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This time last year I was sitting at home on a Friday night. I had dropped James off at his friend Cory's house around 4:30 pm. He gets out of my car and says 'Be on call mom in case I need ya" and he said "I love you" and closed the door. Thats the last time I ever spoke to him. I received a call around 9:30 pm that night. It was a woman, she said she didnt know me and I didnt know her and she then stated that my son had been envolved in a car accident in Homosassa and that the police were looking for the next of kin....then she hung up the phone. I frantically tried calling her back and kept getting her voicemail. I called the CSO and they said to call the highway patrol. I called the highway patrol and they said there had been an accident and they didnt have any information and wouldnt have any information for 2 to 4 hours. This was unacceptable. I called a friend of mine and she came and picked me up and I told her I knew the accident was on Yulee Drive. We drove straight there. As we were coming up Yulee drive we saw the flashing lights and traffic stopped. We pulled over and I ran up to this police officer and said someone told me my son may have been in this accident. At this time, the driver was flown to Tampa and a front seat passenger was taken to 7 Rivers Hospital. As I am told this i see a body covered behind the overturned car. After about 20 minutes, the State Trooper showed me a picture of Jamies ID and said that was him who had died at the scene. Needless to say, I fell to my knees crying. They wouldnt let me anywhere near Jamie and that was probably a blessing in disquise, although I was begging them to let me go over to him and hold him. I left the scene and started home calling my family and friends. There is no words to describe the pain and emptiness I felt inside and the pain from a broken heart. It's unreal. I guess I am saying this because I NEED to say this. I also want anyone who is responsible or knows who is responsible for destroying the roadside memorial I had made in memory of Jamie, tell them I forgive them but I dont understand why, and only someone who is the devil himself to the core of their soul would do such a thing. And thats what I think about it all

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Comment by Stephen on October 10, 2008 at 3:50pm: What an awful thing to have to go through! I could not help but weep as i read this. I too have suffered the pain of personal loss. I was a junior in high school when my mother passed away. She had brain cancer and did not survive the surgery to remove the tumor. I understand some of the questions you may have had and how hard some of those questions are to answer. Fortunately my mother was a Christian and had raised me as one too. She had taught me that God is ever beside me in the good times and bad. I was somehow able to remember what she had taught me about her love for God but more important God's love for her. I have been able to apply what i learned from her many times in my life. And because of that i have been able to learn from the hardships of other people. We are able to endure much with the love Jesus gives. God's love heals our wounds of life and strengthens us.
May you continue to grow in his grace and love. Bless you sister Patti! Thank you for sharing.
In his love Stephen

Comment by Eren on June 14, 2008 at 6:33am: Patti,
I am also a mom of 3 boys. Jordan is 10 Israel is 9 and David is 8. I'm so glad we met.
I want you to know that I am praying for you and i know that angels are all around your family.
The Lord is holding you in His arms- He is carrying you through all of this.
Deuteronomy 1:29-31
Then I said to you, "Do not be terrified; do not be afraid of them. The LORD your God, who is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes, and in the desert. There you saw how the LORD your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place."

This video reminds us that God is our loving father. He loves and cares for us.

Comment by Patti on June 13, 2008 at 10:04am: Erin, I cry with you. I lost my father 3 years ago and then my forst born son. I feel God needed James with Him. I admit I worry constantly about my other two sons, they are 16 and 11. Yeterday it was raining, I stood in the rain crying, feeling it was tears from Heaven. Afterwards, I felt better. I miss them so. But they are with me. Thank you for your post. U are a sweet person and the Lord blessed me when we met.

Comment by Leonard T on June 13, 2008 at 5:49am: My heart breaks as I read of your loss. We do not always understand why certain events take place, and especially one such as what has occured in your life. I pray that God will give you healing and comfort.

PRaying for you,
LT

Comment by Eren on June 12, 2008 at 10:10pm: Patti,
As i read this post all i could do is cry and cry.
I have gone through a lot this year- i lost one aunt and one uncle the end of last year. This year i lost another 4 (very close to me) aunts and uncles and one grandfather in a time frame of 40 days.
I have not lost any of my children. The Lord has recently helped me to get out of the tremendous pain i was going through from the grief. I know he will help you get out of yours too.
He has a purpose for your life. He used you as an instrument to your son's life for so many years. You worked for His kingdom when raising your son.
I am certain your son is not in suffering at this moment. When I get sad I just remember the beauty of heaven and that there will be no more tears there. This picture that an artist (Pat Marvenko) painted of heaven based on Scriptures helps me a lot. Sometimes i just meditate on the glory of heaven and God's wonderful presence. And this brings such peace to me.
Romans 8:18
"For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy [to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us."
Revelation 21:4
"And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away."

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