I can't get this song out of my head and I am sending it with love to you from my heart.
You're in a better place, I've heard a thousand times And at least a thousand times I've rejoiced for you But the reason why I'm broken, the reason why I cry Is how long must I wait to be with you
I close my eyes and I see Cortney's face If home's where my heart is then I'm out of place Lord, won't you give me strength to make it through somehow I've never been more homesick than now
Help me Lord cause I don't understand your ways The reason why I wonder if I'll ever know But, even if you showed me, the hurt would be the same Cause I'm still here so far away from home
I close my eyes and I see Cortney's face If home's where my heart is then I'm out of place Lord, won't you give me strength to make it through somehow I've never been more homesick than now
In Christ, there are no goodbye And in Christ, there is no end So I'll hold onto Jesus with all that I have To see you again To see you again
And I close my eyes and I see Cortney's face If home's where my heart is then I'm out of place Lord, won't you give me strength to make it through somehow Won't you give me strength to make it through somehow Won't you give me strength to make it through somehow
I've never been more homesick than now
I miss you Cortney Raquel Hensley. I'll see you at home one day God has promised me that. All my love precious child.
Love, momma
WHAT A TRULY BEAUTIFUL, YOUNG WOMAN. GONE TOO SOON! / SHARI, ANGEL MOM TO YANNICK WHITEHEAD (VISITOR) MY HEART GOES OUT TO YOU. I LOSS MY SON APRIL 5, 2005, HE WAS 16. I FEEL YOU GRIEF. I PRAY THAT CORTNEY'S WONDERFUL WARM MEMORY, HELPS TO HEAL YOUR BROKEN HEART.
IN MEMORY OF CORTNEY;
HAVE YOU EVER LOST A DAUGHTER, WHO IS VERY CLOSE TO YOU? ONE YOU LOVE SO VERY MUCH, AND MISS HER LIKE WE DO. HAVE YOU EVER HAD A HEARTACHE OR EVER FELT THE PAIN? OR SHED THOSE BITTER TEARS, THAT DROP LIKE FALLING RAIN? IF YOU NEVER HAD THAT FEELING, I PRAY YOU NEVER DO. FOR WHEN GOD TAKES, YOUR DAUGHTER, HE TAKES A PART OF YOU. TO FAR AWAY TO TOUCH, TO CLOSE TO FORGET.
SLEEP IN PEACE, SWEET ANGEL!
Lost a wonderful friend / Patrick Larson (Friend) Hey Cortney, I thought that I would get on here and mention that ever since your loss my life has made a few minor changes that I never thought that it would. In the past year and ten months I've learned to trust my girlfriend and to trust others around me. I remembered the last thing that you mentioned to me before all of this took place, and that is "Patrick, please promise me that you will try and trust others that you like to be around." Well now I have did that and things are seeming to look up for me to a point. I guess its harder to trust people then it looks. Cortney you gave me the best advice that you could ever have since then I've been trying to live up to it, and that is to live my life to the fullest and not to let others ruin what comes my way. All I'm trying to say is thanks Cortney for all the trust that you have put into me that I never thought I actually had.
