Light The Night2023!!!

White Light-Survivor or loved one

Red- still fighting or loved one

Gold- remembrance for someone 

♥Mary Frances :)

No rear view mirrors!!!

"I'm shootin for the moon, an I'm in a spaceship, an this spaceship don't even have rear view mirrors, so that means I ain't even tryin to look back." 

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My friend said this to me a while ago. It was a slightly ODD statement to say and yet, the AWESOMEST quote ever. I just loved it!!! Its like soooo ghetto, yet sooo profound. "...An this spaceship don't even have rear veiw mirrors..." <----- SOOO Ghetto...BUT sometimes I think we need to GET GHETTO!!!

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Often times its the luxurious things in life that are holding us back in the kingdom of God! We have everything figured out just right. We're still in our comfort zone. We know all of our surroundings, we have our seat belts on, our seats just right, and our mirrors adjust perfectly. We're moving forward but we can still see behind us.

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You don't need to see what's behind. Leave your past and just go. In the Bible, before destroying the City  in Genesis 19, God tells lot and his family, "...Escape for thy life; look not behind thee..." However, Lot's wife did look back and she was turned to a pillar of salt. 

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What did lots wife need that she looked back? The WHOLE city was being consumed by fire, what did she need??? NOTHING!!! When your buried in the name of Jesus, THERE IS NOTHING in your past that you need to look back too. Looking back to this old world will ONLY destroy you. 

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" But Jesus said to him, “No one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.” (Luke 9:62) 

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We need to leave behind the things that are holding us back. You don't need to look behind you living for God. There's NO REARVIEW MIRRORS on your way to heaven. Who cares if your spaceship is a little ghetto?! You don't need the fanciest transportation, as you travel this journey, you just need to GET TO HEAVEN!!!

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All you need to do is get on the straight path, rip off those rearview mirrors and make up your mind...

I'm on my way to heaven and...

 "I ain't EVEN TRYIN to look back!!!" 

"I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3:14)

♥Mary Frances :)

Your Focus!!!

Soooooooooo when I was with Jenny in Carlsbad, weeeeeelllll I was DETERMINED that we were going to play 13 Dead End Drive!!! I think I've been talking to them about playing this game since I first bought my ticket to go...maybe even before that!!!

The whole point of the game is to win Aunt Agatha's fortune by killing off the other characters in the house traps! Sounds kinda violent buuuuuuuuuut it's REALLY FUNNNNN!!!  BAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!

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Weeeeeeeellll we ended up being soooooooo busy we didn't end up playing it til after church Sunday night and we were all SUPERRRR tired!!! Especially Jenny who even PURPOSEFULLY killed one of her own characters BECAUSE SHE HATES CATS!!! Yes...thats how much she hates them!!! LOL (I was a little offended because you know if I was a cat that is what I think I would look like...white and fluffy!!! and one of my nicknames IS fluffy cat!)

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Anyways, I was playing pretty bad myself, WEEEEEELLLLL only cuz I was STILL LEARNING how to play as we went, buuuuuuuuut Jenny and Ryan had basically killed off all my characters EXCEPT for one!!!

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Well at this point I was liiiiiiiiike, soooooo basically I'm going to lose?!?!?! So Ryan says well most likely. Buuuuuuuut instead of just conceding, OH NO, I NEVERRR CONCEDE A GAME, I nverrrrr give up with out a FIGHT!!! I said, WELLLLLLLLLL you neverrrrrr know!!!! After all WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE!!!! I think I may have even asked God to help me beat my enemies...YES...I do stuff like that in board games!!!! AHAHAHAAA!!!

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And from that point on I started going after KILLING RYAN AND JENNY'S CHARACTERS in the trapS!!! Before too long Jenny was out, after all she had killed her own character the cat and we got the rest!!! ANNNNND even though I only had one character left, I went whole heartedly after killing Ryan's characters.

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Weeeeeeellllll now it was basically an equal game, Ryan and I each had one character left and I determined to kill his last character, I forgot about getting to the finish line, meanwhile Ryan bamboozled me annnnnnnd he made it with his last character to the finish line and WON!!!

