Valerie's daughter, Lora, sent me an email. Since she ran into difficulty in logging into the forum, I'm pasting her email here.

How are you doing? Hope you and your family are doing well. I apologize for not having been in touch with you. It's been a difficult few months for me and the family. I've had some other health issues as well. I am still hanging in though the best I can.

Thank you and Michelle for your dedication to my mom's website. It's wonderful how you have continued what she started so long ago. I tried to post something in the forum but I had trouble logging in. Please feel free to post my message here.

As you know today is her birthday, and we are all missing her so very much. I know she is with me. I felt her presence many times. She has come to me in dreams and always is reassuring me that she is alive. Today as I spoke to my father on the phone, a beautiful cardinal came close to my window on my back porch and looked in. They say cardinals are a sign that someone from heaven is visiting. I know her spirit is very much with us all today. Her spirit is very much alive, and I know she continues to do God's work in paradise. Her passing has hit me very hard. We were very close as mother and daughter. She was always there to encourage me no matter what. I still hear her voice guiding me and telling me to trust God in everything, to "Let go and let God" as she always used to say. Her faith in God has influenced me and my life. I will never forget her. She is the brightest star in heaven tonight. I wait for the day I will be reunited with her and all our loved ones that have passed. Today Mom, I wish you a Happy Heavenly Birthday...thank you for being a wonderful mother to Paul and I, a wonderful wife to Dad, a wonderful sister to Uncle Steve, a wonderful mother-in -law to Jose and Gloria, and the best Grandma ever to Arianna and Allison. Our love for you lives on forever as well as all the memories we shared together. You are with Jesus now mom, where you so longed to be. I ask you to pray for all of us left here on this earth. Be our guiding angel from above. We love you Mom and send our love to you today and always. Love always your daughter and best friend, Lora.

Thank you ladies and all those who continue to support this website. My mom created it with love for Christ and I know she is very pleased that her message of the love for Jesus continues to this day.

God bless you all and I continue keeping you all in my prayers.

With love in Christ,

Lora