Dean and Jennifer Richardson Family's Tributes to Grandma Richardson

I am so grateful for my mother.  She was always there when we needed her, always involved in our school activities--there to show her support and encourage us to be our best.  She is an amazing cook and would make family favorites like Missionary Stack Ups, Lasagna and her famous Mud Pie whenever it was asked for.  I really love and appreciate everything she has done for me and her family.  She is a great mother and I love her very much. Love, Dean

I am very grateful for the mother I gained when I married my husband.  I am most thankful for the effort she made in raising the caring, gentle, intelligent man that I found to spend eternity with.  I see in Dean many traits that have to be taught, and I am so thankful that she took the time to teach him those good family values.  I am grateful for all of the support she has given to us—always keeping us in her thoughts and prayers.  Even though there are many miles between us, she is never more than a phone call away. I appreciate the love that she has shown me and the welcoming feeling I had and continue to have after joining this family. Love, Jennifer

poem for Dean and Jennifer

DEAN AND JENNIFER

by Vernon Richardson and Melvin Richardson

January 19, 2012

Let me tell the sweetest story you'll hear,

About a love that will surely endure.

It's the tale of romance between two friends

Whose love to eternity now extends.

Now Dean was a fun but hard-working man,

Providing for his girls the best he can.

He decided to try and go online

To find a lady for whom he could pine.

He found the profile of a lovely girl,

Jennifer's her name and, Wow! What a Pearl!

Dean found someone beautiful, patient, kind.

The type of girl who is really a find.

They started to date, found each other fun

Each thought they might have found the one.

They loved their big adventures together,

Exploring new things, whate'er the weather.

Now Dean needed to go home for a spell,

To care for his Dad, who was not feeling well.

With Dean gone, Jennifer wanted to know

More about Dean's Mormon faith and so,

She met with the missionaries to learn

What it was in Dean’s church that made him yearn

For a true relationship that would last

Far beyond the date that this life has passed.

She soon developed her own testimony

And this relationship grew in harmony.

Jennifer loving on Devyn and Brielle,

And they, in turn, adored her just as well.

As the love between them continued to bask,

Dean received her dad’s blessing to ask.

So, he popped the question in the kitchen.

She said “Yes”! Making true love no fiction.

A wedding with colors of green and red

With Santa and Mrs Claus from their sled.

The Christmas wedding was just perfect

In the Thornewood castle all nicely decked.

And now Dean has taken his lovely bride

To the temple where the Spirit resides.

They've made sacred vows to God on high

That to their covenants they will comply.

We’re so excited this union is now sealed

In the holy temple, your love’s not concealed.

We’re so happy that you’ve found your true love
And now, it’s also blessed by God above.