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I was liiiiiiiiiiike OH MAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!! I ALMOST WON!!! I came soooooooooo close to winning!!! SEE even though It looked like I was going to be the FIRST ONE OUT of the game, I turned it around and I came sooooooooo close to winning too!!! Ryan was like, i'm paraphrasing, yeah, if you had actually focused on WINNING instead of killing my characters, you most likely would have won!!!(and even though my blog gives him a headache, that inspired me for this devotional!🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄) I was liiiiiike, AAAAAAAAAH!!! 

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LATER ON...

It made me think how sometimes in our walk with God we do the same thing. We start off determined to win, buuuuuuuut as the cares of this life come along, We forget what it's all really about and we begin to focus on something else. 

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Instead of focusing on reaching lost souls, we focus on positions. Or instead of worshipping God we focus on hurts and offenses. Instead of focusing on glorifying God we focus on being noticed and receiving credit for the good things we have done. Instead of focusing on giving we focus on being blessed. Instead of focusing on God's anointing and favor in our life, we focus on our own accomplishments. Instead of focusing on a relationship with God we focus on doing things for God. 

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While most of these things in of themselves are not bad things, they can not become our focus in this life. It's all about JESUS!!! Jesus! Jesus! JESUS!!! Jesus is the one who died for us. Jesus' name washes away my sin. Jesus is the only name that saves. Jesus HAS TO BE OUR FOCUS IN LIFE!!! Jesus is all that matters. We have to focus on living for Jesus! We have to focus on what Jesus did for us. We have to focus on being pleasing to Jesus! We have to focus on telling others about Jesus! We have to focus on one day seeing Jesus face to face!!! 

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One thing my mom ALWAYS told me in life before she died was, "Just keep your eyes on Jesus Mary, and everything will be alright." When hurts in this life come my way, I remember her words. Instead of focusing on my problems, I have to focus on Jesus! If I focus on hurts and offenses I start to stumble and lose my way, buuuuuut if I just focus on JESUS, I'M GONNA MAKE IT ALL THE WAY!!!

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I just want to encourage everyone today to keep their focus on JESUS!!! You can come sooooooo close to making it, buuuuuuut if you lose your focus on what really matters your gonna slip!!!! BUUUUUUUT, If you'll just keep your eyes on JESUS, everything is going to be alright!!! YOUR GOING TO MAKE IT!!!! As the song says, ♪♪Turn your eyes upon Jesus,

Look full in his wonderful face♫

♫And the things of earth will grow strangely dim

♪In the light of his glory and grace♫

"Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God." (Hebrews 12:2)

♥Mary Frances :)

Just wait til you taste it!!!

So my new little running partner for the 5k races is my nephew Odin! We recently ran the pizza run and the way it was set up, the track looped back around through the park so the people that were the fastest would pass the slower people.

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Well there was a particular runner that I noticed that was one of the first runners to pass back through, and it wasn't just because he was tall and handsome and fast that I noticed him, if so I would have forgotten about him by now. But what struck me about this guy as so memorable was that after he completed the race as one of the first to complete it, he may have even come in first, I'm not sure, but after he completed the race, he ran back through the course towards all of us runners that were still finishing the course...

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And as he ran towards us runners that he didn't even know, he began yelling encouraging things to us. He was saying stuff like, come on guys, keep going! Don't give up! Just wait til you taste the pizza it's so good! Come one, come on, come on!!!! And he kept running, going past my group to the people further back and the ones even further back, cheering more and more for his fellow runners that he didn't even know.

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And in my mind I couldn't help but conjure an image of what the Bible says about the cloud of witnesses in heaven, "Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses...

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There are people in heaven, that have already made it, that have completed the course and they're cheering us on. Telling us to keep going! It could be someone you love that has finished, but there are others that have never seen us but they want us to have what they now have.

 

 I imagine them saying COME ON! Keep Going! It's worth it! There's no heartache, no offense, no hurt, no disappointment that is worth missing heaven over! Your so close! Your almost here! Soon you'll be dancing on streets of gold!  You can do it! Don't give up! The crystal river is so near, just wait till you sit down to the marriage supper of the Lamb!

 

JUST WAIT TILL YOU TASTE IT!!!

Just wait till you see Jesus face! Pretty soon you'll be touching His nail-scarred hands! I know your tired, buuuuuut don't stop running!

