best dad a girl could ask for  / Vickie Green (daughter)
dad as you know we went to the hospital and heather and billy had the most precious little girl...she was a little gift from god.billy and heather was so sad because they didnt want to let her go..they kept her in the room until the 9th of dec. im truely blessed with a great son and daughter in-law they are good parents..billy always thought 
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ro-ho vickie  / Vickie Green (daughter)
daddy i need you to take care of my grand daughter Camille sidwell she was born dec.7 2006 and weighed 3 lbs 6 ozs 18 inches long... she was a beautiful baby..she went home to be with you..i told billy and heather you love babies so you would take care of her until we join you up there on those streets of gold...it hurt to see the pain they went through because i know they are good parents ,,you would be proud of billy he is a good dad  ,,just like you..i love you dad  merry christmas and happy birthday and kiss little camille for me  Close

Thanks Grandpa  / Michelle Masters (granddaughter)
I just want to say thanks Grandpa. I know that you were watching over my little Matthew when he was so sick. I thought we were going to loose him and I prayed so hard to keep him. I know that God has you watching us and I know in my heart that you were there with him helping him fight. He is on his heart medication now and waiting on the surgery. I want to thank you for being his angel and giving him the stregnth to fight. It is not over yet but with his Great Grandpa watching him as his gardian angel he will make it. Matthew is only 3 months old and has been thru more than most of his do in a lifetime, but he still keeps that smile on his face and is my inspiration. You would be proud of him!
Thanks does not even begin to show my gratitude for you keeping him with that night in Anna when I thought he was going to leave me and I could not handle that, you were watching, I know you were and you kept him going. That is what I am thankful for this year!!
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Miss you daddy  / Loura Mae (daughter)
Daddy
I'm sorry you had cancer dad. you could of had anything i had to keep you here cause you were and always will be a father figure to my girls they miss you daddy and they look for that bright star and they say look mommy there is pappa looking on us just like he promised.  jamie has your drawings bekka has nothing but she has her pappa and yes she is 3 but she remembers you and i wont EVER let her forget you daddy. you did take of my girls I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU SO MUCH cant wait to see you again
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Just needed to talk  / Susanna Masters (Daughter)
Daddy my grandson is sick. Pease tell God to keep his hands on him for me. I know he is the only one that can make him well. But I am so scared wish you was here.Still miss and love you. Close

daddy i need your help  / Vickie Green (daughter)
I hope your smiling down on all of us..And saying thank god those are maes kids...HA HA...I sure miss ya...I need your help today...Billy and heather found out that the new baby has a rare cromosone birth defect called (trisomies) The baby wont survive once it leaves heathers body...I fell so sorry for them but this is gods will and mine..so when the baby gets there take care of (her or he) for me until i get there to help...I know youll take good care of the baby...the baby is 7 months old and only weighs 1 pound..god has a plan for us all..i just wish he would  hurry up with lauras plan,,,I love ya dad love ro ho Close

Just some things I need to tell you grandpa  / Kelly Masters (grand-daughter)
Hey grandpa,I got on to look at your website and started looking at everything and all I can do is cry...I miss you so much grandpa...your the only one I ever really knew...you taught me so much and I just can't help it...it never stops hurting that your gone but I  know your in a better place...I tell you grandpa it scared me so much when we found out mom had cancer I wasn't ready to see her go through it too and I was so scared that I was going to loose her too but god helped us with that didn't he...he gave her a second chance I just hopes she realizes that and it just makes me realize to cherish your loved ones cause you never know when they can leave you or how long they are going to be here with you...I thank god that I got to have a grandpa like you...I just wish that you could of still been here so whenever I do have kids they could have met one of the greatest men that ever walked the earth...well I now have two nephews and its sad that matthew will never get the chance to meet you but I know that everyone will make sure he knows about his great-grandpa...I love you grandpa and miss you so much...its just not the same...I hope to see you again one day...love and keep you in my heart always Kelly Close

Our new baby  / Michelle Masters

We wanted to tell you that you have another great-grandson. He was born August the first at 8:54 in the morning. We named him after his great-grandpa...Matthew David.   He looks just like his big brother Trey and his Daddy!! We really wish he could meet you, but I am sure that Trey will tell him all about how he was Popa's walking buddy and that you watch over us and keep us safe. We love you and miss you.
Love,
Chubba, Michelle, Trey, and Matt

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sure do miss you  / Shug your Wife Morris (wife)

the kids didn't undstand what their mom was going though and i hope and pray they dont. but you never know what  tomorrow holds. I was about to give up and take my own life, but god took me in his hands and said child dont give up i didn't give up on you.  i am here to take the load off you and he did.  i thank him every day love you and look for me will you goodnight baby talk to you later

