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JACKIE-AGE 22 FOREVER

JACKIE RECEIVED HER HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA IN 1999 AND ON JUNE 8TH 2002,HER FINAL DIPLOMA Graduation...a time for joy...and for some..a time for sorrow. To Graduate...means going from one stage in our lives to another. For many that means to graduate from high school or college... But for some children...it means to graduate to Heaven instead. Graduation they say...is a time for change...whether we are ready for it or not. Some now wear a halo...where as others wear a graduation cap. Some will walk across the stage and get their diploma...others now have wings to fly. But...both are very proud of their accomplishments in life....and their family and friends are too. They are still a part of this graduating class....and I hope and pray they will be remembered. And to those of us left behind....We are the ones who have become truely educated.... We have learned so much about life....family...whats important...and whats not. We have been taught that every day is a blessing...and we need to make every second count. And as another year goes by....it marks the end of a stage in our journey of lifelong learning. We hold tight to a past full of rich precious memories.... Memories that will carry us into the future. The past is a time for reflection and cherished memories...these will all help carry us forward... The future is a time for our hopes, our dreams and our inspirations. We do not need to let go...even though they have graduated to Heaven.. For they are still with us....and will follow us into the future.... And will ALWAYS be a part of our hopes, our dreams, and our inspirations. We take with us what we have learned....and what we hold close to our hearts. We need to thank those who have been by our sides....held our hands...and helped us along... Those who have listened without telling us to get over it....those who have tried to understand. For without all of you and God......who knows where we would be. So to those who have been there for me...you know who you are...I thank you with all my heart. As our children, our heros, graduate to a higher level...and get their "Final Diploma"... The importance of life...and what we have learned...will never be forgotten. For their names are engraved forever in our hearts...and forever in our memories. They are the breath within us that give us courage to follow our hearts... Whether here on Earth or in Heaven above...their voices will always live on...   Copyright © June 2001  Written by : Laura/Heavenly Lights Childrens Memorial

JACKIE AND SHEENA'S STORY AS YOU READ THE 11 PAGES OF THIS WEBSITE,YOU WILL READ HOW 2 YOUNG PEOPLE,MY DAUGHTERS,WERE ENJOYING A SUMMER SATURDAY DAY..JUNE 8TH 2002,IT STARTED OUT LIKE ANY OTHER DAY..BOTH SO FULL OF LIFE AND HAPPY AND BOTH HAD BRIGHT FUTURES,ONLY FOR THE DAY TO END WITH ONE DEAD AND ONE IN CRITICAL CONDITION.THEY WERE RIDING THEIR BIKES HOME FROM THE STORE WHEN THEY BOTH WERE STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY A DRUNK DRIVER.A REPEAT OFFENDER.THE FAMILY LIVES WITH NIGHTMARES AND SADNESS WITH THE LOSS OF THEIR DAUGHTER, THE INJURIES OF THE OTHER DAUGHTER, AND THE COMPLICATIONS OF DRUNK DRIVER HAVING NO INSURANCE. WHICH HAS LEFT THEM IN MORE A MESS THAN YOU CAN INMAGINE. YOU WILL ALSO READ OTHER PARENTS NIGHT MARES,WHO HAVE LOST CHILDREN TO DRUNK DRIVERS.