 

"...Let us lay aside lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us." (Hebrews 12:1)

♥Mary Frances :)

No rearview mirror!!!

"I'm shootin for the moon, an I'm in a spaceship, an this spaceship don't even have rear view mirrors, so that means I ain't even tryin to look back." 

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My friend said this to me a while ago. It was a slightly ODD statement to say and yet, the AWESOMEST quote ever. I just loved it!!! Its like soooo ghetto, yet sooo profound. "...An this spaceship don't even have rear veiw mirrors..." <----- SOOO Ghetto...BUT sometimes I think we need to GET GHETTO!!!

Often times its the luxurious things in life that are holding us back in the kingdom of God! We have everything figured out just right. We're still in our comfort zone. We know all of our surroundings, we have our seat belts on, our seats just right, and our mirrors adjust perfectly. We're moving forward but we can still see behind us.

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You don't need to see what's behind. Leave your past and just go. In the Bible, before destroying the City  in Genesis 19, God tells lot and his family, "...Escape for thy life; look not behind thee..." However, Lot's wife did look back and she was turned to a pillar of salt.

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What did lots wife need that she looked back? The WHOLE city was being consumed by fire, what did she need??? NOTHING!!! When your buried in the name of Jesus, THERE IS NOTHING in your past that you need to look back too. Looking back to this old world will ONLY destroy you.

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" But Jesus said to him, “No one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.” (Luke 9:62)

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We need to leave behind the things that are holding us back. You don't need to look behind you living for God. There's NO REARVIEW MIRRORS on your way to heaven. Who cares if your spaceship is a little ghetto?! You don't need the fanciest transportation, as you travel this journey, you just need to GET TO HEAVEN!!!

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All you need to do is get on the straight path, rip off those rearview mirrors and make up your mind...

I'm on my way to heaven and...

 "I ain't EVEN TRYIN to look back!!!" 

"I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3:14)

♥Mary Frances :)

Celebrating two years!!!!

This past Saturday, February 17th, marked my mom's second year in heaven!!! 

I had signed up for the Zoyo Froyo run and was pleased to see that it was on her Heaven anniversary!!!! I decked out in her favorite color, LAVENDER and of course my bling-bling running skirt and put a message for her on my hat!!!

RUNNING IN HONOR OF YOU MOM

Celebrating 2 years in heaven

2/20/53-2/17/16

This run was through Zoyo Frozen Yogurt at Tempe Town Lake...at the end of the race, aside from medals, Zoyo gave us all Zoyo Sundays!!! 

READY-SET-GOOOOO!!!!

Running, running, running...remembering...OH YEAH...that's what I meant to do this week..BUY NEW SNEAKERS...I knew I had forgotten to do SOMETHING!!! LOL 

ANNNNNNNNNND FINISHED!!!! 

Completed my second 5K in 57 minutes!!! 

I'm sooooooo PROUD of my finisher's medal!!! 

Now on the wall in my room!!! 

Zoyo asked, WHAT toppings would you like on your frozen yogurt???

I SAID...

EVERYTHING!!!

I know that being able to do these runs may not seem like a big deal, buuuut I LOOOOVE doing them, IF ONLY BECAUSE...NOW I CAN!!!! I know my mom would be sooooo happy that I'm getting my health in order, that was her dying wish for all of her kids!!!

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I wish that she had been able to get her health back and we could have done these races together, buuuuuut even though we'll never run a race here together on earth, one day, We'll be running together, ON STREETS OF GOLD!!!

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Next race the Donut 5K Race!!!

They have THE CUTEST finisher's medal too!!! 

#Imjustwarmingupforstreetsofgold 

♥Mary Frances :)

Letter from mom!!!

Soooooooooo last week was kind of a hard week for me with missing my mom, its just like that, some weeks are harder than others and last week was especially hard. And I prayed about it and asked God for specific help...

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Annnnnnnd LO AND BEHOLD, last Friday night when I came home from a babysitting job, there was an envelope laying on my bed with my name written on it...IT WAS...A letter FROM MY MOM!!! 💌

Annnnnnd NO, she did NOT write me a letter from heaven, LOL, It was written in 2008!!! Buuuuuuuuut we never knew about them and she never told us that she had written them and they mysteriously showed up on her bed amongst some other papers, sealed and waiting for us!!!

