Tricia Crowe Walla

Sandy & Donald,

Of course it has been many, many years since I saw your daughter, but I do remember when she was born in Bro, Tx. I remember what a beautiful little girl she was with big eyes. Her picture shows that she was still beautiful with those big eyes. All I have heard about her tells me that she was a beautiful person inside also. I am so sorry for your lose of this beautiful child. My prayers are with you and your family.

Sandy & Donald

Losing a child is one of the most difficult events life has to bare. May the good Lord lead you through the difficult times ahead and give you strength to carry on.
God bless each of you.

Dear Sandy & Don and Family - May God be with you all during this difficult time. Bobby, Ricky, & Lisa said to tell you that their thoughts and prayers are with you.

Our kids grew up together, we were all friends, they became adults, married & had kids of their own. Tricia was 45, Bobby 43, Ricky, 42, & Lisa 38. Time passes so fast for all of us. We had good kids turned adults and have good memories of days gone by.

I know Tricia will be truly missed but just hang on to those precious memories because she will live in our hearts forever! She was such a beautiful young girl turned woman.

Just remember:

"IN THE HANDS OF GOD EVEN DEATH IS A TIME FOR REJOICING"

And so when death brings weeping
and the heart is filled with sorrow,
It beckons us to seek God
as we ask about "tomorrow"...
And in these hours of "heart-hurt"
we draw closer to believing
That even death in God's Hands
is not a cause for grieving
But a time for joy in knowing
death is just a stepping-stone
To a life that's everlasting
such as we have never known."

Poem by Helen Steiner Rice

Love,
Sue, (Aunt Sue) & John

Sandy and Donald,

We fondly remember Tricia from our Reunion days in Hunt. The memories you cherish will sustain you. We are deeply sorry for your loss and pray for you to have the strength to overcome your sorrow. Know that we are thinking of you and your family. God bless you. Our love.

Dear Sandy & Donald,

I am so very sorry for your loss. There is no way to put into words what it means to lose a child. My heart breaks for you and your family. Your precious Tricia will be with you always in your hearts and in all the wonderful memories you have. I also have walked that path and want you to know that God will be with you every step of the way. I am always here for you.

Love & prayers,
Dordie (Bearden) Parks

Dear Sandy, Don & Family,

I cannot even find words to say how sorry I am for the loss of your precious Tricia. I have not seen her since she was a little girl. She still has those beautiful big eyes & looks very much like you, Aunt Sandy. I will be thinking about you often & you will be in my prayers.

Love,
Monica & Tom

Dear Aunt Sandy & Uncle Donald:

I've opened, closed and reopened this page several times wanting to write something and find myself with such a loss for words. While I know Tricia is in a much, much better place than any of us can imagine and know that she is with Pawpaw (what a happy home coming!!), it is so hard to let go. Most of my memories of Tricia are certainly from the summers we wrecked havoc on Memaw and Pawpaw as they so graciously offered CAMP JOY to us (or was it JOY they offered to you, my parents and to Chuck & Kathy?). We were a close group then! Tricia's beautiful eyes, warm smile, pretty tan and terrific sense of humor are what I remember most - not a particular event. And while as adults we didn't keep in touch personally, I have so admired what I understood to be her calm in this time of pain, in this time of uncertainty. Through the updates and messages from Aunt Judy and Mom, I have surmised that she was a very strong woman taking each phase in this process, privately, humbly, intentionally. These are the images I have of her - still quiet, laughing when there was humor to share and holding on to and loving her family most of all. She is gone way too soon and I am so sorry for that! However, I know that God has carried her Home. He is the God of all comfort . . may His peace be yours today and always. Love, Carla

On behalf of the Spring Branch Bruin Brigade, please accept our deepest sympathies. We have wonderful memories of Tricia from high school and the 2001 reunion. Her positive can do attitude inspired us all that summer and kept us going through those long hot practices.

Don and Sandy,

Jim and I are so sorry to hear of your dear daughter's passing. She was very courageous and so were you two.

Although we are now Kerrville friends of yours, we are also Brownsville-ites so we have known the Crowe family a long time - and Shirley went to school with Sandy's brother.

Our thoughts are with you at this time.

Love, Shirley & Jim

I was a co-worker with Trish. Her strength and determination helped me when I received my own diagnosis. I will miss her very much. Thank you Trish and God rest.
David

Don, Sandy & Family,

I am so sorry to hear about the loss of your daughter. May God truly be with you today and in the difficult days ahead. My thoughts are with all of you at this time.

