I lost my husband Tim and one of the things I miss most about him is how he always made me laugh. He even said it was his goal to make me laugh at least once every day, and he did.

One of my favorite laughs was the night after our wedding. We were in a hotel and I had laid my nightgown on the bed and went into the bathroom. When I came out, Tim was wearing my nightgown and laying on the bed doing the Burt Reynolds pose! I laughed so hard.

When it came to making me laugh Tim would do just about anything. When we went food shopping together, this 40+ year old man would tell the workers that he needed an adult because this strange lady was following him. Some of the workers would laugh, knowing he was joking, but some really didn’t know what to think and that just made it funnier when they were unsure what to do.

“2020 was the worst year due to Covid. One disappointment after another. No regard for another person. Most of all, I lost my son, Bobby, to the virus. He was special.”

My mom was a loving caring person. She raised 5 children and worked. She had many grandchildren and great grandchildren she loved with all her heart. She was a strong woman with a loose tongue — she had no filter.

She worked at a hotel for 30 years, retired, and enjoyed spending time with the little ones in the family, playing games on Facebook and watching her soap opera, Days of Our Lives. She enjoyed talking on the phone — there would be days when she and I were on the phone for 3 hours.

My mom was my biggest support person when it came to my health. She was there when I first got sick at age 5, and as I grew up she fought doctor after doctor until at 16 I was diagnosed.

I miss my mom so much.

My son, my oldest son, Gary, forever 54!

Gary loved Jeff Gordon and NASCAR races! Every time they came on, when the jets would fly and the flag was unfurled, it always brought tears to his eyes.

Gary had three children and one bonus daughter who he loved with all of his heart, like all of his children. He had five grandchildren, with another on the way, plus two more bonus grandchildren. Gary was an awesome son, father and grandfather! In my Heart, Forever …

When my special needs brother was a teenager, he was bullied by a guy in the neighborhood. Mom knew she had to put an end to it. She was a single mother of six with no support system.

One day, Mom invited the guy into our home. To my surprise, she held a knife to his neck and told him to leave her son alone. At that moment, I knew my Mom would always fight for her kids. Don’t mess with the McCoskey kids. She might just haunt you.