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IT WASN'T UNTIL RECENTLY THAT I BECAME MORE INTERESTED IN MY FAMILY ROOTS. ON MARCH 18,2005 MY MOTHER INLAW DIANE KAYE HEDALEN WAS BRUTALLY MURDERED IN HER OWN APT BY HER OWN NEPHEW. IT WAS AT THAT POINT I DECIDED TO START A FAMILY TREE BOOK FOR MY 3 CHILDREN 11 YEAR OLD BRANDY LEE HEDALEN, 6 YEAR OLD JOESPH BAILEY HEDALEN,AND 4 YEAR OLD JASMINE LeVon HEDALEN,WHO MISS THEIR GRANDMOTHER SO MUCH,WORDS COULDN'T EVEN EXPLAIN. IT WAS THEN IT HIT ME DEEP INSIDE ON HOW ALL THESE YEARS,SINCE I WAS AROUND SIX YEARS OLD MY MOTHER WOULDN'T LET MY SISTERS AND BROTHERS AND I HAVE CONTACT WITH MY GRANDMOTHER FROM MY FATHERS SIDE. NOT SURE EXACTLY WHY? BUT EVER SINCE MY KIDS LOST THEIR GRANDMOTHER AND DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE OF EVER SEEING HER AGAIN, I RELIZED HOW FOOLISH I'VE BEEN,"AN ADULT NOW FOR 11 YEARS AND HAVEN'T ONCE TAKING A DAY TO GO VISIT MY GRANDMOTHER. TODAY,THIS DAY OF AUGUST 15,2005 I WILL AWAKEN EVERYDAY, WITH THE HOPE AND MAKING OF THIS DAY BEING BETTER THAN THE LAST, TO HELP ANOTHER RELIZE,THEY HAVE ONE THING TO THANKFUL FOR AND TO TREAT PEOPLE AS THEY WOULD WANT TO BE TREATED ( AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PAST, TIMES CHANGE SO FAST SO DON'T LET TIME SLIP BY. SEE IT,TAKE HOLD AND GRAB ON. BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOUR LIFE OR PART OF YOUR LIFE WILL BE TAKEN FROM YOU).MY HUSBAND SHAWNS DEDICATION OF WORDS FOR HIS DEEPLY MISSED MOTHER DIANE KAYE HEDALEN "WE WAIT PATIENTLY, AS TIME WILL NEVER KEEP US FROM SEEING HEAVEN, BEYOND HOPES THE TOUCH, OF LOVE CHANGES LOVE". FOR EVERYONE THAT HAS TAKEN THE TIME TO READ THIS I SAY TO YOU JESUS DIED FOR OUR SINS AND BELIEVE THAT TO BE SO, AND YOU SHALL GO TO HEAVEN NO MATTER WHAT INJUSTICES YOU HANG OVER YOUR SHOULDERS. BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THEIR ISN'T A SOLE OUT THEIR THATS PERFECT. WHOS TO SAY WHAT PERFECT IS ANYWAY?
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