Dear Mom,
I love you very much and I'll miss you a lot.
I'm sorry I couldn't be there when you left for Heaven, but I know you understand. I have sweet and precious memories with you, and of you. Jeanne and Summer send their love. God bless you and goodbye for now. I know I will see you again.
Mom in her casket - September 8, 2008 - Utah
Ida Juanita Gardner (Mom) 2005 Wet Plate Collodion Ambrotype. 
Mom, me and Dad - Mom's 39th birthday - 1968
Mom and Dad - photo booth 1959