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baby i miss you love your wife  / Shugyour Wife Morris (wife)
well baby i will write a line  to tell you that i love you and sure do miss you. the 22 of dec well be two years since god took you away from me and the kids. it gets  lonesome here.  i met this guy name Gerry but its not like you here.  he goes to church  and he is a nice guy  the kids like him but you are the one and only man in my life.  the kids look at me and i know that i was not me sinceyou left, but i went into a hole,  but with gods help i came out and i am mom again like the kids thought they had lost and i told them that i was sorry and i know i hurt them,  but i had to work it out myself because, shug you wasnt here to help me Close

your ro-ho  / Vickie Ro-ho (daughter)
I sure miss you daddy.I write to you in my diary.And it helps me with the pain of loosing the best man ill ever have in my earthly life. There is no way i could of raised 7 kids and still be sane..Im raising laura kids and everyone says it the best thing for the kids..Its not and i have had these kids for 5 months and since they have been here they have changed and not for the good. They are hurting for there mother and eveyone says your doing the best thing for them but thats because they are not raising them..I thank god every day for my kids,grandbabies,and daughter-n- law.im still tinkering with my car...but if you remember me and you went and looked at a black 1966 t-bird and we asked the man if it was for sale and he said no...so now i have one and i think about you every time i drive it....you was always telling me to stay with the post office because of good benefits...well im still there...i just wish i could of been there more than i was but you said someone has to work because everyone else was a lazy bum,,,ha ha  I LOVE YOU DADDY more than youll ever no..im so glad i look and act like you...because i could of looked like bill bo blaggs kid(alice)lol....love and miss you daddy tell god to share the remote... Close

I Love You And Miss You So Much  / Cassie Green (Grand-daughter)
Hey grandpa! I know im not a good kid, and I have a bad temper. But I was thinking about you last night..And Im not good with expressing my feelings to people I cant say how I feel or why I feel that way. But grandpa I cant stop thinking about you! I was at Grand-mas the other day and I was sitting in the front room and I kept looking around I knew you was there but I miss walking in and seeing you sitting in the chair either sleeping with your feet kicked back, watching Jepordy (getting every answer right), or doing some kind of puzzle! I never once seen you in a bad mood most parents take their anger out on their kids or wife and I never once seen you and grand-ma fight or argue! Most kids would die to have a home life like that where the mom and dad is there.. We have custody of Jamie and Bekka and I look at them every day grand-pa and they cry out for attention their mom isnt there for them like she should be and them kids are a nervous wreck!! And Bekka loved you to death she seen a airplane in the sky the other day and she was like there goes Grand-pa (believe me my eyes started to water) and she was like I miss Pa Pa.. Bekka looked up to you in so many ways, you was the only many figure there for her! Jamie and Audri talk about you all the time! You never know  how much you will miss somebody until they are tooken away from you! You touched so many people, you didnt go to Church but you knew the Bible, you didnt finish school but you knew all the answers to Jepordy (and my math homework).. Grand-pa when you died I thought my mom was going to never be the same again! Well she is still hurt you can look at her sometimes and see shes in pain! But Father's Day is just around the corner and Im scared to see how she is going to act! My mom has a empty space in her heart and you can look at her and tell! My brother has another child on the way and Im so happy! Im going to be another Aunt!!! Please watch over him and keep him safe and let everything go okay...! I love you so much Grand-pa!!!!! Close

because i love and miss you  / Mae Morris (Your Wife )

dear yesterday  was mother day. i sure wish that you could of spent it with me but in a way you did .sue,  judy vickie, and  julie came over and they all got me a necklace and when i open the  necklace that sue and judy go me,  it was a picture of you and it said love you shug.  i just broke down and started to cry. dad i miss you so bad and i love you so much.  i thank god for the 42 years that we spent together.  i thank god for the 7 kids that we had that is one thing that nobody can take away from me only god can do that.  dad i im still going to church at urbandale like i told you i would and i live for god everyday just like you ask me to do. I love you so much dear

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love you  / Mae Morris (wife)
 I got to missing you well I miss you all the time honey, I wish you was here with me this old house get lonesome here without you baby.  if i had one wish iwish that the day god took you away i wish that he had took me to.  because the kids dont come around here no more and i am here by myself and it get so lonesome here  love you alot  goodnight dad Close

i miss you  / Billy Sidwell (Grandson)

Hey grandpa alot has went on since the last time we saw each other , your great grandson is now about a year old and not a day goes by that i wish you couldve seen him his smile is golden just like yours. having a son has changed my life in so many ways and has made me a better person inside i try and try to be as good as a father as you are but that kind of goal could never be met.

