The day after Damon passed....

I wrote this the day after Damon passed and it still holds true today...Kasey hang in there eternity awaits us all...


Life


What I am feeling today is really beyond description. Damon passed away yesterday and I can't believe it. He was such a special person in the memories of my life and the life of my family. We are devastated. Can you imagine what Kasey must be feeling? Oh God help her, help us. We know that Damon went straight to paradise with Jesus and all the other saints that have gone before, but it's left us in shock and so sad. I just want to take in every breath, every experience reallll slow, and absorb all the good from life. Life is so fragile, gone in an instant. What are you doing about your eternal destination? What are you doing to improve the relationships with your family, your friends? We can hold on to hurts, hold on to grudges till it sucks the very life out our heart and soul. Forgive, love, hold, and cherish every second of every day you wake up to have another chance to do right by God and others. Life is so short, shorter than we can possibly imagine compared to eternity. I want to make it like Damon did. I want to be where Damon is today. I want to love like this is my last day, I want to be a blessing, I want to help lighten the load for those that are burdened from life. I want to live a life that matters. Damon wasn't ashamed of his beliefs, and he shared with anyone that would listen, even those that didn't. He loved the Lord, he was serious about it. He loved his God, his family and his church. He was a kind, compassionate friend. I will miss him more than I can explain. There was something special about Damon that endeared everyone he met. It was Jesus in his heart shinning on the outside to this dark world. He was light in darkness, he was sweet in bitterness, he was kind in cruelty, he was respectful in disrespect, he was gentle in hardness, he was like Jesus and I loved, admired and respected him very highly. I said so many times to people, there isn't a mean bone in that boys body and there wasn't. I pray the rest of us can catch a hold of the self same spirit he possessed. Don't leave this world with regret for losing God, family, friends and your church family. There really isn't anything else out there but heartache and hardness. Doesn't matter who is at fault, mend your ways with God, mend your relationships with family, mend your relationships with your church family, time is running out for us all. Whether anyone wants to believe it or not, this world is growing darker and more depraved as I write. It's a scary place, where no one truly cares anymore, it's me, me, me and what I have to do to get what I want. But Jesus laid down his life, so you could have eternal life with him, far, far away from all trouble, sorrow and pain. I really want to go there. I really do.

Thank you Jesus for your mercy to me, your love for me and my family. Thank you for being a present help in times of trouble. Thank you for saving a wretch like me.

To Charlie, I love you with all my heart and I always will...all my memories whether good or bad are with you...I wished I could have done more to make you see how much I loved you...

To my children, Wendy & Erika, I have and will continue to love you with all my heart and soul. Look to Jesus, he is the answer for it all.

To my grandchildren, Each and every one of you have brought such a joy to my life, there are no words to express how much I love you all.

To my sister Kim, you have been a blessing to my life beyond words.

To my nephew Ricky, I will always want to fix it for you and I will always be your Aunt Bicky...

To my church family, You have been the rock to my life, you have been my fortress, where I could find rest for my weary soul...We have been through all the stuff that life has thrown at us all and we are still together and still in love...Thank you God for my church family.

And to the rest, whether family, friend or foe, thank you for whatever role you have played in my life. I pray you find Damon's God before it is too late.

With my heart...