My Letter to Jackie.. as i writing this..my heart is breaking..it hurts so bad,knowing i can never hold you again or kiss you goodnight or see your beautiful smile,theres so much you taught me,but i never realized just how much.today i had to go through old mail to try to find papers from insurance companies that denied payment on Sheenas medical expenses so i can submit it to crime victims,as i was going through drawers,i found pictures of you, and then Joshuas first Christmas when we had bought him a Santa Claus suit and dressed him in it on Christmas morning ,and you were helping me hold him up as he was only 6 months old,so his picture could be taken.and the one of you in your Nike jacket,that you bought out of your first pay check from your job.you were so proud of that Jacket.you loved everything Nike.i sat and cried as your daddy Played Seven Spanish Angels and i was looking at your pictures,Joshua was holding one of you where you holding up you Christmas presents,he asked me why i was crying,i told him,i miss Jackie,he put his around me and hugged me and said,dont cry meme..then he handed me the picture of you,he said here she is meme.i held your pictures to my heart and the tears flowed even harder.its not fair that you left so soon,you had so many plans. you wanted to marry Joe, your first and only love,you wanted to save all the animals that didnt have a home,if it meant you taking them in. .you were supposed to be here so when i passed away,you made sure that Georges Jones song..Lonely Street was played at my funeral..and Distance Drums.remember how we cried together when we heard those songs.you said Distance Drums made you think of grandpa who died when you were 14.i remember the nights Joshua was so sick, you would lay by him and rub his stomach and cry because you were sad for him.i remember all those times,when you got heartburn and you feared something else,you were so afraid of dying..i tried to convince you that you would outlive me, but i was wrong.oh God i was wrong.im so sorry Jackie,i love you and miss you so much its ripping my heart out. love momma.

JACKIE'S MEMORIAL FUND.TO HELP THE FAMILY WITH ONOING FINANCIAL SITUATIONS. AND PLEASE HELP ME KEEP THIS MEMORIAL SITE ONLINE BY DONATING WHAT EVER YOU CAN.. I HOPE THAT THIS SITE MAYBE MAKES SOME THINK TWICE ABOUT DRINKING AND DRIVING OR MAYBE SOMEONE WILL TAKE ACTION AGAINST SOMEONE WHO IS DRINKING AND DRIVING ..AND LIVES WILL BE SAVED. IT COSTS ME ABOUT 25.00 A MONTH TO KEEP THIS SITE UP. IF YOU CAN DONATE EVEN A 1.00. IT WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.IF YOU DONT HAVE PAYPAL, CONTACT MY BY E-MAIL FOR OUR HOME ADDRESS TO SEND DONATION...BABYJSMAMA@WEBTV.NET

Jackie and Joshua ..

A BIT ABOUT JACKIE Jackie Graduated from Bloomingdale High School in 1999 and was working at Holiday Inn in Holland ,Michigan and also done lawn crew work for the city of Allegan, Michigan and also done janitorial work for other businesses in Allegan.On June 10th ,she was supposed to start a new job where she was to set up conference rooms and organize paperwork for businesses in Allegan.She wanted to be a animal activist to stop animal cruelity.Jackie never met a person she didnt try to be friends with..she was always thinking of others before herself.She was so full of love,She leaves behind her Father,Al and Mother.Sue and 2 sisters..Kelly and Sheena and a 3 year old nephew Joshua, Jackie was a believer that you could do anything you wanted if you just put your mind to it

Jackie at her graduation with close friend of family- Denny

A LITTLE BOYS PRAYER IN MEMORY OF JACKIE-MY DAUGHTER,KILLED BY A DRUNK DRIVER JUNE 8TH 2002.. ..... Dear Lord..this is Joshua and im just a little fella that sure dont understand everything..ive only been here a short time Lord,but my little eyes have seen so much,ive seen the beauty and the love in the world at times..then i see something else that i just dont understand yet,i see tears,anger and mistrust and other bad things Lord..i know you created this world different..not to have what im seeing..meme says for me to ask you to bless his world again..and make it right again..Dear Lord can you really do that? Then i have seen meme cry so much in the last year,i dont understand all that im hearing about that either..all i know Lord is you made sure when i came in the world that i had one heck of a aunt who loved me so much..she even cried when i cried..Lord,one day she left..she never come home,im still waiting for her..i hear talk of a drunk driver,Wont you please tell me what that is..it doesnt sound very nice and you sent me here to be a good boy..so i dont think i ever want to be one..can you teach me about them..Lord what about my aunt Jackie..is she with you now?Is she up above looking down on me as i sleep and right now as im kneeling to talk to you.if she is there,please tell her how much we all love and miss her..Lord please Bless America Again and make the badness go away..I know im still young ,but maybe if i knew more now,i will grow up knowing right from wrong, Dear Lord..im just a little fella and im getting sleepy now,but i will talk to you again..im going to blow Jackie a butterfly kiss that will get to her and bring me one back..Amen Lord..

