Penny Feigenbaum

"IN GOD'S HANDS"
MEMORIAL PAGES

~REMEMBERING WITH LOVE~

~(FAREN) PENNY FEIGENBAUM~

~BORN TO EARTH~
DECEMBER 23, 1945

~BORN TO HEAVEN~
MAY 29, 1999

BELOVED WIFE OF:
DAVID FEIGENBAUM

BELOVED MOTHER OF:
DANIEL

BELOVED DAUGHTER OF:
BERNICE & HAROLD SCHWARTZ
(HAROLD ~ 12/21/12 ~ 10/9/72)

BELOVED SISTER OF:
GARRY SCHWARTZ, GAYLE FRIEDMAN &
KATHY FRIEDBERG

PENNY,

I miss you, Penny,
More than words can say.
I miss your phone calls,
Saying you're okay.
Dad always called you "Rocky".
With all your surgery,
You had to be "Lucky".
The last you could not take.
You did not want me to know...
But I have to tell you,
A mother's heart tells her so.

I did not get to hold your hand.
Everyone says you're in a better land.
My tears will not bring you back.
I did not get to say goodbye or kiss your hand.
But I'd rather be in the grave...
In place of young you, so grand.
There was always laughter,
Wherever there was Penny.
If we remember you,
That's all that we have and that's plenty.
Rest in peace and I will always remember you...

Love,
Your Mom

Dear Penny,

Here I sit, at my computer, remembering the promise you had made me a l-o-n-g time ago. I'm speaking of the promise to let me know when you felt like you just couldn't take any more. A year ago, about this time, is when you went in for your last surgery. You asked (Lillian) Renee not to let me know you were going in because 'You didn't want to ruin my Memorial Day weekend'. You know that wouldn't have made any difference to me. You know I would want to be there for you . . Holiday or not. Now I feel as if I didn't get a chance to say goodbye to you. I know you wouldn't want me to feel this way but, I'm sorry, I do!

I was seven months pregnant with Harlan when Dad died and I'll never forget his last words to me. He sat up in bed, before being wheeled into surgery, and told me that I was having a girl. What a shock I had when Dr. Al Silverberg, our friend/neighbor/OB, showed me my 'daughter' and 'she' had something girls aren't supposed to have! Harlan's last words to me were "I love you". He said that just days before his accident. Your last words to me were "I love you" also but that was many days/weeks before your surgery . . . too many days/weeks before!

I know in my heart that the three of you are together now. You're with Grandma and Grandpa Goldberg (whom we never got a chance to meet), Grandma and Grandpa Schwartz, and our many Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins as well as your mother-in-law, father-in-law, and brother-in-law. At times, to be honest, I wonder why our family has had to go through so many losses. I guess I'll never get the answer to that question because there really isn't an answer is there?!

I love ya, sis!!