Now I am gone, release me, let me go I have so many things to see and do You mustn't tie yourself to me with tears Be happy that we had so many years.
I gave you my love, you can only guess How much you gave me in happiness. I thank you for the love you have shown, But now it's time I traveled on alone
So grieve for a while for me if grieve you must Then let your grief be comforted by trust It's only for a while that we must part So bless the memories within your heart
I won't be far away, For life goes on. So if you need me, call and I will come Though you can't see or touch me, I'll always be near
And if you listen with your heart, you'll hear All of my love around you soft and clear. And then, when you must come this way alone, I'll greet you with a smile and say "Welcome Home."
Thank you for visiting Justin's site. I am so very sorry for the loss of your son. This is such a hard, long journey...
I pray you visit Justin's site and read this. Your email didn't show up with the tribute. Please email me personally at: tammyp1003@embarqmail.com. I pray you read this...
Please know that I understand how you feel. No one understands the pain of losing a child, but a mother who has also lost a child. It is absolutely the worse imaginable pain. Oct. 3 will be 28 months since Justin died and I can say that the pain gets "softer" with time - no, not easy, but "softer". With the mercy and grace of our God, I have found strength and a true peace. I know Justin is in heaven, free from all his demons and is truly at peace. I still miss him so much, but I have found a great peace. My prayer from the beginning of this is that somehow God would use me to help and encourage people with addiction and help other parents facing this same battle. That is why I pray you read this.
I pray that you find peace and I bless you.... Many, many hugs to you...
Hurting Mother / Cyndi Austin (None)
I just stumbled on your website. I lost my son last October in a very similar situation. Everything on your website is how I feel. I have sait and read it, and listened to the songs and just cried. I would love to talk to you to see how you're making it - right now, my grief is so strong and I miss him so much. Please email me back. Thank you and God bless! Close
Hey Justin / Ashley (sister)
Hey Justin, I was just sitting here thinkin bout you. Its my birthday sat. and I was just thinkin its not the same without you here celebrating it with me. God I miss you so much more and more everyday that goes by. I dont think it gets any easier. Instead of cooking out for my b-day everybodys goin to Longhorn tomorrow to eat. Give mom a break from cooking and everybody being at her house. I wish you could be here with me. This is my third birthday without u here and its so hard knowing you wont be there. I know u will be in spirit. Just thought i would write to you and just say hey. I love you brother. Be with us. Love always ashley Close
22 years ago tonight, I was laying in a hospital bed in Tampa in labor, waiting for you to make your grand entrance into the world. We just had no idea how grand! When the doctor told me congratulations, you have a big boy, I was in shock because we thought you were a girl... Then he told me how big of a boy you were - 10 pounds, 7 ounces, 23 1/2 inches long! I couldn't believe it. All the nurses and staff came to my room to see "the huge baby". You filled up the bassinet. You came into the world with a bang and never stopped.... You grew into such a beautiful, curly headed little boy and were so full of energy. There are so many wonderful and funny memories of you and all the accidents and mishaps you had growing up... You lived your life to the fullest and there was never a dull moment with you around. You were always the life of every party and enjoyed making everyone around you laugh. For all of your mischievious ways, you had such a tender heart. I know you loved me, mama, Ashley, Kim and especially your precious Madison with everything in you. You could make me so mad and then smile, wink and say, "Love you, mom" and you had me! You were really good at that with Mama....
Life is so very different without you here. Family gatherings will never be the same because you are not there and your presence is so missed by everyone. The house is so quiet and I long to hear you come stomping through the door, with your big dirty boots on and yell Hey, Mom, I'm home - are you cooking??? Or hear you up at midnight, digging in the pantry for your box of Apple Jacks, or hear the washing machine going at midnight because you forgot to wash your work clothes, or looking at me with that smile and ask me to make your lunch. I miss hearing your deep voice on the phone. I even miss your messy room. How I wish I could clean it up just one more time....
I just wanted to tell you that I love and miss you more than ever. It doesn't get any easier, even after two years. This is your third birthday away from us and it still seems so unreal. I still can't believe your gone sometimes... I love you so very much and always will...
Happy 22nd Birthday, baby!! Hope you have a huge celebration up there! I love you.....
