For those who have lost adult children.

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Comment by Director 22 hours ago

My heart goes out to all of you always...but especially today. I stronlgly beleive in the power of love and I know that all this love shared here today is felt by our mothers...no matter where they are.

Eric

Comment by Cyndi Reinhardt on May 8, 2008 at 8:20pm

Had to recreate my page, since the old one wouldn't work, for some reason. Anyway, this will be the one I use for postings. I feel the same way as Jan. We spent a lot of time with Chris and all of his close friends. There was a time that we were planning dinners for 9 people every night for the last 10 days he was at home. Now, it's just Rod and I for most dinners and it seems so quiet in the house. We don't see his friends as much. They are all in college now and moving on with their lives. So, we have to learn to live life without children in the house and try to keep busy.

Comment by jan Blasingamme on May 8, 2008 at 11:39am

We lost our son a year ago May 3rd,2007. He was 35. He took his life with a 9mm handgun because of severe.depression.We tried to get him help, but he would nev er stay in the programs we got him into. We miss hom so much. He was such a big part of our lives. He left us with so many unanswered questions and no goodbyes..

Comment by marie on May 3, 2008 at 6:54pm

Gjon was not only my son but also my best friend, and i miss his sooo
he was killed in an auto accident in Nov 2001---this car accident also killed a friend of his. My other son Nick was also in the car and is now disable due to his injuries that he substanded from the accident. We all miss Gjon so he was a 10# baby and such a reward from God to us. He lived for 6hrs after the accident and died in my hands. I know that he is in a better place because living without him is hell for me---I miss him so much!!!!

Comment by mopigeonsmom on May 3, 2008 at 2:04pm

Chris was an extraordinary person. Not just because he died of cancer at the age of 18, but because he surmounted many other obstacles in his life, long before he was ever diagnosed with lymphoma on Jan 22, 2008. He lived life fully and he was very forgiving of others. He had girlfriends that turned into good friends after they had broken up. He had people that had hury him pretty badly and yet, he was willing to forgive and acknowledge that they can change too. He was very mature in his decision making and he made all his decisions himself, after hearing our thoughts about it. He was more worried about us than he was about dying and he took the news about the cancer spreading and not being able to do anything else for him, in terms of treatment. I got to see him graduate high school and get married (just a couple of hours before he died, nothing official) and transform into a very loving and giving young man. That's not enough, but it's all I have. It's everything.

Comment by Holli's mom on April 15, 2008 at 1:22am

Holli was killed exactly two months after she turned 21 years old. She was coming back with her boyfriend from a party at his aunts house. Jeremy was driving and left the road going 80 miles an hour. He hit the culvert so hard that the car flew 79 feet before it hit the first of two trees. Holli was killed instantly and Jeremy walked away with a cut on his arm. He was twice the legal limit drunk. He blamed her for the accident, saying she was driving. We have the video of them being taken out of the car and statements from all the fireman who helped them saying that he was driving. He is now serving 10 years which is longer than most drunk drivers get.
Holli was my morning and my night. Without her, I am totally lost and pretty much just existing. She was and always will be the best of me. Two years later and I am still waiting for her to come home.

Comment by Rodney Reinhardt on April 1, 2008 at 9:31pm

Chris was 18 when he was diagnosed with non Hodgkin's Lymphoma. We were told he was going to be fine, and at first he was. But a week after he graduated from high school we found out his cancer was back. From then it was trying to get him in remission, so we could get him a bone marrow transplant. His brothers were perfect matches for the transplant. But we could never get him into remission. October 3rd, the day before his 19th Birthday he died. It's coming up on six months, and we don't know how we have made it this far. We miss Chris so much.

Comment by Ann on March 25, 2008 at 3:41pm

Claude was a special child. When he was about 9 months old he contracted a deadly virus that landed him in the hospital. The doctors did not give him much hop in surviving. When he finally started keeping formula down the doctors said he would be a vegetable and I needed to place him in an institution. I told them then that God was not through with him and God had a special mission for his life. He not only grew but eventually graduated high school with honors. He enlisted in the Army into Military Intellegence. on 16 Dec 2006 his life was abruptly ended. He is survived by his mother, step-father (whom he said was his father) 2 sisters, 2 brothers and 1 step-brother, grandparents, aunt, cousins and lots of great relatives. We will miss im until we join him in heaven.