE SURE HAD SOME CRAZY TIMES IN OUR LIVES BUT WHEN I THINK OF THEM ALL IT BRINGS A SMILE TO MY FACE. YOU ARE LOVED MY DEAR PRECIOUS MOTHER AND MISSED DEEPLY.

MOM

I JUST CAME HOME FROM ALL MY TRAVELS AND I WAS SO SAD TO LEAVE TRACY I KNOW SHE IS LONELY THERE ,ITS SO DIFFERENT, I JUST WISH WE COULD ALL BE CLOSE TOGETHER SO WE COULD VISIT EVERY CHANCE WE GET. MOM I HOPE THAT YOU FORGAVE ME FOR ALL THE TIMES I WAS A SHIT HEAD. I MISS YOU SO MUCH I CAN'T HARDLEY STAND IT. I FOUND MYSELF THINKING ABOUT THE TIMES WE ALL USED TO GO TO HINCKLEY BAR, ITS FUNNY BECAUSE PETE AND HIS FAMILY ARE TALKING TO THE GIRLS AND HE WAS A BIG PART OF THOSE DAYS. WE HAVE ALL LOST SO MUCH OVER THE YEARS AND I KNOW ITS A PART OF LIFE BUT THAT DOSEN'T MAKE IT ANY EASIER TO ACCEPT.DO YOU REMEMBER ALL THE FUN WE USED TO HAVE AT RITA AND BILLS HOUSE ON 126, IN YORKVILLE WE WERE ALL CRAZY THEN. THAT HOUSE SURE HELD A LOT OF MEMORIES, BUT ITS GONE TOO.LIFE WAS SO SIMPLE BACK THEN, AND THEN ELVIS DIED AND THAT SO DEVESTATED RITA I CAN REMEMBER THE DAY HE DIED AND PETE AND I HAD JUST GONE THERE I THOUGHT FOR SURE SOMEONE DEAR TO US HAD DIED THE WAY SHE WAS CRYING AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT SHE ACTED JUST LIKE A YOUNG GROUPIE LOL, THOSE WERE THE DAYS I WILL NEVER FORGET THEM  I LOVE YOU MOM DEARLY AND I HOPE TO BE REUNITED WITH YOU SOMEDAY SOON I WILL SURE BE GLAD TO SEE YOU AND THE KIDS AGAIN AND GRANNIE TOO. SOON MOM OH YEA HERE IS A PICTURE OF HEATHER AND TAMMY AT THE BIG 21 FOR HEATHER ISN'T SHE SO BEAUTIFUL  AND SPOILED STILL BUT WE ALL LOVE HER

MOM

WELL I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD SIT WITH YOU FOR AWHILE. I KNOW YOU KNOW ALL THE THOUGHTS RUNING THROUGH MY HEAD RIGHT NOW. I FEEL LIKE I AM ABOUT HALF INSANE,I FEEL LIKE I HAVE DEVOTED MY WHOLE LIFE AND THAT OF MY KIDS TO SOMEONE WHO COULD GIVE A SHIT LESS .I SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO YOU MANY YEARS AGO, BUT I WAS LIKE THESE GIRLS TODAY, I KNEW IT ALL .WELL I AM GLAD THE GIRLS FOUND PETE AND THEY WILL BE APART OF HIS LIFE, MERL DOESN'T LIKE IT BUT WHO CARES HE NEVER DID. I KNOW I AM MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION AND I WISHYOU WERE HERE SO I COULD RUN TO YOU. YOU WOULD HELP ME SORT IT ALL OUT. I SEEN THE PICTURES OF PETE AND I HAVE CRIED SO MUCH BECAUSE I KNOW BUDDY WOULD HAVE LOOKED LIKE HIM IF HE HAD LIVED. I WISH HE COULD HAVE KNOWN HIM I GUESS WE WERE ALL YOUNG AND MADE A LOT OF STUPID MISTAKES . AND PEOPLE CHANGE AND IF ALL  THE GIRLS SAY IS TRUE PETE SURE HAS CHANGED. I AM GLAD FOR THEM HE MIGHT BE A POSITIVE THING IN THIER LIFE. I LOVE YOU MOM AND PETE SAID THAT YOU WERE A GREAT PERSON SO HE CAN' BE ALL THAT BAD IF HE THINKS OF YOU LIKE WE ALL DO.  LOL I LOVE YOU SEE YOU SOON

WELL MOM ANOTHER YEAR HAS COME AND GONE AND WE ALL STILL HAVE SUCH FRESH MEMORIES OF LOSING YOU. MY CHRISTMAS'S WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.AS WELL AS ALL OF US FEEL, WE MAY GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS BUT DEEP DOWN INSIDE WE ALL HURT TREMENDOUSLY. I HAVE ALWAYS REMEMBERED THE CHRISTMAS WE HAD WHEN WE LIVED IN CARPENTERSVILLE IL. WE DIDN'T HAVE ALOT BUT WE WERE HAPPY. YOU WERE ALWAYS THERE FOR US NO MATTER WHAT. I KNOW YOU NEVER HAD THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE BUT YOU WERE LOVED SO MUCH BY EVERYONE. DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN PHILLIP SHOVELED SNOW FOR THE MAYOR THAT YEAR, WE CHRISTMAS CAROLED AND IT BRINGS ME SUCH FOND MEMORIES I HOPE WE ALWAYS ARE CLOSE ALL THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS. WE LIVE SO FAR FROM EACH OTHER AND SOMETIMES I FEEL LOST,BUT WE ARE GOING TO REALLY WORK ON STAYING TOGETHER WE ARE GOING TO GO TO TENN IN THE SPRING ALL OF US AND SPEND A WEEK AT ALLENS AND HAVE EASTER TOGETHER I HOPE IT WORKS OUT, WE LOVE YOU MOM AND I KNOW YOU LOVED US ALL ALOT. KISS ALL THE FAMILY AND KNOW THAT WE LOVE YOU.

    DEAR MOM,
WELL HERE I AM AGAIN SETTING DOWN TO SHARE SOME OF THE EVENTS OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS,I AM SURE YOU KNOW THEM ALREADY, SAVANNA HAD HER BABY NOLAN , AND HE IS BEAUTIFUL. CHRYSTAL HAS CORA DANIELLE AND SHE IS BEAUTIFUL TOO.I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HOLLIES LITTLE GIRL. BUBBY AND STACY WILL HAVE A BOY IN APRIL.AND HEATHER AND MIKE ARE MARRIED, AND SO IS JOSH . HE IS GETTING SHIPPED OUT NEXT MONTH I HOPE GOD WATCHES OVER HIM. AND I KNOW YOU WILL WATCH OVER HIM TOO WHERE EVER HE MAY TRAVEL.MINDYS HUSBAND WILL BE GOING BACK TO IRAQ AGAIN SO WATCH OVER THEM BOTH. WE ALL LOVE YOU MOM AND WE MISS YOU AT ALL THESE TIMES OF HAPPINESS. AND AT TIMES OF SORROW TOO, FOR YOU ALWAYS BROUGHT US COMFORT AND LOVE. WE LOVE YOU DEARLY AND WE WILL ALL MEET AGAIN SOMEDAY.

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