It is unbelievable it has been 2 years since I have seen your beautiful face and heard those words "Love you Mama". There will always be an empty space in my heart that was only filled by you. When we were at the cemetary tonight I could just feel your presence and knew you were there with us. There is a big hole in this family that was only filled by you and eveyone of us feel the loss but one day soon we are all going to be reunited in heaven with Jesus and what a wonderful time we will have with never any worry of being separated again. Adam is always telling me that he knows you are in heaven with Jesus because he saw you there and you told him it wasn't time for him yet and he had to go back to his family. We as christians have such peace knowing we will be with you one day so save us all a place at the foot of Jesus.
Hey Justin, its me your sister. Well what can I say, its been two whole years since i have talked to you or seen you. I cant tell you how much I miss you and how much I love you. I cant believe its been this long already. I know you are in a much better place that we can only imagine but what I would give to see you and to hear your voice on the other end of my phone. I miss that so much. I still cant believe sometimes that you are really gone. I know that you are here with us in spirit but thats not enough. Everybody needs you here. I still have so many questions of why, why you?You are the best brother i could have ever had and i will never forget that. We had a special closeness that I am so thankful for everyday. Not many people have that. We were best friends. I wish you were still here so bad to talk to me and pick at me like you used yo. I would give my life for that one more time. justin I miss you so much. Be with us tomorrow and always. I love you so much. Never forget that ok!
23 months / Ashley Johnson (sister)
hey brother, its been 23 months today since ive talked to you or have seen you. its so hard to believe its been this long already. i miss you so much. i dont ever think that it will get any easier. i think about you everyday. have you seen lane lately? he is getting so big isnt he? i wish he could have had a chance to meet his uncle justin. i can assure you though when he gets old enough hes gonna know who you are. i know he would have loved you so much just like kaylee and landen. kaylee misses you alot to. she gets on this site all the time at moms house. well i just wanted to talk to you today. i love and miss you so much. love always and forever ashley Close
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Happy Valentines Day / Judy Joe Kings Wife Forever Close
I know I havent written you in awhile but I know U understand why. I miss you so much more and more everyday. I was missing you so much the other day I just cry everytime that I would think about you. Well how do you like your new nephew? He is so pretty isnt he? I was so happy when they told me it was a boy. The first thing I thought of was he gonna be named after you and what in the heck am i gonna do with all them pretty girl clothes. Now Im gonna have to get boy clothes and they dont have that many pretty boy clothes!!! You know for so long they thought he was a girl. what a coincidence when they said no its a boy!! I think it was meant to be. We dont really know who he looks like yet. I think he looks like scotty. You are so missed. I dreamed about you the other night, first time in awhile. It just made me miss you more. I know that you are here with me watching over me and mom and everybody t hat you love. Well come visit us sometime, i love and miss you so much.
18 months / Helen Davis (grandmother)
My Precious Angel
It has been a long 18 months since I have seen you or talked to you. It is so hard trying to live each day without you but with God's help we are making it. We have a new baby coming on Thursday it's a little boy and will be named after you but I think you already know that. Baby I miss you so much it just doesn't get any easier. Christmas is coming again and you aren't here with us but I know you will be celebrating it with Jesus. WOW! how great that must be! I know some of your good friends have come to be with you along with alot of your family so tell everyone we love them and miss them but I don't miss anyone as much as I miss you. Have a heavenly Christmas with Jesus, I really do envy you. I love and miss you so very much!!!
I just got back from the funeral home - went to see Jason Adkins and his family. It was so hard to be there and see him and all those boys. It reminded me so much of what we went through almost 17 months ago. There were so many of your friends there. I saw William, Eric, Steven, Leland, Justin Burch, Siarra and so many others. They all came up and hugged me and wanted to know how I was doing. They still miss you so very much. I hope you and Jason had a wonderful reunion and have enjoyed a good game of basketball!!
I love and miss you so much. I still can't believe sometimes that you are really gone. It seems like you should just come stomping through the door, tracking in dirt and saying, "What's up?" I miss you more and more.... Stay near us... especially Adam. He seems so lost sometimes... Be close to him and let him feel your presence... I love you, my sweet baby......