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The letter was exactly what I needed at that very moment!!! She told me I was her butterfly, (She always said that about me, EVEN THO I won't let a butterfly ACTUALLY touch me, cuz they're a BUG!!!) She said I was her baby for a little while and that I always loved playing with my baby dolls, then I became her middle child AND I STILL liked playing with my baby dolls. She told me to never stop walking in this truth, and that she admired my love for people and she ended it by saying to never stop bringing in the harvest, God is always looking for laborers.

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The letter was on point and exactly what I needed!!! I'm sooooo thankful for a God that looks out for His children. None of us know WHEN or HOW those letters got on my mom's bed, for we have been in there many times since she died and there was never any letters on her bed, but the other day my sister found them!!! I just imagine God hearing my prayer, going in there. digging through my mom's stuff and laying them on her bed for us. It was a blessing that I will treasure forever and something I will reread in for future encouragement!!! Thank you JESUS!!!! Purrrrrrrrrrrr!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

Mom's treasure box!!!

Recently I found something that I absolutely adore in my mom's room...

HER TREASURE BOX!!!

I remember when I was a little girl, any chance I had to look in her treasure box, I would. Sometimes I would offer to dust her room, and take extra time on her dresser, just for a peep in the treasure box. Other times I would just sneak in her room when I knew she was to busy to find me. Her treasure box was filled with all sorts of little trinkets, it was just so interesting to me, and I would think, when I grow up, I'm going to have a treasure box, JUST LIKE MY MOM'S!!!

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As I was going through her treasure box now as an adult, I realized that most of her treasures would have no value to anyone else...

Memoirs from her childhood family, travel trinkets, little things to remind her family and things she accomplished...

Buuuuuuuut almost EVERYTHING I found in that little treasure box had to do with family, her children. I remember when God gave my mom the vision of heaven, she was in such absolute awe of what she saw, there was such a longing n her heart to leave this world behind her and go to what she had seen, and YET, I remember her also breaking down and crying. When I asked her what was wrong, she said she wanted to so badly to go to heaven, but she didn't want to leave us...We were THE ONLY THING that she longed to hold on to, the only thing that caused her to hesitate...

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WE WERE HER TREASURE!!!

Recently, out of curiosity I was researching about a certain religion that highly values motherhood. Upon my research, I came across the writings of a disgruntled ex-member of this religion. Now, I don't personally agree with a lot of the teachings, because they do no follow what the Bible says, I DO AGREE on their take on motherhood, however, this previous member did NOT!!! He said, my sister is SO SMART, she COULD HAVE been ANYTHING, but instead of pursuing a career, SHE IS JUST A MOM!!! When I read that, I just thought, WOW!!! It blows my mind that anyone could say something like that!

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I am SO GREATFUL for a mom that put MOTHERHOOD over her CAREER, we weren't just a check on her bucket list, she TREASURED US!!! My mom knew the secret of THE ONLY things you can take with you to heaven, SOULS!!! Truly we were THE ONLY treasures she wanted to take with her!!!

"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." (Matthew 6:19-21)

♥Mary Frances :)

Mom's Eulogy Part 3

"And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes." (Deuteronomy 6:9)

At Landmark Pentecostal Church, she was known as Sis. Fran. Sis. Fran was involved in every aspect that she possibley could be. She was always doing things to help and serve and of course cook, EVERYONE LOVED HER COOKING!!! However the thing that Sis. Fran was the most passionate about in serving was with teaching the Angel's Bible class, which was the infant and toddlers. While most people would think that they were to young to be taught, Sis. Fran saw this as an opportunity to start putting The Word of God into them from their very begining. She taught them to say Bible scriptures when they could hardly even talk yet. She would have singing time with them, with little instruments, teaching them to praise and worship God. Of course there was always snacks, a prize, crafts, which of course once again always had a Bible scripture on them.

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Posing with the now grown, Denae Abbott.

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She loved those Angels, she was passionate about teaching them and literally taught them up until December of this past year, til she was physically unable to make it any longer to church.  She always said that she wanted to teach them til she died and that is what she did.

