This memorial website was created in the memory of our baby boy, Mason Dean Passmore who was silently born in Arkansas on June 16, 2001. We will remember him forever.We didn't get to have Mason here with us for very long but the time we did have was so precious and will never be forgotten.  We know we will see him again in Heaven one day.


"In my Father's house are many mansions"... some very tiny, but mansions still.














Mason's story....


I found out at 7 weeks gestation that I was pregnant with Mason. Chip and I were very excited yet scared because we were so young and had just gotten married.
 I experienced major food cravings and I was so so sick. I vomited every day until I was about 5 months pregnant. Other than that, it was a very normal pregnancy. We never dreamed that this would happen.......


June 12th, 2001. A day we will never ever forget. I woke up very early that morning with the feeling that something was wrong.  I'd had nightmares all night about something being wrong with someone, I just couldn't see who in my dream.  I called my husband, my parents who were in California to visit my Grandparents, and my  in-laws. They were all optimistic about the situation and told me that "I needed to go to the doctor to be checked out but that more than likely everything was alright." I still to this day remember what the weather was like that day, what song I was listening to in Chip's truck and the motherly instinct that told me to prepare myself for the worst.


  Upon arriving I was taken back to listen to Mason's heartbeat and there was nothing. It was the silence, that still to this day, makes me sick to my stomach. The only sound in the room was the nurse sniffling and my own heartbeat. I was then led to the ultrasound room where my doctor came in to do the ultrasound. There again was the "Silence." My doctor turned to me and asked if I was alone. I knew then that our Mason was already with Jesus.  At first it was if I was just numb. I was in complete shock as I just sat and starred.  It was a few hours later when I had another ultrasound at the hospital that I realized that I wasn't dreaming. That this was all very real. I lost it. We all lost it. Words can't begin to describe the pain we all felt. 
 Everything after that seems like one big blur. Some things I can remember, other things I can't. 

Two days later, at almost 30 weeks pregnant, I was admitted into the hospital to deliver Mason naturally. Again some things are a blur.


  44 hours later, he was silently born weighing 2lbs. 9 1/2oz. and 15 1/2 inches long with his umbilical cord tightly around his neck and legs. It was the day no parent wants to face. All who were there wanted to cry, scream, smile, and just stop the clock for just a moment longer to be with Mason. The emotions felt on that day were overwhelming. We just didn't understand "WHY?"  We knew then and we know now that God has a reason for everything that happens in our lives. Sometimes it is best that we don't know why.

I don't remember exactly how long we were able to keep Mason in our room. I know it wasn't long enough.  

We could tell by looking at Mason that he had suffered, before God took him to be with him. I think that is the hardest thing still to this day for me to deal with as his mother. 

Three days later we had a graveside service for Mason at a small cemetary near our home. There were so many people there. That is one thing I do remember.  We visit him often, although we know he is not there. Our Mason is in the most wonderful place with Jesus.  We know that he is not suffering and is absolutely perfect. I see things almost everyday that either remind me of Mason or give me a sense of peace and comfort of knowing that he is so happy in Heaven.  

 Oh, what joy we have in knowing that.

We miss him everyday!




















Angels are Forever

We were chosen to become a family of a very special child.
Who would come to earth from Heaven and visit for a while.
There are mothers who give birth to babies,too good for this world of men.
They touch our lives for a moment, then travel Home again.

This was to become our destiny. And, Why? We need not know.
For a parents greatest gift is to nurture and love a child with a perfect soul.
Our baby was born an Angel and stopped to pause this way,
Blessing us with sunshine, as we thanked the Lord each day.

Our child was like a ray of protection and could not journey long,
The source of power being God himself, quietly called our Angel home.
As we walk in Springtime meadows, with nature posing all around,
We see the beauty of our little one in every sight and sound.

Whenever I gaze at this beautiful world, or look at a blue sky above,
I know that Angels are Forever
Warming our hearts with their light and love.

Author Unknown



For you formed my inward parts;
you knitted me together in my mother's womb.

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;
My soul knows it very well

Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them.
Psalm 139:13,14,16






"Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God."
Luke 18:16



"Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. All of you, take up My yoke and learn from Me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for yourselves. 
For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."
Matthew 11:28-30


To everything there is a season,
A time for every purpose unto the heaven
Eccl. 3:1