To those of you who could not attend the funeral on Friday, I wanted to share my eulogy online.... Pauline Rosemary Bayley was known as wife, sister, aunt, grandmother, friend, but to most of us as Mom B or mom. From the very first meeting with mom, I was welcomed with open arms and loads of love. She always had a kind word to share, advice to ponder, and memories to reflect on. She made me feel like her daughter from the very beginning and I will never forget that. I am grateful to have shared the last 17 years with her. She always commented that we should have had more time together and that Brian should have met me 10 years earlier, but that would have made me 10 years old and he would have been arrested for marrying a minor. However, with our shortened amount of time together, we took advantage of the time we had. We traveled together, visited her friends together, had a few of our own lunch and shopping trips, enjoyed the trailer together, swapped recipes and decorating ideas, watched old movies and listened to her CD's together, enjoyed Sunday night dinners together, but the one thing I cherished the most was our conversations around the kitchen table with our tea in our hands and usually a cookie or two (homemade of course), and talk about everyday things. She was the epitome of "mother". She took her job as being a mother and wife very seriously. She never gave up on any of us, and has made a huge impact in all our lives. Her most famous bit of advice was "Weigh the good with the bad. If the good out weighs the bad....hang in there and work it out." She truly believed in those words. Her other advice was to never sweat the small stuff, and quit worrying about the things you can't control. She was a wise woman. Most recently she took on a more spiritual saying of "Thank you Lord". She always said you didn't have to be in God's house to believe in Him, or remember Him. She would say "Thank you Lord" for a parking spot close to the doors at the mall, or "Thank you Lord" for giving rain to her plants so she didn't have to lug the heavy hose outside, or "Thank you Lord" that you sent Kathryn into my life. There wasn't a day that went by that she didn't tell me she loved me or made me feel like her daughter. And the feeling was completely mutual. Mom was not my mother-in-law, but the mom I needed most in my life. She will be truly missed by all of us and may she rest peacefully. She will be remembered forever in our memories and in our hearts.... And now it's my turn to say "Thank you Lord" for taking her home and watching over her. Love you mom....miss you already.