Sandy and Donald ....Our hearts are with you and you are in our prayers. Also, Michael, Joshua, Jonathan and Amanda....(Your wife and Mom will be watching over you and depending on you to carry on and be strong for her) To Kelly and family as well as Tracy and family...Please stay close to your Mom and Dad...they really need you..Tricia will always be so special to all those who loved her and will remain an inspiration with her positive attitude and good common sense...May God always bless your family. Our love, Jennie and Walt

Sandra and Donald Crowe

There are NO words I could possibly say to you at this time to comfort you. As one parent to another, my heart goes out to you. My mother always prayed that she would go before one of her children, but God didn't see it that way. And we know that he saw how Tricia suffered and said. "it's time, my child". Thank you so much for considering Dee Ann's feelings at a time like this. She did love Patricia.

God BlessYou And Your Family,

Dolores and Donald Underwood

Mike:

Our heart goes out to you, Amanda, Joshua and Jonathan. Tricia fought a long and hard battle. She was the most courageous person I know. My Hero! I am so happy we got to visit with her at your parents 50th wedding anniversary. She was like a sister to Dee Ann. And I appreciate the fact that she was always there for Dee Ann. This must be the hardest thing that you have had to face. But she is that first star that you see twinkling in the sky at night.

God Bless You,

Donald and Dolores Underwood

Don and Sandra, May God Bless your family and be with you in this time of grief. It hasn't been to long sence we lost our son to cancer It is a long road but our prayers are with you
God Bless
Felix and Elouise Mayson

so many memories, emotions, feelings floating through my soul. Tricia and I were, sadly, not close for many, many years, but there was a time in our lives when we were inseperable. We all know how hard high school can be, and those were the years that Tricia was my very best friend in this world. Where did the time go? How did we grow apart? Why did we allow it to happen? I remember her sitting in that blue Volvo w/ a HUGE smile on her face....I remember how much she absolutely LOVED the beach...I remember her getting pulled over for speeding on Westview, but the cop followed her into the school parking lot. (she was mortified)...I remember how she and I completely screwed up the Brigade Company Awards because the two of us began laughing so hard and we simply could not stop laughing....I remember how she held a lot of hurt and pain inside while smiling and laughing on the outside....I remember how caring she was, how loving, and just how much fun she and I always had together....Oh, I remember our "barroom buddies" t-shirts....So many things. So many wonderful, wonderful memories of a very special girl. We may not have been close these past years, but she was never far from my thoughts and prayers. She always will be.........

Mike,

There is so little we can say and so little we can do, but may it help somehow to know that our hearts and prayers go out to you, Amanda, Joshua and Jonathan. We know it's been a very long and difficult road for you and your family. We're praying that time will ease your sadness and give you many beautiful memories of Tricia to comfort you.

Dear Sandy and Donald,
I wish that Tricia's story had an ending that was longer in the making. I remember how much I admired my older cousin and wish that we had all been closer. My dad, Bill, talks with such fond memories of his childhood with his cousins, and it was different for us offspring of the original cousins.
My prayers will stay with all ya'll and I pray for the peace and healing that comes with time. God has all of ya'll in his hand and he will lift you up on eagle's wings.

My love and prayers,

Stacy and family

Mike:
My heart goes out to you and your family during this time of deep saddness and loss. I only had the privlege of seeing Tricia at Elsie and Lad's anniversary party, but her smile lit up the room. May the Lord carry you through the days ahead as you learn to live each day with your loving memories to comfort you. Our prayers are with you.

Love,
Jimmie Louise Kalisek Reese

Don and Sandy,
I have no words that can begin to tell you how much my
heart goes out to you. I can not imagine your loss of Tricia. My prayers go out to you and your family.

May God Bless and Comfort you,
Darla Hines

Sandy and Donald,

Our thoughts are with you. We keep turning each of you to God in prayer. We don't really have words to express our sorrow. We pray that God will strengthen you and help you and uphold you with His righteous right hand. Tricia was brave and strong and was a blessing to many. Love, Terry and Bill

My sincere condolences on your loss.
I came across the obituary while searching for Tricia Crowe. A decade ago
we exchanged emails regarding our shared Natchez Indian heritage via the
Stiggins family. I don't KNOW that I've found the correct family. If I have,
and if you would care to connect, I woud love to hear from you.
Again, sincere affirmations to your family.

Sandy and Donald

Words cannot express how sorry I am over your loss. I
wish there was something I could do to take away your
pain. Just know that you are in our thoughts and prayers.
She was certainly a beautiful girl. She really looked
like her mother.

Love,

Martha and Jim

Donald,

Even though I have not talked to you since West B'ville Elementary, I remember you clearly as one of the most gentle and kind among us. Of course Helen told me about your family when she was here for the Reunion.

The death of a child. even though anticipated but dreaded and longed for to end suffering, would be impossible to bear. I wanted to send a poem from John O'Donohue's book, TO BLESS THE SPACE BETWEEN US:

Though we need to weep your loss,
You dwell in that safe place in our hearts
Where no storm or night or pain can reach you.