April 2004..our second Easter without you...UPDATE OCTOBER 2005..WE HAD SUCEEDED IN PURCHASING 4 SOLAR LIGHTS TO PLACE AT YOUR CROSS TO SERVE AS REMINDER THE HORRIBLE INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED HERE..BUT FOR SOME REASON..SOMEBODY FELT THEY NEEDED THOSE LIGHTS MORE AND STOLE THEM..IT IS SO SAD WHEN SOMEONE WILL STEAL FROM A MEMORIAL SITE..IT JUST SHOWS THE LACK OF HUMANITY AND COMPASSION THERE REALLY IS IN SOME PEOPLE.

Jackie..i hope by keeping your cross,the area where you died clean and attenitive..more people will be aware of the life lost so senselessly and think twice about driving drunk. it is my hopes yet to add a couple solar lights and a wooden plaque ..that says ,PLEASE DONT DRINK AND DRIVE.

IM STILL HERE.. Even though you cant see me..im still here..when you feel a light breeze on your cheek,its me, kissing you,when you feel that massage feeling on you back,its me,when you see the lights flicker,its me telling you goodnight..when you see a person drinking and driving..and you hear a voice,telling you to do something..its me..begging you to save another life,if you are the one who is going to drive drunk and you hear a voice,telling you..dont..its me..for now im everywhere..when it is raining.its me crying for another death has occurred because someone chose to drink and drive. ..PLEASE TAKE MY HAND..ITS THERE..YOU JUST DONT SEE IT..AND HELP ME STOP THE SENSELESS DEATHS...Jackie

Jackies Gravesite..

IN LOVING MEMORY OF JACKIE ~It broke our hearts to lose you, But you did not go alone. A part of us went with you, The day God took you home.~ ~A million times we'll miss you, A million times we'll cry.. If love could have saved you, You never would have died.~ ~Now to your grave we travel The flowers are placed with care. No one knows the heart ache, As we turn and leave you there.~ ~If tears could build a stairway, And heartaches make a lane, We'd walk the path to Heaven, And bring you back again.~ Author Unknown ~ Caldwell Memorial

Jackies Cross where she was killed -our first Christmas without you

Dear Jackie..this is your lil' sis Sheena..i wanted to put this song on here for you,a few nights ago i dreamed we were together again,having fun,i thought you were really alive,mom took us to Walmarts and gave us each 20.00 ,we were walking around looking at things,when we came to a area where there was Angel Wings,you bought a set and then put them on,you looked at me and spread your wings,then you started fading out of sight,i cried.i keep having flashbacks of the day we were hit and i keep hoping i wake up and your still really here,but each night when i have to go to my room alone to bed and your not there,i know its not a dream.i love you big sis..i miss you so much..i hoped you would be here to see me graduate and keep the mean boys away from me..you always looked out for me..your lil' sis.. here is a song i play all the time and think bout you.luv u..Sheena ................................................................................. Let Her Fly..She's a Angel Now Dolly Parton) There's a wreath on the door She don't live here no more As of today, she flew home And we all gathered here In sorrow and tears It won't be the same with her gone There's a place on the hill That's peaceful and still Where she'll sleep beside daddy again The ole' family tree is shedding its leaves But we'll all met in Heaven again Oh, she's an angel Let her fly, let her fly She's gone home to glory To her home in the sky When God sees her comin' Heaven's choir will smile And sing, "Oh she's an angel, let her fly, let her fly Ooh, she's an angel, let her fly" She used to rock me when I was a child Sing "Rock of Ages" and "In The Sweet Bye And Bye" Her life wasn't easy, oh but how hard she tried You know she's an angel, Lord, so let her fly Oh, she's an angel Let her fly, let her fly She's gone home to glory To her home in the sky When God sees her comin' Heaven's choir will smile And sing, "Oh she's an angel, let her fly, let her fly Ooh, she's an angel, let her fly" Let her fly Ooh she's an angel, let her fly

