Anita,

I looked at the pictures of your beautiful son and watched the video.  He "is" precious and I say that in the present tense because he still lives but not an earthly life like we do.  I too lost my son, Charlie, August 20, 2010.  It's hard to believe it's almost 7 months now.  Some days the pain feels like yesterday and then it seems like it has been forever since I've seen him, which was my birthday (241 days ago).  He also was snatched away from us in an accident.  He was skateboarding with his dog - that's how he exercised the dog almost every day.  No one saw the accident - all we know is he fell and had a terrible head injury. He was 31and and married but had no children yet.  He would have been such a good daddy - I saw that in how he made time for his dog and took care of him.  My son's dog missed him too and actually died 4 months later so unexpectedly - he was only 2 years old and healthy but his stomach flipped the day after Christmas.  All I could think about is if that had happened 4 months earlier, my son would still be alive.  I guess God had a purpose for the dog and he served that purpose.  We felt like we lost another little piece of our son when that happened though. Thinking of them being reunited is a pleasant thought and I have to think that way to get through this.  Please know that I pray for everyone in this group and will be praying for you and your family too.  Without hope and God's promise, we couldn't make it. My son had returned from a mission trip to Ecuador about a month before his accident and he filmed the work his church did there - his video is on his website: http://www.333technologies.com  He has several pictures of him and family there to. I hope you will visit and share it for I feel that every time someone visits his website, our loss is not in vain as his blogs may touch someone else and help them to find God.

Hugs,

Cathy - Charlie's Mom