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Frances died loving people. Even just this past January, when some of the kids on the bus ministry outreach came to visit her in the rehab center she was staying, she was so happy to see the kids and she said that seeing them had made her whole night. She sang with them "I got the Holy Ghost!" Then she hugged them and told them that she loved them and gave money for them to all get Happy meals from McDonald's, and she said that she wanted to do that any time the kids came to see her because that was something that she could still do for them. Thats just the way she was, she loved people and no matter how dire the circumstances of their lives, she always saw the potential in what they could be. She would say, you just never know which one of these kids will grow up to live for God.

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"And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates." (Deuteronomy 6:9) Everywhere Frances went, she was always proclaiming the goodness of God. She was always ready to testify at church. Always giving God thanks for something. Always giving God glory for saving her and leading her to truth.

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As time went by, Frances began to get weaker and weaker physically in her body, till one day she could no longer walk. She spent the last two years of her life basically bed ridden, yet, she never complained, she always tried to make the best of her situation. She did whatever she could from her room. She wrote cards and letters to people, she read books, she worked on craft projects to do with her Angels class, she even helped her grandaughter do class projects and to the best of her ability, she was STILL managing to cook from her room, even if it was vicariousley through her children but she would do would ever she possibley could from her room, chopping the vegetables, mixing the icing, seasoning the dish. Many, many times, she could be found going through piles and piles of recipes, finding new ones to try. She LOVED TO COOK! And when it came to her cooking, EVERYONE LOVED TO EAT!!!

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As time went by, still bed ridden, she could hardly get herself in and out of bed anymore. During this time, Frances was also beginning to see these scenes of stuff happening before her eyes, almost like dreams, except she wasn't sleeping. She said they were always happy scenes of people that she had never met. Kids laughing and playing, a little girl in the kitchen or just random people doing stuff, but they were always smiling and always happy. she couldn't figure out who they were because they were not anyone that she reckonized. And as time went on she continued to get weaker and weaker till she could hardly stay awake anymore. On December 15th of this past year, Her children called 911 and she was rushed to the emergency room. As tests began to be done, she was quickley diagnosed with kidney failure. Frances was then admitted into the hospital to begin dialysis treatments.

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Something amazing happened to Frances the second night she stayed in the hospital. At midnight her CNA came in to take her blood pressure. When they woke her up she was in absolute awe of something. She kept saying, "Its so beautiful! Its so beautiful! Someone take a picture! Its so beautiful! take a picture!" Then she began to wimper and cry. Her daughter asked her what was wrong and she said, I just saw a little part of heaven. She said it was so beautiful, exquisite yet indescribable, she just didn't have the words to express what she had seen, but she was in absolute awe. When asked what she had seen, the only thing she could actually describe was that she had seen smiling faces, she said everyone was just so happy! When asked how she felt after seeing it she simply said, "Like its REAL! It's REALLY REAL!!!"

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She said that she knew now who all the people she had been seeing in the scenes that had been flashing in front of her for the last little while. She felt like they were all people that had already gone to heaven and met Jesus face to face and thats why they were all so happy. Aside from being in awe of what she had seen, this also left Frances with an extreme longing in her heart to go to what she had seen just a little part of. She started crying because she strongly desired to go to heaven, yet, she didn't want to leave her family, knowing how much they would miss her if she was gone.

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Wanting to do the right thing, Frances determined get her dialysis treatments and live to the very best of her ability. She began to get better and she got to spend one last Christmas with her family. They decorated her room with Christmas decorations, hauled all the traditional Italian meals up to her room at the hospital, yes including crabs and macoroni, which we're all pretty sure she's the only patient that was eating that on Christmas Eve. All the hospital staff would come in and comment on all the delicous smelling food in the room, of course Frances offered anyone that wanted to, to get a plate of food and join them. On Christmas, they had a huge family gift exchange in her room and some how, she had managed to STILL go Christmas shopping from her bed at the hospital and had gifts to give to everyone. It was a memorabal and unforgetable Christmas.