REPEAT OFFENDERS I have been told that alot of repeat offenders are alcholics , maybe its upto us as family and friends to help them..there has been just about everything under the sun to try and stop the repeated offenders.and the first timers, i know this is probably hard to convince someone they need help before they kill or injure someone.. then its to late,it becomes prison time but maybe the step we need to prevent more senseless deaths is to show them they need the help. if you have a friend or family member who is a alcholic..dont contribute to their drinking problem by supplying them with alchol, instead supply them with love and information,as you will read ,the person that took Jackies life was a repeat offender,who should have had help years ago. if he was ordered help through the courts,i asked this..who was supposed to follow up to see if he was...... because it more than apparent through Jackies death and Sheenas injuries,that he was a timebomb..just ticking...waiting to go off..he did..June 8th 2002. ive added some alocholic links on this website also..please veiw them

A GIRL ON THE ROAD A Girl On The Road By Antonio Pagliarulo There's a girl lying down on the road, Her body is twisted in place, Yellow tape seals the scene, And a sheet is thrown over her face. There are two men standing above her, Each with a tear in his eye, They've been at this scene before, And before they've seen this girl die. She was innocent, as were the others, Though her life was snuffed away, The victim of a crime so senseless, Who will not see another day. We cannot help but wonder, How she felt with that final breath, Caught in the glare of the headlights, Staring into the eyes of death. The car had slammed against her, A crime so quickly perpetrated, The driver had stumbled from the car, Blank and intoxicated. He had left the scene in an ambulance, Shaken but still alive, And his victim would soon be buried, Because he decided to drink and drive. ..................................................................

MOON LIGHT RIDE-ANOTHER TRUE STORY Excited, she got ready for the big event. But she rushed around like she had no sense, she began to feel bad about all the lies, but what's a pizza party, and a moonlight ride. Well, the pizza was good and the party was great but, the moonlight ride would just have to wait Jeff was drunk by this time but, he kissed her and said he was fine. Then the room filled up with smoke as jeff took a puff, Jenny could't belive he was smoking that stuff. Now Jeff was ready to the point but, only after he had one more joint. They jumped in the car for a monnlight ride, not thinking that Jeff was to drunk to drive. They finally made it ti the point at last. And Jeff was trying to make a pass. A pass was not what Jenny wanted at all (and by a pass, I dont mean playing football.) Maybe my parents were right... I am too young to date... How could I ever...have been so dumb? With all of her might she pushed Jeff away. "Please take me home, I dont want to stay." Jeff cranked up the engine, and floored the gas. In a matter of seconds they were going too fast. As Jeffdroveon, in a fit of anger, Jenny knew her life was in danger. She begged and pleaded for him to slow down. But he just got faster as they neared the town. "Just let me get home, I'll confess that I lied. I really went out for a moonlight ride. Then, all of the sudden, se saw a big flash! "Oh. my God, please help us! We're going to crash!" She doesnt remember the force of the impact, just all of the sudden everything went black. She felt someone remove her from the twisted rubble. And she heared someone say "Get help these kids are in trouble." Voices she heard... a few words at best, but she knew there were two cars involed in the wreck. Then wondered to herself if Jeff was alright and the people in the other car were alive. She awoke in the hospital to faces so sad, "You've been in a wreck, and it looks pretty bad." These voices echoed in her head. As they gently told her Jeff was dead. They said, "Jenny we've done all we can do but, it looks like we're losing you too." "But what about the people in the other car!", Jenny cried!! "we're sorry Jenny they also died." jenny prayed, "God forgive me what I have done, I only wanted one night of fun. Tell the people's parents, families, I've made their lives dim, and i wish I could return their family to them." "Tell mom and dad I'm sorry I lied and that it's al my fault so many have died. Oh, nurse, won't you tell please tell them that for me?" The nurse just stood there, and never agreed. But, she took Jenny's hand with tears in her eyes and a few moments later... Jenny died. A man asked the nurse, "Why didnt you Do your best to bid the gril's one last request?" She looked at the man with tears in her eyes and said, "Because the people in the other car, were her Mom and Dad." This story is sad and unpleasantly true, so young people take heed, It could have been you.

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