we went down to visit everyone about a month ago and grandma gave me your old wallet an your last ID i just want you to know its something ill treasure forever and i carry it around with me everywhere that i go , it is always so hard walking inside your house in mounds and not seeing you in your chair doing crossword puzzles or watching a tv show.

i know that you are in a better place now , and i know that you are watching over me and my family if you could please ask the lord jesus christ to watch over my family right now we are in a time of need. i lost my job and today we found out that our 2nd child is on the way and due december 2nd (born the same month as you :) . i hate asking for help but this time i need it i have applied for a few good jobs i just need for them to call me so i can take care of my family.

I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU

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just to talk because I love you  / Shug your Wife Morris Morris (Wife)

Dad I was thinking about you so i thought i would just say how much i love you and miss you very much. I wish you was here with me so you could keep me warm baby. I know that you are looking down on me and the kids. the 2nd of march we will be married 44 years. That is not very long is it baby. I will say good night i love you talk to you later, your wife forever, mae morris

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hey pop  / Julia (Baby Girl )
Hi daddy, I finaly got time to sit the other night and read your prayers, and I remember sue telling me outside that hospital that I had to be strong and hold up for you and mom and the girls, well daddy I taught myself how to not cry, and the other night I found my tears again, reading the words that came from your heart poured out on paper. Daddy I guess you know that sue has cancer and I am sorry I can't teach myself how to shut of my emotions this time and not cry, every time I go to thinking of going to visit her I wonder how I will find the strength to hold back the tears when I look in her face and know that she is going through what you went through, I pass by going to the basketball games and look at her window and I cry. I watched you die daddy, sat back helplessly and just watched you slip away, now sue daddy I don't want to watch her die too, so do me a favor give his message to Our lord and saviour jesus christ, Jesus I know that you have your reasons for all our special loved ones in heaven and I know you needed daddy to play in the angel band, but jesus please not this time I got to have my big sister here for when I need a friend, for when I need a laugh for when I need the weather report. Please let heaven wait for sue, because my heart is breaking without my daddy and it's gonna shatter if you take my mother my sister my friend too.. in jesus name I ask these things... Amen
Daddy Omar says Hi and Brandon says he really misses you. You got your wish daddy I got a girl that turned out 10 times worse than me. Jug is to busy playing a game he don't have much to say. Your watch that you gave brandon and all the things I had from you are gone, but we still have you in our hearts no one can take that away..

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THE SMILE  / Peggy Baumann (Sister)
I looked up to the skies today
I saw a smile flash back my way
I caught a glimpse of heaven there
It was all joy that filled the air
The smile was yours I recogonized
I felt the tears fill up my eyes
The sadness of you gone away
Is not forever as they say
Our hearts are broken and will not mend
Until we see our family again
BUT, Then the smile came back to me
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Remembering you  / Chrissy Hood (Granddaughter)
Well Grandpa its hard to believe it has been a year today that we lost you it seems like its be longer that you have been gone from us and I just can't get you off my mind....yesterday was my 28th birthday and it just wasn't right not hearing you telling someone that you would spank me 28 times and they could stick me under the bed cause you would say them things every birthday.....it has been hard every day since you went away but especially these last few and as Christmas is near.....cause all I can think about these last few days is that on my birthday last year was the last time I got to talk to you and tell you I loved you and the last time I got to hear your voice and I didn't want to leave that night....then I remember the next day I called Mom and she told me you had not woke up that morning and I knew that was it that you we not going to make it throu another day....so I decided I was not going to work I was coming to try and see you and talk to you one last time....then before I could get my car out of the snow it was stuck in my phone ring and I seen it was Mom and I knew she was going to tell me that you had passed away....and I didn't want to believe it but I knew you were not hurting anymore....but I am glad I could make it up there before they came to take your body away cause I just wanted to see you in the house one last time cause I knew it would never be the same there again....Grandpa I just want you to know I love and miss you so much and I wish you were still here with us but I know you are in a much better place now.  Just please look over all of us....and protect us....especially Mom as she is having a rough time lately with everything that has been going on with her. Close

One Year  / Alice Whiteside-Morris (Daughter)

Dad, today makes one year !!  : - ( 
Oh how I wish we could turn back time, and just have a few more days with you.  I still think of things I want to ask you, and stories that I want to hear and record.  There is so much more I want to learn from you.  This year has flown by so fast, and so much has happened through it's course.  Everyday I come and look at your site, and wish I had spent more time with you. I miss you Dad. 

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