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Four & a half years ago...  
It was on Sunday morning 4 1/2 years ago that you left us John.  I will never forget that morning.  Dad and I heard you take your last breath...in the seconds it took us to get to your side, you were gone.  All your suffering was over and ours began. What we went through the day before you died and all the days following are forever etched in my mind.  The one thing that haunts me and probably always will is that in those final minutes or seconds before you passed that you could have been reaching out to find my hand and I wasn't there..I will never forgive myself for not being there John, how could I not have been there when in my heart I knew that the time was drawing close??  On Saturday evening I got close to your ear and told you that it was okay to go, that it was time to get your wings and at 7:15 Sunday morning you took your last breath.  My heart aches and misses you as much today as it did then.  You will forever be "My Bestest Boy" John...I love you and miss you with all my heart & soul.  Sending ((Hugs)) to heaven for you my precious boy.  Love Always & Forever, Mommy





My Courageous Son...John Patrick  

I will always remember the great courage John had and how brave he was through all he had to endure.  He kept his wonderful sense of humor almost to the end of his life.  Close to the end his tumor had robbed him of most of his sight,most of his hearing and his means of communicating with us.  Shortly before he lost everything I thought we'd better have a little code so we agreed on a squeeze of his fingers...one squeeze was for yes, two for no and three was for "I love you"..one day we were practicing and I squeezed his fingers 3 times for "I love you"....he squeezed me back 4 times...I looked at him kind of puzzled and said "what does that mean?" and he said " I love you more"  There are not enough words to express how much I miss my son, how much my heart aches for him.  I will never forget the brave battle he fought and how much we all miss him.  John was very special and he will always be "my bestest boy".... I will LOVE & MISS you ALWAYS John....Mommy


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