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After Christmas, Frances was well enough to be released to a rehab center where she determined that she was going to try and get some of her mobility back. She couldn't wait to be back at home with her family. However, things did not go the way she or her family had planned and Frances was soon back in the hospital she had just left. She tried and tried to get better but she just contiuned to get worse. Due to a side effect from kidney failure, she had developed a horrible infection on her leg that was spreading to other parts of her body, outside and inside as well. Not sure what to do or where to go, Frances continually prayed, asking God for help and direction on what to do. "I'm depending on you Lord. Tell me what to do, I'm depending on you."

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And on February 13th, God had let Frances know what to do. She told her eldest daughter Theresa, "I want to go home!" She asked her mom, "home to our house?" Frances said, "No, home with JESUS!" Some how, she just knew that it was time, God had let her know and after praying with her pastor and the elder pastor of her church, Frances said her goodbyes to family and loved ones. She was then brought back to their family home through hospice where she spent the last of her days surrounded by the family she loved so dearly. After missing only one dialysis treatment, early Wednesday morning, February 17th at around 4 am, Frances breathed one last breath and peacfully left this old world behind. Exactly two months after her vision of heaven on December 17th, Frances got to go to that which she had been so in awe of.

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In this life, Frances experianced many healings, miracles, blessings, heartache, suffering and pain, but if you were to talk to her right now, all she would be mentioning to you is the goodness of God. If you said God bless you, she would always respond back with, "He already has!" It was always her pleasure and desire to be a servent of God.

Today Frances, a servent of God, has finally achieved that which we all desire to achieve. To hear the Lord say, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant... enter thou into the joy of thy lord." (Matthew 25:21)

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Her grandson Joseph says its like a race and when you finally get to the finish line, thats when you've reached heaven. Frances made it to that finish line, she has joined all those happy people, she is now one of those smiling faces that she saw. Tho our hearts ache and we miss her so much, it's not good bye, its just see you later, we're still traveling to our destination, but we'll see you on the other side of the finish line, in that sweet by and by!

The end

♥Mary Frances :)

My HOME!!! ♥

I read this quote the other day...

And as soon as I read it, I couldn't help but start singing,

♫This world is NOT my home♪♪

 ♪I'm just a passing through...♫♫

My treasures are laid up,

 somewhere beyond the blue...♪♫♪♪♪

♥Mary Frances :)

Mom's going home service!!!

My mom's going home

 service was BEAUTIFUL!!!

I would have to say, a few of my favorite things, 1. Before the service, Juliana, my 3-year-old niece, just randomly went up and kissed Grandmas picture!!! She just went right up on her tip-e-toes to reach her lips, it was the cutest thing ever!!!! 2. when Bishop Abbott talked about my mom, one of the things that he said that I thought was sooooo NEAT was that he said my mom was one of the best friends he ever had!!! I was like, WOW!!! What a HIGH COMPLIMENT!!! Not only because it was a man of God that called her one of his best friends, but because like he said, in the ministry, you don't always have a lot of people that your friends with AND just because I KNOW Bishop Abbott's personality and for him to say that about ANYONE is a VERY HIGH COMPLIMENT!!! That was just AWESOME!!!

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The outfit I wore for my mom, she would have LOVED IT!!!

Seriously,  it was a MOM OUTFIT through and through!!!!

Thank you to All my out of state friends that either drove in or flew in, specifically just for my mom's service!!! Jen Connell, Joe and Anali Velez and Bro. Kifle! These friends didn't even personally know my mom, they just came to support me and that really meant a lot to me!!! I know I've said it like a million times BUUUUUUT thank you guys, your the best!!! Purrrrrrrrr!!!

And also thank you to all my AZ friends that also took the time to come and support me, that meant just as much to me as well and it really stood out to me that you came!!!

Annnnnnnd the church was packed out!!!

sooooooooo many lives that my mom touched!!! She truly was an AMAZING WOMAN!!! I'm so blessed to get to call her MOM!!! Thank you God for giving her to me!!!

Annnnnd after the service was over and before we ate, we passed out 62 purple and lavender balloons and you could write a message on them and then we sent them all up to her!!! I LOVED THAT MOMENT!!! It was so cool looking at them all flying!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

P.S. More pics to come as they're sent to me and i'll talk about the service more to come and  i'll eventually post her eulogy and stuff too!!!