Cathi Angel's Memoir

And now I'm glad I didn't know

The way it all would end

The way it all would goOur lives are better left to

chance

I could have missed the pain

But I'd have had to miss the dance

aka Bill’s Muffin

Love will lift you to the top of any

mountain.

When love and skill work together expect a

masterpiece

If you don’t like the road your walking on start paving another

one.

“There is no death! The stars go down to rise upon some other shore, and bright in

heaven’s jeweled crown. They shine forever more.” ~ John L.

McCreery

Every flower blooms at her right moment.

She had diamonds on the inside.

The woman who bore me is no longer alive, but I seem to be her

daughter in increasingly profound ways.  ~Johnnetta Betsch

Cole

You are my best friend and my only partner in crime. ~Caroline

Johnson

Once and a lifetime love.

A daughter may outgrow your lap, but she will never outgrow your heart. 

~Author Unknown

"Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget

about it.” ~Jacques Prevert

Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo,

but what you need is someone who will takethe pup truck with you

when the limo breaks down. ~ Caroline Johnson

Could you believe?

My mother,

Someone said Cathi was like a beautiful vintage car,Oh there were a few dings and scratches on the body that carried her,Yet she still looked ok for the mileageHer path included some missed curves a few flattened road signs,And Oh yes several souls in her rear view mirror dusting themselves off…And watching out for her reverse lights.

What we all couldn’t see was the mechanism underneath the hood. Something, some parts or whole pieces, that’s a fact. We could see the smoke from the gears grinding, the backfires of bad fuel. And truth be told, these imperfections and defects are in each and everyone of us, in varying degrees…if we could only see.

So this was the gift of my mother…

She gave us all an interesting story to tell,

And in my telling I’m going to try and find what it is I can learn from her now. I am sure if I looked close enough, even the question of her leaving will fade. If I can focus on what she had to teach me by her living, then, I will not lose but gain.I can only believe…

That at some future mile that I will be able to tell her life with a smile.

~Keala Johnson Noel

“Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but looking together in

the same direction.”-Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“Happiness is being married to your best

friend.”

"I count myself in nothing else so "I count myself in nothing else so happyhappy

As in a soul remembering my good As in a soul remembering my good friends." friends."

- William Shakespeare- William Shakespeare

"See you and me have a "See you and me have a better time than most can better time than most can dream of“ ~Dave Mathews dream of“ ~Dave Mathews

Band Band

""If you have made another If you have made another person on this earth smile, person on this earth smile,

your life has been your life has been worthwhile."worthwhile."

~ Sr. Mary Christelle ~ Sr. Mary Christelle MacalusoMacaluso

““Imitation is the sincerest Imitation is the sincerest flattery.”flattery.” ~Gandhi~Gandhi

““When your words came, I ate them; When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart’s they were my joy and my heart’s

delight.”delight.”~Jeremiah 15:16~Jeremiah 15:16

"Turns out, not where, but who you're "Turns out, not where, but who you're with that really matters" ~Dave with that really matters" ~Dave

Mathews BandMathews Band

A daughter is a mother's gender A daughter is a mother's gender partner, her closest ally in the family partner, her closest ally in the family

confederacy, an extension of her confederacy, an extension of her self. ~Victoria Secundaself. ~Victoria Secunda

"Even if we never talk again after tonight, please remember that I am forever changed by

who you are and what you meant to me" -Chasing Amy

Grandmas hold Grandmas hold our tiny hands our tiny hands for just a little for just a little while, but our while, but our

hearts forever. hearts forever. -- Author -- Author Unknown Unknown

“Some of it's magic, some of it's tragic, but I had a good life all the

way.” ~Jimmy Buffet

““Trip Around the Sun,”Trip Around the Sun,”

~Jimmy Buffet~Jimmy Buffet

“My favorite emotion is laughter through tears.” ~Quoted From

Steel Magnolias

"Let's make a resolution. I'll drink to that. Let's always

stay friends.

“Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave

footprints on our hearts, and we are never the same.”

-Unknown

“Well-behaved women rarely make history”

-Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

““Let the beauty you Let the beauty you love be what you do. love be what you do.

There are a There are a thousand ways to thousand ways to kneel and kiss the kneel and kiss the

earth.”-Rumi earth.”-Rumi

Good Morning, BeautifulHow was your night?

Mine was wonderful with you by my sideWhen I open my eyes to see your sweet

face,it's a good morning, beautiful day!