Love, Patrick
Never forgetting Cortney. / Cheryl House (Friend) All the things that Cortney has done for so many people including myself has helped in so many different ways. I was glad to sit here and read all of the wonderful things that others had to say about Cortney and how she has impacted apart of their lives. She is our gradian angel. She is sitting right next to all of us through the healing time that we all are going through at this very moment. She always told the ones that she helped that no matter what she'll always be around to give us the guidence that we need. Cortney will never ever be forgotten as long as we all live. She has put apart of herself within each and everyone of us. She wouldn't want us to let the little things bother us, she would want us to live our lives in the memory of her and to share all the great and wonderful things that her has helped us with to others. Cortney was an angel that God had sent to us and he found a place in heaven for her to fill. She is still in our lives and the only thing that we got to do is to stand together and reach deep down inside all of our hearts and we all will see that she lives there. She has inspired a lot of us to do great and wonderful things with our lives. If it wasn't for her giving me the help that she gave me over the three plus years that I knew her I wouldn't of had the courage to stand up and graduate with our senior class. Cortney once told me that I could do whatever with my life that I wanted to do only if I put my mind to it. Now I've been with Wal-mart for almost a year and I spend each day thanking Cortney for that one piece of advice that she gave me. I'm glad that I got to meet Cortney and become such good friends with her in the short time that we had together. She gave me the most great and wonderful advice that is still helping me to this very day. Cortney will always remain apart of me and her advice I'll share with anyone that needs a friend or just needs someone to help with a problem. I love and miss Cortney each and everyday. Her family and friends are always in my prayers. Love, Cheryl House
Seeing to it that Cortney not be forgotten / Patrick Davis (Grand Jury ) While I was never lucky enough to have met Cortney in her life, I do feel lucky to be able to read about how she affected the lives of others. Earlier this year, I was selected for Jury Duty and was proud to serve on the Grand Jury for the Second Time the case was brought for trial. What I had seen will never leave me, the images of 2 girls with so much ahead of them, taken, by 2 individuals who cared only of themselves. I look forward to them being held accountable, for something they can never truly pay in full. I wish all the families involved that they may find some peace, or resolution in all this, and that they live their lives as best they can, while never forgetting what happened that terrible night. God Bless
My heart aches for your family, I know what a close family you all are my family is close and i love that. I have seen you all together and have seen the love. Karen you and Terry are wonderful people. I know that the good LORD above has to be watching over you all and gives you the strenght to go on, without him it wouldn't be possibly. I read this all the time and I cry so hard I can hardly bare read the words for the tears. May GOD bless and keep you all strong until you meet Cortney in HEAVEN one day and the way this old world is going it won't be much longer. My girls are my everything and I can't even imaniage the pain and emptiness in your heart. My paryers are with you always.
Thinking of you / Patrick Larson (Friend) Hey Cortney, Cheryl told me about this memoral website and asked that I added some of my memories about you. She said that it would make me feel a little better. So all I can really say is that we had some great memories and I won't ever forget them. I miss you very much Cortney. Just today I was sitting around the house thinking about you and how your life was cut so short. I remember how you always told me that living life was a gift and death was the rest of the gift. Well I believe that now. Ever since your death the whole Senior Class has changed. We all have had a lot of changes and mainly I've changed in ways that I thought that I never would. I've started to watch and trust others unlike before. You always told me that trusting others would be the most easiest thing to do. After your loss I made the decision that I would try and use your advice, and you were right it is easier to trust others then to disrespect others. Thanks for all the wonderful memories and the advice. I will always miss you Cort and love you. Thanks, Patrick Larson
Why you? / Cheryl House (Friend) Cortney, I ask the question why you all the time and all I get is the answer I have no clue. You were and still are the most beautiful girl that I ever knew. The very first day that I met you at school, I never knew that we were gonna become friends for life. I never got the chance to thank you for all the help and my father didn't either. I send my sorrow to your family and all of your other friends. You were like a sister to me and a daughter to my father. We all miss you and love you Cortney. Love, Cheryl House
Cortney, As you are enjoying the beauty of Heaven, I am sitting here thinking about you tonight. You crossed my mind as I was sitting and reading some scripture from the Bible. Christ is amazing, and I can only imagine what you are experiencing right now. It's such an awesome feeling to know that one day, we will all meet again! I know you are at peace now in Heaven, and I will see you one day. Wish things could be the same and we could all be in elementary and middle school again and you wouldn't be gone. You are greatly missed here on Earth - I know that I think of you a lot. Your time on Earth was cut short, but the good Lord had greater plans for you. You are helping make Heaven glisten and adding your beauty to the rain that God sends down to make the flowers grow and adding a little of your warmth to the sunshine.
John 14:27 "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."
When We All Get to Heaven / Mom Corty, this song keeps coming to my mind. So I am going to sing it to you. Love mom
Sing the wondrous love of Jesus, Sing His mercy and His grace, In the mansions bright and blessed He'll prepare for us a place.
When we all get to Heaven, What a day of rejoicing that will be! When we all see Jesus, We'll sing and shout the victory!
While we walk the pilgrim pathway, Clouds will overspread the sky, But when trav'ling days are over, Not a shadow, not a sigh.
When we all get to Heaven, What a day of rejoicing that will be! When we all see Jesus, We'll sing and shout the victory!
Let us then be true and faithful, Trusting, serving every day, Just one glimpse of Him in glory, Will the toils of life repay.
When we all get to Heaven, What a day of rejoicing that will be! When we all see Jesus, We'll sing and shout the victory!
