Thomas Bates was born on October 21, 1971 to the proud parents of Sandra Donaldson and Donald Bates.
After the rain, the gray clouds divide and the sun dries the tears the storm left behind.
Your memory comes like a soft summer breeze that drifts through the grass between petals and leaves.
The earth blooms again; flowers lift their bowed heads. Though our grief is not gone, we remember instead that the love in our hearts will outlast this pain, and that sunshine brings healing after the rain.
