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In Loving Memory of IGNACIO CHAVEZ & ISABEL CHAVEZ Died August 6, 1997 DIED JULY 8, 1977 MAMA, IT HAS BEEN 21 YEARS, AND NOW ONE YEAR TODAY FOR DADDY SINCE YOU BOTH LEFT US. WE MISS YOU BOTH AS MUCH AS ON THAT DAY WHEN THE HEAVENS OPENED UP AND LIFTED YOU BOTH HOME TO THE LORD. NOW, YOU ARE TOGETHER ONCE AGAIN.YOU'VE LEFT US AND EVERYTHING IS CHANGED LIFE CAN NEVER BE THE SAME ALL OUR YESTERDAYS ARE GONE FOREVER OUR TALKS, OUR VISITS, OUR RELATIONSHIPS ARE NO MORE BUT MY LOVE IN MY HEART FOR YOU GOES ON FOR ALL THE REST OF MY TOMORROWS I CRY OFTEN WHEN I THINK OF YOU DYING ALONE YOUR PASSING SO QUICK AND SUDDEN BUT KNOW, DADDY, THAT YOU WERE NOT ALONE BUT SURROUNDED BY THE LOVE OF YOUR CHILDRENDAD, YOU BECAME BOTH MOM/DAD TO US. YOUR FAMILY WAS ALWAYS FIRST. YOU SHOWED STERNNESS, BUT HAD A HEART OF GOLD, BUT HID HOW GOOD YOU WERE AS THAT WAS JUST YOUR WAY. YET YOU NEVER ASKED FOR ANYTHING FOR YOURSELF, BUT LOOKED FORWARD TO VISITS FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS."VISIT ME NOW" YOU'D SAY, "AND LET'S LAUGH AND TALK TODAY" WHETHER IT BE FOR FIVE MINUTES OR ONE HOUR I'D RATHER HAVE YOUR TIME NOW THEN ALL YOUR TIME WHEN I'M DEAD I'D RATHER HAVE ONE PLEASANT VISIT A SHARING OF CONVERSATION, A DRINK, OR A MEAL WITH ME THAN A VISIT WHEN MY HEART HAS STOPPED BEATING AND LIFE IN ME HAS CEASED TO BE TO SOME YOU MAY ALREADY BE FORGOTTEN YOUR PASSING A PART OF THE PAST BUT TO ME AND ALL WHO LOVED YOU ALL OUR SPECIAL MEMORIES ARE HERE TO LASTYOUR DAUGHTER WHO YOU CALLED BABY, LOVE, IRENE CHAVEZ LASKY
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