Onward to the prize before us! Soon His beauty we'll behold, Soon the pearly gates will open, We shall tread the streets of gold.
When we all get to Heaven, What a day of rejoicing that will be! When we all see Jesus, We'll sing and shout the victory!
Somedays are better than others / Mom Hi my precious Cortney,
I really miss you today. Just had a rough morning. Somedays are better than others. Had to deal with the cell phone company today. Needed a loaner for Britney since hers is being worked on. Cell phone company told us the only place to get a loaner phone was the store on North Roan Street. I hate North Roan Street. I couldn't make myself go get the loaner phone. Poor daddy drove by himself to North Roan Street. Your daddy is a wonderful man. I know he misses you very much. We are so emotionally drained. We try to keep our heads up but somedays it is almost impossible.
I miss you really bad today. I still have a hard time believing you are gone. I am so sad without you.
I can't wait until Jesus comes and makes all this sadness go away and we get to be together forever.
God has promised Heavenly New Bodies / Mom Cortney, For we know that when this earthly body we live in is taken down, when we die and leave these bodies, we will have a home in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands. We grow weary in our present bodies, and we long for the day when we will put on our heavenly bodies like new clothing. For we will not be spirits without bodies, but we will put on new heavenly bodies. Our dying bodies make us groan and sigh, but it's not that we want to die and have no bodies at all. We want to slip into our new bodies so that these dying bodies will be swallowed up by everlasting life. God himself has prepared us for this, and a guarantee he has given us, his Holy Spirit. So we always confident, even though we know that as long as we live in these bodies we are not at home with the Lord. That is why we live by believing and not by seeing. Yes, we are fully confident, and we would rather be away from these bodies, for then we will be at home with the Lord. So our aim is to please him always, whether we are here in this body or away from this body. For we must all stand before Christ to be judged. We will each receive whatever we deserve for the good or evil we have done in our bodies. 2 Corinthians 5: 1-10 Love always and 4-ever, Mom
~Wings Of An Angel~ / Melissa &. Jameson Adams Grandma....
The Wings Of An Angel So Pure And So White, The Wings Of An Angel Holding You Tight, The Wings Of An Angel Caressing Your Skin,
The Wings Of An Angel Keeping The Love Within. These Wings From An Angel Are My Gift To You, These Wings From An Angel Will Help See You Through.
Rest in paradise Cortney until you meet with your family again in heaven.. ((Hugs))
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY / Debbie Wengert Kevin's Mom
I KNOW JESUS IS COMING BACK & I WILL SPEND ETERNITY WITH HIM & CORTNEY / MOM Jesus' promise: "I will come back"
[Jesus said], "When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am. And you know where I am going and how to get there."
John 14:3-4 NLT
His promise to return
As a child, George Tulloch was fascinated by stories of the Titanic.…In 1996 he put together a team of the best scientists and sailors and set out to the exact spot where the Titanic sank in 1912. He and his crew were able to recover numerous artifacts from the ship—eyeglasses, jewelry, dishware, some coins and the like. But the most exciting thing they found was a large piece of the hull resting several hundred yards away.
The team did it's best to raise the twenty-ton piece of iron, but to no avail. At one point the team almost had it.…but a storm blew in and.…the Atlantic reclaimed its treasure. Then Tulloch did something surprising before they were forced to retreat. He descended into the deep once more in a small submarine, and using a robotic arm, he attached a small handmade placard onto the section. It said, "I will come back. George Tulloch."
For a lot of the same reasons, Jesus left us a similar message. "I am going to prepare a place for you..…When everything is ready, I will come and get you" (John 14:2-3). Some may wonder why he cared in the first place. Why would he even want to reclaim us? What good are we to him? In many ways we're just as worthless and cumbersome and unyielding as that lazy piece of iron in the Atlantic.
But Jesus doesn't see us that way. He's dreamed of this moment since the beginning of creation, and now that the time is near he can't help but leave this mark on our hearts. "I'm leaving now. But don't worry, I'll be back.
i miss you.. / Bekah Abel (friend) I will never understand why something like this would happen to you.. The girl that i felt like i knew my whole life..the girl that could put a smile on your face no matter what kind of mood you were in.. the girl that loved everyone and never left anyone out, no matter who they were.. the girl that i could laugh with and truly say even though we never hung out outside of school i had a bond with you that i will never again have with any other person. Cortney, you make me want to be a better person. The world will never be the same without you in it, it just isnt as bright anymore. All of this crap on the news has made me bitter. I just want to wake up from all of this and see your beautiful smile again. I know that you would never want to come back to this horrible world, i know that you are with Jesus walking the streets of gold. And i know that i will be there with you someday..I love you cortney raquel Bekah
HER MEMORY HELPS / ALYSSA DANA (VISITOR TO WEBPAGE ) I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT YOU ARE FEELING WHEN YOU ARE TYPING THE WORDS FOR THIS PAGE.