Missin you more and more / Eric Booth (brother/friend)Read >>
Missin you more and more / Eric Booth (brother/friend)
whats up man just thinkin of you tonight about all good times we had when you was here and thinkin about how much i miss you and wish you where here because it seems like you was the only person i could ever talk to about anything and know that you would listen.. MAN I MISS YOU AND LOVE YOU SO MUCH Close
I Love You / Shari Ratliff (Aunt)
Hello My Precious Baby!!!
I love you and I miss you so much. We are at your mom's house having a shrimp boil for Ashley's birthday. And even though it has been 14 months today that you left us, I still wait for you to walk through this door at any given moment. What I would give to see your smiling face and hear that deep beautiful voice. I miss you so much. It just does not seem real that you are gone. Adam, Josh, Kent, Colby and Eric are here. They talk about you all of the time. We sit around and laugh about all of the times spent with you. All of the boys miss you so much. When I see all of the boys together, I still find myself looking for you among them. There is an emptiness in my heart that will never be filled. Ashley is doing much better. You would be so proud of her. She FINALLY passed her state board and she is working for me at SuperCuts. She misses you so much. Justin, words can never, ever express the love I have for you. I loved you like my own son. There is not a day that goes by that I don't think about you, cry for you, long to see you one more time. I thank God for blessing my life with you. I love you so much.
I Miss You :( / Krystal (Little Sister ) Hey Justin, I have been thinking about you a lot here recently...Like everything i can remember about you is always funny..like when we were little me and ashley loved the song "this kiss" by faith hill and would play it in the car and sing to it! But YOU would start yelling out the words and ruin the whole song..lol it was annoying then but looking back on it i would rather you be here and for you to sing and ruin every song ever created than for you to be gone...I miss you so much and whether you thought it or not i always looked up to you...I wished you could still be here but i know you are in a better place and are much happier there...There isnt much else to say except for that every memory i have of you is all fun and i am so happy that i am your little sis...i wish we couldve spent more time together before you went to heaven...oh and just for you to know i dont date that kody boy you used to tease me about all the time..:) Well I love you so much and will continue to think about you every day...your in my heart and i know you are watching down on all the ones you love.... Love forever and always your lil sis Krystal Close
Tomorrow is Joshua's 18th birhtday. We celebrated his birthday tonight at my house. Your mom, dad, grandma, mama, papa, Rusty, Dee and all of the boys were there. But there was someone missing... that someone being you! It just was not the same. I sat there in the living room looking at all of the boys, looking at how big they all were, remembering all of the times when ya'll were little and how we always got together for birthdays and how ya'll boys always aggravated us. Remember how we used to make ya'll play outside and we would lock the doors and not let ya'll come inside? We talked about the days when ya'll were little and playing baseball out at the Mere Project. We laughed about the way ya'll boys would always joke and laugh and imitate people. We missed you being there tonight. This family will never be complete until the day comes when one by one we are joined together again in Heaven. I know that you were there with us in spirit tonight. But it sure would have been nice to see you, hear your voice, see your beautiful smile. We miss you so very, very much Justin. People say that it gets easier with time. But that is not true. I believe we miss you more today than we did a year ago. We love you baby and we miss you like crazy. The tears still flow but I cherish every moment ever spent with you. Adam, Joshua and Andrew miss you so much. It is still so strange seeing them all together and you not being there with them. I still question God's reasoning for things. I will never understand why He chose to call you home. But I do believe that there was a significant reason. And I find peace and comfort in knowing that you are in Heaven with Jesus. Just know that you are still loved, still missed. I love you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Miss You!! / Kristin Tew (Friend)
Not a day goes by that we don't think about you. You were a great friend, and always managed to make everyone laugh. Love You!! Close
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ... I'M ONLY A LITTLE LATE..... / Joyce Collins (friend)Read >>
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ... I'M ONLY A LITTLE LATE..... / Joyce Collins (friend)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUSTIN ...BEEN THINKING ALOT ABOUT YOU .... WAS CELEBRATING KIMMIES BIRTHDAY WITH HER .... SHE ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS NEAT CAUSE YA'LLS WERE A DAY APART ... ALOT TO TRY AND GET OVER, FUNNY HOW GOD PLANS THINGS SOMETIMES ... I THINK ABOUT THAT NIGHT... AND HAVING TO CALL YOUR MOM .... GOD HAD ME THERE FOR HER ... FOR MY SISTER IN CHRIST.. MUCH LOVE TO YOU .... KEEP WATCH OVER US...
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