thoughts of silly faces

shared by Marlo R. Beall, her sister

While we were at mass on Easter Sunday, I was lucky enough to be sitting behind a cute little boy who I'm guessing was about three years old. He was sitting between his parents and was shifting around in his seat like most kids do during mass.

During one part of the mass, he looked at me a few times, and each time I would make a silly face at him - squinting my eyes, sticking out my tongue, crossing my eyes, tilting my head, and such. He would look at me... smile... and turn away, then look at me... smile... and turn away.

It was a fun game that we had going. When the game ended, it immediately made me think of Cindy. I remember several occasions throughout our lives when she would find the infant, toddler or young church goer sitting in front of her during mass and proceed to engage in a game of silly faces. Ya know, I sure miss those silly faces...

thoughts of Tita Cyn's spot

shared by Marlo R. Beall, her sister

Today is what our family affectionately refers to as Cindy's heaven anniversary. It's been 11 years since she went to heaven.

Our family commemorates the day in many ways. Since not a day goes by that we don't think about Cindy, occasions like today are just a chance to take a little extra time to honor Cindy's spirit.

Some of the ways that members of our family honored Cindy today included...

attending mass
spending time at work helping others
making and eating "sushi bake"
baking and enjoying chocolate chip cookie bars
going to the afternoon A's game
watching the second game of the day/night double header on TV
attending meetings
spending time with family
playing boggle
playing princess dominoes
visiting the cemetery

Below is a photo of the headstone at Cindy's gravesite. Since I believe that Cindy is always with us, and that her spirit is all around us, when we visit the cemetery, I don't say that we're visiting Tita Cyn. Rather, I have always said that it's just "Cyn's spot".