Debra Flinn

4 Tributes for “Debra Flinn”

Mom, it’s so hard to believe you’re really gone. There isn’t a day that passes where you aren’t on my mind. Every morning I wake up wishing I could call you, hear your voice, and tell you about my day. The world feels so different without you in it, and I feel like a part of me left with you. You weren’t just my mother — you were my best friend, my safe place, my strength, and my biggest supporter.

You had a way of making everyone feel loved and cared for, even on your worst days. Your heart was so big, and your kindness reached people in ways you probably didn’t even realize. You taught me about love, about forgiveness, about strength, and about never giving up no matter how hard life gets. You showed me what it meant to be a good person by simply living your life with grace, generosity, and warmth.

I miss the little things more than I ever imagined I would — your laugh, your advice, the way you’d randomly check in just to say “I love you.” I miss our late-night talks when I couldn’t sleep, and you’d sit there with me even if you were exhausted. I miss the way you knew what I was feeling before I even said a word, the way you could read me like a book and know when I was hurting or happy or lost.

Some of my favorite memories are of us just being together. Watching movies we’d seen a hundred times, cooking in the kitchen while music played in the background, or just driving around, talking about everything and nothing at all. Those moments felt ordinary then, but now I realize they were the most precious parts of my life. You gave me so many beautiful memories to hold onto, and for that, I am forever grateful.

You were a fighter, Mom. You went through so much in life and carried so many burdens, but you never let them change the goodness in your heart. You stayed strong for everyone around you, even when no one else knew how heavy your load was. I wish I could have taken some of that weight off your shoulders. I wish I had told you more often how proud I was of you, how grateful I was for everything you did, and how much I looked up to you.

Life without you hasn’t been easy. There are days when the grief feels unbearable, when the world seems darker and colder. But I hold on to the love you gave me, and it keeps me going. I try to live in a way that would make you proud, to carry your kindness forward, and to be there for others the way you were always there for me. You may be gone from this world, but you live on in my heart, in my memories, and in everything good that you taught me.

I still talk to you sometimes, in quiet moments when no one’s around. I tell you about my struggles, my little victories, the things that make me laugh. I like to believe you’re listening, watching over me, sending little signs when I need them most. And when I feel a gentle breeze out of nowhere or hear a song we loved, I take it as a hello from you.

Thank you for loving me the way you did, Mom. Thank you for your sacrifices, your guidance, your warmth, and your endless patience. Thank you for being my safe place, my anchor, and my biggest fan. I will carry your memory with me for the rest of my life, and I’ll do my best to honor you in all that I do. I miss you more than words could ever express, and I will love you always.

Rest easy, mom. Until we meet again.

Debbie was a wonderful person and mother. I am blessed to be able to have called her my friend. You will be so missed. Always in my heart. Until we meet again my friend

I can say I didn’t know Debs very well but towards after a year of me working at our job I got to know her we both joked around with each other she did give me advice for the grief I was going through at times she gave me advice on things in my room different ways to put the towels. Haha I can remember us laughing because she thought I didn’t put enough towels in the bathroom and I walked it and said “look right here you silly dork” and she saw the other towels and we busted out laughing because just one of them days. Before my last time seeing her she did tell me and another co worker she was gonna be gone for awhile but hopes to come back she told us what her thoughts were and was scared if it was what she figured already what it was. My last time seeing her was when I was working and she was getting coffee with her daughter Emma and Emma’s baby (such a cutie) and when she did say she wasn’t coming back I was so sad because I’ve been waiting for like my buddy/work mom kinda haha to come back just to get back to more good times. Finding out her passing was hard for me because even tho I knew she wasn’t coming back to work I’d still think “oh what if what if” and walking down the hallways and cleaning rooms I’d remember the fun time the emotional times we had ether on that same hallway or in that same room… I miss but I know what her last words were and I know she passed away loving and enjoying the last few moments of her life with those she loved the most in her life. I am so sorry to her family for a loss of such an amazing mother… but I like to think when I see a butterfly or a bluebird I like to think those are our loved ones just coming to check on us tho I’m sure she is checking on all of her family/people from above her voice and her smile will always be in my mind and hearts and on sure others. I miss you Debs but will NEVER forget you. ️

My condolences to Deb’s father Wayne Juhl! She’s now with her mom, she left early,but I’m sure her mom is pleased to have her once again! Rest in Peace Debra!