To All Our Friends in Free Republic....(Update

words fail me, Jesus' Peace be with you.

441 posted on 09/14/2004 11:25:58 AM PDT by Pietro

Prayers for strength and comfort.

442 posted on 09/14/2004 1:21:51 PM PDT by Mamzelle (Pajamamama)

Your FR family shares your shocking and painful news...

443 posted on 09/14/2004 1:25:03 PM PDT by prognostigaator

Our prayers are with you. God bless.

444 posted on 09/14/2004 1:27:53 PM PDT by JiggyMac

My sincere condolences to you and your family.
Respectfully
fight_truth_decay

445 posted on 09/14/2004 2:55:15 PM PDT by fight_truth_decay

Prayers for you and your family.

446 posted on 09/14/2004 2:56:48 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%

447 posted on 09/14/2004 5:41:11 PM PDT by Nachum (Kerry spells "Fine Dining")

Lost thread, God bless you! Still in my Prayers.

448 posted on 09/14/2004 8:50:44 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776 ((John Kerry is now in full retreat))

To: LilsBizzyBeany

That is so true...so ture...Something every parent feels...

449 posted on 09/14/2004 8:52:09 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776 ((John Kerry is now in full retreat))

To: Texasforever

Prayers for Jesus' Comfort to help you through your terrible loss. Anything we can pray for??

Pray for W and Our Troops

450 posted on 09/14/2004 8:54:32 PM PDT by bray (Some men have skeletons in their closets, some have killing fields!!)

To: LostThread; BraveMan

I am so terribly sorry.

451 posted on 09/15/2004 1:05:29 PM PDT by Sunshine55

Just want you to know you have not been forgotten and I hope you are okay. Saw this lovely poem and thought of you.

God's Garden

God strolled throughout His garden,
Filled with blossoms rare,
And now and then He picked one,
To send to earth to share.

He placed them with such gentleness,
Within their mother's womb,
And waited with a father's love,
To watch His flowers bloom.

He watched as sometimes still a seed,
His flowers washed away;
He cried when precious blossoms,
Were plucked before their day.

He saw some flowers left to grow,
Without their needed care;
He saw the tiny limbs reach out,
For love that was not there.

He saw when seeds were welcomed.
When they brightened someone's day;
And to some very lucky people,
God sent a whole bouquet.

And His blossoms grew and opened,
In color and in hue;
And God watched His earthly garden,
Spring with blossoms new.

But sometimes there was a flower,
That God just couldn't spare;
And so for just a little while,
He let it linger there.

And then He called the flower back,
So it would always be;
A splash of color in His home,
For all eternity.

©4/16/1999 Geraldine M. Stephey

452 posted on 09/19/2004 1:52:19 AM PDT by Auntie Mame ("Whether you think you can or think you can't -- you are right." Henry Ford)

You are not alone and hope you are ok. We are still praying for you and Brave Man. Jacob is away for now however the pain is great and unbearable for you. Take comfort in the fact you will be with him again. When I lost my mom at a young age it was unbearably hard. I thought of her as I do when others go on long trips. Hers is just a little longer but I look forward to our reunion some day. In the meantime Jacob is alway with you, only a breath away. We are praying for you.

453 posted on 09/19/2004 6:08:40 AM PDT by BonneBlue

To: Texasforever; joyce11111; GopherGOPer; TechnicalEcstacy; JennysCool; wayne_shrugged; ...

I wanted to thank each and every one of you personally for taking the time to pray for us in our time of need. We could not have gotten through to this point without your prayers for strength and comfort. This thank you is long overdue, I know. It has taken this long for me to be able to summon the strength to deal with this in the manner I must; I thank you all for your patience.

To Howlin, Positive, Calico Cat, freedom44, JoJo Gunn, Euro-American Scum, silverleaf, WVNan and Estra Jean: We share a burden none of us would have taken on willingly. Truly no one can understand the depths of grief and dispair felt by those in our circumstance, unless they've experienced it for themselves. Many have said to us they understand, when truly they do not. They mean well, yet unless you've lived through the experience of losing a child, you simply cannot understand, as it is beyond a person's ability to reason through. Like you, I am exceedingly thankful for the moments, rare as they are, when I can set aside the pain and find myself able to smile and enjoy the moment. I treasure those moments (I used to take for granted) like never before. Perhaps the most difficult thing for me to endure is the realization that we are neither alone or unique in our loss; there are countless others just like us, sharing this very same burden.

To joanie-f: Thank you for your generous gift, and for the spirit in which it was given. Please know that my family has benefited from it as much as you had hoped, and more. If there is anything I can do to repay your kindness, you need only ask.

To ValerieUSA: Thank you for the picture of the Sonrise. We cherish it more than you know. Thanks again.

To ODDITHER: God has blessed you with the gift of discernment. You are absolutely correct. I had no idea how many lives he touched in a positive way until after he was gone. Shame on me for not fully recognizing it until he was gone. I take a small measure of comfort from the knowledge my son had such a positive influence on so many other kids.

To those who did not post to this thread but prayed for us in secret, please accept our sincere gratitude. May God reward you openly for your prayers in secret, as He promised He would.

I ask that you all continue to pray for our son's friend, Matthew. While his physical injuries are nearly all healed, the injury to his mind and soul from the devastation at his hand continues to torment him. He needs the healing powers your prayers provide every bit as much as we do, if not more-so.

My wife has created a memorial web site celebrating the life of our son. I invite all of you to visit this site, share your thoughts and celebrate the life of our son. Click on the link below to visit this site.

http://www.jacobgosselin.memory-of.com/about.aspx

Know that all of you are in our prayers as well. Thank you all again.

454 posted on 06/05/2005 8:47:42 AM PDT by BraveMan

Tears and prayers again for your family.

455 posted on 06/05/2005 8:52:26 AM PDT by StarCMC (Free tagline courtesy of JesseJane!)

Continued prayers for your family, and special prayers for Matthew.

456 posted on 06/05/2005 8:55:20 AM PDT by BlessedBeGod (Benedict XVI = Terminator IV)

Prayers. My wishes and consolations are feeble, but His guidance, which we all ask for, will bring you throught this time. We all turn to Him on your behalf.

457 posted on 06/05/2005 8:58:52 AM PDT by John Robertson (They think I'm working away, but I'm really Freeping.)

Prayers up! Lean on the L-rd in this time of great sorrow.

458 posted on 06/05/2005 9:00:45 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The Republican Party is the France of politics.)

Beautiful website.

I Pray the Lord continues to give you strength and are guided by His wisdom.

God Bless.

459 posted on 06/05/2005 9:02:21 AM PDT by The Mayor ( Pray as if everything depends on God; work as if everything depends on you.)

My sincere condolences, and prayers. May God's courage be with you.

460 posted on 06/05/2005 9:02:24 AM PDT by 68 grunt (3/1 India, 3rd, 68-69, 0311)

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