"One year has passed and the pain of Mom?s death is just as strong. People say it will lessen with time. My selfish side misses the phone calls, the times we had attending plays ,For so many years I would call just before midnight on New Years Eve to celebrate a New Year. I spent 9/11,2001 on the phone all day long. We cried. We talked politics, she loved to ruffle my feathers. We fought but it never lasted long. She was the Super Glue that kept the family together in many ways. She always filled me in the goings on. When a sibling was going through a rough time, I let her know that I would pray for them. I miss her intellect. On the lighter side, I miss ed seeing the QVC box on the porch this past birthday.. Such selfish thoughts. She is in no pain, her mind is free from the stresses of life. My daughter Chelsea asked me yesterday if I knew her favorite memory of her Grandma. She told me that it was the trails and gardens on Granada Terrace. She would spent hours looking for bugs and imagining a faerie type place. All the fun things Mom planned. Easter Egg hunts. The deck with the lights Grandpa built. The sound of the water feature.. Chelsea being ever so practical at 30, doesn?t cry. When I do cry, which is almost every day, she tells me that this is what is supposed to happen. I listen to a song by Robinella called Press On.. I love you Mommy and we shall be reunited just as it is supposed to happen. And yes, I will tookie on you. Moosie Mutt..#6, LaDonna"
In loving memory of
Joan Yvonne Lawhorn
September 2, 1937 - October 2, 2017
Joan Yvonne Lawhorn, 80 years old, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida passed away peacefully on Monday, October 2, 2017 after complications from her brave battle with breast cancer that began in 2000. The daughter of Herbert C. Winsauer and Myrtle C. Weinaug Winsauer, Joan is survived by her husband of 61 years, Ralph, six children (Bunny, Dawn, Stephen, Lynne, Holly, and LaDonna), sons and daughter in-law, many grandchildren and great grandchildren, cousins and special friends from her childhood home of Seguin, Texas and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
Tributes
"I just heard and am so, so sad for all...Joan always remembered my birthday and it wasn't Christmas until I got "Raph and Joan's" card. I have a constant sweet reminder of the Lawhorns as I drive by their former beautiful home so much. Love and comforting thoughts sent your way...hold tightly to "You never lose the ones you love as long as you love the ones you've lost." Craig Graham "