A Verse From Bill & Cathi’s Favorite Song

Tough and funny and a Tough and funny and a little bit kind:  that is as little bit kind:  that is as near to perfection as a near to perfection as a human being can be.  human being can be.  ~Mignon McLaughlin, ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's The Second Neurotic's

NotebookNotebook, 1966, 1966

“Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.”

-George Moore

““Our truest life is when we are in our Our truest life is when we are in our dreams awake.”dreams awake.”

-Henry David Thoreau-Henry David Thoreau

“It takes no more time to see the good side of life than it takes to see the bad”

~Jimmy Buffet

People People cannot go cannot go

wrong, if you wrong, if you don't let don't let

them.  They them.  They cannot go cannot go

right, unless right, unless you let you let them.  them. 

~Augustus ~Augustus William Hare William Hare

and Julius and Julius Charles HareCharles Hare

The best The best and most and most beautiful beautiful things in things in the world the world cannot be cannot be

seen or seen or even even

touched. touched. They must They must be felt with be felt with the heart. the heart. ~Helen ~Helen

KellerKeller

A true tragedy is something a soul will never forget, a heart will never swallow. One can only hope the occurrences will leave them forever awakened to life’s fragility.

-Caroline Johnson

The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your

age. ~Lucille Ball

The difference

between ordinary

and extraordinary

is that little

extra.  ~Jimmy

Johnson

“There was no heart left untouched.”

~ Caroline Johnson

If you surrender to the wind, If you surrender to the wind, you can ride it.  you can ride it. 

~Toni Morrison~Toni Morrison

Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires, a touch

that never hurts.  ~Charles Dickens

““Ol’ Yeller”Ol’ Yeller”

I've never seen I've never seen a smiling face a smiling face that was not that was not beautiful.  beautiful.  ~Author ~Author Unknown

Unknown

"As we go on.. We remember... All the times, we had together...

As our lives change...come whatever we will still be friends

forever " -Vitamin C

It was Gods Will that It was Gods Will that made us sisters, we made us sisters, we were destined to be were destined to be

best friends.~Danielle best friends.~Danielle BullBull

Don’t bother us, we

are on vacation!!!!

Remember, Remember,

we all we all stumble, stumble,

every one every one

of us.  of us.  That's why That's why

it's a it's a comfort to comfort to go hand in go hand in

hand.  hand.  ~Emily ~Emily

KimbroughKimbrough

Now and then it's

good to pause in

our pursuit of

happiness and

just be happy. 

~Guilaume

Apollinaire

True happiness is the joy of family. 

~Danielle Bull

Live Laugh Love

The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree:  the presence of a happy

family all wrapped up in each other.  ~Burton Hillis

“When one yearns for the comfort of her mother’s arms, no other arms will do.”

-Caroline Johnson

Moma,How I so wish to see you again, to laugh, to cry with you again. How I wish you all the peace the stars can give you. How I wish to hear your voice, I don’t even mind if you don’t have anything to say, to just hold my head, rock, and know that sometimes words are not needed. Each day I remember something new that I thought was lost in the depth of my mind. I smile because I never thought I would get them back and I cry because I wish they had come sooner so I could laugh with you and

not alone. Yet somehow I feel you are there and somehow we are closer now than we have been in a long time. No matter what life has thrown at us, all of the wrongs no longer matter. Go with a peaceful

soul knowing I hold nothing but love, and new found understanding for you. How I wish you are smiling down above us knowing all the love you had surrounding you. You have touched each of us and left us all

to be better human beings than we would have been without you. How I wish so many, many things for you to know—somehow I know you

already know them.Your hands guided us through this and I hope we listened well—I

almost wouldn’t believe you if you said you didn’t like it—you know you do! From the most inner place in my heart,

I will forever love you,-Baby of Yours

Made with love by:

Caroline Johnson

Danielle Bull

Jessica Flynn

We hope you have enjoyed our tribute to Cathi Angel. It has sincerely been our pleasure to celebrate her life through music and pictures. Please do not forget to take a copy of the musical compilation of Cathi’s favorite songs and songs dedicated in her honor located at the front door.

We would like to thank everyone helped to make our tribute to Moma Cathi possible:

Bill AngelDarrell & Lisa BullJudi MartinKaitlyn HintonMiranda MarekGary TeagueJack VaughnWard Black LawMatt Williams