Remembering Andrew & Jarrett
March 7, 2003 - Kaneland High School -
pictures taken at the high school and at the wake
Pictures from 2003 - posters, the lockers ,etc.
More Pictures from 2003 - lilac background
Remembering 2006 - This has the links to all of
these other pages listed below
Forever in Our Hearts - newspaper articles
My Voice - personal musings from 2005 & 2006
Other Voices - Theresa Loth's Narrative
Other Voices - Joe Thill's Poem
Other Voices - Doug Nelson's Journal
God's Loan - a poem or two
Gift of Hope - one letter of thanks
I Miss My Boys - letter dated February 21, 2006
The Myth of "Getting Over It"
Footprints in the Snow
pictures taken at the high school and at the wake
Pictures from 2003 - posters, the lockers ,etc.
More Pictures from 2003 - lilac background
Remembering 2006 - This has the links to all of
these other pages listed below
Forever in Our Hearts - newspaper articles
My Voice - personal musings from 2005 & 2006
Other Voices - Theresa Loth's Narrative
Other Voices - Joe Thill's Poem
Other Voices - Doug Nelson's Journal
God's Loan - a poem or two
Gift of Hope - one letter of thanks
I Miss My Boys - letter dated February 21, 2006
The Myth of "Getting Over It"
Footprints in the Snow
My dear friend, Ginny, wrote this poem
for the boys in 2004. I typed it over the
picture of the boys' heart I drew in the
sand right next to the Pacific Ocean in
Kauai on March 3, 2004.
for the boys in 2004. I typed it over the
picture of the boys' heart I drew in the
sand right next to the Pacific Ocean in
Kauai on March 3, 2004.
March 3, 2011 - Eight years since 2003 - Eight years
equals 96 months equals 2,922 days (including two leap days)
since I've seen Andrew and Jarrett alive. How unbelievable!
Two thousand nine hundred twenty-two days -- one sad, pitiful,
heartbreaking day at a time. That's incredible.
For some wonderful, unknown reason, I created this page two
years ago choosing the lilac with clouds and a calmer feeling
rather than the black background --- nice choice. However, I
do like the way the b&w pictures "pop out" on black but I'm
moving toward the light at least for now. You never know when
the darkness will return. I never know. It just comes whenever
it wants.... I know the boys don't want tears.
So glad I put the flower photos that were sent when they died
onto the slide show - they're so gorgeous!!!! Believe it or not,
I still have a few of the plants. That's nice.
Last year, we met the boys' friends for our annual Loved
Forever * Forgotten Never get-together at the new restaurant
in Elburn (Schmidt's). It's a really nice place and a more
centrally located site so it's easier for everyone to get there.
We're planning to meet up there again this year. It matters
less about how many people show up, it matters that the ones
we want to see are going to be there. They've been with us
for the past 8 years!
It seems as though it's been longer than 365 days since I
worked on these pages. Time has a weird way of either going
at warp speed or slogging along at a snail's pace. Eight
years???!!! Unreal.
God bless Andrew. God bless Jarrett. God bless the saintly
boys - forever in my heart. bye, djb
equals 96 months equals 2,922 days (including two leap days)
since I've seen Andrew and Jarrett alive. How unbelievable!
Two thousand nine hundred twenty-two days -- one sad, pitiful,
heartbreaking day at a time. That's incredible.
For some wonderful, unknown reason, I created this page two
years ago choosing the lilac with clouds and a calmer feeling
rather than the black background --- nice choice. However, I
do like the way the b&w pictures "pop out" on black but I'm
moving toward the light at least for now. You never know when
the darkness will return. I never know. It just comes whenever
it wants.... I know the boys don't want tears.
So glad I put the flower photos that were sent when they died
onto the slide show - they're so gorgeous!!!! Believe it or not,
I still have a few of the plants. That's nice.
Last year, we met the boys' friends for our annual Loved
Forever * Forgotten Never get-together at the new restaurant
in Elburn (Schmidt's). It's a really nice place and a more
centrally located site so it's easier for everyone to get there.
We're planning to meet up there again this year. It matters
less about how many people show up, it matters that the ones
we want to see are going to be there. They've been with us
for the past 8 years!
It seems as though it's been longer than 365 days since I
worked on these pages. Time has a weird way of either going
at warp speed or slogging along at a snail's pace. Eight
years???!!! Unreal.
God bless Andrew. God bless Jarrett. God bless the saintly
boys - forever in my heart. bye, djb
Jarrett, Donna, Andrew, Bob - Christmas 1989
Jarrett, Donna, Andrew, Bob - February 2003
These two pictures fascinate me because we're all in the same position in each photo - approximately 13 years separate the two
moments in time. Who knew that two weeks after Andrew's 17th birthday, they'd both be dead? Not me.
moments in time. Who knew that two weeks after Andrew's 17th birthday, they'd both be dead? Not me.
Slide show - flowers, etc. from the Wake and Funeral
SLIDESHOW - pictures from preparations and the wake
SLIDESHOW - pictures from preparations and the wake
ANDREW. JARRETT.
Where are they?
Where'd they go---
I'd like to know.
Where are those boys of mine?
Except for their last
fateful day,
they always came home on time.
Now, they're gone---
far, far away
to a place I can only imagine.
No forwarding address.
No Zip Code.
Deceased.
RETURNED TO SENDER.
1/25/2009 ~djb
Where are they?
Where'd they go---
I'd like to know.
Where are those boys of mine?
Except for their last
fateful day,
they always came home on time.
Now, they're gone---
far, far away
to a place I can only imagine.
No forwarding address.
No Zip Code.
Deceased.
RETURNED TO SENDER.
1/25/2009 ~djb
ANGEL BOYS -- WHEN I SAW THEM A FEW WEEKS AGO, I KNEW THEY
WERE MINE.
WERE MINE.