I TRAGICALLY LOST MY MOTHER AND HAD TO BURRY HER ON MOTHER'S DAY- I THOUGHT HOW UNFAIR AND I HAD SO MUCH HATE- THAT MY MOTHER COULD BE TAKEN FROM ME.
I FOUND MYSELF IN THE HOME & GARDEN SECTION PICKING OUT FLOWERS FOR HER GRAVE WHEN A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER NEXT TO ME WERE PICKING OUT WEDDING FLOWERS- I DON'T THINK THEY EVER KNEW HOW BAD THAT HURT ME AND I PRAYED TO GOD TO GIVE ME THE STRENGTH TO PICK ME UP OFF THE FLOOR AND GET ME TO A PLACE WHERE I COULD CRY ALONE- THAT I WAS SO HURT I WOULD NEVER HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE WITH HER.
THAT SAME DAY AT THE CEMETERY I SAW A WOMAN I HAD SEEN MANY TIMES BEFORE SO CURIOUS AFTER SHE LEFT I WALKED TO THE GRAVE SHE WAS STANDING AT. IT WAS HER SONS-
HOW LUCKY AM I. HOW GRATFUL TO HAVE MY CHILDREN THAT AS HARD AS IT IS TO CELEBRATE ANOTHER DAY WITH OUT HER HOW IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO FACE ANOTHER DAY WITH OUT MY CHILDREN. I AM BLESSED AND BECAUSE OF MOTHER'S LIKE YOU I TRULY KNOW JUST HOW BLESSED I AM- I WILL CHERISH EACH DAY I SPEND WITH MY CHILDREN AND WHEN TIMES ARE HARD I WILL REMEMBER JUST HOW LUCKY I AM THAT ONE DAY I MAY GET TO PICK OUT FLOWERS WITH MY LITTLE GIRL TOO-
THIS PAGE HELPS TO REMIND ALL OF US MOTHERS JUST HOW PRECIOUS THEY ARE AND I HOPE THAT YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THIS PAGE HELPS OTHERS-
My prayers are with you / Michael Powell (None) I have read the story of your daughter's tragic end on many different news sites. I know the pain you feel because I lost my parents at a young age. I kept asking God why he could take them from me? Over the years, I have gained acceptance that nothing happens in God's world without a reason. At first that statement did not offer much solice, but I learned that God has a plan for everything, and carrying around resentment for what happened is not what my parents would want for me. They want me to be happy and move on. This will take much time. Just know that Cortney is in a much better place and is watching over you. I know my mom and dad are watching over me everyday. May God bless you and keep you during this time of grief.
my heart aches for you / Valerie Oakley
I am so sorry for your loss. She was a beautiful girl and I cannot imagine the pain you live through. I hope that now the trial is over that you will be able to grow closer as a family in the warm and special memories you have. Let her live on in loving thoughts. Don't ever listen to others when it comes to your own grieving processes. Please don't allow others' lack of sympathy or heart hurt you. I pray for strength for your family and for comfort.
My Deepest Condolences / G. C. ((no relation) ) I am truly sorry for the loss of your precious daughter. What a senseless act and a terribly tragedy! I am so glad the jury convicted them, however, I am disappointed they didn't convict on the highest count. No amount of time they will serve will be enough to ease your pain, but these people do not deserve to be out in civilization EVER. This kind of thing goes on every day all over the country and it needs to stop NOW...there needs to be stronger punishments for this criminal act. Perhaps there will be a Cortney's Law someday!
Having lost 2 family members in the 9/11 attacks, I know how it feels to lose a loved one so tragically and all of a sudden. It just isn't fair and makes no sense at all.
May God Bless you and all of Cortney's friends and give you the strength to get through this most difficult time, now and forever. May the happy memories that you have lift the pain you are feeling and allow you to remember how truly blessed you were to have Cortney for 17 years.
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