Your love was like the dawn
Brightening over our lives,
Awakening beneath the dark
A further adventure of color.

The sound of your voice
Found for us
A new music
That brightened everything.

Whatever you enfolded in your gaze
Quickened in the joy of its being;
You placed smiles like flowers
On the altar of the heart.
Your mind always sparkled
With wonder at things.

Though your days here were brief,
Your spirit was alive, awake, complete.

We look toward each other no longer
From the old distance of our names;
Now you dwell inside the rhythm of breath,
As close to us as we are to ourselves.

Though we cannot see you with outward eyes,
We know our soul's gaze is upon your face,
Smiling back at us from within everything
To which we bring our best refinement.

Let us not look for you only in memory,
Where we would grow lonely without you.
You would want us to find you in presence,
Beside us when beauty brightens,
When kindness glows
And music echoes eternal tones.

When orchids brighten the earth,
Darkest winter has turned to spring;
May this dark grief flower with hope
In every heart that loves you.

May you continue to inspire us:
To enter each day with a generous heart.
To serve the call of courage and love
Until we see your beautiful face again
In that land where there is no more separation,
Where all tears will be wiped from our mind,
And where we will never lose you again.

Dear Sandy & Donald,
No words can express our feelings but know that you are in our thoughts and prayers. God's blessings be with you and continue to give you strength.

Dear Tricia,

My darling girl. It is one month today since you were called home to be with your Lord and Saviour. It has not been an easy month for all of us left behind but we have comfort in knowing that you are no longer suffering and have only gone home.

I just want you to know that you are my hero. Not every Mother can say without a doubt that their children loved them but you showed me that in every way.

Your journey with cancer was a long one. You let me share every step and I will always be grateful for that. This journey was filled with pain but there was laughter also. I remember all the times we had together as we spent those long hours at the clinic waiting. We could almost always find something that made us laugh. The hosiptal stays were not so bad because we could always go for our walks and and find someone or something to make us chuckle. Your since of humor was wonderful. Rather dry I might add. We grew to have a bond that most mother and daughters don't have. You made that possible by letting me be with you. Thank you dear girl. Thank you.

Your courage was amazing. I rmember asking you if you ever said "Why me?" and you replyed "Why not me?". What a strong woman you were. How did I ever get to be the mother of such a wonderful haman? God was so good to me.

As a Mother yourself you were outstanding. You always wanted to have children even when you were just a child. I believe you wanted eight. After three you came to your senses. I always knew you were smart. But!!! What a Mother you turned out to be. You could have given lessons in the art of mothering. You were so patient and loving. Your children were blessed to have had you. They do know that my darling girl. They miss you terribly.

Michael is holding the family together just like you asked. We had dinner Sunday (your 24th anniversary). All the children were there as were your sisters and their children. We missed you in person but you were there in spirit. Your memory dominated the accasion. Don't ever think you will be forgotten. It won't happen sweetie.

Say hello to all those that were there to greet you on your homecoming. Memaw Harbison, Pawpaw Harbison, Aunt Pat, your namesake, Uncle Wimpy, Uncle Wendel, Uncle Norman, Sherell and last, but of course not least, Pawpaw Crowe. What an amazing group you have to keep you company until the rest of us are able to be with you.

You are my most precious daughter. I will love you forever.

Mother

How sad to hear of Tricia's death. My condolences to her family. It was a pleasure knowing her. She was such a trooper throughout her ordeal. Sandy, you were always there. I am sure Tricia cherished every moment you shared with her. I recall many of those visits to MDACC; and what a beautiful tribute you posted. May knowing she is no longer suffering bring comfort to you, her family & friends.

Hi Darling Girl,

Today is Mother's Day. I want you to know that I am proud to be your Mother. You were my first child and I am so greatful that God made you mine. Never has a Mother been so proud of a daughter than I am of you. You were the most courageous person I have ever known. I am getting ready to go to Tracy's and will spend this day with her and Kelly. We will miss you but know that you will be there in spirit. I love you. Momma

Hi Darling Girl,

Today is Mother's Day. I spent it with Kelly and Tracy and their kids. Joshua came over and it was wonderful to see him. We missed you!!!!! You were there in spirit. We looked at pictures and cried and laughed. To remember you is to laugh. We continue to be amazed at your wonderful sense of humor even as your illness progressed. I just want you to know that I am so proud to have been chosen to be your Mother. I loved you so much. I will never stop. Ever! On this day I missed you so much. Please know that you made being a Mother so special. You were my first child. I remember well what your birth meant to me. What a beautiful little girl. The prettiest in the nursery. That's what they (the people visiting others) said. It was true. I'll say goodnight now. I do love you. Momma