Daily Journal - 3/4/06 and 3/5/06
Judy and Donna - cousins at the cemetery
Bryar - big girl cousin of Andrew & Jarrett
Flowers from the Kedzie's
Flowers from Judy for the boys.
Here's how Andrew and Jarrett's grave site
looked yesterday. Very colorful! (and very cold!)
looked yesterday. Very colorful! (and very cold!)
Judy at the cemetery yesterday - all the way from California!
Bryar is sitting on Karen's lap holding the roses in front
of the boys' grave. See that heater on the right. Karen
brought that over to keep us warm. I know it helped
and it had enough kerosene to last all day!
of the boys' grave. See that heater on the right. Karen
brought that over to keep us warm. I know it helped
and it had enough kerosene to last all day!
Sunday, March 5, 2006 - Today's the day that Andrew officially
died although he was never conscious after the accident at 2:40
p.m. on 03/03/03. You know the 3,3,3 is kind of weird. So, I was
trying to figure out more 3 involvement. I came up with twenty
minutes until 3 is 1/3 of an hour before 3. Okay, so I'm weird but I
thought it was interesting. I'm sure I can come up with more...
snow alert - right now, I'm waiting for the snow to come. We're
supposed to get from 1-2 inches. I should be able to get some
good pictures of the flowers covered with snow. Years ago, I
used to freak out when it would snow on the flowers. I'd have to
go out and cover them up. Andrew and Jarrett would make fun of
me! It doesn't really matter what you do. Although one time, I did
pick a lot of the daffodils because it was going to freeze. They did
smell good.
I'm still trying to figure out how to configure these journal pages. I
just heard that snow is falling in the northwest suburbs. I'm
assuming that's Rockford and it's headed our way!!! Oh boy! ~djb
died although he was never conscious after the accident at 2:40
p.m. on 03/03/03. You know the 3,3,3 is kind of weird. So, I was
trying to figure out more 3 involvement. I came up with twenty
minutes until 3 is 1/3 of an hour before 3. Okay, so I'm weird but I
thought it was interesting. I'm sure I can come up with more...
snow alert - right now, I'm waiting for the snow to come. We're
supposed to get from 1-2 inches. I should be able to get some
good pictures of the flowers covered with snow. Years ago, I
used to freak out when it would snow on the flowers. I'd have to
go out and cover them up. Andrew and Jarrett would make fun of
me! It doesn't really matter what you do. Although one time, I did
pick a lot of the daffodils because it was going to freeze. They did
smell good.
I'm still trying to figure out how to configure these journal pages. I
just heard that snow is falling in the northwest suburbs. I'm
assuming that's Rockford and it's headed our way!!! Oh boy! ~djb
Saturday, March 4, 2006 - The interesting thing about
yesterday's three year anniversary of the boys' accident and
Jarrett's death was the realization that we made the correct
decision about our scholarship (2003-2006).
Yesterday, one of the kids said that they had to explain to a
younger student why so many of the seniors were wearing
shirts that said, "Burke forever," "you will always be
remembered," and the picture of those two boys (one of them
not wearing a shirt). They didn't KNOW about Andrew and
Jarrett.
After Jarrett's class graduates this year (Class of 2006), very
few students remaining in the high school will even know who
they were. It's so much more meaningful to us to be able to
help those students who lived through that traumatic time.
We knew there wouldn't be as many kids coming out this year
as last year (probably half as many), but there were still a lot of
them who did come out to pay their respects. It helps us to
see them, and hug them, and take a peek into their world for a
short time - a world we're not privy to except on rare occasions.
So many wonderful things happened yesterday. I can't write
them all right now but it was magical because we experienced
serendipity unfolding right before our eyes, and it was
awesome.
Must be going now. We spent 7 hours and 15 minutes outside
yesterday. If Karen hadn't brought the kerosene heater, I think
we would surely have been frozen. bye for now, djb
yesterday's three year anniversary of the boys' accident and
Jarrett's death was the realization that we made the correct
decision about our scholarship (2003-2006).
Yesterday, one of the kids said that they had to explain to a
younger student why so many of the seniors were wearing
shirts that said, "Burke forever," "you will always be
remembered," and the picture of those two boys (one of them
not wearing a shirt). They didn't KNOW about Andrew and
Jarrett.
After Jarrett's class graduates this year (Class of 2006), very
few students remaining in the high school will even know who
they were. It's so much more meaningful to us to be able to
help those students who lived through that traumatic time.
We knew there wouldn't be as many kids coming out this year
as last year (probably half as many), but there were still a lot of
them who did come out to pay their respects. It helps us to
see them, and hug them, and take a peek into their world for a
short time - a world we're not privy to except on rare occasions.
So many wonderful things happened yesterday. I can't write
them all right now but it was magical because we experienced
serendipity unfolding right before our eyes, and it was
awesome.
Must be going now. We spent 7 hours and 15 minutes outside
yesterday. If Karen hadn't brought the kerosene heater, I think
we would surely have been frozen. bye for now, djb