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A special gift

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In loving memory

Happy Birthday Jeff!

  

Jeff’s gift - a gift of pure love

Five years ago a gift was given...

 

 

Jeff’s Gift

What?  Jeff?  Oh My God. The words shattered my core

Our togethers have ended, Sweeping, utter sorrow

Please,  my Lord, can I hear him laugh once more?

For us, there will be no more  tomorrow

 

There are no promises made to any of us

Of lovely bright sunny days with skies all of blue

Jeff whose  ways were so good, so precious,

kind, funny and loving.  God blessed me greatly with you

  

 For so long, it was just us; my kiddos and me

Jeff, lite up a room, funny, witty twinkling eyes

 In an instant now gone!  But later I did see

Someone, deep from his loss cane a blessing to define

  

 

 

His love to us, and ours to him, is ageless, and timeless

In the depths of sorrow, there was a light. So how do I start?

For profoundly and forever we were so blessed

The eternal gift Jeff gave us. God of his heart

  

We last spoke:  “I love you”.  “I love you more”.

We has such hope, son and mother

Evening of day, our time I implore

We planned, we shared, my anchor.

  

 

 

The pain of his loss so unspeakably great

It smothers me completely this painful dark

It destroyed yet I breathed, but in this painful fate, 

The Lord touched my heart and lite a spark

  

 

 

many more days Jeff had wanted to be

  Dearest Tiffany, Brittany, Ryan, Ashley and Taylor

My lovely sweet family, Jeffs needs you to see

  how deeply and completely he loved you all more

  

 

 

I’m thankful for life, so precious so sweet, so glad for Heaven's

gifts each day God brings.  For it is in losing we see

Time spent together truly deepens

a sweet smile, a hug, hearing laughter full of glee

  

 

 

My son, my precious young man, thank you for your gift

on June 25^th.   A gift of life beyond – from heaven above

This blessing beyond words – far more than deserved

Jeff’s gift - a gift of pure love

 

Five years ago a gift was given...

 

 

Jeff’s Gift

What?  Jeff?  Oh My God. The words shattered my core

Our togethers have ended, Sweeping, utter sorrow

Please,  my Lord, can I hear him laugh once more?

For us, there will be no more  tomorrow

 

There are no promises made to any of us

Of lovely bright sunny days with skies all of blue

Jeff whose  ways were so good, so precious,

kind, funny and loving.  God blessed me greatly with you

  

 For so long, it was just us; my kiddos and me

Jeff, lite up a room, funny, witty twinkling eyes

 In an instant now gone!  But later I did see

Someone, deep from his loss cane a blessing to define

  

 

 

His love to us, and ours to him, is ageless, and timeless

In the depths of sorrow, there was a light. So how do I start?

For profoundly and forever we were so blessed

The eternal gift Jeff gave us. God of his heart

  

We last spoke:  “I love you”.  “I love you more”.

We has such hope, son and mother

Evening of day, our time I implore

We planned, we shared, my anchor.

  

 

 

The pain of his loss so unspeakably great

It smothers me completely this painful dark

It destroyed yet I breathed, but in this painful fate, 

The Lord touched my heart and lite a spark

  

 

 

many more days Jeff had wanted to be

  Dearest Tiffany, Brittany, Ryan, Ashley and Taylor

My lovely sweet family, Jeffs needs you to see

  how deeply and completely he loved you all more

  

 

 

I’m thankful for life, so precious so sweet, so glad for Heaven's

gifts each day God brings.  For it is in losing we see

Time spent together truly deepens

a sweet smile, a hug, hearing laughter full of glee

  

 

 

My son, my precious young man, thank you for your gift

on June 25^th.   A gift of life beyond – from heaven above

This blessing beyond words – far more than deserved

Jeff’s gift - a gift of pure love

 

In loving memory of my son, Jeff

In loving memory of my son, Jeff

It was 5 years ago this morning when we lost Jeff.  Life has never been the same for me. His his death woke me up to what really matters in life and it's most definitely not 10-12 hour work days I had been driven to do.  

How can I begin to honor the essence of Jeff with just photos?  It doesn't begin to tell the story of his love of life, his humor, his kindness, his intellect, his love for family. 

I miss you, Jeff and love you with all my heart: